| 1171. Taran Wanderer (Chronicles of Prydain (Paperback)) | |
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by: LLOYD ALEXANDER Amazon.com's Price: $5.99 Prices subject to change. Customer Reviews and Description A friend of my father's brought me a box full of used books when I was 9 or 10. Tucked away in the bottome was The High King, actually the last in the Prydain Chronicles....it sat for quite awhile in my bookcase before I picked it up and began reading. What an experience it turned out to be! The adventures of Taran (Assistant Pig- Keeper), Eilonwy, Gurgi, Prince Llyr, and all the other charming charaters in their quest to beat the evil Horned King opened my eyes to the wonderful world of fantasy ... Read More  Read Reviews and Description
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| 1172. A is for Abigail: An Almanac of Amazing American Women | |
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by: Lynne Cheney List Price: $16.95 Amazon.com's Price: $11.87 You Save: $5.08 (30%) Prices subject to change. Customer Reviews and Description What an incredible validation of the accomplishments of women to share with our children and grandchildren. Each page is filled with information and illustrations that will encourage young and older women alike. There are hours and hours of entertainment and education between the covers of this book. As adults we will not only be reading these books with our children we will be learning with them, too. Hats off to Lynne Cheney for the inspiration of the subject matter and the desire to bring history to our ... Read More Read Reviews and Description
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| 1173. Follow the Drinking Gourd | |
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by: Jeanette Winter Amazon.com's Price: $7.99 Prices subject to change. Customer Reviews and Description This fine story teaches even the smallest of children about the evil of slavery in pre-Civil War America. It shows a desire for freedom so strong that men, women and children risked their lives to escape on the Underground Railroad, following the largest star in the Drinking Gourd of the title (The Big Dipper). The book introduces the idea of slavery, the separation of families, the sale of human beings at auctions, and the difficulties that people endured to escape--hiding in trees to avoid hounds, sleeping ... Read More Read Reviews and Description
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| 1174. Favorite Russian Fairy Tales (Dover Children's Thrift Classics) | |
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by: Arthur Ransome Amazon.com's Price: $2.99 Prices subject to change. Customer Reviews and Description This is a fantastic collection of stories that have been a part of the Russian culture for centuries. Anyone growing up in Russia has heard these stories, and now so can you! Kids will appreciate the characters and adventures. Parents will appreciate the values and lessons. Everyone will appreciate the timeless tales of fantasy, magic, and talking animals. Read Reviews and Description
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| 1175. Homer Price (Puffin) | |
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by: Robert McCloskey Amazon.com's Price: $5.99 Prices subject to change. Customer Reviews and Description This book should be at the top of your purchase list for every child in the 7 to 10 age group. Homer is an all-American boy in the all-American small town of Centerburg, somewhere in the all-American midwest, and in six hilarious escapades he keeps the kids (and grownup readers, too) enthralled. The stories are funny, engaging and original, and the illustrations, by the author, are priceless. Everyone will have their favorite chapter in this book; my own favorite was "The Doughnuts"; decades after I first read it as a child, ... Read More Read Reviews and Description
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| 1176. Jumbo Jumpstart Workbook: Pre-K (Jumpstart) | |
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from: Cartwheel Books List Price: $14.99 Amazon.com's Price: $10.49 You Save: $4.50 (30%) Prices subject to change. Customer Reviews and Description My daughter recently received this book for her 4th birthday. Not to brag, but she has very advanced verbal and math skills for her age, so I consider her to be appropriately classified as Pre-K. That being said, this book is way over her head. She doesn't know how to read. She is trying to learn the alphabet, for which purpose this book is ill-suited. The first three pages instruct the child to trace the letters of the alphabet. From there, the child is expected to do a number of exercises requiring mastery of the alphabet. The ... Read More Read Reviews and Description
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| 1177. My Little People Farm : A Lift-The-Flap Playbook (FP A-Lift-the-Flap Play Book) | |
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by: Doris Tomaselli Amazon.com's Price: $8.99 Prices subject to change. Customer Reviews and Description What a great book! The pages are loaded with wonderful color, charming illustrations. There are lots of flaps to explore, and they are of sturdy contruction--not at all flimsy. There are so many ways to learn from this book--make the animal sound with your child when they discover an animal under a flap, learn colors, shapes, opposites. We like to use this book both as a discovery tool and as a memory game ("where's the rooster" while the little ones try to remember where they saw it). We have owned this book for just over a year, ... Read More Read Reviews and Description
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| 1178. Mara, Daughter of the Nile (Puffin Story Books) | |
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by: Eloise McGraw Amazon.com's Price: $6.99 Prices subject to change. Customer Reviews and Description I first read Mara when I was about 11, and the story gave me a love of reading and a craving to read more about Egypt and the time of the Pharoahs. When I was 17, I had already read it at least 8 or 10 more times. I finally found an old copy of it and bought it for my own. I am 48 and still love to read the story of the wiley but loveable slave girl turned spy, and her quest to find the true importance of self and sacrifice. The tale continues to thrill me with it's twists and turns. Makes me laugh and makes me want to cheer. Lord Sheftu, ... Read More Read Reviews and Description
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| 1179. Vocabulary Workshop: Level F | |
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from: William H Sadlier Amazon.com's Price: $8.84 Prices subject to change. Customer Reviews and Description I first read Mara when I was about 11, and the story gave me a love of reading and a craving to read more about Egypt and the time of the Pharoahs. When I was 17, I had already read it at least 8 or 10 more times. I finally found an old copy of it and bought it for my own. I am 48 and still love to read the story of the wiley but loveable slave girl turned spy, and her quest to find the true importance of self and sacrifice. The tale continues to thrill me with it's twists and turns. Makes me laugh and makes me want to cheer. Lord Sheftu, ... Read More Read Reviews and Description
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| 1180. Muggie Maggie (Cleary Reissue) | |
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by: Beverly Cleary Amazon.com's Price: $4.99 Prices subject to change. Customer Reviews and Description This is a wonderful story of a young girl and the obstacles she has to overcome to read and write cursive. Beverly Cleary takes Maggie on a journey everyone must go through early in school. Maggie confronts the conflict within herself to fight the desire to learn cursive. Maggie does not want to learn cursive because her teacher said to; she wants to learn in her own time. Maggie does some changing through the story and finally does find the joy of reading and writing cursive. Third graders learning cursive can relate to Maggie and the struggles ... Read More Read Reviews and Description
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