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10 Neat Things about Being a Flower Girl
10 Neat Things about Being a Flower Girl
Author: Penelope C. Paine, Itoko Maeno (Illustrator)
Book Type: Hardcover
  • Currently 4.3/5 Stars.
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Review Date: 12/10/2006


Cute book with beautiful illustrations about being a flower girl at a wedding. Lovely book.


100 Amazing Make-It-Yourself Science Fair Projects (Science Fair Projects)
Review Date: 4/3/2006


Get ready to amaze science-fair judges, your teachers, and your classmates with these imaginative projects. From electricity to ecology, plants to perception, light waves to living creatures, and chemistry to the cosmos, demonstrate properties and effects from all fields of science.


50 Simple Things Kids Can Do to Save the Earth
50 Simple Things Kids Can Do to Save the Earth
Book Type: Paperback
  • Currently 4/5 Stars.
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Review Date: 4/3/2006


This book is full of experiments, facts, and exciting things to do. Learn to keep the Earth a safe, healthy place for yourself and for everyone else. With this book, we all *can* make a difference.


Ancient Egypt Thematic Unit
Ancient Egypt Thematic Unit
Author: Mary Ellen Sterling
Book Type: Paperback
  • Currently 3/5 Stars.
 3
Review Date: 4/28/2006


This book provides reproducible, challenging information on ancient Egypt for teachers. It contains a captivating, whole language, thematic unit about the way of life in ancient Egypt. Its 80 exciting pages are filled with a wide variety of lesson ideas and more for use with intermediate and middle school children.


The Blind Assassin
The Blind Assassin
Author: Margaret Atwood
Book Type: Paperback
  • Currently 3.8/5 Stars.
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Review Date: 11/27/2006
Helpful Score: 4


This novel is considered Atwood's strongest and most profoundly entertaining work, in which three wonderfully rich stories weave together, gradually revealing through their interplay the secrets surrounding the entire Chase family -- and most particularly the fascinating and tangled lives of the two sisters. The Blind Assassin is a brilliant and enthralling book by a writer at the top of her form.


Candide
Candide
Author: Voltaire, Peter Constantine (Translator)
Book Type: Paperback
  • Currently 3.5/5 Stars.
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Review Date: 11/27/2006


Caustic and hilarious, Candide has ranked as one of the world's great satires since its first publication in 1759. It concerns the adventures of the youthful Candide, disciple of Leibniz.


Explosive Reactions Experiment Log
Explosive Reactions Experiment Log
Author: Anne Schreiber
Book Type: Paperback
  • Currently 4.5/5 Stars.
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Review Date: 6/17/2006


Within the pages of this Mad Science log are some of the most exciting science experiments in the history of explosions, collected by Ethan Flask, one of the best science teachers in the history of science teachers. This book is full of tons of difference science experiments using everday, household stuff. It clearly explains the projects with steps, and there is space at the end to record your own observations!


Great American Movie Theaters (Great American Places Series)
Review Date: 4/3/2006


This book is a historic and pictoral guide to movie theaters across the United States. With a foreward by Gene Kelly, it offers an impressive state-by-state tour of movie theaters.


The Great Ribs Book
The Great Ribs Book
Author: Hugh Carpenter, Teri Sandison
Book Type: Paperback
  • Currently 2/5 Stars.
 1
Review Date: 4/3/2006


This book offers incredible recipes for one of America's favorite foods: ribs. You'll find over 60 recipes using flavors and ingredients from all over the world, to make everything from marinades and sauces to rubs and glazes. Roll up your sleeves, let's eat!


Herbert: Five Stories
Herbert: Five Stories
Author: Ivor Cutler
Book Type: Hardcover
  • Currently 5/5 Stars.
 1
Review Date: 11/7/2006


Herbert is very peculiar. He's a boy when he goes to bed at night, but when he wakes up in the morning he may be an elephant, or a chicken, or a kangaroo. Five funny stories about a most unusual boy will entertain and surprise young readers.


The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy (Hitchhiker, Bk 1)
The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy (Hitchhiker, Bk 1)
Author: Douglas Adams
Book Type: Paperback
  • Currently 4.1/5 Stars.
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Review Date: 4/30/2006
Helpful Score: 1


NOTE: This edition contains a 92-page bonus section on the making of the movie!


Horses and Ponies (At Your Fingertips)
Horses and Ponies (At Your Fingertips)
Author: Marc Gave
Book Type: Board book
  • Currently 5/5 Stars.
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Review Date: 7/17/2006


This book introduces you to the wonderful world of horses and ponies -- from Appaloosas to Thoroughbreds, from draught horses to Shetland Ponies -- animals you can ride and race, show and put to work.


I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings
I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings
Author: Maya Angelou
Book Type: Mass Market Paperback
  • Currently 3.9/5 Stars.
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Review Date: 1/2/2007


This book liberates the reader into life simply because Maya Angelou confronts her own life with such a moving wonder, such a luminous dignity. Her portrait is a Biblical study of life in the midst of death.


Inner Simplicity: 100 Ways to Regain Peace and Nourish Your Soul
Inner Simplicity: 100 Ways to Regain Peace and Nourish Your Soul
Author: Elaine St. James
Book Type: Paperback
  • Currently 3.9/5 Stars.
 53
Review Date: 1/2/2007


This book includes 100 inspiring new ideas such as getting in touch with your creativity, re-thinking the beliefs of your childhood, learning to ignore the skeptics, and harboring no thoughts that burn. Ideas are given in an insightful and provacative manner. This is an ideal book for readers eager to enrich their lives and nourish their souls.


Kids Cook!: Fabulous Food for the Whole Family (Williamson Kids Can! Series)
Review Date: 7/9/2006
Helpful Score: 1


Kids and their families are in for a big treat once they start cooking! Before you know it, they'll be cooking up such great tasting food as Famous Taco Salad, Puffy Popovers, Cobb Salad, and Brownie Pie. In fact, there are over 150 recipes for fabulous food that the whole family will enjoy!


Meditations for New Mothers
Meditations for New Mothers
Author: Beth Wilson Saavedra, Lonni Sue Johnson (Illustrator)
Book Type: Paperback
  • Currently 3.5/5 Stars.
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Review Date: 4/15/2006


Self-esteen. Loss of memory. Growth. Duty. Bliss. Fear. Delusions of adequacy. Mystery. Awe. The changes that transform a new mother are sudden and insistent. But they are also universal: they happen to everyone. In a lifeline thrown from one mother to the next, Saavedra has written a book of meditations that reasurringly address the emotions, doubts, conflicts, anxieties, and wonders of living with a newborn. It is a woman's group, the wisdom of the ages, and a close friend all rolled into one.


My Summer Book
My Summer Book
Book Type: Paperback
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Review Date: 1/10/2007


This is a super activity scrapbook, created by the editors of Owl Magazine. It includes: a secret diary, autograph book, photo album, pull-out postcards, outdoor activities, rainy day fun, plus jokes, riddles, puzzles and games and much more!


A Show of Hands: Say It in Sign Language
A Show of Hands: Say It in Sign Language
Author: Linda Bourke, Mary Sullivan
Book Type: Paperback
  • Currently 4.2/5 Stars.
 7
Review Date: 4/3/2006


Roll up your sleeves, wiggle your fingers, and prepare to "speak" with your hands. Learn the expressive language we know as sign language to say your name, and many more, all without opening your mouth!


Spider's Web (Stopwatch)
Spider's Web (Stopwatch)
Author: Christine Back, Barrie Watts (Photographer)
Book Type: Paperback
  • Currently 5/5 Stars.
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Review Date: 11/7/2006


Watch a spider building its web. Each stage is explained in simple language, with a bold heading for very young children and more detailed information for older readers. Part of the Stopwatch Books series.


The Toddler's Busy Book
The Toddler's Busy Book
Author: Trish Kuffner, Laurel Aiello (Illustrator)
Book Type: Paperback
  • Currently 3.9/5 Stars.
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Review Date: 1/2/2007


This book contains 365 enriching activities for one and a half to three year olds using things found around the home. It is written with warmth, humor and insight.


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