Have you ever been pelted by driving rain? Are you frightened by the sound of thunder and the sight of lightning? Thunderstroms can be one of nature's most awesome displays. Find out all about rain, lightning, and thunder in this action-packed book. Plus, build your Smart Word science vocabulary and boost your science comprehension skills.
Tornadoes are often in the news. These monster stroms can cut a path of destruction when they touch down, and the United States gets an average of about 1,000 tornadoes a year - more than any other country! But how do tornadoes form and where do they occur most often? The answer to these questions and more are right inside this amazing book! Plus, you will learn all of the important vocabulary …
Destructive hurricanes make the news every year. These giant stroms travel across oceans, building in strength, until they hit land. When hurricanes do make landfall - WATCH OUT!- their powerful winds, pounding rain, and massive flooding can destroy homes, towns, even big cities. Hunt for information about hurricanes in this book and build your science Smart Word vocabulary!
Re-experience the wonders of flight with 'Paper Airplanes That Really Fly!', an exciting new series of books with papercraft kits of model airplanes that actually fly! These totally unique model airplanes are three-dimensional and have wings, stabilisers, struts, wheels and fuselages, as well as authentic colours and markings. With the simplest of tools, you can easily make graceful, gemlike…
This powerful classroom toolkit provides a variety of additional resources to help you make the most of the Write Source - SkillsBook Practice for essential mechanics, usage, and grammar skills (SkillsBook Teacher's Edition also included.)- Assessment Book Copymasters for a pretest, interim tests, and posttests to help prepare students for stare assessments- Overhead Transparencies Graphic orga…
Can learning about punctuation really be fun? You bet--in Elsa Knight Bruno's Punctuation Celebration, featuring illustrations by Jenny Whitehead. Punctuation marks come alive in this clever picture book featuring fourteen playful poems. Periods stop sentences in a baker's shop, commas help a train slow down, quotation marks tell people what to do, and colons stubbornly introduce lists. This…
C. S. Lewis is universally recognized as one of the intellectual giants of the twentieth century. Despite his sophistication, Lewis was able to reach a vast popular audience during his lifetime and continues to attract thousands of new readers every year. But when during the most desperate years of World War II he was asked by the BBC’s Home Service to give radio addresses about Christianity,…
In many ways C. S. Lewis predicted the future. "He foresaw the rise of trends we're currently experiencing: ethical emotivism, the sometimes unquestioned authority of science, and the increasing use of technology by states to control their populations." -The Gospel Coalition, Joseph A. Kohm Jr. The Abolition of Man discusses why we shouldn't always listen to only reason and cut out our emoti…
From classic bangles and baubles to avant-garde sculptural pieces and body ornaments, this collection of striking photographs showcases the finest work of more than 80 jewelry designers. An eminent jeweler discusses the subject in all its aspects: materials, methods, aesthetics, and the interaction between the wearer and the ring, necklace, or brooch. With such wonderful pieces as Annelies Plan…