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1000 Spanish Words

1000 Spanish Words

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Entertaining and informative, these reference books introduce 1,000 familiar words for everyday situations in French and Spanish, presented in 27 imaginative scenes to illustrate the words in context. Includes a 200-word glossary with numbers, days of the week, and months of the year. Full color.
1000 Stickers

1000 Stickers

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Roger Priddy's 1000 Stickers is an activity book offering children hours of fun in exploring images and finding their matching outlines.

With 1000 replaceable, photographic stickers to play with, young kids can engage in pages of activities to complete--and develop their hand-eye coordination skills along the way.

1000 Things You Should KNow About Oceans

1000 Things You Should KNow About Oceans

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'1000 Things You Should Know About Oceans' provides a resource of information with maximum impact and minimum clutter. Exactly 1000 facts are covered by 100 topics, each with ten key points that provide a simple but memorable handle on the subject. Information panels as well as extended captions amplify this quick fire approach.
1000 Things You Should Know About Planet Earth

1000 Things You Should Know About Planet Earth

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If you are hungry for facts this is the perfect database. If you like your information served up in bite-sized pieces you will feast on 1000 Things You Should Know. Everything you could possibly want to know about the workings of our incredible planet is divided into small nuggets of information. Ranging from volcanoes and earthquakes to ocean currents and the continental drift.
1000 Things You Should Know About Wild Animals

1000 Things You Should Know About Wild Animals

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If you are hungry for facts this is the perfect database. If you like your information served up in bite-sized pieces you will feast on 1000 Things You Should Know. There are 100 illustrated topic panels on wild animals and each panel contains 10 key facts like: the tiger cowrie shellfish has a nasty way of repelling enemies. It shoots out a jet of sulphuric acid into the eyes of its attacker.

1000 ways to make me laugh

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Why have just 500 ways to make yourself laugh - 1000 ways is so much better!
Combing the contents of the first two 500 ways titles, this book is an epic collection of 1000 cartoons, jokes, and simple pranks. Featuring great stick men cartoons and line drawings throughout, illustrated instructions on how to perform the pranks and includes 4 humorous flick-book animations at the corners. Readers will find plenty to keep them laughing.
1001 Animals to Spot

1001 Animals to Spot

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Teeming with animals to find, count and talk about, this bright picture book provides hours of puzzle-solving fun. It also helps develop basic word and number skills The busy scenes bring to life different habitats from around the world. Children will delight in finding all kinds of fmailiar and exotic animals--from lambs on the farm to armadillos in the rainforest.
1001 Children's Books You Must Read Before You Grow Up

1001 Children's Books You Must Read Before You Grow Up

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This is the best and most authoritative guide to classic and contemporary children's literature today. It is the latest in the best-selling 1001 series, and its informative reviews are the key to differentiating the "must-read" books from all the rest in the realm of children's books. Whether you are a parent seeking to instill a love of reading in your child, an educator or counselor looking for inspiration, or a young reader with a voracious appetite, this guide to the best writing for children and young adults covers the spectrum of children's literature. It is organized by age group--from board books to YA novels and all the gradations in between. Each entry features evaluations by a team of international critics complete with beautifully reproduced artwork from the featured title. The beloved classics are here, but the guide also takes a global perspective and includes the increasingly diverse contributions from African American and Latino authors and illustrators--not to mention important books from around the world.
1001 Pirate Things to Spot

1001 Pirate Things to Spot

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Join a ragtag pirate crew in this swashbuckling puzzle book, packed with things to find and count.
1001 Things to Spot in the Sea

1001 Things to Spot in the Sea

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Brimming with things to find, count and talk about, this charming picture book provides hours of puzzle-solving fun. Readers will delight in discovering the secrets of the sea.
101 Changemakers: Rebels and Radicals Who Changed U.S. History

101 Changemakers: Rebels and Radicals Who Changed U.S. History

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In the great tradition of Howard Zinn, 101 Changemakers offers a "peoples' history" version of the individuals who have shaped our country for middle school students. In the place of founding fathers, presidents, and titans of industry, are profiles of those who courageously fought for social justice in America: Tecumseh, Harriet Tubman, Mark Twain, César Chávez, Rachel Carson, Harvey Milk, Henry Wallace, and many more. 101 Changemakers aims to provide young students with new ways of understanding how history is written and made.
101 Circus Games for Children

101 Circus Games for Children

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When the circus isn't in town, children can still enjoy it at a birthday party, summer camp, drama class, or elementary school thanks to this colorful collection of circus-based games and activities.

Ideal for children ages 4-12, the book draws on popular circus elements such as acrobatics, clowns, animal numbers, and balancing acts. The games are presented in a clear, simple way, range from 10-45 minutes in length, and vary in complexity. Each section includes a "circus program" children can use if they want to plan an actual performance. Readily available props are used for some of the games, and costumes are encouraged for all! Noncompetitive and playable without special skills training, the activities in 101 Circus Games for Children provide delightful entertainment for participants and spectators alike.

101 Dance Games for Children

101 Dance Games for Children

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The body has a special language of its own. This book encourages children and adults to use that language and dance! The games here combine dance and play in ways that release a child's spontaneity and self-expression. Appropriate for parents, teachers, camp leaders, babysitters, and other caregivers, it is filled with simple games that the whole classroom or family- or just two people! - can play and learn from.

All players need is a willingness to have fun and experience the joys of moving and interacting with others. These noncompetitive games reward children for their involvement, encourage them to use their imaginations, and show them how to express how they feel and think - without words. The games are organized by type: meeting and greeting games, concentration games, dances that tell stories, party dances, "muscle puzzles," dances using simple props (such as balloons, fans, or cardboard boxes), and many more.

DANCE GAMES ENCOURAGE AND DEVELOP:

  • Creativity
  • Physical coordination
  • Self-esteem
  • Sociability
  • Self-expression
  • Each dance game contains an age guideline, an estimated time of play, and suggestions for the most appropriate type of music. The games can be played by children and adults of all ages, and are flexible enough to be used by parents and teachers in a variety of settings.

    101 Great Science Experiments

    101 Great Science Experiments

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    Forget about mad scientists and messy laboratories! This incredible, interactive guide for children showcases 101 absolutely awesome experiments you can do at home.

    Find out how to make a rainbow, build a buzzer, see sound, construct a circuit, bend light, play with shadows, measure the wind, weigh air, and create an underwater volcano. The astonishing variety of experiments are all very easy and entirely safe, with step-by-step text and everyday ingredients.

    Biology, chemistry, and physics are brought to life, showing budding young scientists that science is all around us all the time. As you have fun trying out experiments with friends and family, core scientific principles are presented in the most memorable way.

    With chapters covering important topics such as color, magnets, light, senses, electricity, and motion, the laws of science are introduced in crystal-clear text alongside specially commissioned full-color photography for children to understand.

    Follow in the footsteps of Albert Einstein, Marie Curie, and all the other great minds with 101 Great Science Experiments and learn the secrets of science you'll never forget.

    101 Hilarious Pranks and Practical Jokes

    101 Hilarious Pranks and Practical Jokes

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    Welcome to The School of Hijinks, Malarkey & Outlandish Pranks (SHMOP), where middle graders learn the fine art of pranking and practical joking.

    Inside, you'll become a pro at pretending your finger broke off, filling your friend's doughnut with sour cream, putting bubble wrap under the toilet seat, and more! Each chapter in this ultimate book for young pranksters includes hilarious tricks to master and essential skills for creating your own family-friendly pranks and physical comedy stunts, such as:

    goofy faces
    silly voices
    painless pratfalls
    side-splitting props
    gross outs and more!

    By the end of this book, readers will have a set of tools in their prank belt to pull hundreds of practical jokes on their friends and family. Includes 101 pranks plus zillions that you can create on your own!

    101 Kids Simple Science Experiments That Are the Bestest Funnest Ever

    101 Kids Simple Science Experiments That Are the Bestest Funnest Ever

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    Perform Mind-Blowing Science Experiments at Home!

    You'll have the time of your life conducting these incredible, wacky and fun experiments with your parents, teachers, babysitters and other adults. You'll investigate, answer your questions and expand your knowledge using everyday household items.

    The Quirky Mommas from the wildly popular Kids Activities Blog and authors of the bestselling 101 Kids Activities That Are the Bestest, Funnest Ever! have done it again with this book of ridiculously amazing, simple science experiments. You can do things both indoors and outdoors. The handy mess meter, preparation times and notes on the level of supervision will keep your parents happy, and you safe. Experimenting is really fun, and you will have a blast being a scientist! You will be so entertained, you might not notice you're also learning important things about the world around you. Some experiments to master:

    - Balloon-Powered Car
    - Burst Soap Clou
    - CD Hovercraft
    - Creeping Ink
    - Bendy Bones
    - Electromagnet
    - Paper Helicopters
    - Unbreakable Bubbles

    Now put on your lab coat and let's get experimenting!

    101 More Dance Games for Children

    101 More Dance Games for Children

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    This book is filled with dance games that the whole classroom or family can play and learn from. These noncompetitive games reward children for their involvement, encourage them to use their imagination, and show them how to express how they feel without using words. Black-and-white illustrations add to these simple games that release a child's spontaneity and self-expression.
    101 Silly Dinosaur Jokes for Kids

    101 Silly Dinosaur Jokes for Kids

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    Looking for some jokes that will never go extinct? Look no further. . .101 Silly Dinosaur Jokes for Kids is filled with funny, delightful Jurassic-era puns, knock-knocks, and gut-busters that dinosaur-obsessed kids will love reading, sharing, and telling.

    This dino-mite joke book is filled to the brim with hilarious jokes, funny riddles, and side-splitting puns that are all about DINOSAURS! Whether you're a Triceratops-tripper, a Veloci-riddler, or just someone who loves good old dinosaur fun, this book is the perfect excavation site for you.

    Why was the T-Rex upset?
    Because he was happy and he knew it...

    Why did the dinosaur cross the road?
    Because the chicken hadn't evolved yet

    What game do pet Brontosauruses like to play with humans?
    Squash

    What do you call a near-sighted dinosaur?
    A Do-you-think-he-saurus