Prepare the shining armor: the king needs a knight! Sir Simpleton has a week to train young Sam for the job--but he gets everything wrong, fighting a bored cow instead of a fiery dragon and seeking wisdom from a bearded goat . . . instead of a wizard. Will Sam succeed in spite of his "teacher"? Kids will love the wildly funny illustrations and watching a wily child outsmart a delightfully silly adult.
Springboard Tool: Two Truths and a Lie by Lori Ann Thompson Lori Ann Thompson offers an idea like this on her website, but what we suggest is for students to personify the Snopes investigative role. Each of her books has three stories ...
Angus Wolfe Murray, for example, writer for the UK's Eye for Film website, opens his review of Edge of Tomorrow with these salient observations: To take the concept of a video game and incorporate it into a futuristic world domination ...
Learn how to plant a tree and help clean the air with the Lorax--Dr. Seuss's beloved icon of Environmentalism--in this rhymed early reader!
Let's try that again . . . and again and again. All this sinking is ruining the rhyme! Little ones will love following the antics of these adorable ducklings, and parents will enjoy the way the book goes off the rails halfway through.
Chess in Ten Easy Lessons
Five Easy Lessons: Strategies for Successful Physics Teaching is a paperback book packed with creative tips on how instructors can enhance and improve their physics class instruction techniques. It's...
Drawing on the ancient teachings of Eastern and Western philosophy and religion, on literature, and poetry, and on the great spiritual and political writings of our time, Ethan Hawke has written a parable that--in the story of a young man's ...
Educational Attitudes and Policies of Organized Labor in the United States
An Eye for an Eye
The books we read as children are perhaps the most memorable, capturing our imagination and leaving a lasting impression that forever afterwards evokes feelings of nostalgia. This delightful book celebrates...