Year-by-year and subject-by-subject plans for preschool through high school, with many suggestions for alternatives. The bottom line: let’s create self-actualized life-long learners.
Starred reviews from Kirkus, Publishers Weekly, and Booklist. Danny’s family has fallen apart with the loss of his older brother Eli in Iraq, but – with the help of unexpected new friends – Danny both learns to find himself and cope with grief.
Gold Medal winner from GWS. Find out how a pirate named the bell pepper, what corn has to vampires, how peas do with nearly poisoned George Washington, and all about asparagus and Madame Pompadour’s underwear.
A perennial favorite. Three children discover a glittering three-headed dragon in a cave on an island, listen to his magical stories of a girl in ancient China, a boy kidnapped on a pirate ship, and an early 20th-century plane crash, and learn lessons about themselves as well.
Hannah, Zachary, and Sarah Emily return to the island to save the dragon from danger – and to hear more stories, this time about a shepherd boy in ancient Greece, a page and a young lady-in-waiting in the Middle Ages, and a family of slaves in the South in the days before the Civil War
All the water is vanishing – and young Tad of the Fisher Tribe must use his new-found powers to rally the Hunters and Diggers and the earth spirits – Dryads, Kobolds, and Nixies – to save the world from drought.
Octavia’s parents have separated. Her mother has joined a fundamentalist cult and her father is intent on painting his masterpiece – so Octavia devises a science experiment that just might convince them to come back together again.
Sarah is a list-maker – though it’s not clear that her Rules for Living can help with her mother’s new boyfriend, her father’s new wife, and the ups and downs of middle school.
Alex, because of a magic pocketwatch, has lost time itself – so he’s off to the Blue Moon, where all lost things end up, along with an obstreperous crew of Moon Rats. There, with other misplaced travelers, he combats the fearsome Time Eaters and more in a struggle to get back home again.
A multifaceted account of the history and science of the four ancient Greek elements: fire, water, earth, and air.
Weather for kids – including pink snow, weather gods, iceballs from space, super storms, and more. Includes fascinating fact boxes and cool hands-on projects and experiments.
The science of memory: Why can you remember your first date but not what you had for lunch last Tuesday? What do slugs and squirrels have to do with human memory? And why can’t we ever remember people’s names?
The science and lore of trees: Why are oaks so often hit by lightning? What kind of wood makes the best baseball bats? Why was sassafras the hot drug of the 17th century?