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Robbie Arnott
Shortlisted for the Miles Franklin Literary Award and winner of the 2021 Age Book of Year Award, The Rain Heron is a beguiling, transformative work of fiction confirming Robbie Arnott…
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Heron Books
This book presents simple procedures for giving first aid for common injuries and situations such as cuts and scrapes, bruises, nosebleeds, burns, bee and wasp stings, poison ivy/oak, choking and…
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This book provides an introduction to chemistry in simple language, perfect for a Middle School student. After a basic grounding in the subject, the book moves on to bite-sized discussions…
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Accompanied by a learning guide that steers a student through this book, as well as parts of "Writing Nonfiction," Heron Books, step-by-step, along with many activities through which a student…
In this book, students learn basic first aid procedures for various types of injuries, from minor wounds to choking. They also find out about various emergencies that can occur in…
Lian Hearn
The Harsh Cry of the Heron is the dazzling continuation of the Tales of the Otori, an unforgettable epic with a vast emotional landscape, a classic work that crosses genres…
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Originally written for 7th grade readers, this is a useful companion glossary for anyone reading or teaching The Witch of Blackbird Pond by Elizabeth George Speare.
This workbook accompanies Writing Paragraphs, How to Make Your Writing Great! It gives the student the opportunity to practice what is being learned from the book, such as parts of…
This companion text augments study of the 11-volume text "A History of US."
Accompanied by four learning guides (titles below), which steer a student step-by-step through this and the main…
This is a comprehensive glossary of the history, geography, religious beliefs and customs as represented in The Bronze Bow by Elizabeth George Speare. There are over 125 entries including English…
This workbook accompanies the book Writing Sentences. It provides many activities to help a student practice the grammar and writing skills being learned from the main text.
This is a glossary of the uncommon words a student will encounter in My Side of the Mountain by Jean Craighead George.
What would it be like to have fun while learning how to use a dictionary? Do this workbook and you will find out! Dictionaries are packed with all kinds of…
Sponges and potatoes become tools for creating art in this simple and enjoyable book. It offers many fun activities that allow a young student to explore the different shapes and…
Has your child ever asked why things have different colors? This simple book provides simple concepts regarding light, along with fun activities involving prisms, color mixing and bending light.
This beautifully illustrated book teaches how the Earth moves in space to bring about days, nights and years. The student learns about gravity, the moon, stars and the sun and…
This is a comprehensive glossary of the culture, customs and language of early 1900 England as represented in A Little Princess by Frances Hodgson Burnett. There are approximately 200 entries…
This is a comprehensive glossary of the culture, customs and language of early 1900 Yorkshire, England as represented in The Secret Garden, written by Frances Hodgson Burnett.
This is a comprehensive glossary of the culture, customs and folklore of mid-1800 America represented in The Adventures of Tom Sawyer by Mark Twain.
This is a comprehensive glossary of terms describing the history, culture and customs of 19th century America as represented in Rifles for Watie by Harold Keith. There are over 200…
This is a comprehensive glossary of terms describing the history, culture and customs of 18th century America as represented in Johnny Tremain by Esther Forbes. There are over 200 entries…
This fully illustrated book is filled with information and fun activities showing students how air exists in soil and water, takes up space, has weight, etc. Students make a pinwheel…
Introduces young people to the vast range of jobs people do to help each other create the products and services we all depend on to get things done and live…
This book shows a child attributes of basic flat shapes and some things they can do with them. It also helps them more easily spot these shapes in the environment…
This book provides easy-to-read information on these basic solid geometric shapes: cubes, cylinders, spheres, square pyramids and cones. The book includes activities such as finding the shapes in the environment…
This beautifully illustrated activity book presents information about animals of long ago at a level easily accessible to a young student. The book touches on possible explanations for the extinction…
Learning Starts with You sets the stage for independent learning by teaching what learning is, what learning on your own means, different ways to learn and some basic learning skills…
This is a comprehensive glossary of seamanship and customs as represented in The True Confessions of Charlotte Doyle by Avi.
A general grammar text for middle school, teaching grammar through writing exercises. It covers all parts of speech, types of sentences, functions and case of nouns and pronouns in sentences…
A good quality student microscope has many applications in science and technology. This books covers the parts of a light (optical) microscope with multiple objective lenses, and coarse and fine…
This is a comprehensive glossary of the history, geography, beliefs and customs as represented in Amos Fortune Free Man by Elizabeth Yates.
This beautifully illustrated book introduces the concept of grouping animals into classes, including birds, fish, reptiles, amphibians mammals, insects and arachnids, including the important ways that animals in these classes…
Full of interesting illustrations, this book introduces students to grammar in a friendly and easy-to-understand way. It covers basic parts of speech (noun, verb, adjective, adverb, article), simple sentence structure…
This book explains the importance and usefulness of writing out math carefully and completely. With the accompanying Learning Guide, student will learn and practice simple guidelines for writing out and…
Raising Readers: What Parents Can Do is a republication of the 1988 booklet Becoming a Nation of Readers What Parents Can Do. It offers practical advice for getting young children…
Beautifully illustrated, this book introduces the five main senses people use to explore the world. With the accompanying learning guide, students will do fun activities that exercise the various senses…
A short, simple explanation of figurative language geared to ages 9-12 that will help set him or her up for tackling higher-level (and more imaginative) writing. Essential information and lots…
In a clear and simple way, this fully illustrated book covers atoms and electrons, what electricity is, how it can be produced, and how it is used to power our…
This is a glossary of terms useful for reading The Sea-Wolf by Jack London. There are over 100 entries including Cockney slang, idiomatic and figurative expressions, nautical terms and more…
This comprehensive glossary covers the history, geography and foreign languages as represented in The Long Walk by Slavomir Rawicz.
This is a comprehensive glossary to assist anyone reading A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens.
A comprehensive glossary of the culture, geography, religious beliefs and customs as represented in Huckleberry Finn by Mark Twain.
This is a comprehensive glossary with over 300 entries to aid readers of David Copperfield by Charles Dickens. It provides information and definitions for terms (or even actual things) that…
Whether you are writing essays, reports or research papers; articles, blogs or proposals; biographies, can autobiography or a book; here is a simple, clear approach to writing nonfiction.
Punctuation is simply the use of symbols to control the flow of writing and ensure it’s clear. Grammar is simply how we put words together so our writing makes sense…
Basic information on nutrition, what foods provide what nutrients, and what effects these can have on a growing body. The book takes care to make it clear that not all…
A simple book for beginners that shows with easy words, pictures and activities what wood is, how to choose the right size nail, how to set up a nail and…
