Time for Kids: Almanac 2007

Time for Kids: Almanac 2007
Author: Editors of TIME For Kids Magazine
Publisher: Time For Kids
Total Pages: 0
Release: 2006-06-27
Genre: Reference
ISBN: 9781933405339

Look out! Time For Kids magazine, the classroom publication of Time magazine, and Fact Monster, the kids reference site from Information Please, are back with their annual best-selling comprehensive almanac.This one-of-a-kind collection provides students in grades 3-7 (and their curious parents) with a wealth of fascinating facts about Space, Animals, Presidents, Inventions, and much, much more.The photo-filled Whos News chapter gives the up-to-date skinny on kids favorite actors, singers, authors, musicians, athletes, leaders, and more.Loaded with hundreds of current maps, charts, statistics, photos, and Web links, this handy full-color book will help students boost their brainpower, develop their learning skills, and improve their performance at school.The Time For Kids Almanacs unique Homework Helper offers students tips on how to tackle tough assignments.Throughout the book, kids will find engaging puzzles and games that inspire their curiosity and keep them spellbound for hours. Kids feel sophisticated because the almanac talks to them in a language they understand.The almanac also echoes the magazine with its credible content produced by the worlds top journalists and photographers.It is an almanac that will resonate equally among teachers, parents, and students. #1 Best-selling Almanac for Kids

Time for Kids: Almanac 2004

Time for Kids: Almanac 2004
Author: Editors of TIME For Kids Magazine
Publisher: Time For Kids
Total Pages: 364
Release: 2003-07-01
Genre: Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN: 9781929049974

A compilation of information for kids, featuring maps, charts, and facts on over thirty topics.

Time for Kids: Almanac 2006

Time for Kids: Almanac 2006
Author: Editors of TIME For Kids Magazine
Publisher: Time For Kids
Total Pages: 364
Release: 2005-06-28
Genre: Reference
ISBN: 9781932994346

A compilation of charts and facts on miscellaneous topics, from animals and art to math and space. Also includes word searches and mazes, and maps and flags of each country.

Cows Sweat Through Their Noses

Cows Sweat Through Their Noses
Author: Barbara Seuling
Publisher: Capstone
Total Pages: 44
Release: 2007-07
Genre: Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN: 9781404837492

A collection of strange facts about animals.

Time for Kids: Almanac 2008

Time for Kids: Almanac 2008
Author: Editors of TIME For Kids Magazine
Publisher: Time For Kids
Total Pages: 260
Release: 2007-06-26
Genre: Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN: 9781933821849

A comprehensive reference including the latest information on world statistics, famous people, space, history, geography, presidents, sports statistics, and inventions.

Reference and Information Services

Reference and Information Services
Author: Kay Ann Cassell
Publisher: American Library Association
Total Pages: 532
Release: 2013
Genre: Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN: 1555708595

Search skills of today bear little resemblance to searches through print publications. Reference service has become much more complex than in the past, and is in a constant state of flux. Learning the skill sets of a worthy reference librarian can be challenging, unending, rewarding, and-- yes, fun.

Time for Kids: Almanac 2005

Time for Kids: Almanac 2005
Author: Editors of TIME For Kids Magazine
Publisher: Time For Kids
Total Pages: 364
Release: 2004-07-07
Genre: Reference
ISBN: 9781932273243

The Time For Kids Almanac 2005 brings young readers the latest and most up-to-date facts, dates, stats and historical events plus sports records, maps, nations of the world and the best of the year in pictures. Colorful graphs, charts, maps, timelines and photos open up the world to young readers. Children reference the Time For Kids Almanac 2005 for school reports, to answer trivia questions, to settle friendly debates and for fun, leisure-time reading. A special Homework Helper section gives tips on studying for tests, doing homework, conducting interviews and finding information on the Internet. Word puzzles, news articles, the popular TFK Top 5 facts at a glance and special you-solve-it Mystery Persons provide fun and challenge a young person's mind. This year there are brand-new Volunteering and Military sections, and a look back at the birth of the Civil Rights movement. The Time For Kids Almanac 2005 is a required reference tool for every home library! Book jacket.

The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian (National Book Award Winner)

The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian (National Book Award Winner)
Author: Sherman Alexie
Publisher: Little, Brown Books for Young Readers
Total Pages: 299
Release: 2012-01-10
Genre: Young Adult Fiction
ISBN: 0316219304

A New York Times bestseller—over one million copies sold! A National Book Award winner A Boston Globe-Horn Book Award winner Bestselling author Sherman Alexie tells the story of Junior, a budding cartoonist growing up on the Spokane Indian Reservation. Determined to take his future into his own hands, Junior leaves his troubled school on the rez to attend an all-white farm town high school where the only other Indian is the school mascot. Heartbreaking, funny, and beautifully written, The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian, which is based on the author's own experiences, coupled with poignant drawings by Ellen Forney that reflect the character's art, chronicles the contemporary adolescence of one Native American boy as he attempts to break away from the life he was destined to live. With a forward by Markus Zusak, interviews with Sherman Alexie and Ellen Forney, and black-and-white interior art throughout, this edition is perfect for fans and collectors alike.

The World Book Encyclopedia

The World Book Encyclopedia
Author:
Publisher:
Total Pages: 554
Release: 2002
Genre: Encyclopedias and dictionaries
ISBN:

An encyclopedia designed especially to meet the needs of elementary, junior high, and senior high school students.

Zombie in Love (enhanced eBook edition)

Zombie in Love (enhanced eBook edition)
Author: Kelly DiPucchio
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
Total Pages: 36
Release: 2012-02-07
Genre: Juvenile Fiction
ISBN: 1442451378

Everyone’s favorite zombie romance picture book is now available as an enhanced eBook with animation and audio narration! Mortimer is looking for love. And he’s looking everywhere! He’s worked out at the gym (if only his arm wouldn't keep falling off). He’s tried ballroom dancing lessons (but the ladies found him to be a bit stiff). He’s even been on stalemate.com. How’s a guy supposed to find a ghoul? When it seems all hope has died, could the girl of Mortimer's dreams be just one horrifying shriek away?