"Given the choice between an Usborne book and another book a child will always select the Usborne!" ~ Debbie Lerner - 1996 Nat'l Social Studies Teacher of the Year

Spanish Resources & Spanish Books


Usborne has a wide variety of Spanish books. Several are good resources for learning Spanish. And other books are written completely in Spanish and are great for practicing fluency.





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Art Books for Kids



This delightful treasury combines dazzling art from around the world with exciting projects to do that will inspire every young artist. It includes famous European paintings, delicate Japanese prints and traditional African masks, and each work of art is followed by a project influenced by the artist's methods or ideas.






This lavish book provides a picture-by-picture introduction to 35 of the world's best known, best loved paintings, from oil paintings to prints, all beautifully reproduced and explained in a simple, engaging way. This book is internet linked.






Over thirty of the world’s best-known, best-loved pictures have been chosen for this fascinating introduction to art for children. There are lots of facts about the artists and their lives, and how they created their work, to help beginners understand what art is and why people think it is important. There are also Internet links to recommended websites where you can view lots more pictures, play art games and create your own art online. This book is internet linked.



Today, Impressionist paintings draw huge crowds and sell for millions. But this was not always so. The artist's of the Impressionist era, struggled to make a living. This is the fascinating story of those artists, now known as the Impressionists.

Big Machines - Planes, Trains & Trucks

















Best Selections for Young Adults


Pennsylvania School Librarians Assn.
Two of our Kane/Miller titles have been selected for the annual list of the best selections for young adults. The books were featured at a workshop in April with over 200 librarians in attendance. They will also be submitted to their print publication Learning and Media.


 



Conspiracy 365: January is on both the “Top 10 or so Fiction / Nonfiction / Reference Titles – 2009” list, and “The Young Adult Top Forty or so Fiction Titles – 2009” list

The Museum of Mary Child is on “The Young Adult Top Forty or so Fiction Titles – 2009” list.

These lists are currently posted on the PSLA website

Combined Volumes

Save money with Combined Volumes! A Combined Volume is a book that is a combination of several books from the same series in one volume to save you money.


Complete Book of Farmyard Tales plus CD

Contains 20 Stories plus a reading CD!
Saves you $94.13


Big Book of Fantasy Quests

Four books in one!
Saves you $14.89




Illustrated Dictionary of Science

Contains Physics, Chemistry & Biology
Saves you $8.94



Big Book of Picture Puzzles

Four Books in One
Saves you $14.89


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Science Experiments and more


  

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Reference & Study Aid Science books

Conspiracy 365


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