October 16, 2024
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Sophia tries varied techniques (presentations, graphs, pie charts) to get the giraffe she wants more than anything in this playfully illustrated story about the nuances of negotiation.
Sophia tries varied techniques (presentations, graphs, pie charts) to get the giraffe she wants more than anything in this playfully illustrated story about the nuances of negotiation.
Sophia has one true desire for her birthday. But she has Four Big Problems in the way: Mom, Dad, Uncle Conrad…and Grand-mama.
Will her presentations, proposals, and pie charts convince them otherwise?
Turns out, all it takes is one word.
By ingeniously integrating thirty-three written Chinese characters into the illustrations as the story progresses, this author has created a book that is engrossing, unique, and memorable. It is a playful introduction to the fascinating world of Chinese language and culture . . . and a terrific story to share with children everywhere.
Follow Lin, a spirited heroine, on her adventure to find her runaway pet dragon.
Concrete poems aren’t meant to be read aloud; instead, they’re meant to be looked at and laughed at together. The arrangement of words and letters forms surprising shapes and patterns, sparking curiosity and creativity.
If someone handed you a big bowl of jelly beans, how would you figure out how many there are? You could count them, one by one―or you could estimate. Do you see more than five jelly beans? Less than a million?
We use estimation in Math when the exact answer to a problem is not required. The said problem can be resolved with an approximately realistic value. Estimating also helps us get the answer to a calculation faster.
This rollicking and fascinating picture book biography chronicles the life of the first pioneer of children’s books—John Newbery himself. While most children’s books in the 18th century contained lessons and rules, John Newbery imagined them overflowing with entertaining stories, science, and games. He believed that every book should be made for the reader’s enjoyment.
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