Author: Ron Sobel
Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
ISBN: 9781724289858
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 24
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Jake was a happy little boy who loved to ride in his Gigi's car. He also loved Water Towers--the bigger the better! Then, one day while out riding he saw something terrible about to happen on a Water Tower. His swift action made him a hero.
Author: Sally Moomaw
Publisher: Redleaf Press
ISBN: 160554826X
Category : Education
Languages : en
Pages : 386
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Stimulate and engage children's thinking as you integrate STEM experiences throughout your early childhood program. More than 85 engaging, developmentally appropriate activities maximize children's learning in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics. Each experience combines at least two STEM disciplines and incorporates materials and situations that are interesting and meaningful to children. As researchers and educators increasingly recognize how critical early childhood mathematics and science learning is in laying the foundation for children’s later STEM education, this second edition of Teaching STEM in the Early Years is a much-needed resource for every early childhood classroom. It will encourage you to think differently about STEM education, and you will see how easy it is to accommodate curriculum goals and learning standards in math and science activities. This edition provides updated research and references and adds Ideas for incorporating literacy with STEM activities, including children’s book recommendations STREAM It segments that incorporate reading and art into STEM with art and music extension to activities Suggestions for varying the difficulty of activities for a variety of learners
Author: Brian Cairnduff
Publisher: Jack the little Giant
ISBN: 0955860806
Category : Children's stories
Languages : en
Pages : 32
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Author: N. Jensen
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 24
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For the Love of Water Towers is a fun children's book for your water tower lover. The only book of its kind, inspire creativity and conversation as your child is captivated by this collection of Water Tower pictures both real and imagined!
Author: Bernd Becher
Publisher: Mit Press
ISBN: 9780262022774
Category : Photography
Languages : en
Pages : 223
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Gathers photographs of watertowers in the U.S., Great Britain, Germany, and France and describes the authors approach to industrial photography
Author: Roald Dahl
Publisher: Penguin
ISBN: 1101653000
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 178
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From the World's No. 1 Storyteller, James and the Giant Peach is a children's classic that has captured young reader's imaginations for generations. One of TIME MAGAZINE’s 100 Best Fantasy Books of All Time After James Henry Trotter's parents are tragically eaten by a rhinoceros, he goes to live with his two horrible aunts, Spiker and Sponge. Life there is no fun, until James accidentally drops some magic crystals by the old peach tree and strange things start to happen. The peach at the top of the tree begins to grow, and before long it's as big as a house. Inside, James meets a bunch of oversized friends—Grasshopper, Centipede, Ladybug, and more. With a snip of the stem, the peach starts rolling away, and the great adventure begins! Roald Dahl is the author of numerous classic children’s stories including Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, Matilda, The BFG, and many more! “James and the Giant Peach remains a favorite among kids and parents alike nearly 60 years after it was first published, thanks to its vivid imagery, vibrant characters and forthright exploration of mature themes like death and hope.” —TIME Magazine Cover may vary.
Author: Bruce Perkins
Publisher: Lulu.com
ISBN: 1411694309
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 115
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The Water Tower Adventure is the first short story in the Timmy & Scottie Adventure Series. It introduces our readers to Timmy, Scottie, their hometown and most importantly, the uncanny knack they seem to have for finding adventure in the most unlikely places. The Island Adventure is the second short story in the Timmy & Scottie Adventure Series. It picks up right where The Water Tower Adventure leaves off and finds our friends about to explore one of the most mysterious and fables islands in the Midwest - Coney Island on Lake Waconia. It was once a favorite vacation retreat for some of the worst gangsters in the century, but now it's deserted - or is it?
Author: Gary Crew
Publisher: Crocodile Books
ISBN: 9781566563314
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 0
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20th Anniversary Edition. Selected School Library Journal Best Book of the Year. Winner of the Australian Children's Picture Book of the Year Award. Nobody in Preston could remember when the watertower was built, or who had built it, but there it stood on Shooter's Hill—its iron legs rusted, its egg-shaped tank warped and leaking—casting a long dark shadow across the valley, across Preston itself.
Author: E. G. Foley
Publisher: Gryphon Chronicles
ISBN: 9781946923899
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 0
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NY Times Bestselling Author E.G. Foley brews up a magical potion for fantasy readers of all ages! Take a dash of Harry Potter and a splash of Oliver Twist, add a pinch of steampunk and a sprinkle of Victorian fairy lore, and what do you get? The Gryphon Chronicles! A rollicking fantasy adventure series that's as much fun for grownups as it is for kids. Strange new talents... Jake is a scrappy orphaned pickpocket living by his wits on the streets of Victorian London. Lately he's started seeing ghosts and discovers he can move solid objects with his mind! He has no idea why. Next thing he knows, a Sinister Gentleman and his minions come hunting him. On the run for his life, Jake is plunged headlong into a mysterious world full of magic and deadly peril. A world that holds the secret to who he really is: the long-lost heir of an aristocratic family - with magical powers! But with treacherous enemies closing in, it will take all of his wily street instincts and the help of his friends - both human and magical - to solve the mystery of what happened to his parents, and defeat the foes who never wanted the Lost Heir of Griffon to be found... (270 pages / 100,409 words)
Author: Gary Crew
Publisher: Hodder Children's Books Australia
ISBN: 9780733619328
Category : Graphic novels
Languages : en
Pages : 29
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The mist lifted the moment he stepped through. And there was the watertower at the summit. His watertower... This was what he had come for.' In the award-winning book THE WATERTOWER, readers were introduced to the small town of Preston and the old watertower that stands outside the town. It is a place where Bubba and Spiro go to play and swim. But what lurks in the deep waters? Why are the townspeople changing? In BENEATH THE SURFACE, Spiro, now a doctor of science, returns to uncover the mystery and to find an explanation for the nightmares that haunt him. What he discovers will change his life forever. BENEATH THE SURFACE is the long-awaited sequel to THE WATERTOWER, winner of the 1995 CBC Book of the Year Award. 'BENEATH THE SURFACE is indeed ''hauntingly beautiful''.' - Reading Time
