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180 think-aloud math word problems

Nessel, Denise


Each problem in this book reveals information in three parts so that students stop, think, and predict the question at each step. This approach helps students learn effective strategies for tackling word problems while building skills in multiplication, division, time, money, fractions, and more. Present problems as groups lessons or independent activities--one for each day of the school year. A great way to prepare students for standardized tests, for grades 4-8.
Date Published:2003

Each problem in this book reveals information in three parts so that students stop, think, and predict the question at each step. This approach helps students learn effective strategies for tackling word problems while building skills in multiplication, division, time, money, fractions, and more. Present problems as groups lessons or independent activities--one for each day of the school year. A great way to prepare students for standardized tests, for grades 4-8.

Date Published:2003

Iowa Children's Choice Award books 2015-2016


This set includes the following titles: Doll bones Listening for Lucca Libby of High Hopes Capture the flag Kizzy Ann Stamps The blood guard Dog diaries - Ginger A tangle of knots King of the mound: my summer with Satchel Paige Almost home Desperate Adventures of Zeno & Alya Rebel McKenzie Homemade stuffing caper Great Trouble: a mystery of London, the blue death, and a boy May B: a novel Duke A mutiny in time Force out Half a chance White fur flying. The Iowa Children's Choice Award selection books for 2015-2016. Great reading for grades 3-6. Interest levels 3-6. Click the summary tab for the list of titles.
Date Published:2015

This set includes the following titles: Doll bones Listening for Lucca Libby of High Hopes Capture the flag Kizzy Ann Stamps The blood guard Dog diaries - Ginger A tangle of knots King of the mound: my summer with Satchel Paige Almost home Desperate Adventures of Zeno & Alya Rebel McKenzie Homemade stuffing caper Great Trouble: a mystery of London, the blue death, and a boy May B: a novel Duke A mutiny in time Force out Half a chance White fur flying. The Iowa Children's Choice Award selection books for 2015-2016. Great reading for grades 3-6. Interest levels 3-6. Click the summary tab for the list of titles.

Date Published:2015

Iowa Children's Choice Award books 2023-2024


This set includes the following titles: 365 days to Alaska Amari and the Night Brothers The ambassador of Nowhere, Texas Barakah Beats Better with butter Clarice the brave The comeback Dear student The elephant in the room Just Harriet The lion of mars Maya and the robot Once upon a Tim A place to hang the moon Rez dogs A soft place to land Sunshine What lives in the woods When life gives you lemons, make peach pie Where we used to roam Willodeen. This set includes the Iowa Children's Choice Award selection books for 2023-2024. The Iowa Children's Choice Award enables students in grades 3-6 to vote for their favorite fiction or nonfiction books. This Iowa Association of School Librarians award encourages children to read more and better books and provides an avenue for positive dialogue about books and authors. Interest Level: 3-7, Reading Level: 4.0-6.0, Lexile: 530-790. Click the summary tab for a list of titles.
Date Published:2023

This set includes the following titles: 365 days to Alaska Amari and the Night Brothers The ambassador of Nowhere, Texas Barakah Beats Better with butter Clarice the brave The comeback Dear student The elephant in the room Just Harriet The lion of mars Maya and the robot Once upon a Tim A place to hang the moon Rez dogs A soft place to land Sunshine What lives in the woods When life gives you lemons, make peach pie Where we used to roam Willodeen. This set includes the Iowa Children's Choice Award selection books for 2023-2024. The Iowa Children's Choice Award enables students in grades 3-6 to vote for their favorite fiction or nonfiction books. This Iowa Association of School Librarians award encourages children to read more and better books and provides an avenue for positive dialogue about books and authors. Interest Level: 3-7, Reading Level: 4.0-6.0, Lexile: 530-790. Click the summary tab for a list of titles.

Date Published:2023

Iowa Children's Choice Award books 2022-2023


This set includes the following titles: Allergic Alone (Freeman, M) Becoming Muhammad Ali Before the ever after Can you see me? Charlie Thorne and the last equation City Spies Clean getaway Efren divided Isaiah Dunn is my hero Orange for the sunsets Red, white, and whole Show me a sign Simon B. rhymin' Stand up, Yumi Chung! Ways to make sunshine A whale of the wild Wild river Wink. This set includes the Iowa Children's Choice Award selection books for 2022-2023. The Iowa Children's Choice Award enables students in grades 3-6 to vote for their favorite fiction or nonfiction books. This Iowa Association of School Librarians award encourages children to read more and better books and provides an avenue for positive dialogue about books and authors. Interest Level: 3-7, Reading Level: 3.9-6.8, Lexile: 580-1010. Click the summary tab for list of titles.
Date Published:2022

This set includes the following titles: Allergic Alone (Freeman, M) Becoming Muhammad Ali Before the ever after Can you see me? Charlie Thorne and the last equation City Spies Clean getaway Efren divided Isaiah Dunn is my hero Orange for the sunsets Red, white, and whole Show me a sign Simon B. rhymin' Stand up, Yumi Chung! Ways to make sunshine A whale of the wild Wild river Wink. This set includes the Iowa Children's Choice Award selection books for 2022-2023. The Iowa Children's Choice Award enables students in grades 3-6 to vote for their favorite fiction or nonfiction books. This Iowa Association of School Librarians award encourages children to read more and better books and provides an avenue for positive dialogue about books and authors. Interest Level: 3-7, Reading Level: 3.9-6.8, Lexile: 580-1010. Click the summary tab for list of titles.

Date Published:2022

Iowa Children's Choice Award books 2002-2003


This set includes the following titles: Moonlight man Because of Winn-Dixie Coyota autumn Judy Moody Dork in disguise Sammy Keyes and the runaway elf Stealing thunder Graduation of Jake Moon Adaline falling star Shelter dogs: amazing stories of adopted strays The janitor's boy Me Tarzan Jackie and me Lizard meets Ivana the Terrible Year of Miss Agnes Cockroach cooties Owen Foote, frontiersman Kind of dragons Thomas in danger Power of un. Children's choice selection books for 2002-2003. Great reading for grades 3-6. Interest levels 3-6. Click the summary tab for the list of titles.
Date Published:2001

This set includes the following titles: Moonlight man Because of Winn-Dixie Coyota autumn Judy Moody Dork in disguise Sammy Keyes and the runaway elf Stealing thunder Graduation of Jake Moon Adaline falling star Shelter dogs: amazing stories of adopted strays The janitor's boy Me Tarzan Jackie and me Lizard meets Ivana the Terrible Year of Miss Agnes Cockroach cooties Owen Foote, frontiersman Kind of dragons Thomas in danger Power of un. Children's choice selection books for 2002-2003. Great reading for grades 3-6. Interest levels 3-6. Click the summary tab for the list of titles.

Date Published:2001

Iowa Children's Choice Award books 2013-2014


This set includes the following titles: Willowood Along walk to water: a novel Wild girl Because of Mr. Terupt Plunked Ghost doge secrets Turtle in Paradise Lincoln and his boys Unwanteds Love, Aubrey Wish stealers A dog's way home Trouble with chickens: a J.J. Tully mystery Touch blue Luck of the buttons Close to famous With the might of angels: the Diary of Dawnie Rae Johnson Wonderstruck: a novel in words and pictures Abby Carnelia's one & only magical power My life as a book Familiars SPHDZ book 1 Mallory goes green! Here lies Linc Belly up. The Iowa Children's Choice Award selection books for 2013-2014. Great reading for grades 3-6. Interest levels 3-6. Click the summary tab for the list of titles.
Date Published:2013

This set includes the following titles: Willowood Along walk to water: a novel Wild girl Because of Mr. Terupt Plunked Ghost doge secrets Turtle in Paradise Lincoln and his boys Unwanteds Love, Aubrey Wish stealers A dog's way home Trouble with chickens: a J.J. Tully mystery Touch blue Luck of the buttons Close to famous With the might of angels: the Diary of Dawnie Rae Johnson Wonderstruck: a novel in words and pictures Abby Carnelia's one & only magical power My life as a book Familiars SPHDZ book 1 Mallory goes green! Here lies Linc Belly up. The Iowa Children's Choice Award selection books for 2013-2014. Great reading for grades 3-6. Interest levels 3-6. Click the summary tab for the list of titles.

Date Published:2013

Iowa Children's Choice Award books 2026-2027


This set includes the following 20 titles: Away The Cookie Crumbles Faker Let it Glow Lion of the Sky The Mystery of Locked Rooms Not Nothing Popcorn Puppet Right Back at You Ripley Same Page The Sherlock Society Stranded A Strange Thing Happened in Cherry Hill The Tenth Mistake of Hank Hooperman Tree. Table. Books. The Trouble with Heroes Uprising Wild Wave. This set includes the Iowa Children's Choice Award selection books for 2026-2027. The Iowa Children's Choice Award enables students in grades 3-6 to vote for their favorite fiction or nonfiction books. This Iowa Association of School Librarians award encourages children to read more and better books and provides an avenue for positive dialogue about books and authors. Interest Level: 4-8, Reading Level: 3.6-6.0, Lexile: HL560-750 Click the summary tab for a list of titles.
Date Published:2026

This set includes the following 20 titles: Away The Cookie Crumbles Faker Let it Glow Lion of the Sky The Mystery of Locked Rooms Not Nothing Popcorn Puppet Right Back at You Ripley Same Page The Sherlock Society Stranded A Strange Thing Happened in Cherry Hill The Tenth Mistake of Hank Hooperman Tree. Table. Books. The Trouble with Heroes Uprising Wild Wave. This set includes the Iowa Children's Choice Award selection books for 2026-2027. The Iowa Children's Choice Award enables students in grades 3-6 to vote for their favorite fiction or nonfiction books. This Iowa Association of School Librarians award encourages children to read more and better books and provides an avenue for positive dialogue about books and authors. Interest Level: 4-8, Reading Level: 3.6-6.0, Lexile: HL560-750 Click the summary tab for a list of titles.

Date Published:2026

Iowa Children's Choice Award books 2019-2020


This set includes the following titles: All rise for the honorable Perry T. Cook The bicycle spy A boy called Bat Finding perfect Left out Moving target The mysterious moonstone One amazing elephant The peculiar incident on Shady Street Restart The secret sheriff of sixth grade Soar Space case The thing about leftovers Upside-down magic Walking with Miss Millie A whole new ballgame: a Rip & Red book The wild robot Wishtree Word of mouse . The Iowa Children's Choice Award selection books for the 2019-2020 year. The Iowa Children's Choice Award enables students in grades 3-6 to vote for their favorite fiction or nonfiction books. This Iowa Association of School Librarians award encourages children to read more and better books and provides an avenue for positive dialogue about books and authors. Interest Level: 3-6, Reading Level: 3.6-5.3, Lexile: 500-800 Click the summary tab for a list of titles.
Date Published:2019

This set includes the following titles: All rise for the honorable Perry T. Cook The bicycle spy A boy called Bat Finding perfect Left out Moving target The mysterious moonstone One amazing elephant The peculiar incident on Shady Street Restart The secret sheriff of sixth grade Soar Space case The thing about leftovers Upside-down magic Walking with Miss Millie A whole new ballgame: a Rip & Red book The wild robot Wishtree Word of mouse . The Iowa Children's Choice Award selection books for the 2019-2020 year. The Iowa Children's Choice Award enables students in grades 3-6 to vote for their favorite fiction or nonfiction books. This Iowa Association of School Librarians award encourages children to read more and better books and provides an avenue for positive dialogue about books and authors. Interest Level: 3-6, Reading Level: 3.6-5.3, Lexile: 500-800 Click the summary tab for a list of titles.

Date Published:2019

Iowa Children's Choice Award books 2011-2012


This set includes the following titles: Liberty Porter, first daughter Masterpiece Garden of Eve Gollywhopper games 100 cupboards Melonhead Emma-Jean Lazarus fell out of a tree NERDS: National Espionage, Rescue, and Defense Society Smile Baseball great Umbrella summer Dog days of Charlotte Hayes Powerless Also known as Harper Oggie Cooder Everything for a dog Tentacles Girl who could fly Savvy Extra credit Franny Parker Schooled (Korman, G). The Iowa Children's choice award selection books for 2011-2012. Great reading for grades 3-6. Interest levels 3-6. Click the summary tab for the list of titles.
Date Published:2011

This set includes the following titles: Liberty Porter, first daughter Masterpiece Garden of Eve Gollywhopper games 100 cupboards Melonhead Emma-Jean Lazarus fell out of a tree NERDS: National Espionage, Rescue, and Defense Society Smile Baseball great Umbrella summer Dog days of Charlotte Hayes Powerless Also known as Harper Oggie Cooder Everything for a dog Tentacles Girl who could fly Savvy Extra credit Franny Parker Schooled (Korman, G). The Iowa Children's choice award selection books for 2011-2012. Great reading for grades 3-6. Interest levels 3-6. Click the summary tab for the list of titles.

Date Published:2011

Iowa Children's Choice Award books 1999-2000


This set includes the following titles: Dakota Spring Ella enchanged The last man's reward Sund & spoon Addie's forever friend Tornado (Byars, B) Boggart and the monster Lizzie Logan wears purple sunglasses Watchdog and the coyotes The 13th floor: a ghost story Fruit flies, fish & fortune cookies Frindle A picture of freedom: diary of Clotee, a slave girl Search for shadowman Winter of red snow: the Revolutionary War diary of Abigail Jane Stewart, Valley Forge, Pennsylvania, 1777 Saving Shiloh Far north Out of the dark Cat running The gentleman outlaw and me--Eli: a story of the Old West. Iowa children's choice award nominees for 1999-2000. Great reading for grades 3-6. Interest levels 3-6. Click the summary tab for the list of titles.
Date Published:1998

This set includes the following titles: Dakota Spring Ella enchanged The last man's reward Sund & spoon Addie's forever friend Tornado (Byars, B) Boggart and the monster Lizzie Logan wears purple sunglasses Watchdog and the coyotes The 13th floor: a ghost story Fruit flies, fish & fortune cookies Frindle A picture of freedom: diary of Clotee, a slave girl Search for shadowman Winter of red snow: the Revolutionary War diary of Abigail Jane Stewart, Valley Forge, Pennsylvania, 1777 Saving Shiloh Far north Out of the dark Cat running The gentleman outlaw and me--Eli: a story of the Old West. Iowa children's choice award nominees for 1999-2000. Great reading for grades 3-6. Interest levels 3-6. Click the summary tab for the list of titles.

Date Published:1998

Iowa Children's Choice Award books 2005-2006


This set includes the following titles: The Egyptian box Fair weather Night of the Living Gerbil Escaping the giant wave Crandall's castle Darby Freedom's wings: Corey's underground railroad diary The boy who saved basketball The girls with 500 middle names The ghost sitter Falling into place Sahara special The gold-threaded dress Surviving the Applewhites The city of Ember It only looks easy Tree Castle Island Granny Torrelli makes soup Over the river Robert and the great pepperoni. This set of books is the Iowa Children's Choice nominees for 2005-2006. Great reading for grades 3-6. Interest levels 3-6. Click the summary tab for the list of titles.
Date Published:2004

This set includes the following titles: The Egyptian box Fair weather Night of the Living Gerbil Escaping the giant wave Crandall's castle Darby Freedom's wings: Corey's underground railroad diary The boy who saved basketball The girls with 500 middle names The ghost sitter Falling into place Sahara special The gold-threaded dress Surviving the Applewhites The city of Ember It only looks easy Tree Castle Island Granny Torrelli makes soup Over the river Robert and the great pepperoni. This set of books is the Iowa Children's Choice nominees for 2005-2006. Great reading for grades 3-6. Interest levels 3-6. Click the summary tab for the list of titles.

Date Published:2004

Iowa Children's Choice Award books 2018-2019


This set includes the following titles: Masterminds The map trap Rescue on the Oregon Trail The night gardener: a scary story Counting Thyme Some kind of courage The contract The sasquatch escape Tiger boy Unidentified suburban object Moo: a novel Liberty The distance to home Nine, ten: a September 11 story A million ways home Garvey's choice Save me a seat Allile, first at last Brave like my brother Wish. The Iowa Children's Choice Award selection books for 2018-2019. Great reading for grades 3-6. Interest levels 3-6. Click the summary tab for the list of titles.
Date Published:2018

This set includes the following titles: Masterminds The map trap Rescue on the Oregon Trail The night gardener: a scary story Counting Thyme Some kind of courage The contract The sasquatch escape Tiger boy Unidentified suburban object Moo: a novel Liberty The distance to home Nine, ten: a September 11 story A million ways home Garvey's choice Save me a seat Allile, first at last Brave like my brother Wish. The Iowa Children's Choice Award selection books for 2018-2019. Great reading for grades 3-6. Interest levels 3-6. Click the summary tab for the list of titles.

Date Published:2018

Clubhouse mysteries

Draper, Sharon M.


This set includes the following titles: The backyard animal show (Clubhouse mysteries, book 5) The buried bones mystery (Clubhouse mysteries, book 1) Lost in the tunnel of time (Clubhouse mysteries, book 2) Shadows of Caesar's Creek (Clubhouse mysteries, book 3) The space mission adventure (Clubhouse mysteries, book 4) Stars and Sparks on stage (Clubhouse mysteries, book 6). Meet Ziggy and his friends Rico, Rashawn, and Jerome! They call themselves The Black Dinosaurs and share exciting adverntures in thse fast-paced, easy-to-read stories that include historical, social, and scientific information along iwth action and thrills. This adventure-filled mystery series is from bestselling author Sharon Draper. Interest level: 3-6; Reading level: 4.2-5.4; Lexile: 670-780. Click the summary tab for the list of titles.
Date Published:2021

This set includes the following titles: The backyard animal show (Clubhouse mysteries, book 5) The buried bones mystery (Clubhouse mysteries, book 1) Lost in the tunnel of time (Clubhouse mysteries, book 2) Shadows of Caesar's Creek (Clubhouse mysteries, book 3) The space mission adventure (Clubhouse mysteries, book 4) Stars and Sparks on stage (Clubhouse mysteries, book 6). Meet Ziggy and his friends Rico, Rashawn, and Jerome! They call themselves The Black Dinosaurs and share exciting adverntures in thse fast-paced, easy-to-read stories that include historical, social, and scientific information along iwth action and thrills. This adventure-filled mystery series is from bestselling author Sharon Draper. Interest level: 3-6; Reading level: 4.2-5.4; Lexile: 670-780. Click the summary tab for the list of titles.

Date Published:2021

Iowa Children's Choice Award books 2008-2009


This set includes the following titles: Victory Pieces of Georgia Taking care of Moses Drita Roxie and the hooligans Friendship, according to Humphrey Sword that cut the burning grass Rules Penny from heaven Tiger (Stone, J) Weedflower Larry, the king of rock and roll Saving Grace Abduction Singing hands Archer's quest Million dollar putt Do you know the monkey man? Ophie out of Oz Bartleby of the big bad bayou Free baseball No dogs allowed Tadpole Stolen sapphire A drowned maiden's hair. A collection of the Iowa Children's Choice Award selection books for 2007-2008. Great reading for grades 3-6. Interest levels 3-6. Click the summary tab for the list of titles.
Date Published:2008

This set includes the following titles: Victory Pieces of Georgia Taking care of Moses Drita Roxie and the hooligans Friendship, according to Humphrey Sword that cut the burning grass Rules Penny from heaven Tiger (Stone, J) Weedflower Larry, the king of rock and roll Saving Grace Abduction Singing hands Archer's quest Million dollar putt Do you know the monkey man? Ophie out of Oz Bartleby of the big bad bayou Free baseball No dogs allowed Tadpole Stolen sapphire A drowned maiden's hair. A collection of the Iowa Children's Choice Award selection books for 2007-2008. Great reading for grades 3-6. Interest levels 3-6. Click the summary tab for the list of titles.

Date Published:2008

Iowa Children's Choice Award books 2012-2013


This set includes the following titles: Strawberry Hill Evolution of Calpurnia Tate Clone codes Candymakers Word after word after word Case of the case mistaken identity Neil Armstrong is my uncle and other lies Musclue Man McGinty Runaway twin Mockinbird: (Mok'ing-burd) Getting air Thirteenth princess Like the willow tree: the diary of Lydia Amelia Pierce Theodosia and the serpents of chaos Zoobreak Ghost of Crutchfield Hall Born to fly Finding Danny Where the mountain meets the moon I survived Hurricane Katrina, 2005 Faith, hope and Ivy June Million-dollar throw. The Iowa Children's choice award selection books for 2012-2013. Great reading for grades 3-6. Interest levels 3-6. Click the summary tab for the list of titles.
Date Published:2012

This set includes the following titles: Strawberry Hill Evolution of Calpurnia Tate Clone codes Candymakers Word after word after word Case of the case mistaken identity Neil Armstrong is my uncle and other lies Musclue Man McGinty Runaway twin Mockinbird: (Mok'ing-burd) Getting air Thirteenth princess Like the willow tree: the diary of Lydia Amelia Pierce Theodosia and the serpents of chaos Zoobreak Ghost of Crutchfield Hall Born to fly Finding Danny Where the mountain meets the moon I survived Hurricane Katrina, 2005 Faith, hope and Ivy June Million-dollar throw. The Iowa Children's choice award selection books for 2012-2013. Great reading for grades 3-6. Interest levels 3-6. Click the summary tab for the list of titles.

Date Published:2012

Iowa Children's Choice Award 2004-2005


This set includes the following titles: Qwerty Stevens back in time Love that dog The promise Because of Anya Uncle Daddy Pictures of Hollis Woods Week in the woods Ghost and Mrs. Hobbs A strong right arm: the story of Mamie Peanut Johnson Doing time online Vampire sate building No more nasty Caleb's story My chimp Friday Saving Lilly Mysterious matter of I.M. Fine Early Sunday morning: the Pearl Harbor diary of Amber Billows, Hawaii 1941 Wishes, kisses, and pigs. Click the summary tab for the list of titles.
Date Published:2003

This set includes the following titles: Qwerty Stevens back in time Love that dog The promise Because of Anya Uncle Daddy Pictures of Hollis Woods Week in the woods Ghost and Mrs. Hobbs A strong right arm: the story of Mamie Peanut Johnson Doing time online Vampire sate building No more nasty Caleb's story My chimp Friday Saving Lilly Mysterious matter of I.M. Fine Early Sunday morning: the Pearl Harbor diary of Amber Billows, Hawaii 1941 Wishes, kisses, and pigs. Click the summary tab for the list of titles.

Date Published:2003

Giant brain model


1 guide, 1 four-part brain model on wooden stand. Depicting the brain of a right-handed person, this model highlights the motor and sensory centers of the brain in contrasting colors. The intellectual functions of the prefrontal area are labeled, and the left side is identified as the dominant side for speech, mathematical skills, and analytical thinking. The right side is identified with creativity, spatial perception, art and music appreciation, and intuitive thinking. With more than 120 anatomical features and twice the life-size, this model rests on an upright hoop support mounted on a hardwood base.
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1 guide, 1 four-part brain model on wooden stand. Depicting the brain of a right-handed person, this model highlights the motor and sensory centers of the brain in contrasting colors. The intellectual functions of the prefrontal area are labeled, and the left side is identified as the dominant side for speech, mathematical skills, and analytical thinking. The right side is identified with creativity, spatial perception, art and music appreciation, and intuitive thinking. With more than 120 anatomical features and twice the life-size, this model rests on an upright hoop support mounted on a hardwood base.

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225 fantastic facts math word problems

Charlesworth, Eric


Dozens of engaging math problems that build on students' fascination with amazing facts and reinforce key math skills every day of the school year. Students solve word problems using multiplication, division, fractions, decimals, and more. These activities meet NCTM standards, for grades 4-8.
Date Published:2001

Rainforest animals and their biomes 2


This set includes the following titles (5 books each): Parrots Lemers Tarantulas (Frost, H) Tigers (Frost, H) Tree Frog . Readers will get up close and personal with the animals of the world and explore the breathtaking beauty of their habitats, while building awareness of how to protect this fragile world. Reading level: K-1. Interest level: PreK-2. Click the summary tab for a list of titles.
Date Published:2004

Making and tinkering with STEM : solving design challenges with young children /

Heroman, Cate


Teaching and learning STEM subjects (science, technology, engineering, and mathematics) is more accessible than ever before! Children will be inspired, delighted, and challenged as they use everyday materials and STEM concepts to design and build solutions to problems faced by characters in their favorite books. This practical, hands-on resource includes 25 engineering design challenges appropriate for children ages 3-8.
Date Published:2017

Teaching and learning STEM subjects (science, technology, engineering, and mathematics) is more accessible than ever before! Children will be inspired, delighted, and challenged as they use everyday materials and STEM concepts to design and build solutions to problems faced by characters in their favorite books. This practical, hands-on resource includes 25 engineering design challenges appropriate for children ages 3-8.

Date Published:2017