Product Description: One can, two can. Who can? You can!Using junk from the landfill site.Rusty cans and wood and wire,thrumming, strumming, day and night.In this inventive new collection of verse, Sheryl and Simon Shapiro introduce readers to 13 everyday objects that have been ingeniously reimagined into something else altogether...read more

Product Description: “This fascinating and kid-friendly book gives budding scientists and others an introduction to the tools and strategies needed to evaluate and understand scientific information ...” —School Library Journal Science affects every part of our lives...read more

Product Description: • Why are Americans superstitious about two-dollar bills?• Why do we have twelve months in a year instead of ten, or six, or even twenty?• Why do we celebrate foolishness on the first day of April?• Why is yawning contagious?• Why is the number thirteen considered to be unlucky in so many different cultures?The A to Z of Everyday Things tells the surprising stories behind twenty-six seemingly ordinary objects and activities...read more

Drawn from folk stories around the world, this collection, filled with humor and action, teaches readers not to take themselves too seriously and includes such tales as 'Jane Saves the Day,' which illustrates the power of the underdog.

Travels across thousands of years and through countless cultures and countries to explore the story of fashion in its weirdest, wildest, and most wonderful forms. Original.

Product Description: This book is for busy teachers and church leaders who have endless demands on their time and energy and need stories that jump off the page, into the imagination and, from there, into daily life. Drawn from all four Gospels, the pieces are 'unplugged' in that they get into the heart of the biblical text, reflecting the life of Jesus in action: who he is, what he said and what he did...read more

Product Description: The Crash, an international financial thriller, tells the story of Alexandra Middleton, a legendary money manager at a well-known Wall Street firm. The plot revolves around a super coup, hatched by the newly crowned king of Saudi Arabia, which launches an attack on the stock market and the dollar, and brings the world to the biggest financial explosion in history...read more