Weekly Reader/WRC Media.Weekly Reader/WRC Media 330 W. Olive #100, Milwaukee, WI 53212 $19.33 Each www.earlyliteracy.cc The 'Early Learning Library' titles published by Weekly Reader are 24-page easy readers for the very young, published in sets offering kids very basic information. Take the 'I Use Math' titles: each relates math to everyday life, from games and kitchen work to store and workshop--and each book also appears in a Spanish/English bilingual bi·lin·gual adj. 1. a. Using or able to use two languages, especially with equal or nearly equal fluency. b. format. I Use Math In The Workshop (0836848586) and its Spanish counterpart Uso Las Matematicas En El Taller (0836860039) covers building projects; I Use Math At The Game (0836848551) and Uso Las Matematicas En El Juego Depelota (0836860004) discuss math in sports calculations; I Use Math In The Kitchen (0836848578) and counterpart Uso Las Matematicas En La Cocina (0836860020) discuss kitchen measuring; I Use Math At The Doctor's (0836848543) and Uso Las Matematicas En El Medico Reynier Casamayor Griñán, known as El Medico (The Doctor), is a Cuban musician and doctor who is, as of 2005 enjoying success in Spain as a composer and performer of reggaetón music. (0836859995) survey scales, temperature and more; I Use Math At The Store (083684856X) and Uso Las Matematicas En La Tienda Ti`en´da n. 1. In Cuba, Mexico, etc., a booth, stall, or shop where merchandise is sold. (0836860012) surveys the shopping process, and I Use Math On A Trip (0836848594) and Uso Las Matematicas En Un Viaje (0836860-047) tells of maps and measurements. All are geared to grades 1-3. The bilingual Spanish/English 'Water Habitats' introduces the same age group to water habitats using the same full-page bright color photos of kids interacting with their environment: recommended picks include Wetlands (0836860322), Lakes (08368602-92), Beaches (0836860276), Ocean Floors (0836860306), Rivers (08368603-14) and Coral Reefs coral reefs, limestone formations produced by living organisms, found in shallow, tropical marine waters. In most reefs, the predominant organisms are stony corals, colonial cnidarians that secrete an exoskeleton of calcium carbonate (limestone). (0836860284). The 'Animals: Desert' series focuses on desert creatures with the same bilingual format/age range reached for Gila Monsters gila monster (hē`lə), venomous lizard, Heloderma suspectum, found in the deserts of the SW United States and NW Mexico. It averages 18 in. (083-6848276) and its Spanish bilingual Mostruos De Gila (0836848411), Vultures (0836848314) and its bilingual sister Vultures/Buitres (0836848454) and Rattlesnakes/Serpientes De Cascabel (0836848-438). 'Animals that Live in the Desert' adds more desert wildlife: Jackrabbits/Liebres Americanas (083684842X) describes hares; Roadrunners (0836848306) and Roadrunners/Correcaminos (083684-8446) describes the bird of the desert, an Coyotes (0836848268) and its bilingual Coyotes (0836848403) describes appearance and natural history. The 'Animals and Their Senses' set provides a focus on different animal senses and how different animals use them. Animal Touch (083-6848063) and its bilingual Animal Touch/El Tacto En Los Animales (0836848187) covers animal appendages and touch; Animal Sights (0836848039) and companion Animal Sight/La Vista En Los Animales (0836848152) tells of how animals see differently, Animal Smell (0836848047) and Animal Smell/El Oleato En Los Animales (0836848160) tells of how different animals use their sense of smell; Animal Taste (0836848055) and Animal Taste/El Gusto En Los Animales (0836848179) tells of taste buds taste buds taste npl → Geschmacksknospen pl and how different animals desire different foods, and Animal Hearing (083684802) and Animal Hearing/el Oido En Los Animales (083684-144) tells of how animals use hearing to survive. The 'People We Should Know' series ($25.05 each) are also winners, each presented in either English or Spanish. Cesar Chavez Noun 1. Cesar Chavez - United States labor leader who organized farm workers (born 1927) Cesar Estrada Chavez, Chavez (0836847458) and the Spanish version (0836847598) provides 24 pages pairing black and white photos with a coverage of the farmworker's life and fight for civil rights; Neil Armstrong (0836847-44X) and its Spanish version (0836847-58X) tells of a boy who dreamed of flying and grew up to be the first man to walk on the moon; John F. Kennedy "John Kennedy" and "JFK" redirect here. For other uses, see John Kennedy (disambiguation) and JFK (disambiguation). John Fitzgerald Kennedy (May 29, 1917–November 22, 1963), was the thirty-fifth President of the United States, serving from 1961 until his assassination in (0836847-474) and Spanish version (083684761X) introduces a young President who was a politician and family man; Walt Disney Noun 1. Walt Disney - United States film maker who pioneered animated cartoons and created such characters as Mickey Mouse and Donald Duck; founded Disneyland (1901-1966) Disney, Walter Elias Disney (0836847466) and Spanish companion (836847601) tells of a man who loved to draw as a boy and grew up to create some of the best cartoons in the world; Rosa Parks Noun 1. Rosa Parks - United States civil rights leader who refused to give up her seat on a bus to a white man in Montgomery (Alabama) and so triggered the national Civil Rights movement (born in 1913) Parks (0836847482; Spanish, 08368476-28) documents an African-American who fought for equality with quiet determination. All provide biographical bi·o·graph·i·cal also bi·o·graph·ic adj. 1. Containing, consisting of, or relating to the facts or events in a person's life. 2. Of or relating to biography as a literary form. sketches to a younger audience than is usually treated to such coverage. Simply outstanding. |
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