Pada sebuah malam tahun 1879, di sebuah hotel di Paris, Mark Twain duduk-duduk bersama para putrinya, yang memohon agar sang ayah menceritakan sebuah kisah. Mark pun mulai memberi tahu mereka tentang Johnny, seorang bocah miskin yang memiliki biji-biji sihir. Kemudian, Mark membuat coretan kasar di buku, tetapi pada akhirnya kisah itu tak pernah terselesaikan … hingga sekarang. “Kisah li…
Something happens in students when they define themselves as makers and inventors and creators. They discover powerful skills—problem-solving, critical thinking, and imagination—that will help them shape the world’s future … our future. If that’s true, why isn’t creativity a priority in more schools today? Educators John Spencer and A.J. Juliani know firsthand the challenges teacher…
In How to Read Literature Like a Professor: For Kids, New York Times bestselling author and professor Thomas C. Foster gives tweens the tools they need to become thoughtful readers. With funny insights and a conversational style, he explains the way writers use symbol, metaphor, characterization, setting, plot, and other key techniques to make a story come to life. From that very first mi…
Join in and help the busy firefighter in this playful, interactive flap book! Nee-naw, nee-naw! Can you help the firefighter to save the day? Join in and use the flaps to slide down the pole, unroll the hose, put out the fire and much, much more. With interactive action-flaps, you can do it, too! Each clever flap provides an action or scene-change to encourage children to actively engage …