Week-by-Week Homework for Building Math Skills

"A lush, sensuous treat" (Laura Lee Guhrke, New York Times bestselling author) perfect for fans of Eloisa James and Tessa Dare. WILL A WEEK OF SEDUCTION . . . Desperate to save her sister's life, Sidonie Forsythe has agreed to submit herself to a terrible fate: Beyond the foreboding walls of Castle Craven, a notorious, hideously scarred scoundrel will take her virtue over the course of seven sinful nights. Yet instead of a monster, she encounters a man like no other. And during this week, she comes to care for Jonas Merrick in ways that defy all logic-even as a dark secret she carries threatens them both. . . . SPARK A LIFETIME OF PASSIONATE SURRENDER? Ruthless loner Jonas knows exactly who he is. Should he forget, even for a moment, the curse he bears, a mere glance in the mirror serves as an agonizing reminder. So when the lovely Sidonie turns up on his doorstep, her seduction is an even more delicious prospect than he originally planned. But the hardened outcast is soon moved by

A teenager desperate to pass his Biology final is visited in the night, Christmas Carol-style, by the spirits of some of the greatest scientists in history. Trevor suffers from an ailment common among high schoolers: apathy. He snoozes through science class, distrusts his teachers, and would rather stay up all night playing video games than studying for his upcoming science quiz. With an "F" in Biology looming ominously in Trevor's near future unless he finds motivation, Trevor's parents take away his video games for a week in an effort to make him buckle down and study. When he opens up his book, however, an epic adventure begins, and the greatest scientists in history become his guides-literally!

From the New York Times bestselling author of the Hello Sunshine Book Club pick The Other Woman, comes The Half SisterMeet the half sister, and unravel the ties that blind us.THE TRUTH: Sisters Kate and Lauren meet for Sunday lunch every week without fail, especially after the loss of their father.THE LIE: But a knock at the door is about to change everything. A young woman by the name of Jess holds a note with the results of a DNA test, claiming to be their half sister.THE UNTHINKABLE: As the fallout starts, it's clear that they are all hiding secrets, and perhaps this family isn't as perfect as it appears.

THE PHENOMENAL KOREAN BESTSELLERTRANSLATED BY INTERNATIONAL BOOKER SHORTLISTEE ANTON HURPSYCHIATRIST: So how can I help you? ME: I don't know, I'm - what's the word - depressed? Do I have to go into detail? Baek Sehee is a successful young social media director at a publishing house when she begins seeing a psychiatrist about her - what to call it? - depression? She feels persistently low, anxious, endlessly self-doubting, but also highly judgemental of others. She hides her feelings well at work and with friends; adept at performing the calmness, even ease, her lifestyle demands. The effort is exhausting, overwhelming, and keeps her from forming deep relationships.This can't be normal. But if she's so hopeless, why can she always summon a desire for her favourite street food, the hot, spicy rice cake, tteokbokki? Is this just what life is like? Recording her dialogues with her psychiatrist over a 12-week period, Baek begins to disentangle the feedback loops, knee-jerk reactions and ha

The ultimate garden reference for daily chores and tasks―this comprehensive yet accessible guide covers vegetables, herbs, flowers, and houseplants. How, when, and where are common questions for every home gardener―no matter their level of experience. How do I prune my lilac? When do I start my tomato seeds? Where should I plant my hydrangea? The Month-By-Month Gardening Guide is here to help. This compendium of practical advice shares thousands of tasks and chores broken down for every week of the year. And it covers every type of plant: vegetables, flowers, trees and shrubs, herbs, and houseplants. Readers will find general growing advice; suggestions for care and maintenance; tips for planting in a variety of areas (outdoor, on terraces and balconies, on windowsill, and indoors); best practices for harvesting; tricks for helping your houseplants thrive; and much more. The Month-By-Month Gardening Guide is a year-long primer on what to do when. It is a must-have for any home garden

A little girl stays home with Mama when Mummy goes off on a work trip in this tender, inviting story that will resonate with every child who has missed a parent. For one little girl, there's no place she'd rather be than sitting between Mama and Mummy. So when Mummy goes away on a work trip, it's tricky to find a good place at the table.As the days go by, Mama brings her to the library, they watch films, and all of them talk on the phone, but she still misses Mummy as deep as the ocean and as high as an astronaut up in the stars. As they pass by a beautiful garden, the girl has an idea ... but when Mummy finally comes home, it takes a minute to shake off the empty feeling she felt all week before leaning in for a kiss.Michael L. Printz Award winner Nina LaCour thoughtfully renders a familiar, touching story of a child who misses a parent, illustrated by Kaylani Juanita, whose distinctive style brings charm and playfulness to this delightful family of three.

A true friend can help us through anything . . .When a little girl learns about her parents’ divorce on a Thursday, it ruins her favorite day of the week. But her stuffed-unicorn friend steps in to help, taking her on adventures to cheer her up and staying by her side to comfort her when feelings are hard. Then, slowly, the little girl and her unicorn friend awaken to the natural world that surrounds them as life continues to shift and change…until the day that Thursday can become just Thursday again. Told with great sensitivity and beauty, this is a book of healing and hope for children experiencing divorce and a testament to the power of friendship in helping us to overcome life’s biggest obstacles.

Detective Billy Harney’s reputation as a dirty cop may be the only thing keeping Chicago clean in James Patterson’s most critically-acclaimed thriller since The Black Book.​For Detective Billy Harney, getting shot in the head, stalked by a state’s attorney, and accused of murder by his fellow cops is a normal week on the job. So when a drive-by shooting on the Chicago's west side turns political, he leads the way to a quick solve. But Harney's instincts -- his father was once chief of detectives and his twin sister, Patti, is also on the force -- run deep. As a population hungry for justice threatens to riot, he realizes that the three known victims are hardly the only casualties. When Harney starts asking questions about who's to blame, the easy answers prove to be the wrong ones. On the flip side, the less he seems to know, the longer he can keep his clandestine investigation going ... until Harney's quest to expose the evil that's rotting the city from the inside out takes him to th

A young woman arrives in Los Angeles determined to start over and discovers she doesn’t need to leave everything behind after all, from Abbi Waxman, USA Today bestselling author of The Bookish Life of Nina HillWhen Laura Costello moves to Los Angeles, trying to escape an overprotective family and the haunting memories of a terrible accident, she doesn’t expect to be homeless after a week. (She’s pretty sure she didn’t start that fire ― right?) She also doesn’t expect to find herself adopted by a rogue bookseller, installed in a lovely but completely illegal boardinghouse, or challenged to save a losing trivia team from ignominy…but that’s what happens. Add a regretful landlady, a gorgeous housemate and an ex-boyfriend determined to put himself back in the running and you’ll see why Laura isn’t really sure she’s cut out for this adulting thing. Luckily for her, her new friends Nina, Polly and Impossibly Handsome Bob aren’t sure either, but maybe if they put their heads (and hearts) toge

More than 300 pages of engaging math questions and lessons for fans ofMinecraft! This kid-friendly workbook features well-loved video game characters and concepts to reinforce the development of first through fourth grade math skills laid out in the national Common Core State Standards. Colorfully illustrated puzzles and high-interest, engaging practice problems and activitiesare perfect for fans of Minecraft and gaming.The curriculum-based content covered here includes lessons in:Adding,subtracting, multiplication, and divisionpractice pages with colorful artWord problems that bring mathandMinecrafting to lifeMath Facts pages for timed or untimed practiceCode-breaking funPlace value, base 10, regrouping,skip counting, grouping, and more fundamental math skills! Skip to the pages that suit your child's needs and learning style or start at the beginning and advance page by pageit's up to you! As the workbook progresses, the problems become more challenging so that learners of all levels

Possums may steal your garbage…but with this book, they’ll also steal your heart!Possums are more than the ugly-cute icons of the internet. These so-called trash animals and pointy kitties are not only relatable avatars for anxious but resilient people everywhere, but nature’s secret clean-up crew. Organized around common myths that have given possums a bad reputation, this fun and offbeat book reveals the truth about possums through dozens of adorable photos, informative illustrations, and fascinating facts. Did you know that… • Possums protect people and pets from disease! A single possum can eat up to 4,000 ticks per week! • Possums excel at interspecies friendships, often sleeping in other animals’ dens. • Possums are shy creatures: when they “play dead,” they are actually fainting from anxiety! Written by wildlife rehabber and possum advocate Ally Burguieres, known for her popular Instagram account @ItsMeSesame, this accessible and giftable guide explains why possums deser

'A beautiful, well paced, enraging, funny and heartbreaking book' the Guardian 'Spectacular . . .Alameddine's irreverent prose evokes the old master storytellers from my own Middle Eastern home . . .deeply poignant' New York TimesMina Simpson, a Lebanese doctor, arrives at the infamous Moria refugee camp on Lesbos, Greece, after being urgently summoned for help by her friend who runs an NGO there. Alienated from her family except for her beloved brother, Mina has avoided being so close to her homeland for decades. But with a week off work and apart from her wife of thirty years, Mina hopes to accomplish something meaningful, among the abundance of Western volunteers who pose for selfies with beached dinghies and the camp's children.Soon, a boat crosses bringing Sumaiya, a fiercely resolute Syrian matriarch with terminal liver cancer. Determined to protect her children and husband at all costs, Sumaiya refuses to alert her family to her diagnosis. Bonded together by Sumaiya's secret, a

Best-selling wildlife photographic diary from the RHS The RHS Wild in the Garden Diary 2023 celebrates British wildlife at its very best, and is the perfect gift for all keen gardeners, bird watchers and animal lovers.This beautiful week-by-week diary is illustrated with stunning full-colour photographs of the birds, mammals, amphibians, insects, flora and fauna of the British garden.The diary also includes ideas and tips on how to manage your garden to enhance wildlife potential and to help it grow and flourish.This week-to-view diary features colour photographs throughout, with an internal storage pocket and silk ribbon marker.

An approachable, interactive workbook with loads of tips, techniques, and ideas, 15-Minute Drawing: Getting Started is a fun and approachable way to learning the art of pencil drawing.Learn how to draw with easy, stress-free lessons designed to build a solid foundation for drawing in just 15 minutes.Starting with pencil techniques and warm-up exercises,15-Minute Drawing: Getting Started guides you in exploring the basics of drawing with graphite pencil―from how to hold a pencil and varying pressure to practicing basic strokes and techniques, including hatching, crosshatching, stippling, creating texture, blending, and more. Prompts and open spaces invite you to practice your newfound skills directly inside the book and to record your progress.Once you’ve mastered the basics, you are then guided through more than 30 step-by-step projects across a range of subjects, including flowers, animals, buildings, and everyday items. Each project starts with a basic shape, with each step building

Keep kids between grades 1 and 2 learning and building skills through the summer with the latest in the series of supplemental educational workbooks that explore language arts topics in Phonics, Writing, Spelling and Grammar, and Vocabulary, brought to you by the World’s Greatest Word Game―Mad Libs!Learning is ADJECTIVE, especially during the summer, and learning with Mad Libs is double the fun! With summer skill-building material that aligns with national Common Core Standards and is vetted by a top educational consultant, this workbook for kids between grades 1 and 2 is designed to reinforce lessons introduced in the classroom in an accessible way for young learners everywhere.Reluctant learners will love the interactive activities within the workbook, and fans of Mad Libs will be delighted to play their favorite summer-themed fill-in-the-blank word game at the end of each phonics, writing, and vocabulary lesson.Each Mad Libs exercise is crafted to reinforce subjects and themes taugh

Kaplan's GRE Prep Plus 2023 guides you through the GRE step-by-step, with expert strategies, essential content review, and five online practice tests. Get an advantage on test day with our proven test-taking strategies, math skills review, and one-year access to online practice and lessons. We're so certain that GRE Prep Plus 2023 offers all the knowledge you need to excel at the GRE that we guarantee it: After studying with the online resources and book, you'll score higher on the GRE--or you'll get your money back.The Best PracticeFive full-length online tests help you practice in the same computer-based format you'll see on test day.One full-length practice test included in the book for when online is not an option.Two mini tests, one math and one verbal, online to help you get off to a fast startMore than 1,500 questions with detailed explanations.Video explanations of selected questions.500-question online Qbank that lets you select problems by topic and difficulty and customize y

Full of bird watching basics, fun facts, and illustrated species profiles, This Is a Book for People Who Love Birds is a joyful celebration of our feathered friends!For seasoned spotters and backyard hobbyists alike, this charming guide offers an accessible look at the irresistible world of birding. Wildlife biologist and co-founder of Black Birders Week Danielle Belleny walks readers through the essentials of bird watching, from equipment to locations, offering new ideas for finding avian friends wherever you may be. Engaging profiles of North American bird species, from cardinals and blue jays to raptors and sea birds, are accompanied by whimsical illustrations sure to spark the imaginations of birders from coast to coast. Deeply researched and accessible to enthusiasts of all levels of experience, This Is a Book for People Who Love Birds is an essential addition to every bird lover's field library.

A fresh, witty rom-com romp set against the backdrop of a high-profile music competition and a riotous Indian weddingZurika Damani is a naturally gifted violinist with a particular love for hip hop beats. But when you’re part of a big Indian family, everyone has expectations, and those certainly don’t include hip hop violin. After being rejected by Juilliard, Zuri's last hope is a contest judged by a panel of top tier college scouts. The only problem? This coveted competition happens to take place during Zuri’s sister’s extravagant wedding week. And Zuri has already been warned, repeatedly, that she is not to miss a single moment.In the midst of the chaos, Zuri’s mom is in matchmaking mode with the groom’s South African cousin Naveen―who just happens to be a cocky vocalist set on stealing Zuri’s spotlight at the scouting competition. Luckily Zuri has a crew of loud and loyal female cousins cheering her on. Now, all she has to do is to wow the judges for a top spot, evade getting caught

Inspired by true events that rocked the nation, a profoundly moving novel about a Black nurse in post-segregation Alabama who blows the whistle on a terrible wrong done to her patients, from the New York Times bestselling author of Wench.Montgomery, Alabama, 1973. Fresh out of nursing school, Civil Townsend has big plans to make a difference, especially in her African American community. At the Montgomery Family Planning Clinic, she intends to help women make their own choices for their lives and bodies. But when her first week on the job takes her down a dusty country road to a worn-down one-room cabin, she’s shocked to learn that her new patients, India and Erica, are children—just eleven and thirteen years old. Neither of the Williams sisters has even kissed a boy, but they are poor and Black, and for those handling the family’s welfare benefits, that’s reason enough to have the girls on birth control. As Civil grapples with her role, she takes India, Erica, and their family into he

Perfect for Teacher Appreciation Week! This Step 1 reader is the latest in the I Love…series that started with I Love Pink! This story is all about how wonderful school is when you have a great teacher.Teachers are simply the best! The star of I Love Pink! and I Love My Tutu! absolutely loves her teacher! There’s so much to learn, and her teacher makes it fun. So fun that our little pink lover enjoys pretending to be a teacher when she gets home. Emergent readers will relate to this story while bolstering their reading skills in this heartwarming celebration of teachers.Step 1 Readers feature big type and easy words for children who know the alphabet and are eager to begin reading. Rhyme and rhythmic text paired with picture clues help children decode the story.Young readers will LOVE the other I LOVE books in this series!I Love My Pink!I Love My Tutu!I Love Cake!I Love My Teacher!Series Overview: Since 1984, Step Into Reading has set the standard. Random House was the first trade publ

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER - GOOD MORNING AMERICA BUZZ PICK - "A total departure for the author of The Paris Wife, McLain's emotionally intense and exceptionally well-written thriller entwines its fictional crime with real cases."--People (Book of the Week) NAMED ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR BY MARIE CLAIRE - "The kind of heart-pounding conclusion that thriller fans crave . . . In the end, a book full of darkness lands with a message of hope."--The New York Times Book Review "This mystery will keep you guessing, and stay with you long after you finish. Dive in."--Daily Skimm Anna Hart is a seasoned missing persons detective in San Francisco with far too much knowledge of the darkest side of human nature. When tragedy strikes her personal life, Anna, desperate and numb, flees to the Northern California village of Mendocino to grieve. She lived there as a child with her beloved foster parents, and now she believes it might be the only place left for her. Yet the day she arrives, she

A little girl stays home with Mama when Mommy goes off on a work trip in this tender, inviting story that will resonate with every child who has missed a parent.For one little girl, there’s no place she’d rather be than sitting between Mama and Mommy. So when Mommy goes away on a work trip, it’s tricky to find a good place at the table. As the days go by, Mama brings her to the library, they watch movies, and all of them talk on the phone, but she still misses Mommy as deep as the ocean and as high as an astronaut up in the stars. As they pass by a beautiful garden, the girl gets an idea…but when Mommy finally comes home, it takes a minute to shake off the empty feeling she felt all week before leaning in for a kiss. Michael L. Printz Award winner Nina LaCour thoughtfully renders a familiar, touching story of a child who misses a parent, illustrated by Kaylani Juanita, whose distinctive style brings charm and playfulness to this delightful family of three.

Get all the GRE math problem-solving practice you need--updated to match the latest exam and featuring a 20-question Diagnostic Quiz!Achieve your highest score with 500 GRE Math Questions to Know by Test Day Second Edition. This book is packed with the latest GRE style questions covering all the essential GRE math topics you'll see on the exam, accompanied by answers and fully worked-out, step-by-step solutions to every problem. It's the perfect way to sharpen your skills and build your confidence for test day.Organized by subject for easy reference, 500 GRE Math Questions to Know by Test Day provides excellent practice to help you make the most of your review time. With small bits of information presented for quick and easy review, this essential study guide is helpful for all types of students, whether you're looking for a thorough refresh of topics or need extra help understanding specific question types.Features: 500 GRE test math questions and full explanations for each question i

An introduction to a new science-based somatic psychotherapy that effectively relieves emotional difficulties, regulates behavior, and improves wellbeing. Integral Somatic Psychology (ISP) is an easy-to-learn therapeutic modality developed by author and psychologist Dr. Raja Selvam, who believes optimal mental health relies on our ability to fully embody our emotions. Drawing on neuroscience, body-psychotherapy, somatic psychology, and cognitive-behavioral therapy, Selvam describes how our bodies can be used as vehicles for affective processing, thereby alleviating mental suffering while regulating behavior and enhancing memory, language, and critical thinking. Clinicians will learn capacity-building skills to teach their clients, like how to tolerate all feelings (especially the uncomfortable ones) while navigating life's inevitable challenges. Selvam describes what he sees as four new categories of emotional embodiment work: - Situation, which links context to affect response.- Emoti

Murder on the ski slopes. The weapon? A bow and arrow. The suspects? Every guest at the villa.Intrigue, a fake relationship, and humor come together in a Knives Out-style cozy mystery from bestselling author Amanda Flower and Hallmark Publishing. A wealthy doctor invites many of his associates to spend a week at a giant, luxurious ski villa. Darby Piper, a seasoned private eye, and Tate Porter, her new partner at the detective agency, are among the guests, going undercover as a romantic couple. They were hired by the doctor's much-younger wife to investigate anonymous threats against her husband's life. But before long, Darby and Tate are investigating a murder instead. As they dig up buried grudges, Darby's jealous ex-boyfriend on the police force thinks they're wasting their time. Will Darby and Tate figure out who the killer isor will it become another cold case? This cozy mystery contains a free Hallmark original recipe for Goat Cheese Phyllo Puffs

In a companion to Where the Heart Is, the lens turns to younger sister Ivy as she fields the joys and pitfalls of new friendship, hones her passion for baking, and resists the idea of change.Ivy loves living in Applewood Heights. The family’s apartment is tiny, and her older sister, Rachel, won’t stop grumbling about sharing a room after their old house was lost to foreclosure. But for the first time, Ivy has friends. Lucas and Alice live close by, and every week all three watch their favorite cooking show and practice baking together (even if Ivy has to find creative substitutes for the pricey ingredients). But Ivy is a worrier, and this summer there’s plenty to be anxious about. Her parents can’t wait to move to a bigger, nicer place, which is the last thing Ivy wants. Then Alice receives devastating news, and Ivy somehow manages to say just the wrong thing. Will Alice ever stop being mad at her?Ivy finds much-needed reassurance, and a boost of confidence, when she starts working wit

Enjoy healthy and delicious food every night of the week with these 100+ approachable comfort food recipes perfect for any budget or dietary restriction.Comfort food that is actually healthygluten-free, grain-free, dairy-free, and moreand easy to make sounds almost too good to be true. But now, with The Real Food Dietitians: The Real Food Table, you can make all your favorite meals right in your home without sacrificing any of the flavors you love. As busy moms, authors Jessica Beacom and Stacie Hassing know how challenging it can be to get dinner on the table on a busy weeknight, much less a meal that helps you feel better inside and out by accommodating food allergies, sensitivities and fighting inflammation. That's why they wrote The Real Food Dietitians: The Real Food Table, to help you make mealtime a delicious, easy, and healthy experience! This cookbook delivers more than 100 recipes for all meals of the day, including: -Entres like the Easier-than-Ever Slow Cooker Baby Back Rib

Now a motion picture starring Lucy Hale and Austin Stowell, releasing first in theaters and video on demand, USA Today bestselling author Sally Thorne’s hilarious and sexy workplace comedy all about that thin, fine line between hate and love.Lucy Hutton has always believed that the nice girl can get the corner office. She’s charming and accommodating and prides herself on being loved by everyone. Everyone except sarcastic, cynical, and intimidating Joshua Templeman. Her nemesis.Josh is the dark and brooding to Lucy’s light and cheery, the crisp pressed suit to her retro outfits and bright red lipstick. And he gets under her skin like no one else can. Trapped in a shared office together five days a week, they’ve become entrenched in an addictive, never-ending game of one-upmanship.When a new executive position is announced, Josh and Lucy are top contenders for the promotion, but the idea of working for the other is so unthinkable that they strike a deal: whoever doesn’t get the job will

Springtime, baby animals, and secular Easter fun fill the pages of a big, colorful activity book filled with stickers, coloring pages, mazes, dot-to-dots, drawing, matching, and more!Celebrate the holiday while building your child's early math and literacy skills. Features a double-page spread of stickers, sixteen magazine-style full-color pages, and forty-eight pages of coloring and activities, all appropriate for children in preschool, kindergarten, and the first grade: Drawing tutorialsMatching exercisesColoring pagesPuzzlesMazesExercises to practice numerology conceptsSpot-the-difference puzzlesPoetry games that support the important literacy skill of identifying rhymesTrue-or-false questionnairesWord searchesHidden-picture activitiesSecret codesDot-to-dotsAnd more!Tailored for children ages 4-6 with consultation from an elementary school specialist, Eggs, Baskets, Spring! Activity Book is a high-value resource to support the development of foundational learning skills for boys and

More than 40 ready-to-use, skill-building practice pages with easy-to-follow directions and fun, motivating exercises! Perfect for classroom or at-home use, this exciting practice book provides invaluable reinforcement and practice with key math skills including: number sense and conceptsreasoning and logicbasic operations and computationsstory problems and equationstime, money, and measurementfractions, decimals, and percentagesgeometry and basic shapesgraphs, charts, tables...and more!

More than 40 ready-to-use, skill-building practice pages with easy-to-follow directions and fun, motivating exercises! Perfect for classroom or at-home use, this exciting practice book provides invaluable reinforcement and practice with key math skills including: number sense and conceptsreasoning and logicbasic operations and computationsstory problems and equationstime, money, and measurementfractions, decimals, and percentagesgeometry and basic shapesgraphs, charts, tables...and more!

More than 40 ready-to-use, skill-building practice pages with easy-to-follow directions and fun, motivating exercises! Perfect for classroom or at-home use, this exciting practice book provides invaluable reinforcement and practice with key math skills including: number sense and conceptsreasoning and logicbasic operations and computationsstory problems and equationstime, money, and measurementfractions, decimals, and percentagesgeometry and basic shapesgraphs, charts, tables...and more!

More than 40 ready-to-use, skill-building practice pages with easy-to-follow directions and fun, motivating exercises! Perfect for classroom or at-home use, this exciting practice book provides invaluable reinforcement and practice with key math skills including: number sense and conceptsreasoning and logicbasic operations and computationsstory problems and equationstime, money, and measurementfractions, decimals, and percentagesgeometry and basic shapesgraphs, charts, tables...and more!

Fit exercise into your busy life with short but effective stretching programmes. Do the demands of modern life leave you feeling stiff and sore? Do you struggle to find time for exercise? Stress no more: these four 15-minute programmes for beginners offer the versatility and ease of use that busy lifestyles demand. Build these 15-minute stretching routines, that you can do at home with just a mat, into your week to get leaner, more flexible, and stronger than ever before.Clear step-by-step photographs paired with easy-to-follow instructions explain exactly what to do in each move, and targeted "feel-it-here" graphics help you understand which muscles to focus on. At the end of each 15-minute programme there's an at-a-glance summary of the routine. 15-Minute Stretch will inspire you to make exercise a part of your weekly routine, so you soon reap the benefits of enhanced health and fitness.

Featuring easy-to-use, wipe-clean pages and an attached dry erase marker, the Get Ready for School: First Grade Wipe Off Workbook is packed with teacher-approved, common-core aligned activities that cover everything from math and reading to colors and shapes. This fun and lively primer is a must-have to help your first grader get ready for school. Help the young student in your life prepare for first grade with this friendly, colorful, and re-useable activity book that introduces and reinforces basic skills through hands-on activities like tracing, coloring, fill-in-the blank prompts, and more. Get Ready for School: First Grade Wipe Off Workbook offers a wide variety of curriculum-based topics that will help your child: Spell more difficult words by teaching familiarity with the alphabet, vowels, and consonantsRecognize different types of words like nouns, action words, and describing wordsMaster addition and subtractionUnderstand scientific concepts such as where animals live and what

A thrilling novella in the Night Huntress series from USA Today bestselling author, Jeaniene Frost.Vampire Cat Crawfield Russell is looking forward to a little down time with her best friend, Denise. But when witches crash the party, a fun getaway turns into a paranormal showdown.Vampire Cat Crawfield is experiencing a new role as a mother. Turns out, trying to manage a perfect domestic life for her daughter is more...challenging than Cat ever imagined. Since things have finally quieted down in the undead world, her husband, Bones, suggests that Cat recharge by spending a girls-only getaway with her best friend, Denise.Cat and Denise intend to spend the week doing nothing more than dancing, drinking, and sightseeing. Unfortunately, they stumble across a deadly summer solstice ritual performed by powerful witches who have no intention of letting their uninvited guests live to reveal what they saw. Will this girls-only getaway turn out to be the last vacation - ever! - for Cat and Denise

Construction comes alive with hands-on activities for kids ages 5 to 10Kids love construction! From bridges to buildings, this book is filled with incredible things that young engineers can design and build themselves. They'll learn how structures are built, what goes on at construction sites, and the ways simple materials like rocks and dirt helped create our modern world. This book keeps kids on track with step-by-step instructions for building paper cup towers, railroads, and more. They'll find out about the infrastructure that makes up our neighborhoods while also discovering how science, technology, engineering, art, and math all play important parts in construction.Go beyond other construction books for kids with: 25 inspiring activities--Introduce kids to real construction with projects they can build at home using easy-to-find materials and an adult assistant.Kid-friendly explanations--Expand the learning with simple explanations of how activities connect to STEAM concepts, as

The Lunch Lady meets Alex Ryder in S.O.S: Society of Substitutes #4: Super Fun World, the fourth book in a thrillingly funny early chapter book series about the most unsung superheroes of them all—substitute teachers. Milton Worthy and his family are off on a vacation to Super Fun World. It’s a week filled with roller coasters, rides, and fried food—and no super-sub missions for seven whole days.Everything is going according to plan until Milton gets stuck having to look after Noah—part-time classroom pet, full-time evil mastermind—who has an entirely different kind of getaway in mind. Will Milton be able to figure out Noah’s latest plot for world domination before it ruins his family’s vacation?S.O.S: Society of Substitutes #4: Super Fun World is the fourth book in a hilarious chapter book series from beloved author of the Silly Dilly songbooks and the Mustache series, Alan Katz, and illustrated by beloved artist Alex Lopez. School Library Journal called it “highly recommended” in th

NAMED A NOTABLE WORK OF NONFICTION OF 2020 BY THE WASHINGTON POST"A remarkable book. ... The more one reads, the more pressing one conclusion becomes: almost everything we thought we knew about contemporary China is wrong." --The Observer, "Book of the Week"Hailed as a masterwork of reporting and analysis, and based on decades of research within China, We Have Been Harmonized, by award-winning correspondent Kai Strittmatter, offers a groundbreaking look at how the inter-net and high tech have allowed China to create the largest and most effective surveillance state in history. China's new drive for repression is being underpinned by unpre-cedented advances in technology: facial and voice recognition, GPS tracking, supercomputer databases, intercepted cell phone conver-sations, the monitoring of app use, and millions of high-resolution security cameras make it nearly impossible for a Chinese citizen to hide anything from authorities. Commercial transactions, including food deliveries an

For courses intwo-semester general chemistry. Accurate, data-driven authorship with expanded interactivityleads to greater student engagement Unrivaled problemsets, notable scientific accuracy and currency, and remarkable clarity havemade Chemistry: The Central Science the leading generalchemistry text for more than a decade. Trusted, innovative, and calibrated, thetext increases conceptual understanding and leads to greater student success ingeneral chemistry by building on the expertise of the dynamic author team ofleading researchers and award-winning teachers. MasteringTMChemistry is not included.Students, if Mastering isa recommended/mandatory component of the course, please ask your instructor forthe correct ISBN and course ID. Mastering should only be purchased whenrequired by an instructor. Instructors, contact your Pearson rep for moreinformation.Mastering is an online homework,tutorial, and assessment product designed to personalize learning and improveresults. With a wide ra