Barbara Mariconda
1) Sort it out!
Author
Publisher
Sylvan Dell Publishing
Pub. Date
[2008]
Language
English
Description
A rhyming story about a packrat who enjoys sorting his collection of trinkets in a variety of ways. Includes "For Creative Minds" section with sorting activities.
Author
Publisher
Arbordale Publishing
Language
Español
Formats
Description
Packy the Packrat's mother has had enough! It's time that he sorts through his ever-growing collection of trinkets and puts them away. Told in rhyme, the text leads the reader to participate in the sorting process by categorizing Packy's piles of things according to like characteristics and attributes. The story promotes and reinforces analogous thinking-a critical thinking skill in math, science, and life. In the "For Creative Minds" education section...
4) Lucy at sea
Author
Series
Language
English
Formats
Description
"Lucy travels to Australia in her magical house-turned-ship to find her long-lost Aunt Pru and solve the mystery of the curse on her family"--
6) Ten for me
Author
Publisher
Sylvan Dell Pub
Pub. Date
[2011]
Language
English
Description
Join two young children on a mathematical butterfly hunt. The number of butterflies caught each day always adds up to ten. Who will win? Learn how to attract a variety of butterflies through the plants and food they rely on and about their life cycles. Includes "For Creative Minds" educational section.
Author
Publisher
Skyscape
Pub. Date
[2013]
Language
English
Description
"Set during the turmoil of the Spanish Civil War, sixteen-year-old Drina yearns to dance flamenco. When she dances, she forgets who she is. She forgets what seems to be her legacy: I am nothing. I belong nowhere. Why does her mother forbid her to dance, the very thing that makes her feel alive? She wonders about the secrets her mother holds, about the rumored life she had before Drina was born--a story that somehow still holds them both prisoner....