Most Popular Books by Joe Rhatigan

Safe, easy, fast, and fun: paper crafts are the perfect creative activity for children. And these 48 unique projects—engagingly displayed on colorful pages—prove there’s more to paper art than cutting out hearts. A special section starts kids off by introducing them to different papers and tools, while six technique-based chapters present imaginative possibilities for transforming everything from corrugated cardboard to vellum. Best of all, they’ll learn how to turn their own crafty ideas into reality.

Everyone knows that sloths are super slow. So, when Pedro sees a super-speedy sloth in the forest, no one believes him. With a video camera and his friend Alessa, they set out to catch him in action. Advancing readers will enjoy this humorous story about

Every industry relies on the basic principles of business to function and prosper. An accountant can therefore choose to work in any business that needs sound financial practices. A sports enthusiast might seek an accounting job with a professional sports team, a sports equipment manufacturer, or other related business. Mixing business with pleasure is just one of the reasons to give this field a serious look. Demand is another. Each industry needs well-trained people who can organize, plan, and manage their way to success. Accounting, finance, human resources, marketing, nonprofit management, leadership, and real estate are just a few of the areas of specialization explored in further detail in the new Career Ideas for Teens in Business, Management, and Administration. Job articles include: Brand manager Chief executive officer E-commerce analyst Human resources director International business consultant Media coordinator Purchasing agent Risk manager.

The 45 projects here use paint, fabric, wire, beads, paper, costume jewelry, and other found objects, and range from classic and elegant to wild and witty. Try an assemblage of driftwood and seashells, a glued ceramic shard mosaic, and (for the kids) an imaginative border on a painted blackboard frame surface.

Humans have not been to the moon since 1972. The Artemis space program is going to change that. Engaging photographs and exciting text bring readers along on our next mission to the moon.

Learn how to react when you see something wrong or dangerous with this relevant Spanish nonfiction book. Perfect for young readers, the book includes a fiction story related to the topic, a connected civics project, a glossary, useful text features, and engaging sidebars. This 28-page full-color Spanish book explains in an easy-to-understand way that students should talk to a trusted adult about things that make them uncomfortable or scared. It also covers serious subjects such as bullying and u0093stranger dangeru0094, and includes an extension activity for grade 2. Perfect for the classroom, at-home learning, or homeschool, to explore kindness, leadership, and standing up for what is right.

Learn how to react when you see something wrong or dangerous with this relevant Spanish nonfiction book. Perfect for young readers, the book includes a fiction story related to the topic, a connected civics project, a glossary, useful text features, and engaging sidebars. This 28-page full-color Spanish book explains in an easy-to-understand way that students should talk to a trusted adult about things that make them uncomfortable or scared. It also covers serious subjects such as bullying and “stranger danger”, and includes an extension activity for grade 2. Perfect for the classroom, at-home learning, or homeschool, to explore kindness, leadership, and standing up for what is right.

Alex has dreams of becoming a basketball star. But as the shortest kid on the team, she’s struggling. She needs to get tall. . .fast! Or does she? Find out in this Spanish fiction book!

Discover the meaning of culture! This Spanish nonfiction book examines diverse cultures and encourages students to celebrate their differences. Made for young readers, the book includes a fiction story related to the topic, an extension activity, discussion questions, and more beneficial features. This 24-page full-color Spanish book describes how food, games, holidays, and more vary from culture to culture. It also covers relevant themes such as kindness and being different, and includes an extension activity for Grade 1. Perfect for the classroom, at-home learning, or homeschool to learn about multicultural society, world studies, and diversity.

Batty and Catty are bragging about their special abilities and Battyu0092s feelings get hurt. Catty feels bad and decides to make amends by teaching Batty some new tricks while learning some new ones herself. Written in verse, this Spanish picture book introduces important life skills to upper emergent readers. With pre-reading questions, this book is ideal for guided reading and builds early Spanish literacy skills. This picture book is written in Spanish.

Batty and Catty are bragging about their special abilities and Batty’s feelings get hurt. Catty feels bad and decides to make amends. Written in verse, this Spanish picture book introduces important life skills to emerging readers.

Discover the meaning of culture! This Spanish nonfiction book examines diverse cultures and encourages students to celebrate their differences. Made for young readers, the book includes a fiction story related to the topic, an extension activity, discussi

Pablo the alpaca is nervous about getting a haircut, but with help from a friend, heu0092ll learn to love getting groomed. This illustrated chapter book helps advancing readers learn to embrace new (and scary!) experiences. This Spanish fiction book supports early fluent readers on their journey to independent reading. Engage studentsu0092 natural curiosity with fun and inspiring real-world stories. Perfect for shared or guided reading, this book builds a foundation for a lifelong love of reading. This fiction book is written in Spanish.

Discover the meaning of culture! This Spanish nonfiction book examines diverse cultures and encourages students to celebrate their differences. Made for young readers, the book includes a fiction story related to the topic, an extension activity, discussion questions, and more beneficial features. This 24-page full-color Spanish book describes how food, games, holidays, and more vary from culture to culture. It also covers relevant themes such as kindness and being different, and includes an extension activity for Grade 1. Perfect for the classroom, at-home learning, or homeschool to learn about multicultural society, world studies, and diversity.

Experience a new twist on this classic nursery rhyme with the new book, Twinkle, Twinkle Little Star. A group of kittens want to get closer to their friend Twinkle, the star. Will they reach Twinkle? Everyone loves and remembers nursery rhymes from when they were a small child. Each book in the Classic Nursery Rhymes Retold series begins with a classic nursery rhyme, then expands on it with more wacky rhymes and fun, toddler and young child friendly nonsense. Twinkle, Twinkle Little Star is a re-imagined expansion of the wonderful rhyme. In this story, Twinkle the star has some kitten admirers on Earth that will do anything to visit their star friend. The kittens build a rocket ship, a super slingshot, and other contraptions, hoping that one of their ideas will get them closer to Twinkle. Perfect for children ages 1 through 5, Twinkle, Twinkle Little Star will make them giggle with delight as they read this new classic over and over again.

Expanding your childu0092s reading horizons is easy with fiction books from Teacher Created Materials! In u0093Big Dreamsu0094 by Joe Rhatigan, Alex has dreams of becoming a basketball star. But as the shortest kid on the team, sheu0092s struggling. She needs to get tall. . .fast! Or does she? Find out more in this comic-style story your child will love. Includes u0091Book Clubu0092 literacy and comprehension questions. This fiction book is written in Spanish.

Quinn Gray, Private Detective, is known at her school as the person to hire when you need a mystery solved. When her friend Jessica starts receiving mysterious notes at her desk, will Quinn be able to crack the case? This mystery Spanish fiction book supports early fluent readers on their journey to independent reading. Engage studentsu0092 natural curiosity with fun and inspiring real-world stories. Perfect for shared or guided reading, this book cultivates lifelong reading success. This fiction book is written in Spanish.

Learn the history of u0093The Star-Spangled Banneru0094 and the meaning behind its famous words with this Spanish nonfiction book. Ideal for young readers, the book includes a related fiction story, glossary, connected project, useful text features, and engaging sidebars. This 28-page full-color Spanish book analyzes the national anthem line by line to make sure students fully understand it. It also covers important topics like patriotism and community, and includes an extension activity for grade 2. Perfect for the classroom, at-home learning, or homeschool, to explore the national anthem, U.S. symbols, and American history.

Two Antarctic penguins want to travel the world but can’t fly. They build a flying machine out of ice to take a trip across America. This entertaining Spanish picture book features colorful illustrations and simple text to help early readers follow along on their adventure. With pre-reading questions, this book is ideal for guided reading and builds early Spanish literacy skills. This picture book is written in Spanish.

Two Antarctic penguins want to travel the world but canu0092t fly. They build a flying machine out of ice to take a trip across America. This entertaining Spanish picture book features colorful illustrations and simple text to help early readers follow along on their adventure. With pre-reading questions, this book is ideal for guided reading and builds early Spanish literacy skills. This picture book is written in Spanish.

Learn the history of “The Star-Spangled Banner” and the meaning behind its famous words with this Spanish nonfiction book. Ideal for young readers, the book includes a related fiction story, glossary, connected project, useful text features, and engaging sidebars. This 28-page full-color Spanish book analyzes the national anthem line by line to make sure students fully understand it. It also covers important topics like patriotism and community, and includes an extension activity for grade 2. Perfect for the classroom, at-home learning, or homeschool, to explore the national anthem, U.S. symbols, and American history.

Learn the history of “The Star-Spangled Banner” and the meaning behind its famous words with this Spanish nonfiction book. Ideal for young readers, the book includes a related fiction story, glossary, connected project, useful text features, and engaging sidebars. This 28-page full-color Spanish book analyzes the national anthem line by line to make sure students fully understand it. It also covers important topics like patriotism and community, and includes an extension activity for grade 2. Perfect for the classroom, at-home learning, or homeschool, to explore the national anthem, U.S. symbols, and American history.

Animal teams have been trying to collect seven hidden gems in the Amazing Animal Challenge. So far, no one has done it. Team World includes one animal from each continent. Will they be able to work together? Will they be the first to win the grand prize? Young learners will love this imaginative story about animals from around the world competing in an epic sporting event! The book also provides fun facts about the real-life “superpowers” of the animal kingdom along with discussion questions for readers to show what they’ve learned.

Joe Rhatigan, author of the bestselling In Print, has come up with a new and unique guide to writing that''s not only instructive, but irresistible fun. Here''s the "write" way to get kids aged 10 and above excited about putting their words on the page.

Welcome, welcome to Dizzytown! Where we smile at work and never frown. We believe we’re good at what we do. Come take a look and you’ll think so too! But readers may frown . . . and giggle . . . when they find out that in Dizzytown, the wrong people are doing all the jobs!!! This rhyming picture book with illustrations from the award-winning Patrick Corrigan, follows a young girl on her first trip to Dizzytown. Her friend shows her around, pointing out all the hard workers. Unfortunately for the residents of Dizzytown, it’s the teachers who put out fires, while sanitation workers take sick people to landfills, musicians fly airplanes, and more! Each time, the young girl exclaims, “Wait! What??” and explains who are the right people for the jobs. Children will love pointing out the discrepancies in Dizzytown, where children go to work, trucks are driven by punk rock bands, and houses are built by pumpkin-pie bakers, and delight in the young girl’s frustration that everything in Dizzytown is just very wrong!

Creatively embellishing unfinished, ready-made frames is fun and easy. Sometimes it is hard to find just the right frame for a special photograph or piece of artwork, but using today''s hottest techniques, you can personalise a wide variety of plain and old-fashioned frames with paint, fabric, wire, beads, paper, costume jewellery and other household leftovers.

This little piggy said, “His eyes how they twinkle!” This little piggy said, “His nose looks like a cherry.” This little piggy said, “His cheeks are like roses!” This little piggy said, “His dimples how merry!" This fun read-aloud mash-up follows the rhyme and rhythm of the original toe-play nursery rhyme, while also paying irreverent tribute to Clement Clarke Moore’s classic poem “The Night Before Christmas.” It’s Christmas Eve, and all through the house, not a creature was stirring . . . except for the Little Piggy, who runs out the door because she knows Santa is coming! Soon all the other piggies are awake, causing enough mischief and mayhem to make this one visit Santa won’t soon forget. This Little Piggy''s Night Before Chistmas captures all the anticipation and exuberant excitement of the holidays! Full of pure silliness and joy, children will relish in reading about five little piggies who are just as excited about Christmas as they are. And This Little Piggy Said, “Merry Christmas to All and to All a Good Night!”

It’s the night before Christmas … but something is definitely stirring in this beautifully illustrated story of a fantastical holiday miracle! Neigh, baa, oink, cluckety cluck, and moo! Merry Barnyard Christmas from all of us to you. It’s Christmas Eve at the farm, and all the barnyard animals are taking turns sneaking out of the barn. At the old pine tree, they make an animal ladder. But why? The delightful answer to that question makes this an instant classic that parents and children alike will love reading during the holidays and all year round. Featuring an amazing vertical spread of all the animals teetering next to a giant pine tree, simple counting fun, and delightful rhyming text, Barnyard Christmas will warm readers’ hearts as they giggle all the way!

Fuzzy Wuzzy Was a Bear. Fuzzy Wuzzy Had No Hair… So begins the new and expanded version of this classic nursery rhyme. What happens next in the rest of this original manuscript promises to be silly, fun, and a must read-aloud for young children, who get to see what happens when Fuzzy Wuzzy meets Wacky Quacky, the duck with no quack; Bill, the giraffe with a short neck, Lumpy Wumpy, the elephant with feathers instead of ears, and more.

Who jumped, slithered, and stretched into the bed last night? That''s what Dad wants to know in this wiggly, giggly bedtime book! Written in catchy, sing-song verse, this adorably illustrated book will be a bedtime favorite. Children will love seeing who jumps into the bed next, and parents will appreciate the dad who, after a sleepless night, still gets up and saves the day!

Little Genius . . . where curious kids can learn and laugh while being captivated by the world around them. A first architecture book for little geniuses! Architects are artists and scientists as well. They design the spaces where we shop, learn, visit, and dwell. From drawing houses with crayons to building with Legos and blocks, children are born architects! And Little Genius: Architecture is a child’s first look at the incredible work that architects do. Each spread features one or more amazing buildings or architectural feats, such as the Taj Mahal, the Chrysler Building, the Great Wall of China, the Parthenon, the Sydney Opera House, the Great Mosque of Djenné, and more!!! Also, a few terms such as Gothic and Art Deco are introduced without weighing down the lilting, rhyming text. With dynamic artwork by illustrator and architect Jomike Tejido, children will enjoy reading and re-reading this educational and fun book!

Use items such as balustrades, mantels, iron rails, shutters and others to create functional and artistic items.

With Little Genius books, curious kids can learn and laugh while being captivated by the world around them. With super-simple concepts about the sun, planets, comets, and more, each spread features the wonderful illustrations of Mattia Cerato along with rhyming text that delights while it instructs. With the sun as your guide, meet Mercury, Venus, Earth, and the rest of the planet gang, as you travel further and further to the outer reaches of the solar system. Each planet has one funny identifying feature that will help kids remember a fascinating fact about it. For instance, Earth is wearing goggles. Why? Because it has lots and lots of water! Little Genius: Solar System reads like a fun story, making it the perfect introduction to our night sky.

Ce livre rassemble les cinquante expériences de chimie les plus amusantes du monde. Elles pétillent, moussent, bouillonnent et éclaboussent ! Mais surtout, elles ne manqueront pas de t''étonner, de t''épater, voire de te laisser complètement perplexe. De la fontaine de mousse aux bulles de savon qui résistent à l''éclatement, ces activités t''emmènent à la découverte de la chimie tout en te divertissant. Et pour satisfaire ta curiosité, nous t''expliquons le pourquoi et le comment de chaque expérience. La plupart sont facilement réalisables. Rassemble le matériel dont tu as besoin et suis scrupuleusement les instructions. Tu risques de te retrouver jusqu''au cou dans du slime vert ou de chercher un couvercle pour ton geyser ! Une bonne dose d''action pour en apprendre un peu plus sur la chimie, tout en t''amusant !