New Releases by Molly Blaisdell

Chickens peck. Chickens peep. Chickens do not take over Halloween. Or do they? In this world upside-down story for all chicken lovers, silliness and a clucking good time leads to a surprise.

Explains what soil is, how it is formed, and why it is important.

Explains the different color of sky in a day.

If you were quotation marks, you would stand on either side of a book title, such as "Cinderella." You could stand on either side of Cindy’s words when she says, "This glass slipper fits!" What else could you do if you were quotation marks?

The creative examples, simple text, and art in this series help students learn primary math concepts.

Published in Chinese. Using rich images and illustrations plus insight and commentaries from leading Chinese experts, this new books reveals and explores the finest buildings from the Song, Liao, Jin, & The Western Xia Regimes in China. The large A4 format ensures the splendour of the wonderful buildings examined in this book is captured in their rightful glory. Part of Paths International''s Ancient Chinese Architecture History series, brought to you in association with China Architecture & Building Press.

If you were a comma, you would separate words. You could put Walter, Roxie, and Harry on a team. You could go skating, sledding, or hiking. What else could you do if you were a comma?

The creative examples, simple text, and art in this series help students learn primary math concepts.

Explains what comma are and how they are used in sentences.

If You Were Quotation Marks is a Capstone Press publication.

Raj and Ben, who haven''t been sharing at recess, get sent to the principal''s office where the principal teaches them about the Golden Rule.

Delight children while strengthening their independent reading skills. These books are effective ways to get the reading results you want and the quality you need. These series combine the elements for success in reading with entertaining stories children love.

Describes how hurricanes form and the damage and destruction they cause.

Learn all about the wind in this easy reader filled with beautiful photographs.

A simple guide to fossils, covering where they can be found, the various kinds, what can be learned from them, and describes how scientists find the age of fossils.

Explains how caves form and their features.

A story about classmates who try to grow grass for a contest teaches young readers about grasses.

Young readers learn about growing beans from a story about a girl who watches them sprout.

When Mr. Chen gives his class a science hunt as a special project, Julia and Juan team up to find everything on the list.

When Jamar sees a newspaper ad for a kite-flying contest, he and his dad go to the library and find books on making and flying kites. Jamar knows he is now ready for the contest.

At first, master artist Rembrandt van Rijn rebuffs his young son Titus and his attempt at art, but gradually Rembrandt is won over by his enthusiasm and persistence, and begins to teach Titus the basic techniques of drawing.

Discusses motion in space, including the Earth''s rotation around the Sun and the revolution of the Earth, the Moon, and the other planets around the Sun.

Describes what rocks and minerals are; igneous, sedimentary, and metamorphic rocks; the rock cycle; the three kinds of minerals; and the six questions that scientists ask in order to identify minerals.

Describes water, its uses, its three states, the water cycle, and how to conserve it.

Shows how the weather changes from day to day.