New Releases by Scholastic Books

Child-centered, hands-on activities.

This friendly reference allows kids to make informed decisions about which books to read, offering more than 375 lively book reviews for kids by kids. Children, teachers, and parents can easily locate books by subject, title, or author, and discover what makes each book a must read!

Explores the day-to-day life of early humans, including their tools, shelters, food, clothes, and art.

Introduce your students to these award-winning books with these engagin teaching guides. Each guide includes an author biography, background information, summaries, thought-provoking discussion questions, as well as creative, cross-curricular activities and reproducibles that motivate students. For use with Grades 4-8.

The Stinkers, a group of mischievous kids, attempt to rescue Slappy, a sea lion, from a public aquarium.

An introduction to light and its qualities answers a myriad of questions, including why the sky is blue and why soap bubbles are iridescent, in an early science guide that comes complete with a magnifying glass, concave lens, and prism.

Bugs Bunny and the rest of the Looney Tunes have been kidnaped by aliens, and Bugs challenges the aliens to a game of basketball to settle things.

Introduce your students to these award-winning books with these engagin teaching guides. Each guide includes an author biography, background information, summaries, thought-provoking discussion questions, as well as creative, cross-curricular activities and reproducibles that motivate students. For use with Grades 4-8.

Includes 15 full-color 8"x10" movie photos.

A book-and-bathtime objects package includes a hand-sized edition of First Farm Rhymes, a mild, non-irritating unscented bar of soap, and a 100% cotton terry-cloth, lamb-shaped puppet.

This set of four fold-out books packed in a slipcase will give children hours of fun--with very little adult supervision--making their own Christmas cards, gifts, wrapping paper, ornaments, and yummy treats. Easy-to-follow, one-line instructions show how each of the eight kid-tested, step-by-step projects is made in only four or five steps, using materials that are found around the house.

Grade level: 1, 2, 3, e, p, t.

Shows how to understand maps, looks at each region of the world, and shows plants and animals associated with each area

Write your answers on the wipe-off flap using a grease pencil or water soluble marker. Then check your answers to find out how well your progress is in learning to tell time.

A biography of a record-setting quarterback for the Miami Dolphins, Dan Marino.

A mini-biography of the star of the Mets and the Dodgers discusses his childhood, his early career, his performance with the series-winning Mets, and his controversial move to the Dodgers. Original.

April Fools))Beach Party))Final Exam))My Secret Admirer))4 Vols.

The wonderful wizard of oz and On the far side of the mountain.

Defines over forty thousand words, offers advice on pronunciation, spelling, usage, and grammar, and includes exercises designed to improve one''s dictionary skills.