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Books with author Bette Davis

  • Hands-On Science and Math: Fun, Fascinating Activities for Young Children

    Beth R. Davis

    Paperback (Gryphon House, July 1, 2015)
    Encourage young investigators to feel, listen, smell, taste, and see their way to discovery by seamlessly infusing math and science throughout the school day! As you incorporate all five senses into learning experiences, you will give little innovators the opportunity to observe and explore the world around them. The activities in Hands-On Science and Math: Fun, Fascinating Activities for Young Children; will help you plan engaging science, technology, engineering, and math (STEM) lessons that will excite children and foster their critical thinking. Children can experience the thrill of scientific inquiry through simple experiments. Designed to work with easy-to-find materials, the Hands-On Science and Math activities are inexpensive and uncomplicated, yet they lay the groundwork for understanding more complex STEM concepts later on. All activities have been researched and tested by the author in Davis' early education science lab. Activities are appropriate for children preschool through 2nd grade and contain adaptations to vary and extend the learning for older children.
  • The Private Blog of Joe Cowley

    Ben Davis

    Paperback (Oxford University Press, USA, April 3, 2014)
    14-year-old Joe Cowley didn't think his luck could get any worse. But then he finds out he has to share a bedroom with his new step-brother - wedgie-giving school bully Gav James - and Joe realizes all his worst nightmares are about to come true! Brilliantly funny and packed with doodles, this book will make you cry with laughter.
  • The Private Blog of Joe Cowley: Return of the Geek

    Ben Davis

    Paperback (Oxford University Press, March 15, 2001)
    Private Blog of Joe Cowley Return of the Geek
  • The Private Blog of Joe Cowley: Straight Outta Nerdsville

    Ben Davis

    Paperback (OUP Oxford, April 6, 2017)
    Too old for wimpy kid? Meet Joe Cowley!Blog! You have NO IDEA how happy I am right now. I'm smiling so much, I look like The Joker in a wind tunnel.GET A LOAD OF THIS:- Harry, Ad, Greeny, and me are living in our own flat, right in the heart of the city. I know, amazing! We're city-slicking, hard-hustling, good-timing, not-even-missing-our-mummies-one-little-bit city boys.- The Sound Experience are about to sign a major recording contract and as their manager I intend to shake the music industry to its core with my unconventional approach.- AND I'm dating a cool older girl, who is totally into my sophisticated city-boy charm.Big things are happening! The Tammerstone Massive are keeping it real and living it large. Fame, fortune, and fast cars await . . . it definitely won't end in failure, fiasco, or fighting . . .The fourth book about the unstoppable, unfathomable, and unbelievable Joe Cowley, in a series being hailed as Diary of a Wimpy Kid meets The Inbetweeners.Perfect for anyone who loves to laugh at others misfortune on YouTube or Instagram and packed with masses of illustrations and doodles by top illustrator Mike Lowery.
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  • Arizona: Lost Cities: The Worldly Adventures of Nicholaas Series

    Betty Davis

    eBook (Create Space, Nov. 11, 2015)
    Two teenage boys are stunned when they see a mysterious cloud shape that resembles Apache Indian chief Cochise. The moon is blood red that night to add to the strange phenomenon. Later Nicholaas is transported to the 1800's when he witnessed the events that caused blood shed on both sides. Settlers were moving into the cities outside of Tuscon to search for Gold, Silver and Turquoise. Nicholaas is frightened when the arrow that transports him on his magical adventures has melted. He loses faith that he will ever see his parents again. Nicholaas finds in reality that he never left the Dragoon mountains and finds his way back to his parents he loves so much
  • Webster's First Christmas

    Beth Davis

    eBook
    On Christmas Eve a tiny spider searches for a home. Only Santa can save this little spider's Christmas....
  • The Private Blog of Joe Cowley: Return of the Geek

    Ben Davis

    eBook (Oxford University Press, April 2, 2015)
    Hello blog! It's the start of another term and there are three things that SUCK about my life: 1. I am STILL sharing a bedroom with my step-brother Gav (AKA Shrek's stinkier twin). 2. My mum is 6 months pregnant and therefore cabbage-kickingly MENTAL. 3. I'm about to have a high speed rail line (i.e. brace) installed in my gob! The only non-sucky thing is that I've got a GIRLFRIEND! A real one! Who actually wants to SNOG me!!! The problem is her dad officially HATES MY GUTS and is determined to make my life a LIVING HELL. Oh, and this smarmy loser called Seb is trying to steal her off me with his rubbish DJ skills. There's just one thing for it - me and my best mates Harry and Ad are going to have to enter the same DJ competition as Seb and WIN! What could POSSIBLY go wrong? The hilarious sequel to The Private Blog of Joe Cowley.
  • Hands-On Science and Math: Fun, Fascinating Activities for Young Children

    Beth R. Davis

    eBook (Gryphon House Inc., July 1, 2015)
    Encourage young investigators to feel, listen, smell, taste, and see their way to discovery by seamlessly infusing math and science throughout the school day! As you incorporate all five senses into learning experiences, you will give little innovators the opportunity to observe and explore the world around them. The activities in Hands-On Science and Math: Fun, Fascinating Activities for Young Children will help you plan engaging science, technology, engineering, and math (STEM) lessons that will excite children and foster their critical thinking. Children can experience the thrill of scientific inquiry through simple experiments: Launching Recycled Rockets Shake and Freeze: Homemade Ice Cream Look Out! Volcano Erupting The Mystery of Suspensions Go, Car, Go! Simple Machines and Inclined PlanesDesigned to work with easy-to-find materials, the Hands-On Science and Math activities are inexpensive and uncomplicated, yet they lay the groundwork for understanding more complex STEM concepts later on. Award Winner! Recipient of the following awards: 2015 Creative Child Magazine Preferred Choice Award2015 Tillywig Toy Brain Child Award2015 Academics' Choice Smart Book Award
  • Front Porch Fred and the Ninja

    Beth Davis

    language (, Feb. 18, 2014)
    Do you want your little reader to enjoy independent reading? Then get a "Front Porch Fred" adventure into their hands just as soon as you can! "Front Porch Fred" was written with the beginning reader in mind. This adventure story is filled with colorful pictures, large print, and a limited number of words per page. It is designed to provide a new reader with an exciting, humorous story that they can read successfully by themselves. This format is also ideal for the ESL student who is a beginning reader. This story contains only Pre-Primer and Primer words from the Dolch Sight Word list. There are more adventures to come, enjoy!
  • Go Baby, Go!

    Beth Davis

    language (, Jan. 6, 2015)
    Poor Mom! Baby's buggy has gotten away from her and is careening off down the hill! Mom is horrified but Baby is delighted. People get bumped, cows get startled, artists get framed, and much more before Momma finally catches up with her Baby. A fun story story full of rhymes and bright pictures. Giggles guaranteed!
  • Chadworth & the Treehouse

    Beth Davis

    Paperback (Independently published, June 3, 2019)
    Chadworth goes on a quest to solve a mystery in a very old treehouse in the woods near his home. The answer to the riddle helps him feel good about himself, and appreciate family and friends more than ever.
  • Front Porch Fred: and the Little Green Man

    Beth Davis

    language (, Feb. 12, 2014)
    Get your little reader excited about reading by downloading a "Front Porch Fred" adventure right away!The "Front Porch Fred" series was written with the beginning reader in mind. Each adventure contains: colorful pictures large print, a limited number of words per page. and is designed to provide a new reader with an exciting, humorous story that they can read successfully by themselves. This format is also ideal for the ESL student who is a beginning reader. This story contains Pre-Primer and Primer level words from the Dolch Sight Word list. There are more adventures to come, enjoy!