Books with author C. Mahoney

Unscramble words related to our greatest civil rights defender. Play hangman (with a spider). Solve word puzzles. Locate words in a wordsearch. Rearrange anagrams. Solve "How many squares?" and "How many triangles?" plexers. Figure out why certain numbers are missing from numerous number puzzles. Play math games with dice. Figure out which homophones go where. Make words out of the the Reverend's name. Solve fifty different problems that use the numbers 1-9-6-8. And so much more. 100 pages of fun and games, AND the answers too. Are you ready to get smarter?

If you are looking for a book to get children comparing and contrasting cats and dogs, then this is it. This read-along book follows the “This or That” format as you explore our two favorite pets: Which pet is more irritating, a dog or a cat? Is a kitten playful or serious? Is a dog nice or mean? Which pet is more emotional, a dog or a cat? Which pet is cuter, a kitten or a puppy? Is a cat safe or dangerous? Which pet is warmer, a cat or a dog? Is a dog responsible or irresponsible? Which pet is more patient, a cat or a dog? Lots of interesting questions to get youngsters thinking about the cats and dog, kittens and puppies, barkers and meowers. No wrong answers as they make a choice and explain the reasoning behind it. Fun. Interesting. Cute.If you are interested in other Compare and Contrast books, then take a look at the other books in this series: Getting to know Insects and SpidersGetting to know Wild AnimalsGetting to know Cats and Dogs

This workbook has 120 printable pages to help your 8th grade students think critically and express their thoughts in writing this summer. 120 different activities on discrimination, stereotypes, choices, time, silence, attention, avoiding others, what bugs think about, the Venus flytrap, being unhappy, ASL fingerspelling, noticing things, ants, anger, spiders, loneliness, plants, dreams, roly-polies, success, fireflies, saying NO sometimes, police cars, the power of fear, motorcycles, forgetting, grass, facing challenges, poison ivy, feeling wet, self-confidence, where plants get their food, how to recover from injuries, dump trucks, fixing problems, fear, your mind, zebras, why leaves turn yellow, your sanity, comparing mammals, why trees die, isolation, making mistakes, politicians, who you are, whales, the importance of words, guinea pigs, the past, a fresh perspective, black widows, changing the world, the family, Barack Obama, Nelson Mandela, Booker T. Washington, Toni Morrison, Agatha Christie, Harper Lee, Angela Merkel, Mahatma Gandhi, Justin Trudeau, Michelle Alexander, Rumi, and so much more. Your students will enjoy these summer challenges.If you want more activities for the summer, then take a look at these summer workbooks:Summer Critical Thinking Challenges (5th Grade) Summer Critical Thinking Challenges (6th Grade) Summer Critical Thinking Challenges (7th Grade) Summer Critical Thinking Challenges (8th Grade) Summer: Increasing NUMBER PowerSummer: Increasing WORD PowerSummer Fun with BrainteasersSummer Fun with Compound WordsSummer Fun with ElephantsSummer Fun with GeometrySummer Fun with MonkeysSummer Fun with MultiplicationSummer Fun with WordsSummer Fun Writing Personal LettersSummer Math – FractionsSummer Math Challenge: Third gradeSummer Math Challenge: Fourth gradeSummer Math Challenge: Fifth gradeSummer Wildlife Writing: 75 Writing Prompts to Engage the Mind about WildlifeSummer Workbook: Third gradeSummer Workbook: Fourth gradeSummer Workbook: Fifth gradeSummer Writing - 4th gradeSummer Writing - 5th gradeSummer Writing - 150 Writing PromptsSummer Math and Writing: Third GradeSummer Math and Writing: Fourth Grade

If you are looking for a book to get children thinking and wondering about optical illusions and hidden words and interesting images, then this is it. Notice the repetition. Discover the inverted message. See the animals. Find the figure. Notice the impossibility. Uncover the other word. Analyze the shapes. See the other animal. Forget what you know. Find the fish. Look left or right. Identify the tools. See the man. Unlock the secrets of the logos. Make the squares move. See in both black and white. See the tree. Count the shapes. Read the words. See more than just the tree. Decide if it is in or out. Watch the transformation. Compare the circles. Count the bars. Examine the steps. See the other animal. Find the mistake. Measure the lines. Contrast the zombies. Lots of fun for the youngster as they learn how to see things differently. Also available:Optical Illusions and Secret Messages (2nd grade)Optical Illusions and Secret Messages (3rd grade)Optical Illusions and Secret Messages (4th grade)

This workbook has 100 pages for sixth-grade students to write about beetles and bugs, birds and bees, butterflies and moths, deer and squirrels, dragonflies and damselflies, rabbits and raccoons, grasshoppers and crickets, snakes and turtles, ants and flies, frogs and toads, spiders and harvestmen, lizards and skinks, ducks and geese, caterpillars and slugs, honeybees and ladybugs, herons and hoverflies, geese and tiger beetles, wheel bugs and millipedes, fireflies and blue jays, and so much more. This book is part of a series:Writing Through the Summer - Describing Wildlife (Fourth Grade)Writing Through the Summer - Describing Wildlife (Fifth Grade)Writing Through the Summer - Describing Wildlife (Sixth Grade)

Do you like word games? Plexers? Pundles? Bogglers? Puzzles? Do you see “Nd” and know what it means? Or...FR8? Or...SI4CKS? Or...dLAVer? Or...MOUmeltTH? Or...PL-8? Or...I-C? Me too. I LOVE these word games. I have been solving them for years and decided to create of book of them for you to solve. Inside of this incredible book are 200 challenges for you to solve. Yes, the answers are in the back, but I encourage you NOT to look. Try to solve each of these without giving up, without peeking. If you don’t know it, then set it aside and go on to another. That’s what we do, problem-solvers. Us. You and me. And just so you know, I have over 1,000 other workbooks and activity books at Amazon that I have created over the past ten years.Word Twisters to exercise your mind: Word Games, Plexers, Pundles, Bogglers, and PuzzlesWord Twisters to exercise your mind (Book TWO): Word Games, Plexers, Pundles, Bogglers, and Puzzles

This workbook has 175 pages of writing prompts, interesting questions, and hypothetical situations for students in the fourth grade or fifth grade. You will find prompts like:Do monkeys fall in love? How to play hide-and-seekWhat makes a baby smile?The kid who liked to go fastWhat if you were a flower?The honeybee and the selfish flowerThe tree that fellWhat might a banana say to a monkey?My favorite game at schoolThe dragonfly that liked yellow flowersIs it wrong for a wasp to sting a kid?What would a monkey smile about?The rock that could singHow to climb a treeWhat if you were a honeybee?Do monkeys get in trouble?How to get your DOG to do your homeworkThe Angry Bird and the yo-yoThe runner vs the dancerMy favorite petThe spider that wouldn’t eat fliesHow to find a bug on a flowerHow to get an angry friend to smileThe grasshopper and the sticky plantAnd so much more…Use these writing prompts for whole class lessons or homework, for early finishers or your Gifted and Talented students, at the end of year or for summer growth, for morning work or at a Writing Center, for emergency lesson plans (sub) or on Friday afternoon. But first, take a Look Inside to view several sample pages. You will like what you see as I’ve put together the most interesting pages from my creative writing workbooks (I have published over one thousand books here at Amazon).

If you are looking for a book to get children comparing and contrasting about wild animals, then this is it. This read-along book follows the “This or That” format as you explore mammals, reptiles, amphibians, birds, fish and other creatures: Which animal is more playful, an elephant or a monkey? Is a lizard lazy or active? Which animals is more cautious, a mouse or a leopard? Is a frog cheerful or grumpy? Which animal is more carefree, a goat or a bat? Is a seahorse secretive or open? Which animal is tougher, a rhino or a bull? Is a sea urchin friendly or unfriendly? Which animal is a better climber, a squirrel or a monkey? Lots of interesting questions to get youngsters thinking about the wild animals that roam our planet. No wrong answers as they make a choice and explain the reasoning behind it. Fun. Interesting. Cute.If you are interested in other Compare and Contrast books, then take a look at the other books in this series: Getting to know Insects and SpidersGetting to know Wild AnimalsGetting to know Cats and Dogs

This workbook contains 40 printable pages to help your students increase their wildlife vocabulary. Each page can stand alone for independent or partner work. Or, you can print four packets, each with 10 pages and a cover page for early finishers, Gifted students, or students who want to improve their grades. Each lesson centers on one wildlife photo and nine key vocabulary words. For example, page two has a photo of a Monarch butterfly and the vocabulary words: butterfly, adult, distasteful, migrate, beautiful, monarch, transform and swoosh. And it asks these questions: Which words could have an antonym? List three other beautiful things. List three parts of a butterfly. Which word is the longest? Which word is the shortest? Write the toughest word five times. Describe this wildlife photo in a sentence. Write a sentence using the word happiness. Write each word once.Unit 1 explores a mallard duck, a monarch butterfly, a flower, a hare, a goat, a lynx spider, a lizard, a katydid, a dragonfly and a leaf butterflyUnit 2 explores a bullfrog, a honeybee, a bird, a leaf, a tree, a nest, a cactus, a flower, a squirrel and a water dropUnit 3 explores a yellow jacket, a blue jay, a snail, a caterpillar, a leaf, a bird, a tree, a stream, a feather and barkUnit 4 explores a deer, a fly, a tarantula, a toad, a stick, a flower, a painted lady butterfly, a bird, a vine and a trail

This workbook has 120 printable pages to help your 6th grade students think critically and express their thoughts in writing this summer. 120 different activities on Albert Einstein, walking sticks, Gandhi, ASL sign language, beauty, Rosa Parks, clouds, emotions, mosquitoes, being rude, peace, pandas, Ronda Rousey, school, fear, toads, authors, acorns, differences, Louisa May Alcott, trees, politicians, Buddhists, courage, growth, anger, honeybees, freedom, being different, dogs, snakes, knowledge, rabbits, fish, control, happiness, sea urchins, angel fish, dandelions, blowfish, dreams, power, forgiveness, goals, nouns, bugs, bald eagle, cardinals, adjectives, chickens, discrimination, Russia, China, neighbors, birds, and more. Your students will enjoy these summer challenges.If you want more activities for the summer, then take a look at these summer workbooks:Summer Critical Thinking Challenges (5th Grade) Summer Critical Thinking Challenges (6th Grade) Summer Critical Thinking Challenges (7th Grade) Summer Critical Thinking Challenges (8th Grade) Summer: Increasing NUMBER PowerSummer: Increasing WORD PowerSummer Fun with BrainteasersSummer Fun with Compound WordsSummer Fun with ElephantsSummer Fun with GeometrySummer Fun with MonkeysSummer Fun with MultiplicationSummer Fun with WordsSummer Fun Writing Personal LettersSummer Math – FractionsSummer Math Challenge: Third gradeSummer Math Challenge: Fourth gradeSummer Math Challenge: Fifth gradeSummer Wildlife Writing: 75 Writing Prompts to Engage the Mind about WildlifeSummer Workbook: Third gradeSummer Workbook: Fourth gradeSummer Workbook: Fifth gradeSummer Writing - 4th gradeSummer Writing - 5th gradeSummer Writing - 150 Writing PromptsSummer Math and Writing: Third Grade

Kids can explore the tropical paradise of Puerto Rico through a journal. Learn about the musical coqui, El Yunque National Forest, El Morro, the blackberry queen, the flower of the maga tree, the gavana root, San Juan, Christopher Columbus, slavery, plantations, conquerors, democracy, independence, Spanish music, and more. Use as a travel companion during a child’s vacation to the Caribbean island, or give students a chance to write and draw what they like and learn about this U.S. territory from online research. Memory book. Exploration diary. Full of fun facts and plenty of space to write and draw.

Exploring Insects and Spiders is a wonderful children’s book with colorful photos of stamps from around the world. Each page has interesting facts about the velvet ant, jumping spider, praying mantis, Hercules beetle, honeybee, butterfly, ladybug, water beetle, black widow, grasshopper, tarantula, wasp, stag beetle, dragonfly, and more. Expose your children to eye-catching stamps from Cuba, Spain, Australia, China, Hungary, Malaysia, Indonesia, Ukraine, Zimbabwe, Poland, Vietnam, Chad, Great Britain, the Netherlands, Czechoslovakia, the USA, and more. Ninety-six stamps and lots of interesting facts to keep your child interested in the world and its bugs.