Books with author Joy Evans

Create 50 student-authored books in science and math. What a motivating way for children to communicate what they've learned. Provides a valuable authentic assessment tool. A variety of book-making projects, including: pop-ups, flap books, flip books, binder books, silhouette books, brown paper bag books, and newspaper books on 36 science topics and 14 math topics. Topics include: Animal Homes, How Does It Fly?, Our Seed Catalog, The Rainforest, Gravity, Journey Through the Solar System, Volcanoes, Counting Sheep, Monkey Chain Magic, Math Riddles, How Many Were Left?, and many more! Step-by-step instructions provided for all. Reproducible forms and illustrations make assembling books easy. Fun, inventive designs help inspire students to fill the books with what they have learned or discovered. All 158 pages perforated for easy removal.

Two 13 year old girls team up to solve the mysterious hauntings plaguing the spooky Louisiana town of Hallows Cove. It won't be easy, though, as there are also zombies roaming the streets and a mad scientist trying to bring the dead back to life. Betty was happy when a girl her age, Peggy, moved into the beautiful old house across the street. There is a problem, however...the house is haunted by a family that died mysteriously on Halloween 60 years ago. Becoming fast friends, the two girls set about solving the hauntings by getting clues at an abandoned cemetery and a forgotten church in the woods. On Halloween night, as they fend off a surprise horde of the walking dead, Betty and Peggy solve the hauntings and the family is finally at rest. But that is just the beginning of their supernatural encounters...

Teach your students to make eight basic folds, then guide them through the creation of 30 folded paper art projects, with this easy-to-follow instructional book. Most of the 30 lessons in Folded Paper Projects require only paper, paste, scissors, andcrayons, and felt pens. Included are: fish, crab, quail, rabbit, caterpillar, alligator, angel, raindrop, ladybug, bunny, Dutch girl, bird, fish, mouse, pig, cup, hat, Valentine holder, turtle.You can use finished projects in the classroom to:* Enrich a lesson or unit of study* Encourage oral or written language experiences* Decorate your classroom* Create Christmas tree ornaments* Develop into greeting cards* Combine to create mobiles and muralsIn just five easy steps, for example, a student can create an accordion-folded "alligator" that complements a lesson on reptiles or zoo animals. Looking for more art projects to help students learn and express themselves? Consider these Evan-Moor titles: Craftworks for Kids series (EMC 230, 231, 720-724), ArtWorks for Kids series (EMC 291-296), How to Teach Art to Children (EMC 260), Holiday Fun (EMC 742) and Seasonal Activities (EMC 103).

Creative Writing Ideas presents a wide variety of motivating lessons that will get student's creative juices flowing. The interesting writing prompts help students generate the vocabulary, ideas, and enthusiasm needed in order to begin a writing task. There are 78 activities in all, each with complete directions. Eleven types of writing experiences are presented: shape books, draw and write, riddles, sequence and write, fill in the missing words, story starters, cartoons, descriptive paragraphs, writing directions, letter writing, and poetry. All activities are accompanied by reproducible writing forms. Expanded description:Selected examples of writing activities include:*Shape Books - bear, spaceship*Draw & Write - whale, robot*Riddles - brown bag riddles, animal pop-up riddles Cartoons - the runner, penguin comics*Writing Directions - how to change a light bulb, treasure hunt Letter Writing - alien pen pals, dear Mr. President*Poetry - cinquain, acrostics, haikuPlenty of humorous illustrations throughout the book make these exercises inviting to young students. All 96 pages are reproducible and perforated for easy removal.

George Dempster was a giant of a man who became one of the best-known and most deservedly popular Scotsman of his day.He served for thirty years as an MP in Westminster and was closely involved with the expansion of British influence and trade across the world particularly in India and North America. This was the age of Empire building and great rivalry between competing powers, particularly France, which led to protracted warfare.A trained lawyer, Dempster was at the heart of political and business life and his circle of friends was large and powerful. Yet power did not corrupt him and he was respected by allies and opponents, being known as 'Honest George'. Master of the famous Skibo Estate in Sutherland, Dempster's energy was legendary and he used his talents as an entrepreneur and developer, bringing prosperity and jobs to disadvantaged regions.Dempster was more than an observer of history; he made it.

The handful of Everest expeditions prior to 1971 had all been nationalistic affairs, with the Nepalese government granting climbing permits through the chief national mountaineering organization of various countries. As per its name, the 1971 International Himalayan Expedition (IHE) was unambiguously multi-national, conceived at least in part to demonstrate that nationalistic rivalries could be amicably transcended by the cooperation required in the climbing of Everest.This conception was the brain child of Swiss-American Norman Dyrenfurth, who had already secured a distinguished legacy as leader of the highly successful 1963 American Everest Expedition, and hoped to up the ante by not only the international perspective, but also by attempting two new technical routes on the mountain. Unfavorable weather and strong ego drives thwarted both these objectives−the ego drives being at least as much personal as nationalistic.This journal begins with an account of the writer's week-long journey by truck across India−bringing the expedition equipment to Kathmandu from the docks in Bombay.

Two 13 year old girls team up to solve the mysterious hauntings plaguing the spooky Louisiana town of Hallows Cove. It won't be easy, though, as there are also zombies roaming the streets and a mad scientist trying to bring the dead back to life. Betty was happy when a girl her age, Peggy, moved into the beautiful old house across the street. There is a problem, however...the house is haunted by a family that died mysteriously on Halloween 60 years ago. Becoming fast friends, the two girls set about solving the hauntings by getting clues at an abandoned cemetery and a forgotten church in the woods. On Halloween night, as they fend off a surprise horde of the walking dead, Betty and Peggy solve the hauntings and the family is finally at rest. But that is just the beginning of their supernatural encounters...