Books with author Mary Varilla Jones

Records are being broken and milestones being reached every time you turn around. Updated for 2006, the SPORTS ILLUSTRATED FOR KIDS YEAR IN SPORTS almanac will keep kids informed of the newest stats!This exciting sports almanac will tell kids all they need to know about the previous year in sports (Fall '04-Summer '05). It includes major sports (basketball, baseball, football, hockey); "secondary sports" (golf, tennis, cycling, auto racing); action sports (BMX, snowboarding, in-line skating); and the Athens Summer Olympic Games.Year in Sports 2006 is heavily illustrated with fabulous action photos. It will also feature a 16-page, four-color insert that contains photos of the year's thrilling moments and memorable athletes. Perfect for hanging in lockers!

From the creators of the Scholastic Atlas of the World comes a colorful, easy-to-use pocket atlas for ages 9 and up.This essential paperback reference offers kids all of the information they need, while offering parents and teachers the value they insist upon.The Scholastic Pocket World Atlas features more than 80 easy-to-use maps of regions of the world. There is a spread dedicated to each region. Each left-hand page offers a brief paragraph describing the area's most important features, a photo, a country fact box, a Discover More fact, and a Search and Find that tells students where to locate cities and capitals on the map. The right-hand page shows the map itself. Maps do not cross the gutter.

This reading companion is perfect for students, parents, and teachers who have enjoyed and want to know more about Karen Hesse's Newbery Award-winning novel, Out of the Dust.Out of the Dust is a favorite middle-grade novel. This companion gives background on the author, including an interview, questions to guide reading, clues to the story's themes, plot, characters, and setting, a glossary, writing and other activities, and more. If you loved Out of the Dust, you need this reading companion.

This exciting and accessible new full-colour book has been developed to support students following the Human and Social Biology syllabus for CSEC. Features include an appealing design that focuses on presenting concepts clearly and in an understandable way. The content wiill appeal to students who need a simple presentation of material and questions throughout the course to reinforce learning of new concepts. Revision summaries for each section that help students remember the important information and clearly labelled artwork that illustrates and aids understanding of the text.

This Biology Workbook is tailored to the Cambridge IGCSE® Combined Science 0653 and Co-ordinated Sciences 0654 syllabuses for first examination in 2019 and is endorsed for learner support by Cambridge International Examinations. Covering both the Core and the Supplement material, this workbook contains exercises arranged in the same order as the coursebook and are clearly marked according to the syllabus they cover. Developing students' scientific skills, these exercises are complemented by self-assessment checklists to help them evaluate their work as they go. Answers are provided at the back of the book.

The Scholastic Visual Sports Encyclopedia is packed with amazing step-by-step full-color illustrations and clear explanations, showing kids how more than 100 popular sports are played.From archery and baseball to skateboarding and water polo, and every imaginanable sport in between, the Scholastic Visual Sports Encyclopedia shows kids the rules, skills, and strategies of 100+ sports. They'll be captivated by the unique, sequential illustrations that show how athletes perform a lutz (skating), a McTwist (snowboarding), a curve ball (baseball) and more. This title is the children's version of the popular and award-winning adult title, Sports: The Complete Visual Reference (Firefly, 2000).

The SCHOLASTIC ATLAS OF OCEANS gives kids a wealth of information about the oceans of the world, the creatures that live in them, and how humans have explored this watery world.Every spread of the SCHOLASTIC ATLAS OF OCEANS provides children with vibrant, detailed, full-color illustrations of the ocean world and its inhabitants. Concise captions provide middle-grade readers with valuable information to help them understand this environment.The SCHOLASTIC ATLAS OF OCEANS covers an array of topics, beginning with the location and layout of each ocean and sea in the world. It discusses how oceans are formed, how waves are created, and how coastlines come to exist. The reader dives underneath the surface to understand the three different levels of the ocean and meet

The trusted choice for the 2008 OCR Specification. Biology 1 clearly explains concepts and is supported by a CD-ROM in the back of the books that provides extra information and links to a free website full of e-learning activities. The book comes with an interactive PDF CD-ROM that provides extra information for rapid advancement for pupils requiring it, without creating a heavy and intimidating book. The CD-ROM links to a free website full of e-learning activities, promoting independent and extension learning.