Books published by publisher Barron's Educ.

More than 200 puzzles, games, designs and projects bring out the magic of math. Here are fascinating codes, wonderful geometric designs with paper and string, number triangles that do all sorts of tricks, and plenty more. The emphasis is on fun, but the book is also great for classroom projects. A glossary, reading list, and full-color, how-to illustrations throughout.

Barron's Educational Series, copyright 1980 with 200 pages and Full-Page Colored Photos - approx. size: 8.4" x 7.7" - Burnt Orange Fabric Hardcover w/gold-gilt lettering. Cheesecakes are the most sensuous of desserts. Ever since the dawn of time, mankind and womankind have striven to create the perfect cheesecake. It may well be the most noble struggle of the race! Cheesecake was a popular dish in ancient Greece. With the Roman conquest of Greece, the secret fell into Roman hands. The cheesecake recipe of the Roman soldier and statesman Cato survives to this day. (That recipe is given in the Introduction. It includes fourteen pounds of sheep's cheese!) So, we may speculate that cheesecake was first introduced to Great Britain and Western Europe by the Roman conquests. All across Europe, it developed in a multitude of forms. In Russia, cheesecake became an Easter tradition of the Orthodox Church. Mrs. Hannah Glasse published her Art of Cookery in 1747, the cheesecake repertoire included saffron cheesecakes, lemon cheesecakes, and many more. In 1872, American dairymen achieved a technological breakthrough that ushered in the Modern Age of Cheesecakes. In attempting to duplicate the popular neufchatel cheesecake of France, they hit upon a formula for an unripened cheese that was even richer and creamier than neufchatel. They named it cream cheese. The rest is, as they say, history! - By now, there are more different kinds of cheesecakes than crumbs in a graham cracker crust. You have no idea how many different kinds. When we started collecting recipes, we had no idea. Every little country in Europe big enough to sell postage stamps has its own cheesecake. Everybody's Aunt Hilda has a recipe tucked away. Pineapple cheesecakes. Chocolate cheesecakes. Pumpkin cheesecakes. Peanut butter and jelly cheesecakes. Tofu cheesecakes. You name it. Most cheesecakes are really quite easy to make. If you follow instructions carefully you should create a superb cheesecake first try!

Optimized for use on the Kindle, many aspects of health and physical fitness are explained in a way that younger children can readily understand. This lively picture book explores the importance of a good diet and plenty of exercise, and encourages kids to make positive decisions about caring for themselves. Kids discover that even healthy people get ill sometimes, but that our bodies have special abilities to protect us and restore our health. Titles in this series for younger children explore emotional issues that boys and girls encounter as part of the growing-up process. Books are focused to appeal to kids of preschool through early school age. Written by psychotherapist and counselor Pat Thomas, A First Look At books promote positive interaction among children, parents, and teachers, and encourage kids to ask questions and confront social and emotional questions that sometimes present problems. Books feature appealing full-color illustrations on every page plus a page of advice to parents and teachers.

Barron's All About Techniques books offer advanced instruction to ambitious art students and experienced hobbyists. This book presents a thorough review of color theory, with instruction on how to mix primary colors to produce virtually every color and every gradation in the visible spectrum. Practical exercises apply primarily to watercolor, oil, gouache, acrylic, inks, and pastel.

This book teaches children basic information about singing, dancing, musical notation, and the variety of musical instruments. Some music makes you sad. Other music is so happy that it makes you feel like dancing. Some music sounds like little more than noise. Ask yourself these questions: What makes every musical piece different from all others? What is your favorite music? Ages 4-8. Full-color illustrations.

When Columbus arrived in the Americas with six Jews on board his ship, who would have dreamed that the Jewish population in America would go on to be one of such size and influence in the centuries to come? Here is the story of the three waves of Jewish persecution and immigration from different parts of the world (S. America, Germany, and E. Europe and Russia); by 1911, one quarter of Manhattan's residents were Jewish. They brought with them their Yiddish culture and distinctive food, their strong work ethic and yearning for educ., and a determination to pull together in the face of anti-Semitism. Here are dozens of voices that relate the stories of their personal histories, their journeys, how they were received, and what they made of their lives in America. Illus.