Books published by publisher Kreative X-Pressions Publications

Sixteen year old Mitch “The Mooch” Marino wants a go-kart so he can beat Ziggy Zeigler, his arch-enemy, in a race on Devil’s Drag Strip. Having no one to buy him a kart, Mitch must find a way to overcome his lazy and selfish mooching habits in order to accomplish his goal.The path to his goal is a long and sometimes painful one, partly because he is being raised by a single Mom who is barely making enough money to support them. Dad doesn’t always make his support payments on time, either, making it tough on both of them. Mitch hides his unhappiness by pretending to be proud of his reputation of being the worlds biggest moocher. Read this exciting story to find out how “Mooch” finally faces up to his problems in order to accomplish all his objectives, including the passing of final exams in school.

Did you ever want a dog real bad but couldn’t have one? Well, eleven year old Archie Wilson does, but when his parents take him to a doctor because he’s having an itching and sneezing frenzy, the doctor tells them Archie is allergic to dog hair. Disappointed, Archie puts his very wild and unlimited imagination to work to solve his problem. He has a big, stuffed dog, so… can you guess what happens next? You’ll soon find out if you read the story and follow Archie on his wild and weird adventure into a kind of never, never-land with his new dog, Wishbone!

Ethan and Eva Thomas live on a sheep ranch with their father and aunt. As an avid amateur photographer of local wildlife, twelve year old Ethan deplores hunting and guns of any kind. As an animal lover, he maintains a small "trauma ward" in the back of his father's barn where he nurses wounded animals back to health, then frees them into their natural habitat. Eva, his ten year old sister, inherited more of her father's genes and as a consequence, loves guns and hunting and aspires to be a big game hunter and explorer in the Alaska wilderness. Although both enjoy ranch life and the great outdoors, their different natures are constantly at odds with each other.Then, then, is the story of how a gentle-hearted boy and his tomboy kid sister meet the challenge of dealing with a mysterious white wolf and a terrifying grizzly bear aptly named, "Ol' Lucifer" who roams the foothills of the Grizzly Mountain Range.

Do you believe in dinosaurs? Of course you do. Everybody does! They used to live back in the old days… before people got here. Some of them were real dangerous, too! But we don’t have to worry about them anymore because they’re all dead now, right? At least that’s what everyone thinks, anyhow. Everyone except Dennis! Dennis swears that one day a dinosaur followed him home. No one believes him, of course, because we all know that dinosaurs just don’t exist anymore. At least I don’t believe they do, do you? Dennis does. But maybe Dennis just has a very good imagination. Or could it be that maybe he’s a little looney? Or maybe we can just say he was only dreaming, right? So, why don’t we all stop guessing? Let’s just read what’s inside and find out where Dennis ever got the idea that he has “A PET DINOSAUR!”

Miguel has practiced fighting pretend bulls in a pasture with a wooden sword ever since he was a little boy while Maria, his childhood companion, cheered him on. But when Miguel decides to become a real matador, Maria abandons him rather than face the ultimate fate she knows he will meet someday in the bull-ring.Facing his first bull in a Madrid training academy for matadors, he discovers he hasn’t the killing heart needed to become a great matador. Sadly, he and Maria head for home in their horse-drawn cart, their route taking them over the mountains and across the barren plains towards their little pueblo of San Felipe. Is it fate that El Toro La Muerte, “The Bull of Death,” has escaped from a nearby bull ranch and is headed their way? Does Miguel have the skill needed to face this dangerous adversary all alone in the desert? And, more importantly, will he find the killing heart he will need in order to save the lives of Maria and himself?

This unique comprehensive curriculum encourages students to learn mathematics by doing mathematics, by using and connecting mathematical ideas, and by actively increasing their understanding. MathScape: Seeing and Thinking Mathematically was developed by Education Development Center, Inc. with funding from the National Science Foundation. It is one of four middle school mathematics programs to receive a satisfactory rating from the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS).

Puddle Questions are open-ended investigations that are used to assess how students think, solve problems, and communicate ideas. This series gets students doing what scientists do: making careful observations, gathering data, conducting research, creating classification systems, designing experiments, and interpreting results. Teachers learn how their students think and process information. And they gather a rich portfolio of student work and assessment information for future planning. Student worksheets are provided in English as well as Spanish