Books in Barron's Educational Series series

Carefully researched, finely rendered collection of ready-to-color illustrations pays tribute to 45 remarkable African Americans — among them Frederick Douglass, Thurgood Marshall, Marian Anderson, Martin Luther King, Jr., Mother Hale, Althea Gibson, Duke Ellington, Ralph Ellison, Katherine Dunham, and many others. Captions describe accomplishments. Free Teacher's Manual available. Grades: 3–5. Boost: Seriously Fun Learning!Keeping children entertained and engaged is the key to learning, and the Boost series offers a wide range of fun-filled coloring and activity books that help teach a variety of basic skills. Each title is targeted to a specific grade range and carefully aligned with the Common Core State Standards, which are listed at the bottom of each page.

This picture book's little boy visits the zoo, where he learns that "Giraffes doo-doo from way up high," and "monkeys doo-doo right in front of you!" But our cheerful little boy is different from the zoo animals, because he has learned how to sit on the toilet. Parents who share this humorous picture book with their child will discover that it's a pleasant and positive way to introduce them to toilet training. The color illustrations on every page will make boys and girls laugh as they begin to comprehend the story's point. The book concludes with confidence-boosting tips that parents and toddlers can read together. (Ages 2-4)

Your adventure is about to begin right here!This fun book is a packed with mazes to explore, hidden characters to discover, and all sorts of things to color. It features a whole cast of characters that offer directions to guide you through weird and wonderful places, including:Magic GrottoJungle RunGorilla GangRodeo RanchPirate IsleDragon's Lair, and moreFind intriguing mazes, fun spot-the-difference tasks, complete the puzzle challenges, and more. Encounter everything from dragons and dinosaurs to wizards and werewolves as you explore the world's most dangerous mazes in this amazing Mazecraft Adventure!

Most of the time, we take our hands for granted, but this unusual book gives younger children an opportunity to ponder their hands, understand how to use them, and learn to tell left from right. They learn how their thumbs make picking up objects an easy task. The book's unique design consists of eight board pages on its left-hand side and eight more on its right-hand side. Pages are die-cut to match the general shape of hands. They explain the many uses of hands in simple words and attractive color illustrations.

Updated and expanded to reflect the vocabulary and format of the most recent SATs' Critical Reading sections, Hot Words for the SAT presents and defines more than 365 words that appear most frequently on SAT exams. These are words that test takers need to know in order to achieve a high Critical Reading score. The book is divided into 37 lessons, each consisting of dozens of illustrative sentences and a thematic word cluster. Each cluster contains words having similar meanings or words that apply to similar circumstances. Also included are new pronunciation keys for each word, memory tips, expanded review exercises following every five lessons, and an alphabetical word index. College-bound students who successfully complete the book's exercises and master these words will expand their lifelong vocabulary, enrich their essay writing, and improve their chance for acceptance at the colleges of their choice.

Fifty-one accurately detailed renderings make it easy for children to remember our national bird (eagle) and flower (rose) plus 50 state birds and flowers — among them the mockingbird and apple blossom (Arkansas), cardinal and goldenrod (Kentucky), California gull and sego lily (Utah), and 47 others. Free Teacher's Manual available. Grades: 3–5.Boost: Seriously Fun Learning!Keeping children entertained and engaged is the key to learning, and the Boost series offers a wide range of fun-filled coloring and activity books that help teach a variety of basic skills. Each title is targeted to a specific grade range and carefully aligned with the Common Core State Standards, which are listed at the bottom of each page.

Youngsters learn about 24 of nature's most awesome predators in this entertaining and educational coloring book. Easy-to-read captions, along with the dinosaur's name and its phonetic spelling, accompany pictures of the apatosaurus, tyrannosaurus, stegosaurus, triceratops, and other prehistoric creatures. Free Teacher's Manual available. Grades: 1–2.Boost: Seriously Fun Learning!Keeping children entertained and engaged is the key to learning, and the Boost series offers a wide range of fun-filled coloring and activity books that help teach a variety of basic skills. Each title is targeted to a specific grade range and carefully aligned with the Common Core State Standards, which are listed at the bottom of each page.

Here's an activity book to keep kids entertained during quiet times. Its theme is pirates and their high-seas adventures, and it's packed with pictures, fun things to make and do, and puzzles and mazes to solve. Kids will find-- Pictures to color Two sticker sheets plus a large gatefold sticker scene A pirate theme stencil sheet Decorated craft paper with pirate designs . . . and more Children can color in a pirate's ship, learn to draw a parrot, design a pirates' skull and crossbones flag, play the Lost in the Jungle game, and much more. The book features action-packed pirate illustrations on every page, including 40 in vivid color.

Two captivating mermaid tales feature artist Susanna Lockheart's beautifully atmospheric and highly detailed color illustrations on every page. Her wonderful art is enhanced by an ingenious paper engineering technique that makes the pictures change as if by magic each time young readers lift and turn a page. The "moving" illustrations dramatically complement and dramatize a modernized version of the timeless fairy tale, The Little Mermaid, and a story from Japanese folklore, The Magic Shell . The Little Mermaid: The Little Mermaid rescues a prince who is tossed overboard from his ship during a storm. Later, with help from the Sea Witch, the Little Mermaid gives up her voice, exchanging it for legs, in her effort to make the prince fall in love with her. Difficulties arise, but the story ends happily when she and the prince marry. The Magic Shell: Set on the coast of Japan, this is the story of a poor boy who does a good deed and is thanked by a mermaid who gives him a magic seashell. When he puts the seashell to his ear, it tells him that the emperor's daughter is dying--but it also tells him how to save her. The seashell's magic works and the boy is rewarded by the emperor.

Here's the most entertaining way for children to get a good look at the human body and learn how bodies work: 28 fun and instructive, ready-to-color illustrations. Coordinating text explores the muscular, skeletal, nervous, digestive, respiratory, and immune systems, and answers such questions as What is a hiccup? and Where is my DNA? Free Teacher's Manual available. Grades: 1–2.Boost: Seriously Fun Learning!Keeping children entertained and engaged is the key to learning, and the Boost series offers a wide range of fun-filled coloring and activity books that help teach a variety of basic skills. Each title is targeted to a specific grade range and carefully aligned with the Common Core State Standards, which are listed at the bottom of each page.