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|  | | Aesop's Opposites - Interactive Aesop Fables
Tired of the same old Aesop? Here's a new twist on the classroom favorites.
Aesop's Opposites combines the age-old teachings with the concept of opposites. And to add to this double dose of fun are the instructions for some wacky classroom participation.
Each story concentrates on one pair of opposites and includes instructions for interaction by the class as a whole. Aesop's Opposites includes "The Tortoise and the Hare (A Stop and Go Story)," "The Fox and the Crow (A Left and Right Story)" and "The Milkmaid and Her Pail (An On and Off Story)."
The moral of this story? There's never been a fresher or more entertaining way to teach opposites
| |  | | Grandpa for Sale
Eleven-year-old Lizzie is minding the family antique store while her grandpa naps on a spindly sofa. When Mrs. Larchmont and her poodle, Giselle, enter and begin their buying spree, they refuse to leave without bargaining for the one antique not for sale...Grandpa!
| |  | | Granny Gert and the Bunion Brothers
Granny hires Buck and Buddy Bunion to whitewash her privy, but when they both fall for her granddaughter, Starla, it raises a bigger stink than the outhouse! [
| |  | | Hand of Fate
A car accident prevents Anne from possibly winning the Cheerleader of the Year award. This odd twist of fate provokes the Fortune Tellers Club to explore the cause of the accident. Using astrology and other fortune telling techniques the girls discover a strange connection between Anne and a woman she's never met. As the club gradually unravels the tangled web of fate, Anne learns shocking news about herself.
| |  | | Hidden
Fiona is less than thrilled about having to travel with her parents to clean out her newly deceased grandmother's home. When she discovers that there may be something valuable buried among the clutter, she uncovers a deadly secret, and a lot more that is hidden.
| |  | | Man In The Moon
Set in rural Texas in 1961, one restless girl finds hope for her ailing brother and faltering family in the form of a mysterious drifter.
| |  | | Mirror, Mirror
When Gena sees an unknown girl reflected in her mirror, she and the other Fortune Tellers Club members are determined to discover the girl's identity and somehow recover Gena's reflection.
| |  | | Playing With Fire
When mysterious fires break out, the girls of the Fortune Tellers Club use their divination skills to investigate whether the cute new boy at Avery Middle
School has pyrokinetic energy.
| |  | | Secrets of Lost Arrow
Something's glowing in Lightfoot Creek.
Spring break has arrived at last, and Juniper's headed to her grandmother's house in Lost Arrow for a visit. This year she's bringing along her friends Anne and Gena, the two other members of the Fortune Tellers Club.
Something strange is going on in the graveyard near Nan's house. Each night a mysterious glow rises near Lightfoot Creek, casting an eerie light over the cemetery and creeping toward the house.
Nan's starting to act weird, and Juniper soon discovers that she's been sneaking out in the middle of the night. Can the Fortune Tellers Club solve the mystery of the glow before Nan disappears for good?
| |  | | Storytime Discoveries: Biological Science
This collection of original stories, folktales and poems are bound to boggle the mind, tickle the funny bone and please the participants. A delightful blend of biological science and storytelling . . . from head to foot.
Fun and informative, this collection includes: That’s Impossible, King Midas and If I Had a Tail.
Each storytime includes a complete list of materials, easy-to-follow directions and further discussion of the science concept.
As unique as a thumbprint, these stories will give students insight into the biological structure of life around them, making storytime both educational and fun.
| |  | | Storytime Discoveries: Earth Science
Science and storytelling are a class combination that mix well. As students become engrossed in this collection of original stories, folktalkes and poems, they'll become equally absorbed in the accompanying earth science lessons. Treat them to exciting and educational storytimes with fun tales like Pecos Bill, Tyler and the Time Machine and The King's Trick. Each interactive storytime includes a complete list of materials, easy-to-follow directions and further discussion of the science concept. So go ahead and experiment with these great tales. You're sure to enjoy the results.
| |  | | Storytime Discoveries: Math
Math should be fun and the stories and activities in this book will guarantee it! Through interesting folktales, poems and original stories students learn about logical thinking, problem solving and various mathematical concepts such as: measurement, shapes, telling time, addition, fractions, map reading and much more.
The creative ideas end with a page of ridiculous arithmetic riddles which students will love. Everything in this book is so much fun, you may have to remind your students that they're learning about math when they're listening to the stories and completing the activity sheets!
Reproducible activity sheets are provided as well as an answer key at the back of the book.
No matter how you add it, Storytime Discoveries: Math will multiply the number of smiles in the classroom, and that equals a room full of fun.
| |  | | Storytime Discoveries: Physical Science
Mesmerize your students with science experiments that appear like magic from the content of original stories, folktales and poems.
Fun, as well as educational, these stories include: How Cats Got Their Purr, The Ambitious Raisins and The Famous Feud of Mason Jar Gulch.
Each storytime experiment includes a complete list of materials, easy-to-follow directions, a detailed explanation of what science concept(s) the experiment demonstrates and optional presentation ideas. The companion script includes directions for smoothly incorporating the experiment into the story.
With these storytime discoveries, your students will enjoy learning science as much as you'll enjoy teaching it in this creative way!
| |  | | The Burning Pendulum
Juniper had no idea that donating her favorite books-a series about psychic teenagers solving mysteries-to the school library would result in a heated protest that pits her unyielding mother against irate parents determined to ban the so-called "wicked" literature. Desperate to escape scathing embarrassment and possible expulsion, Juniper is ready to give up the fight-especially when Anne, her own best friend and fellow member of the Fortune Teller's Club, won't defend Juniper in front of her new boyfriend. But Juniper realizes she is not alone in this battle and with help from a special divination pendulum, she finds the strength to defend her beloved books and what they stand for.
| |  | | The Cotton Candy Catastrophe at the Texas State Fair
When the cotton candy machine malfunctions, the sugar confection takes over the State Fair of Texas. It's up to Jake to save the day, finding the perfect place to contain it.
| |  | | The Fat Stock Stampede at the Houston Livestock Show and Rodeo
At the annual Houston Livestock Show, Jake unwittingly frees the animals from their pens-now it's up to him to corral the wild stampede back up again. From the cows playing volleyball with the cowboys to the pigs on paddleboats, things get out of hand mighty quick. As heifers, chickens, rabbits, and pigs run wild around the rodeo, Jack devises a clever plan to herd up the livestock and save the show from disaster. Children will be delighted with Jack's solution.
| |  | | The Ghost of Shady Lane
Creepy, run down, and possibly haunted, "The Boogerman House" becomes the object of Anne's fascination as she researches this historic landmark for a school assignment. Reports of eerie piano music and a ghostly "Gray Lady" have been circulating for generations. Are they true accounts of ghost activity or simply urban legend? Anne is determined to find out.
With reluctant help from Gena and Juniper, who are understandably scared of the spooky house, the Fortune Tellers Club works together to investigate the "Gray Lady." Is she the ghostly face captured in Anne's snapshot of the nineteenth-century home? Or perhaps she's the menacing spirit who attacked a frightened boy inside the old house years ago. Despite her own hair-raising encounters there, Anne won't give up on this mystery until she meets the "Gray Lady" for herself.
| |  | | The Lost Girl
The Lost Girl, Book One of the Fortune Tellers Club series, introduces Juniper, Anne and Gena, three twelve year old girls who use divination to solve mysteries.
Twelve-year-old Juniper Lynch and her friends, Anne Donovan and Gena Richmond call themselves the Fortune Tellers Club. For the past two years they've helped each other using Ouija boards, tarot cards, and other forms of divination.
While crystal gazing in a bowl of water, they see the gaunt face of a young girl. The image is that of a missing child. And now the Fortune Tellers Club will stop at nothing, natural or supernatural, to find her.
| |  | | The Magic Shades
Gena's made a fantastic find! While digging through a bin at a resale shop, she uncovers a pair of black cat-eye sunglasses with mirrored lenses. Juniper and Anne can't imagine what Gena sees in them. But it's not what she sees in them, it's what she sees through them that turns her life upside down. When she puts them on she sees the future! [
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