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Dinosaurs (Deluxe Start Exploring Kits)
Pamela Liflander
Running Press Kids, 2006
Our fact-filled Start Exploring coloring books are an interactive way to learn about diverse topics. Now, expanding on that successful idea, we’ve created a kit that includes a 16-page, full-color Paleontologist’s handbook, 10 posters of different sizes, ready-to-assemble 3-D dinosaur, trading cards, dinosaur mobile, colorable stickers, easy-to-make puzzle, full-color art technique ...
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Sharing Nature With Children (20th Anniversary Edition, Revised and Expanded) 13 reviews
Joseph Bharat Cornell
Dawn Publications (CA), 1998
Essential read for parents and teachers concerned with 'Nature deficit' trend
+ inspiring, simple activities you can do with your kids
+ Excellent resource
+ a must have for parents and camp / scout leaders
+ Making nature studies fun
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Free (And Almost Free) Adventures for Teenagers
Gail L. Grand
John Wiley & Sons, 1995
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Lives of the Artists: Masterpieces, Messes (and What the Neighbors Thought) 13 reviews
Kathleen Krull
Harcourt Children's Books, 1995
What a fun, fun, book.. is it really for children?
+ what we should all know
+ Artists' Private Lives: An amusing book
+ A Nice Introduction
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Lives of the Writers: Comedies, Tragedies (and What the Neighbors Thought) 4 reviews
Kathleen Krull
Harcourt Children's Books, 1994
Lives of the Writers is a fun, informative book....
+ Lives of the Writers
+ Authors Come Alive
+ They shared a singular conviction to write
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START EXPLORING(tm) Gray's Anatomy - A Fact-Filled Coloring Book11 reviews
Phd, Fred Stark
Running Press Kids, 2001
So cool
+ A wonderful introduction to anatomy
+ Start Exploring (tm) Gray's Anatomy
This books is so cool and so fun to color. Beautiful illustrations. I bought it for my son and wanted to keep it for myself!
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Homeschooling on a Shoestring: A Jam-packed Guide7 reviews
Melissa L. Morgan, Judith Waite Allee
Shaw Books, 2000
Thanks for the ideas!
+ SaveMoneyHomeschooling.com
+ Tons of great ideas!
+ Great for all parents!
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Lies My Teacher Told Me: Everything Your American History Textbook Got Wrong423 reviews
James W. Loewen
Touchstone, 1996
Read it!!!!!!
+ Just Say Know
+ I have never had a book have such a profound impact on me
This book is so amazing and I recommend it for any person wanting to know some truths about our history. I am a Native American and to read some of Christopher Columbus' journals is appalling. There is an enormous amount of information in this book and as a teacher I think that it's an injustice ...
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Unqualified Education: A Practical Guide to Learning at Home Age 11-18
Gareth Lewis
Nezert Books, 2003
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Lives of the Musicians: Good Times, Bad Times (and What the Neighbors Thought)14 reviews
Kathleen Krull
Harcourt Children's Books, 1993
GREAT for kids - first exposure to composers tough for little ones
+ Fun, Informative & Interesting
+ Musicians, Musicians' Lives
+ Great musical resource!
+ Great Book!
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Lives of Extraordinary Women: Rulers, Rebels (and What the Neighbors Thought)7 reviews
Kathleen Krull
Harcourt Children's Books, 2000
Love it
+ AWESOME
+ Just enough info....
+ Fun caricatures and other colorful illustrations.
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Real Lives: Eleven Teenagers Who Don't Go to School6 reviews
Lowry House Pub, 1993
Real Life stories to ease your anxieties
+ Dare to be inspired
+ great book
+ Great book!
+ Real Lives
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The Unprocessed Child: Living Without School 26 reviews
Valerie Fitzenreiter
Unbounded Publications, 2003
A beautiful testament to what we can achieve when we open our hearts and trust our children.
+ a good read not a handbook
In the Summer of 2006 a radical unschool mom lent me a book called The Unprocessed Child by Valerie Fitzenreiter. This book, the first of many I would borrow from this mom, was to become my portal to the unschool zeitgeist. It was a virtual tipping point in my gradual acceptance of the viability ...
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Sharing Nature With Children II2 reviews
Joseph Bharat Cornell
Dawn Publications (CA), 1989
Good to Have Around
+ Establish a life-long enthusiasm for nature
This is a good book to have around when looking for ideas on how to increase our enjoyment and appreciation of nature. While the title says the book is for Sharing Nature with _Children_, the ideas are fun for adults too. I like how the author provides a four-part framework for the activities ...
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Shakespeare for Kids: His Life and Times, 21 Activities (For Kids series)6 reviews
Colleen Aagesen, Margie Blumberg
Chicago Review Press, 1999
Shakespeare for anyone and everyone
+ Shakespeare programs for children
+ Good, But No Cigar
+ I highly recommend this book for young and old.
+ Wonderful introduction to the life and times of Shakespeare
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Darwin and Evolution for Kids: His Life and Ideas with 21 Activities (For Kids series)7 reviews
Kristan Lawson
Chicago Review Press, 2003
The absolute best book on evolution for kids or adults
+ outstanding!
+ Different but better than expected.
+ Darwin - the world explained - outstandig SCIENCE
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Family Math for Young Children: Comparing (Equals Series))3 reviews
Jean Kerr Stenmark, Grace Davila Coates
Equals, 1997
Little ones can love math!
+ FUN! FUN! FUN!
+ Good math basis
FAMILY MATH FOR YOUNG CHILDREN is an excellent source of fun activities to do with pre-school children. Each activity helps to instill an appreciation for mathematics and emphasizes mathematical discovery. If all young children had the opportunity to experience these activities, we would have ...
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A Beginner's Guide to Constructing the Universe: Mathematical Archetypes of Nature, Art, and Science49 reviews
Michael S. Schneider
HarperPerennial, 1995
Universal appeal
+ Thank Heavens for Michael Schneider!
+ A profound book
+ Be ready to think!
+ Abundant resource for insights & illustrations about sacred geometry
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START EXPLORING(tm) Masterpieces - A Fact-Filled Coloring Book8 reviews
Steven Zorn, Mary Martin, ...
Running Press Kids, 2001
Makes Learning Fun
+ Perfect Sub Plans
+ Wonderful
+ Excellent
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Family Math for Young Children: Comparing (Equals Series))3 reviews
Jean Kerr Stenmark, Grace Davila Coates
Equals, 1997
Little ones can love math!
+ FUN! FUN! FUN!
+ Good math basis
FAMILY MATH FOR YOUNG CHILDREN is an excellent source of fun activities to do with pre-school children. Each activity helps to instill an appreciation for mathematics and emphasizes mathematical discovery. If all young children had the opportunity to experience these activities, we would have ...
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