A Box Full of Tales


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"In Maryland's Carroll County, story boxes have made this impossible dream come true for twenty years. Now MacMillan, writer, storyteller, and former children's librarian, outlines the proven story box system for sharing an array of successful programs. Story boxes offer a simple method for capturing ideas, talent, creativity, and resources available in your library. Including step-by-step instructions from concept through implementation and supplemented by programming tips, A Box Full of Tales also offers detailed plans for fifty great story boxes, including suggested books, fingerplays, songs, props, crafts, and sign language." "From ah-choo to antlers, from monkey business to zoo escapes, A Box Full of Tales is an easy way to offer winning, stress-free library programs for children without the headaches and the hassles. You can make the impossible happen when you share resources with story boxes!"--BOOK JACKET.







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LBJ


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From a Pulitzer prize-winning writer, the only single-volume biography of the towering yet enigmatic leader--from his humble origins to his rise to America's highest office. Flawed as a human being, Lyndon Johnson was a towering public figure of his era, a man whose social programs changed America in profound ways. In this compelling new biography, Irwin and Debi Unger explore the political and personal influences that made Johnson such an unpredictable, charismatic, and difficult man, depicting his life as a constant tension between political expediency and doing the right thing for Americans.




The Heart of a Family


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Explains how to nurture old traditions and develop new ones.




Children's Books in Print


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Children's Books In Print 1998


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Halloween Fun


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Featuring more than 300 bright and colorful stickers, this engaging, interactive sticker-activity book invites creative young artists to transform everyday objects into spook-tacular Halloween chararacters. This entertaining, engaging sticker-activity book provides hours of artistic fun while strengthening a child's creativity! Humorous prompts with fun puns will encourage young artists to transform everyday objects such as a pumpkin, dice, plastic building blocks, paints, keys, a clock, a broom, and even candy into fun Halloween characters. Children can add a variety of stickers to change the objects, including eyes, mouths, hats, wings, capes, horns, bolts, and other items. Includes more than 300 bright and colorful stickers. Transform everyday objects into fun Halloween characters! Each book in the Crazy Stickers series includes more than 300 stickers. Add eyes, mouths, arms, and more to pictures of fruit, sports equipment, vegetables, toys, and other items. These are ideal activity books for young artists with big imaginations!