My Little Red Toolbox

Open the book to find the tools such as the hammer, the wrench, and the screwdriver; and to find the shapes such as circle, triangle, and square; and to use the tools to pretend making things.

Caldecott Honor artist Stephen T. Johnson's new multiconcept novelty is a book and a toy in one. My Little Red Fire Truck gives practice telling time while its sturdy moving parts provide hours of fun -- and allow readers to see how it would be to work on a real fire truck!

Discipline. Consistency. Ethics. Straightforward concepts so easily bent. The global economic meltdown—including the bankruptcy of two of Detroit's three automakers—could have been avoided by using the practices described in The Little Red Box of Management Tools. Instead, many companies violated their implied contract with society and opened the door to massive government intervention. If this intervention continues it may well re-make the U.S. economy in ways that deny its capitalist roots, severely hamper its ability to remain globally competitive, burden succeeding generations with massive public debt, and undercut the lifestyle Americans are accustomed to.

Word-Building Tiles set the stage for reading success with 233 easy-grip upper- and lower-case letter tiles that can be used to build thousands of words! These chunky foam manipulative are printed with black consonants and red vowels. The set includes enough tiles for whole-class, small-group, or independent practice. Use a child centered interactive approach with the 32-page teaching guide packed with complete how-tos PLUS dozens of activities and word-building reproducibles. Supports the No Child Left Behind and Reading First initiatives. For use with Grades K-2.

“Carrino and Colaneri, HGTV personalities known as the Cousins, bring their design and construction know-how to a young audience in this sprightly introduction to the tools of their trade.” —Publishers Weekly From HGTV stars, cousins, and best friends John Colaneri and Anthony Carrino comes a fun-filled picture book that introduces young readers to the tools in a toolbox and how to use them. A hammer. Nails. A screwdriver. How do we use them? Using simple language, cousins Anthony and John introduce kids to tools and their uses. As their construction project grows, so does the number of kids helping. At the end, they reveal exactly what you can do with a toolbox: We can build a playground!

The Midwest has produced a robust literary heritage. Its authors have won half of the nation’s Nobel Prizes for Literature plus a significant number of Pulitzer Prizes. This volume explores the rich racial, ethnic, and cultural diversity of the region. It also contains entries on 35 pivotal Midwestern literary works, literary genres, literary, cultural, historical, and social movements, state and city literatures, literary journals and magazines, as well as entries on science fiction, film, comic strips, graphic novels, and environmental writing. Prepared by a team of scholars, this second volume of the Dictionary of Midwestern Literature is a comprehensive resource that demonstrates the Midwest’s continuing cultural vitality and the stature and distinctiveness of its literature.

Kids must fasten their seatbelts as they prepare, by checking the mirrors, checking the oil, and starting the engine, to take their little yellow taxi for a wild ride, in this vibrant, interactive book that introduces the concept of telling time.