handbooks, manuals, etc

A facilitator's guide to the second edition of "Inquire Within" that provides guidance, activities, and suggestions to help workshop leaders develop workshops that show teachers how to implement inquiry-based instruction in the classroom.

A guide for babysitters that provides tips on interviewing and getting essential information; discusses what to expect from children, comforting kids, fighting, feeding, bathing, bedtime, and children with special needs; suggests crafts and activities; and offers tips on addressing potential problems.

This colorful and inviting book is a step-by-step guide to simple magic tricks, from basic card tricks to making objects disappear. Bright and descriptive photographs carefully illustrate how each trick is performed.

A writer's guide to life in Colonial America, covering food, fashion, family life, medicine, religion, politics, and social structure in the period from 1607 to 1783.

Contains instructions for making pop-ups, including a brief history of paper engineering and the mechanics of creating three-dimensional paper forms, with materials, photographs of the finished product, practice sheets, and storage pockets.

Presents a student study guide to the life and works of Emily Dickinson, providing biographical information, advice on how to read her poems, and a critical examination of "I Heard a Fly Buzz," "A Bird Came Down the Walk," and "Because I Could Not Stop for Death.".

Provides information to girls on what to expect from middle school, offering advice on establishing a morning routine, finding classes, keeping lockers and backpacks organized, getting along with teachers, handling increased homework and harder subjects, dealing with friends, and becoming involved in after-school activities.

Contains illustrated instructions for over fifty simple science experiments which demonstrate the workings of different forms of energy, including solar, electrical, chemical, magnetic, and others.