Kirjailija
Lois J Wickstrom
Kirjat ja teokset yhdessä paikassa: 19 kirjaa, julkaisuja vuosilta 2019-2025, suosituimpien joukossa Showdown at Recess. Vertaile teosten hintoja ja tarkista saatavuus suomalaisista kirjakaupoista.
19 kirjaa
Kirjojen julkaisuhaarukka 2019-2025.
SCIENCE FUN FOR CHILDREN Follow along with Amanda as she uses science and imagination to solve mysteries with her friend Elaine. These aren't your typical whodunits: Amanda is more interested in Why and How of things, and children will learn along with her. Jack Kershner's joyous illustrations add humor and zest to these explorations and mysteries of daily life. Voted the most popular series in Child Life Magazine.
A bridge collapses, a truck burns and an earthquake shakes the city. Timmy and his grandmother have trained Hildegarde, their spy rat use science to avert a far greater disaster. Can they convince Hildegarde to enter their suspicious neighbor's home while wearing her spy gear, and send them back pictures of his latest dangerous inventions?
Chester doesn't want to clean his room. He says he wants to clean the sandbox first. Four cat-faced aliens arrive in a merry-go-round-shaped spaceship and make an even bigger mess than he did. When he finally goes inside, the aliens put all his toys under his bed. His mom is not pleased. And she can't see the aliens. But, she tells Chester to teach the aliens where his things go. The aliens copy him again. Will his mom believe him?
Chester doesn't want to clean his room. He says he wants to clean the sandbox first. Four cat-faced aliens arrive in a merry-go-round-shaped spaceship and make an even bigger mess than he did. When he finally goes inside, the aliens put all his toys under his bed. His mom is not pleased. And she can't see the aliens. But, she tells Chester to teach the aliens where his things go. The aliens copy him again. Will his mom believe him?
It's Caspian's UnBirthday again. This year, Grandpa gives him a pencil and a small pad of paper. When Caspian picks up the pencil, it writes the word APPLE. What does a pencil know? Grandpa says "It's a STAR adventure." But there are no apples in the house. Caspian rescues a runaway walker and returns in to the woman whose leg is in a cast. She gives him an orange. He trades the orange for two bananas. He trades the bananas for a worm. Eventually he gets apples. The pencil tells him to take them to Miss Susie. What else does the pencil know?
It's Caspian's UnBirthday again. This year, Grandpa gives him a pencil and a small pad of paper. When Caspian picks up the pencil, it writes the word APPLE. What does a pencil know? Grandpa says "It's a STAR adventure." But there are no apples in the house. Caspian rescues a runaway walker and returns in to the woman whose leg is in a cast. She gives him an orange. He trades the orange for two bananas. He trades the bananas for a worm. Eventually he gets apples. The pencil tells him to take them to Miss Susie. What else does the pencil know?
It's a folktale. It's a STEM story. It's an outer space adventure. Shirl has never tasted a Zib. Eee-ahh promises her they are the best tasting thing in the universe. But when she accidentally steals one (she thought it was a free sample), she's trapped on the planet until she can repay her debt. A retelling of Beauty and the Beast.
IIt's a folktale. It's a STEM story. It's an outer space adventure. Shirl has never tasted a Zib. Eee-ahh promises her they are the best tasting thing in the universe. But when she accidentally steals one (she thought it was a free sample), she's trapped on the planet until she can repay her debt. A retelling of Beauty and the Beast.
Chicken Little and Sir Isaac Newton did the same thing. Chicken Little would have figured it out if she had investigated. In this version, she does, and in the process, saves herself and her friends from Foxy Woxy.When the acorn hits Chicken Little on the head, she doesn't assume the sky is falling. She investigates. She experiments. She teaches her friends, and she teaches the King. She allows the King the honor of naming her discovery.Because of her discovery, Chicken Little, Henny Penny, Ducky Lucky, Goosey Loosey, and Turkey Lurkey are able to escape from Foxy Woxy's den Each of the friends demonstrates what they have learned to great advantage.Gravity by any name performs the same.
Chicken Little and Sir Isaac Newton did the same thing. Chicken Little would have figured it out if she had investigated. In this version, she does, and in the process, saves herself and her friends from Foxy Woxy.When the acorn hits Chicken Little on the head, she doesn't assume the sky is falling. She investigates. She experiments. She teaches her friends, and she teaches the King. She allows the King the honor of naming her discovery.Because of her discovery, Chicken Little, Henny Penny, Ducky Lucky, Goosey Loosey, and Turkey Lurkey are able to escape from Foxy Woxy's den Each of the friends demonstrates what they have learned to great advantage.Gravity by any name performs the same.
Jacqueline is an honest and responsible young woman. It would never occur to her to rob a giant of his treasures. But what if he swindled her with those beans?Jacqueline goes to market to get food for food for her family. Instead, finds herself trading the family cow for a magic bean. When she climbs the stalk, a hungry giant has his oven ready. Can she use the magic of the beans to feed two families?
The wolf huffed and he puffed. But the pigs had built wolf-proof houses. The pigs couldn't go out. The wolf couldn't get in. They were all hungry. The pigs knew that a problem can be a solution out-of-place. Could they make good use of all that huffing and puffing?
Jacqueline is an honest and responsible young woman. It would never occur to her to rob a giant of his treasures. But what if he swindled her with those beans?Jacqueline goes to market to get food for food for her family. Instead, finds herself trading the family cow for a magic bean. When she climbs the stalk, a hungry giant has his oven ready. Can she use the magic of the beans to feed two families?
The wolf huffed and he puffed. But the pigs had built wolf-proof houses. The pigs couldn't go out. The wolf couldn't get in. They were all hungry. The pigs knew that a problem can be a solution out-of-place. Could they make good use of all that huffing and puffing?
Magic runs in the women of Carrie's family. Her grandmother, her father's mother, was the last magical member of the family. Now, because of her love for Grandma, Carrie is developing her own magic and learning to use the wondrous treasures that have been passed down through her family. In this book, she learns to fly with the starlings in order to visit her grandma at her new home. This series has three other books, each exploring one of the gifts. The wandas are female wands. The fascinator is a magical hat. The dowsing rods truly search out value. Most of all Carrie has family as her top priority. The magic works to strengthen her connection to her grandmother.
Magic runs in the women of Carrie's family. Her grandmother, her father's mother, was the last magical member of the family. Now, because of her love for Grandma, Carrie is developing her own magic and learning to use the wondrous treasures that have been passed down through her family. In this book, she learns to fly with the starlings in order to visit her grandma at her new home. This series has three other books, each exploring one of the gifts. The wandas are female wands. The fascinator is a magical hat. The dowsing rods truly search out value. Most of all Carrie has family as her top priority. The magic works to strengthen her connection to her grandmother.