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It was an age when canals etched the ancient face of Mars, and when Mankind dreamed of life on a far off red planet wandering the night sky. It was an age of exploration, exploitation, and imagination. Above all it was an age chronicled in pulp magazines by strange and beautiful stories of Mars, which, in the end, were stories of human nature. It was, and will always be, The Golden Age of Mars. From the pages of pulp magazines comes 14 stories of Mars by some of the best Science Fiction writers of the time. At 7x10 inches and 150 pages, the print version of "Mars: The Golden Age" is formatted in the traditional size of pulp magazines, and further enhancing the pulp feel are heavy line art illustrations commissioned specifically for this edition.

Created in collaboration with the Smithsonian Institution, this set builds students' reading skills while engaging their curiosity about STEAM topics through real-world examples. It features hands-on STEAM challenges that are perfect for makerspace activities and that guide students through every step of the engineering design process, from the initial research and brainstorming sessions, through the design and testing stages, to the evaluation and improvement of the outcome. It makes STEAM career connections by offering career advice from real-life Smithsonian employees working in STEAM fields. Each book in this set touches on all aspects of STEAM: Science, Technology, Engineering, the Arts, and Math! This set includes the following titles: Raising Clouded Leopards; Amphibian Rescue; Restoring Muddy Creek. Discover engineering innovations that solve real-world problems with this high-interest set! This set includes the following titles: Raising Clouded Leopards, Amphibian Rescue, and Restoring Muddy Creek.

What does it mean to be a good citizen? What does it take to be a good friend? Young learners will find the answers to these questions and many more with this engaging set of books that highlight topics such as feelings, communication, teamwork, and being a good person. Titles Include: I Wear My Feelings; The Best You: Win or Lose; I Am a Good Friend; Be Fair ; The Best You: Calm Down; Communicate How You Say It; The Best You: Making Things Right; You Can Count on Me ; I'll Lead the Way

Zach struggles with social issues like getting along, handling frustrations, making mistakes, and other everyday problems typical of young kids. Each book in the Zach Rules series presents a single, simple storyline involving one such problem. As each story develops, Zach and readers learn straightforward tools for coping with their struggles and building stronger relationships now and in the future.

Build math content knowledge and literacy skills with this 8-Book Set Students will learn geometry and algebraic reasoning while engaged in reading about high-interest subjects including video games, Quidditch, mazes, the Seven Wonders of the World, and more. These nonfiction math books use real-life examples of problem solving to teach students essential math concepts. The vivid images, detailed sidebars, practice problems, and math charts make learning math fun and easy. Text features include a glossary, index, and table of contents to increase understanding of math and reading concepts. A detailed problem-solving section provides additional learning opportunities. Titles in this 8-Book Set include: STEM: The Battle between 2-D and 3-D: Shapes; Art and Culture: American Indian Artifacts: 2-D Shapes; Spectacular Sports: Quidditch: Coordinate Planes; Art and Culture: Abstract Art: Lines, Rays, and Angles; Travel Adventures: Easter Island: Plotting Number Patterns; Travel Adventures: Wonders of the World: Symmetry; Fun and Games: Mazes: Perimeter and Area; Travel Adventures: Yosemite: Perimeter and Area

Keep students on the edge of their seats with these high-interest math books This 7-book set of informational texts will build elementary school students' reading skills while they are immersed in learning math content. With relevant, intriguing topics like the British Museum, the stories of constellations, skyscrapers, and tiny houses, these books will appeal to both avid and reluctant readers. Each book includes text features such as fact-filled sidebars, challenging charts and graphs, a reader's guide, practice problems, and dynamic images to increase vocabulary and understanding of subject-area content. The titles in this math book set include: Engineering Marvels: Stand-Out Skyscrapers: Area; Art and Culture: The British Museum: Classify, Sort, and Draw Shapes; STEM: Building Tiny Houses: Compose and Decompose Shapes; Art and Culture: Exploring the Louvre: Shapes; Art and Culture: The Stories of Constellations: Shapes; On the Job: Landscape Architects: Perimeter; On the Job: Contractors: Perimeter and Area

Build math content knowledge and literacy skills with this 5-Book Set Students will learn geometry and algebraic reasoning while engaged in reading about high-interest subjects including D a de los Muertos, the hidden world of garbage, entrepreneurship, and more. These nonfiction math books use real-life examples of problem solving to teach students essential math concepts. The vivid images, detailed sidebars, practice problems, and math charts make learning math fun and easy. Text features include a glossary, index, and table of contents to increase understanding of math and reading concepts. A detailed problem-solving section provides additional learning opportunities. Titles in this 5-Book Set include: Money Matters: Young Entrepreneurs: Addition and Subtraction; The Hidden World of Garbage: Multi-Digit Numbers; Art and Culture: Hawaiian Paniolo: Expressions; Art and Culture: D a de los Muertos: Factors and Multiples; Spectacular Sports: Playing Like a Girl: Problem Solving

Build social studies content-area knowledge and critical literacy skills! With TIME For Kids content, these books cover a wide range of high-interest topics across the social studies strands. Each nonfiction book features detailed images, stimulating facts, and clear, informational text to engage students in reading. The books include text features such as bold font, captions, a table of contents, a glossary, and sidebars to increase understanding and improve academic vocabulary. These texts prepare students for college and career and are aligned with state and national standards. Keep students engaged from cover to cover with these intriguing titles! This set includes the following titles: Outside the Box: Teams; Make It: Pattern Art; Showdown: Real or Pretend; The Best You: Win or Lose; Outside the Box: Like a Family; Communicate! How You Say It; Make It: Unusual Art; Fantastic Kids: Theater Kids.

Grab a cuppa and enjoy the ride on the short road to big fiction. This multi-genre anthology features over 40 flash-fiction pieces by 17 authors, who are as diverse as these exceptional stories. Consider this anthology a chocolate sampler filled with "verve-alicious" bite-sized reads, divided into four scrumptious categories: Relationships, Psych, Intrigue, and Life and Death. It's a perfect book for waiting rooms, short commutes, and coffee breaks. Grab one for yourself, one for a friend, one for your handbag, one for your car, and one for the loo See you on the road (Compiled and Edited by Janet Fix, thewordverve. Cover art by Rick Sanders) Message from the Editor VERVE FLASH started as a challenge to our authors and staff to try to write a compelling story in short form. The submissions absolutely blew me away and proved to all of us how we can stretch out of our comfort zones and write great stuff. This multi-genre collection is the cumulative brain of seventeen writers who contributed anywhere between one to five stories to the anthology. These are flash-fiction stories, under 2000 words. The neat thing about this type of storytelling is not just in the "meat of the matter"--the brevity of story and character development--but also in what is NOT written, leaving readers to participate in the vision in their own ways. We look forward to your feedback and ideas, which will prepare us for future volumes in a collective format like this one. VERVE FLASH truly is "the short road to big fiction," and we hope you enjoy the ride. Janet Fix, publisher, author, editor, thewordverve inc.

Strengthen the home-school connection and boost student achievement with this 4-Book Set of student and parent resources! This dynamic collection reinforces the concepts students are learning in second grade, and challenges their thinking to boost performance and help advance students' skill level. Conquering Second Grade is designed to supplement students' learning and is divided into 10 units, one for each month of the school year. This standards-based resource builds students' skills in reading, writing, mathematics, social studies, and science through challenging, engaging activities and games. This set also includes three high-interest nonfiction books to strengthen content-area literacy and boost reading skills. This set includes: Conquering Second Grade, Jobs Around Town, Analyze It!, and STEM: Lasers: Measuring Length.

Build math, science, and reading skills with this 10-Book Set that supports STEM education. Students will develop their reading skills while engaged in reading about high-interest subjects including the science behind engineering wonders, how lasers work, the geometry of tiny houses, the scientific method, and more! These nonfiction books use real-life examples of problem solving to teach students essential vocabulary and concepts. The vivid images, detailed sidebars, practice problems, and math charts make learning the concepts fun and easy. A hands-on lab activity supports STEM education. Text features include a glossary, index, and table of contents to increase understanding of math and science concepts. Titles in this 10-Book Set include: STEM: Lasers: Measuring Length; STEM: Building Tiny Houses: Compose and Decompose Shapes; Engineering Marvels: Landmarks Around the World: Addition and Subtraction; Engineering Marvels: The London Eye: Odd and Even Numbers; Water Cycle; Energy; Friction; Motion; Rocks and Minerals; Analyze It!

Build math content knowledge and literacy skills with this 10-Book Set Students will develop their math skills while engaged in reading high-interest content including how fireworks are created, toilets from around the world, comic book conventions, video game competitions, Yellowstone National Park, the sport of quidditch, and more. These nonfiction math books use real-life examples of problem solving to help students learn geometry, measurement, operations, and algebraic reasoning. The full-color images, math charts and diagrams, fascinating sidebars, and practice problems make learning essential math skills fun and easy. Informational text features include a table of contents, glossary, and index to increase understanding of math and reading concepts. A detailed problem-solving section provides additional learning opportunities while challenging students' higher-order thinking skills. Titles in this 10-Book Set include: Fun and Games: Fireworks: Multiplication; Fun and Games: Comic Conventions: Division; Art and Culture: Hawaiian Paniolo: Expressions; Travel Adventures: Yellowstone: Volume; The Hidden World of Toilets: Volume; Art and Culture: Exploring Mexican Artifacts: Measurement; Travel Adventures: The Galapagos Islands: Understanding Decimals; STEM: The Battle between 2-D and 3-D: Shapes; Spectacular Sports: Quidditch: Coordinate Planes; Travel Adventures: Easter Island: Plotting Number Patterns

Build literacy skills while students are engaged in reading about STEAM topics! With TIME For Kids content, these nonfiction readers will keep students reading from cover to cover. The high-interest topics include social media, technology, animals, movies, and slam poetry to keep readers on the edge of their seats. Text features include a table of contents, glossary, index, and reader's guide to increase comprehension and keep students connected to the text. The dynamic images and detailed, factual sidebars will engage students in reading and learning as they develop their higher-order thinking skills. With a focus on STEAM topics, the texts align with state and national standards, and feature complex and rigorous content appropriate for students preparing for college and career. This 8-Book Set includes the following titles: Tech World: Cell Phone Pros and Cons; Communicate! Characters with Courage; Just Right Words: Slam Poetry; Showdown: Animal Defenses; Life in Numbers: Stressed Out!; Communicate! Movies with a Purpose; Tech World: The Language of Social Media; Showdown: Fighting for Space with Animals.

Featuring TIME For Kids content, these nonfiction readers build literacy skills and social studies content area knowledge. The dynamic images and detailed, factual sidebars will engage students in reading and learning as they develop their higher-order thinking skills. Text features include a table of contents, glossary, index, and reader's guide to increase comprehension and keep students connected to the text. With a focus on high-interest topics including women in sports, national parks, career exploration, inventors, and artists, the texts align with state and national standards. Featuring complex and rigorous content, these books will prepare students for college and career. This 8-Book Set includes the following titles: You Can Too! Change the World; Parks for All: U. S. National Parks; Fantastic Kids: Young Artists; Life in Numbers: Choose Your Career; Sports for All: The Impact of Title IX; Fantastic Kids: Malala Yousafzai; You Can Too! If at First You Don't Succeed; Just Right Words: Revising The Constitution.

Founded in 1933, The Herb Society of America was less than a decade old when the Second World War began in Europe. Culinary and medicinal herbs, formerly imported from Europe, became difficult to obtain due to a persistent attack on shipping vessels. Soon the European sage supply was cut off, and a shortage of digitalis was predicted. Commercial growers, truck farmers, and drug companies, wondering if these herbs might be grown profitably in America, sought advice from The Herb Society of America. In response, The Society's members - who had no experience growing the large quantities of herbs required - created and monitored test plots, recording and sharing the results, and distributing seed. Throughout the war, The Herb Society of America endeavored to share the results of their research with farmers and housewives alike. In these reproduced issues of The Herbarist, originally published between 1940-44, members of The Society write about their experiences during The War Years, and their hopes for the future of the herb-growing industry.

Strengthen the home-school connection and boost student achievement with this 4-Book Set of student and parent resources! This dynamic collection reinforces the concepts students are learning in fourth grade, and challenges their thinking to boost performance and help advance students' skill level. Conquering Fourth Grade is designed to supplement students' learning and is divided into 10 units, one for each month of the school year. This standards-based resource builds students' skills in reading, writing, mathematics, social studies, and science through challenging, engaging activities and games. This set also includes three high-interest nonfiction books to strengthen content-area literacy and boost reading skills. This set includes: Conquering Fourth Grade, What a Scientist Sees, 19th Century Innovations: Paving the Way, and STEM: 3-D Printing.

Strengthen the home-school connection and boost student achievement with this 4-Book Set of student and parent resources! This dynamic collection reinforces the concepts students are learning in third grade, and challenges their thinking to boost performance and help advance students' skill level. Conquering Third Grade is designed to supplement students' learning and is divided into 10 units, one for each month of the school year. This standards-based resource builds students' skills in reading, writing, mathematics, social studies, and science through challenging, engaging activities and games. This set also includes three high-interest nonfiction books to strengthen content-area literacy and boost reading skills. This set includes: Conquering Third Grade, Doing Your Part: Serving Your Community, Predict It!, and Money Matters: What's It Worth? Financial Literacy.

Strengthen the home-school connection and boost student achievement with this 4-Book Set of student and parent resources! This dynamic collection reinforces the concepts students are learning in first grade, and challenges their thinking to boost performance and help advance students' skill level. Conquering First Grade is designed to supplement students' learning and is divided into 10 units, one for each month of the school year. This standards-based resource builds students' skills in reading, writing, mathematics, social studies, and science through challenging, engaging activities and games. This set also includes three high-interest nonfiction books to strengthen content-area literacy and boost reading skills. This set includes: Conquering First Grade, Be A Good Leader!, Science Detectives, and Life in Numbers: Smart Shoppers.

Strengthen the home-school connection and boost student achievement with this 4-Book Set of student and parent resources! This dynamic collection reinforces the concepts students are learning in kindergarten, and challenges their thinking to boost performance. Conquering Kindergarten is designed to supplement students' learning and is divided into 10 units, one for each month of the school year. This standards-based resource builds students' skills in word study, high-frequency words, reading, writing, math, social studies, and science through fun, engaging activities and games. This set also includes three high-interest nonfiction books to strengthen content-area literacy and boost reading skills. This set includes: Conquering Kindergarten, We Go to School, Sort It!, and My Birthday Party.