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The reason for a flower is to manufacture seeds, but Ruth Heller shares a lot more about parts of plants and their functions in her trademark rhythmic style.Sku: 9780698115590
The Reason for a Flower
By: Ruth Heller$13.99 -
Cold winters, hot summers--year after year the seasons repeat themselves. But what causes them? Newly revised and vetted by experts, this updated edition of The Reasons for Seasons introduces the solstices, the equinoxes, and the tilt in Earth's axis that causes them, and gives examples of what each season is like across the globe from pole to pole.Sku: 9780823442720
The Reasons for Seasons
By: Gail Gibbons$12.49 -
In an interesting turnabout, the Revolutionary War is seen through the eyes of a British family to whom an American prisoner of war has been entrusted. Technically the young prisoner is in Uncle Lawrence's custody, but the children soon forge a forbidden friendship with him after he nearly dies in an attempted escape. He becomes the Reb and they, his Redcoats. But when they learn of some events leading to his coming to Europe, even Uncle Lawrence, embittered by the unjust death of a friend in America, thaws toward him-but this doesn't stop the Reb from scheming to escape. Constance Savery deftly weaves themes of trust and forgiveness into an interesting plot with likeable charactersSku: 9781883937423
The Reb and the Redcoats
By: Constance Savery$20.00 -
Collected here are a few of the articles that best represent our views on what education is and how it should be thought of. This collection includes articles on the Great Books, the age-old question of the relation of Athens and Jerusalem, the books of C.S. Lewis, classical rhetoric, and even children’s music.Sku: 9781547700455
The Recovery of Real Education
By: Various$14.95 -
Andrew Lang collected many of the worlds fairy tales. In this collection are well known tales like Rapunzel, Jack and the Beanstalk and The Golden Goose as well as many less well known, though no less deserving.Sku: 9781925729207
The Red Fairy Book
By: Andrew Lang$23.95 – $38.50 -
In addition to such familiar favorites as Jack and the Beanstalk, Rapunzel, The Ratcatcher (The Pied Piper), and Snowdrop (Snow White), The Red Fairy Book contains a wonderful collection of lesser-known tales from French, German, Danish, Russian, and Romanian sources. A tale from Norse mythology recounts the old story of Sigurd and Brynhild; tales by the great Madame d'Aulnoy include Graciosa and Percinet and Princess Rosette; lesser-known tales from Grimm's collection include The Three Dwarfs, Mother Holle, and The Golden Goose.Sku: 9780486216737
The Red Fairy Book
By: Andrew Lang$27.95 -
The Red Tide is the second book in Michael Clay Thompson’s Mud Trilogy of Classic Words Novels, which he wrote himself for children in Level 1 of the MCT language arts curriculum.2 GradesSku: 9780898248418
The Red Tide
By: Michael Clay Thompson$13.50 -
A Tale of Two Continents The Refugees is a fast-paced exciting historical novel filled with daring and adventure. It depicts the escape of Louis De Catinat and his cousin from France after the revocation of the Edict of Nantes in 1685. Fleeing aboard a merchant vessel they attempt to reach America but find themselves stranded on an iceberg. The result is a hazardous trek through Canadian forests, avoiding both Roman Catholic Frenchmen and savage Indians. Follow the adventures of well to do people, bereft of all convenience and fleeing for their lives to seek refuge in a country where freedom of religion returns stability to their lives.Sku: 9780921100676
The Refugees
By: A. Conan Doyle$19.95 -
Bearing six unusual gifts, young Prince Jen embarks on a perilous quest and emerges triumphantly into manhood. This rich fantasy was named "School Library Journal" Best Book of the Year and a "Booklist" Top of the List Award winner.Sku: 9780142402252
The Remarkable Journey of Prince Jen
By: Lloyd Alexander$10.99 -
The Student Guide provides questions corresponding with the text and also provides an in-depth study that will aid the student in gaining a better understanding of classical studies.2 GradesSku: 9781615383511
The Republic and The Laws – Student Guide
By: Michelle Luoma$27.95 -
The Teacher Guide includes the following: answers to questions contained in the Student Guide, quizzes, tests, exams, and the answer key2 GradesSku: 9781615383528
The Republic and The Laws – Teacher Guide
By: Michelle Luoma$27.95 -
SaleMarcus Tullius Cicero, a Roman statesman from the first century B.C., was convinced that the upright moral life was the happier life. The Republic became the blueprint of the U.S. government almost 2,000 years after it was written. In The Laws, Cicero defends his understanding of the upright moral life and becomes the foundation for the West’s philosophical discussion on the natural law. Studying such perennial works is a boon to everyone.
The Republic and The Laws Set
By: $80.40Original price was: $80.40.$68.35Current price is: $68.35. -
The Rescue at Fragment Crag is the first book in Michael Clay Thompson’s Mud Trilogy of Classic Words Novels, which he wrote himself for children in Level 1 of the MCT language arts curriculum.2 GradesSku: 9780898248401
The Rescue at Fragment Crag
By: Michael Clay Thompson$13.50 -
Sharp's classic tale of pluck, luck, and derring-do--featuring mouse heroes Miss Bianca and Bernard and basis for the Disney animated motion picture--is amply and beautifully illustrated by Williams.Sku: 9781681370071
The Rescuers
By: Margery Sharp$16.50 -
Concluding the story of The Hobbit, this is the final part of Tolkien’s epic masterpiece, The Lord of the Rings, featuring a striking black cover based on Tolkien’s own design, the definitive text, and a detailed map of Middle-earth.Sku: 9780261102378
The Return of the King
By: J.R.R. Rolkein$12.99 -
In this second volume in the Gilgamesh trilogy, Enkidu joins Gilgamesh in the quest to slay Humbaba, the monster who has attacked the city and caused great destruction, including the death of the beautiful singer, Shamat. Gilgamesh and Enkidu successfully slay the monster and in so doing, Gilgamesh attracts the attention of the goddess Ishtar. In rejecting her advances, he incurs her revenge and an attack by the Bull of Heaven. Enkidu manages to kill the bull, but is slain by Ishtar, striking at the bond between the two friends. Shattered, Gilgamesh vows he will destroy the last monster: death.Sku: 9780887764363
The Revenge of Ishtar
By: Ludmila Zeman$12.99