The fully aligned Rise & Shine STAAR Prep Science workbooks - now available for grade 5 and 8 - provide students with hours of practice in all areas covered by the Texas Standards. Our STAAR Science titles are 100% aligned with STAAR standards for science. Each workbook is directly aligned to the STAAR objectives. The questions match the format that students can expect to see on STAAR exams. Hundreds of practice questions ensure that students are familiar with the STAAR science exam format before walking into the test. Many questions involve graphic representations, an important part of the STAAR exam. Teacher editions include extensive test-specific introductory guides and show correct and suggested answers for each of the questions asked, as well as targeted skill for those questions. Our science workbooks are the most effective test preparation available today.Great for home schooling as well!

The fully aligned Rise & Shine STAAR Prep Science workbooks — now available for grade 5 and 8 — provide students with hours of practice in all areas covered by the Texas Standards. Our STAAR Science titles are 100% aligned with STAAR standards for science.Each workbook is directly aligned to the STAAR objectives.The questions match the format that students can expect to see on STAAR exams.Hundreds of practice questions ensure that students are familiar with the STAAR science exam format before walking into the test.Many questions involve graphic representations, an important part of the STAAR exam.Teacher editions include extensive test-specific introductory guides and show correct and suggested answers for each of the questions asked, as well as targeted skill for those questions.Our science workbooks are the most effective test preparation available today.Great for home schooling as well!

The fully aligned Rise & Shine STAAR Prep Science workbooks - now available for grade 5 and 8 - provide students with hours of practice in all areas covered by the Texas Standards. Our STAAR Science titles are 100% aligned with STAAR standards for science. Each workbook is directly aligned to the STAAR objectives. The questions match the format that students can expect to see on STAAR exams. Hundreds of practice questions ensure that students are familiar with the STAAR science exam format before walking into the test. Many questions involve graphic representations, an important part of the STAAR exam. Teacher editions include extensive test-specific introductory guides and show correct and suggested answers for each of the questions asked, as well as targeted skill for those questions. Our science workbooks are the most effective test preparation available today.Great for home schooling as well!

Walking his two young children to school every morning, Thad Carhart passes an unassuming little storefront in his Paris neighborhood. Intrigued by its simple sign—Desforges Pianos—he enters, only to have his way barred by the shop’s imperious owner. Unable to stifle his curiosity, he finally lands the proper introduction, and a world previously hidden is brought into view. Luc, the atelier’s master, proves an indispensable guide to the history and art of the piano. Intertwined with the story of a musical friendship are reflections on how pianos work, their glorious history, and stories of the people who care for them, from amateur pianists to the craftsmen who make the mechanism sing. The Piano Shop on the Left Bank is at once a beguiling portrait of a Paris not found on any map and a tender account of the awakening of a lost childhood passion. Praise for The Piano Shop on the Left Bank: “[Carhart’s] writing is fluid and lovely enough to lure the rustiest plunker back to the piano bench and the most jaded traveler back to Paris.” –San Francisco Chronicle “Captivating . . . [Carhart] joins the tiny company of foreigners who have written of the French as verbs. . . . What he tries to capture is not the sight of them, but what they see.” –The New York Times “Thoroughly engaging . . . In part it is a book about that most unpredictable and pleasurable of human experiences, serendipity. . . . The book is also about something more difficult to pin down, friendship and community.” –The Washington Post “Carhart writes with a sensuousness enhanced by patience and grounded by the humble acquisition of new insight into music, his childhood, and his relationship to the city of Paris.” –The New Yorker NAMED ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR BY THE WASHINGTON POST BOOK WORLD

Getting Ready for the 4th Grade Assessment Test: Help Improve Your Child’s Math and English Skills – Many parents are expressing a demand for books that will help their children succeed and excel on the fourth grade assessment tests in math and English –especially in areas where children have limited access to computers. This book will help students practice basic math concepts, i.e., number sense and applications as well as more difficult math, such as patterns, functions, and algebra. English skills will include practice in reading comprehension, writing, and vocabulary. Rubrics are included for self-evaluation.

"A sensitive portrayal of a family in Thailand. . . . This gracefully told story will resonate with many young readers." — Booklist (starred review) Eleven-year-old Noi is learning to paint like her grandmother. She and her older sister, Ting, spend many rapt hours in the jungle watching as Kun Ya paints delicate silk umbrellas to sell at the market. But one day Kun Ma and Kun Pa announce that Ting must start working at a local radio factory to help support the family. As the days and weeks pass, Noi anxiously sees her own fate reflected in her sister’s constricting world. Can Noi find a way to master her fear of failure and stand up for her gift — and Kun Ya’s tradition — before the future masters her?

Born on the eve of China’s Cultural Revolution, Ping Fu was separated from her family at the age of eight. She grew up fighting hunger and humiliation and shielding her younger sister from the teenagers in Mao’s Red Guard. At twenty-five, she found her way to the United States; her only resources were $80 and a few phrases of English. Yet Ping persevered, and the hard-won lessons of her childhood guided her to success in her new homeland. Aided by her well-honed survival instincts, a few good friends, and the kindness of strangers, she grew into someone she never thought she’d be—a strong, independent, entrepreneurial leader. “She tells her story with intelligence, verve and a candor that is often heart-rending.” —The Wall Street Journal “This well-written tale of courage, compassion, and undaunted curiosity reveals the life of a genuine hero.” —Booklist (starred review) “Her success at the American Dream is a real triumph.” —The New York Post