STEPPING STONES is a complete three-level English course for children in primary school.
The topics, tasks, activities, games and songs are all designed to make learning enjoyable and to help children use English meaningfully in a variety of contexts.
The syllabus takes into account the child’s educational and social development as well as providing thorough coverage and recycling of key vocabulary, functions, structures and skills.
The step-by-step approach makes STEPPING STONES simple to use and very easy to teach.
Beading doesn’t get more elegant than this, with such gleaming gems as amethyst, quartz, and lapis lazuli. Valérie MacCarthy—whose work graces the pages of high fashion magazines around the world—has created a magnificent collection of sophisticated, unique jewelry. The 30 projects include bracelets, earrings, necklaces and rings, and they tend to the playful and colorful. In addition, an entire section is dedicated to the different stones and their properties, including their spiritual and healing aspects.
Long before interplanetary exploration and a certain rock group, Robert A. Heinlein wrote this science fiction classic (Random, 1977). Mischievous teen twins Castor and Pollux Stone set the story in motion with a plan to make their fortune as space traders. Soon they are waving goodbye to their home on the Earth's moon and they're headed for Mars with their parents, sister, younger brother, and grandmother. The Stones are an intelligent, strong-willed clan, so there are squabbles during their months of weightless flight...
Written by Naif Al-Mutawa and Fabian Nicieza Art by John McCrea with Jason Dennis Cover by John McCrea
In this free copy of the 99 ORIGINS, uncover the centuries old mystery of the 99 gem stones of power!
When the Tigris River turned black with ink from the books of Baghdad's greatest library, 99 mystical gem stones were used to absorb the knowledge... and then were thought to be lost forever. These mystical gems -- known as the Noor Stones -- have now been discovered centuries later, as 99 heroes unlock the powers within them. A lone scholar dedicates his life to uniting these gem bearers as a force for good: THE 99! But is he up to the challenge when the first gem bearer has the power to level a city with a sneeze?
