New Teaching Aids

Student Gyroscope
Gyroscope with pull string and stand.

Precision Gyroscope
Illustrates the ability of gyroscopic force to defy gravity and resist movement.





Visualizing Mitosis Poster
Unique presentation allows students to review and compare the steps involved in both plant and animal mitosis. Features detailed illustrations of each mitotic stage, along with corresponding close-up photomicrographs of an onion root tip and whitefish blastula undergoing mitosis. Size 35"W x 23"H, laminated.

New Pop-Up and Toy Books

Spin - Ido Vaginsky
Presents a series of animals, in a text which contains a pop-up illustration, pull-tabs, and a spinning wheel on each page which can be turned to change the initial image of each animal into that of a different animal.

Guess How Much I Love: The Pop-Up Edition - Sam McBratney
During a bedtime game, every time Little Nutbrown Hare demonstrates how much he loves his father, Big Nutbrown Hare gently shows him that the love is returned even more. Includes pop-up illustrations.

Wake Up, Sloth! - Anouck Boisrobert
In a lush, green forest, a sloth sleeps. Turn the pages of his story--told in a stunning pop-up display--to witness the tragic process of deforestation and watch as a single seed brings new life.

Feel the Force! Science in Pop-up Bite-Sized Bits - Tom Adams
Readers will explore how things move, friction, gravity, light, sound, magnetism, and electricity, among other key areas of physics. Packed with hands-on paper novelties and a range of simple experiments, this is the perfect book to make science fascinating and fun.

Dragons: Legends and Lore of Dinosaurs - Bodie Hodge
Explores the biblical and cultural history of dragons and argues that these fantastic beings are connected to the last living dinosaurs.

Charlie and the Chocolate Factory Pop-Up Book - Roald Dahl
An adaptation of Roald Dahl's story of Charlie Bucket, a young boy who finds a golden ticket that leads him to the most wonderful place in the world--Willie Wonka's chocolate factory, with pop-up illustrations by Quentin Blake.

New Children's Books

Red Sled - Lita Judge
At night, a host of woodland creatures plays with a child's red sled.

The Scar - Charlotte Moundlic
When his mother dies, a little boy is angry at his loss but does everything he can to hold onto the memory of her scent, her voice, and the special things she did for him, even as he tries to help his father and grandmother cope.

Squish: Brave New Pond - Jennifer L. Holm
Starting a new school year, Squish, a meek amoeba who loves the comic book exploits of his favorite hero, "Super Amoeba," is determined to get picked for kickball and hang out with the cool kids.

A Magical Christmas
Brief text, illustrations, and lenticular, or moving pictures, present Christmas scenes from Disney films and cartoons.

Inheritance - Christopher Paolini
The young Dragon Rider Eragon must finally confront the evil king Galbatorix to free Alagaesia from his rule once and for all.

The Sharp Time - Mary O'Connell
In the week following her mother's death in a freak accident, eighteen-year-old Sandanista Jones finds small measures of happiness even as she fantasizes about an act of revenge against an abusive teacher at her high school.


Crossed - Ally Condie
Seventeen-year-old Cassia sacrifices everything and heads to the Outer Provinces in search of Ky, where she is confronted with shocking revelations about Society and the promise of rebellion.

New Books

The Red Tails: World War II's Tuskegee Airmen - Steven L. Jones
An account of the U.S. Army Air Corp's 99th Pursuit Squadron, an all-black flying unit of World War II.

North by Night: A Story of the Underground Railroad - Kathrine Ayres
Presents the journal of a sixteen-year-old girl whose family operates a stop on the Underground Railroad in Ohio.


Cabin on Trouble Creek - Jean Van Leeuwen
In 1803 in Ohio, two young brothers are left to finish the log cabin and guard the land while their father goes back to Pennsylvania to fetch their mother and younger siblings.

The Bells of Christmas - Virginia Hamilton
Twelve-year-old Jason describes the wonderful Christmas of 1890 that he and his family celebrate in their home in Springfield, Ohio.

New YA Books

The Death Cure - James Dashner
As the third Trial draws to a close, Thomas and some of his cohorts manage to escape from WICKED, their memories having been restored, only to face new dangers as WICKED claims to be trying to protect the human race from the deadly FLARE virus.

The Apothecary - Maile Meloy
Follows a fourteen-year-old American girl whose life unexpectedly transforms when she moves to London in 1952 and gets swept up in a race to save the world from nuclear war.

The Meaning of Life...and Other Stuff - Jimmy Gownley
While trying to figure out the meaning of life, Amelia learns that even when the world is scary and life is as mystifying as ever, some things, such as friends, do last.

Variant - Robison Wells
After years in foster homes, seventeen-year-old Benson Fisher applies to New Mexico's Maxfield Academy in hopes of securing a brighter future, but instead he finds that the school is a prison and no one is what he or she seems.

No Ordinary Day - Deborah Ellis
Valli has always been afraid of the lepers living on the other side of the train tracks in the coal town of Jharia, India, so when a chance encounter with a doctor reveals she also has leprosy, Valli rejects help and begins an uncertain life on the streets.

Daughter of Smoke and Bone - Laini Taylor
Seventeen-year-old Karou, a lovely, enigmatic art student in a Prague boarding school, carries a sketchbook of hideous, frightening monsters--the chimaerae who form the only family she has ever known.

The Dragon Turn - Shane Peacock
Alistair Hemsworth produces a real and very dreadful dragon as Sherlock Holmes and Irene Doyle celebrate Irene's sixteenth birthday. But then the magician is arrested by Inspector Lestrade and his son because they have found blood in Hernsworth's secret workshop and Hernsworth's rival has disappeared. There is no body. Has Hernsworh killed the man since he has also stolen his wife.

Breaking Stalin's Nose - Eugene Velchin
In the Stalinist era of the Soviet Union, ten-year-old Sasha idolizes his father, a devoted Communist, but when police take his father away and leave Sasha homeless, he is forced to examine his own perceptions, values, and beliefs.

The Annotated Phantom Tollbooth - Norton Juster
Presents an annotated edition of Norton Juster's story about ten-year-old Milo, who is the owner of a magic tollbooth, and his experiences in the "Lands Beyond," and includes interviews with the author and illustrator, excerpts from Juster's notes and drafts, commentary, and more.

New Children's Books

Strega Nona's Gift - Tomie dePaolo
In Strega Nona's village, the holiday season is a time of celebrations-and nothing says celebration like a feast. All the kitchens are bustling from the Feast of San Nicola, when the children choose the food, to the Feast of Epiphany, when someone gets to be king or queen for the day. Even the animals share in the holiday spirit, and when Big Anthony smells the delicious treats Strega Nona is cooking for them, he decides that just a taste couldn't hurt, right? Wrong. Big Anthony gets his just "desserts," while Strega Nona surprises everyone with a special gift.

Blue Chicken - Deborah Freeman
An enterprising chicken attempts to help an artist paint the barnyard and accidentally turns the whole picture blue.

FArTHER - Grahame Baker-Smith
When a father who dreams of flying goes off to war and does not return, his son decides to make the dream come true. Grahame Baker-Smith’s moving story, with stunning illustrations, shows how, with love and a bit of ambition, you can reach seemingly impossible goals. Kate Greenaway Medal

Swirl by Swirl: Spirals in Nature - Joyce Sidman
Celebrates the shape of a spiral in nature, from rushing rivers to flower buds and even the shape of an ear.

New Nonfiction Books

Beethoven for Kids: His Life and Music - Helen Bauer
Examines the life of eighteenth-century composer Ludwig van Beethoven, discussing his difficult childhood, early gift for music, volatile personality, hearing loss, and the influence of other composers on his work. Includes twenty-one related activities.

The Case of the Vanishing Golden Frogs: A Scientific Mystery - Sandra Markle
Looks at the Panamanian golden frog, the national symbol of Panama, which has been vanishing due to a fungus infection, and follows a team of scientists working to save these frogs and protect frog populations worldwide.

Iceberg Right Ahead!: The Tragedy of the Titanic - Stephanie Sammartino McPherson
Learn about the sinking of the Titanic, the discovery of its wreckage and more.

Why Are You So Scared?A Child's Book About Parents with PTSD - Beth Andrews
Kids who have a parent with post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) can often feel confused, scared, or helpless. Why Are You So Scared? explains PTSD and its symptoms in nonthreatening, kid-friendly language, and is full of questions and exercises that kids and parents can work through together. The workbook-style layout encourages kids to express their thoughts and emotions about PTSD through writing, drawing, and designing. This book can serve as a practical tool for kids to cope with and eventually understand their parent's PTSD.

New Games

The Play's the Thing
Game for 2 to 4 players, ages 12 and up. Familiarizes players with the major characters, plots, and quotes from Hamlet, Julius Caesar, and Romeo and Juliet.

Numbers Thumball
Displays the numbers from zero to ten in three ways: numerals, text, and dots. Can be used to teach math concepts, counting, addition, subtraction, etc. For ages 3 and up.

Spelling Beez!
An educational spelling game that presents interesting facts about honeybees while teaching the letters of the alphabet. For 1-4 players, ages 4 to 8.

Chapter & Verse
New Testament version

Bible Mad Gab
Players must solve Bible mad gab puzzles that consist of a set of unrelated words which when red aloud sound like familiar phrases, names, places, etc.

Math Animals
Teaches and reinforces addition, subtraction, and multiplication skills. For 2-4 players, ages 5 and up.

Bible DVD Game
Over 1500 Bible knowledge questions. For 1-4 players, ages 6 and up.

Sum Word Game
Players must correctly guess words by sketching, speaking, or acting out the various parts of the word, such as prefixes, suffixes, root words, and combining forms. For 2-6 teams, ages 13 and up.

Sum Word Game: Bible Edition
Players must correctly guess words by sketching, speaking, or acting out the various parts of the word, such as prefixes, suffixes, root words, and combining forms. For 2-6 teams, ages 13 and up.

VeggieQuest Board Game: The Game of Values and Fun for Everyone
Can be played as a board game or as a match and memory game. For ages 4 and up

Proverbial Wisdom: Bible Edition
Challenges players to sketch a proverb for teammates to guess, choose the correct meaning or origin of a proverb, or guess what proverb a pre-drawn picture represents. 500 proverbs, familiar sayings and expressions are included. Ages 10 and up, 4 to 16 players.

Moneywise Kids
A game for 2 players intended to aid in teaching children, ages 7 and up, about money, making change, budgeting and money management.

Thou Shalt Knot!
Contains 2 sets of Ten Commandment tiles and 1 set of Number Tiles 1-10. Each Commandment is divided into multiple word tiles. Players connect word tiles to recreate a while Commandment. Each completed Commandment earns 1 token. Players can also earn tokens by adding the correct number tile to a Commandment. For 2-4 players, ages 7 and up. Approximate playing time 15 minutes.

Stop 'n Go
Stop ' n Go is a quick action card game that is fun for everyone. Play is driven by hand-eye coordination and quick responses. Players race to be the first to get rid of their cards by matching colors and watching out for special cards: Zap, Pass, Stop N Go. For 2-6 players, ages 4 and up. Approximate playing time 15-30 minutes

Out of Control
Uses logic of a sequencing game and the strategy of traditional rummy. For 2-6 players, ages 8 and up.