New PE Books

Parachute Games with DVD - Todd Strong
Discovering the benefits of parachute play -- Leading parachute games -- Enhancing developmental skills -- Choosing and caring for your parachute -- Low-activity parachute games -- Moderate-activity parachute games -- High-activity parachute games

Active Bodies, Active Brains - Mary Ellen Clancy
Introduction to brain-compatible instruction -- Teaching thinking through physical activity -- Easiest -- Easy -- Moderately complex -- Most complex

Outdoor Education: Methods and Strategies - Ken Gilbertson
Defining Outdoor Education -- Describing the Outdoor Educator -- Theories and Foundations in Outdoor Education -- Understanding Participants -- Creating the Learning Environment -- Outdoor Education Settings -- Designing Lessons -- Physical Methods -- Cognitive Methods -- Affective Methods -- Sample Lessons -- Your Future in Outdoor Education

New YA Book by Cedarville Grad

And the Violin Cried - Susan Joy Clark
Samantha Andrews is a sixth grade Christian girl who is best friends with a Jewish violin player, Annie Rosenberg, also a sixth grader. A group of boys, who call themselves the Black Knights, do a series of anti-Semitic and bullying acts in school, affecting Annie and her older brother David, including breaking Annie's heirloom violin which dates back to Holocaust times in Hungary. Samantha and her family have an opportunity to show Christian love to Annie and David.

New Science Book

The Brain: Our Sense of Self
Expand basic understanding of brain function and the nervous system.

New Music Education Resources

Home Helper: Teacher's Reference and Resource Edition - James O. Froseth
This book, complete with 3 CDs, provides valuable suggestions for parents to help children at home who are just beginning the study of musical instruments.

Movement to Music in Confined Spaces - James O. Froseth and Phyllis Weikart
Coordinates with the sound recording "Music for Movement" by James O. Froseth and Albert Blaser.

First Steps in Music for Preschool and Beyond: The Curriculum - John M. Feierabend
Getting started -- The musical workout -- Pitch exploration (vocal warm-ups) -- Song fragments -- Simple songs -- Arioso -- Songtales -- Movement exploration (movement warm-ups) -- Movement for form and expression -- Beat motion activities -- Planning lessons -- Sample lessons -- Index of song/rhyme titles

New Folkmanis Puppets

New from Folkmanis:

Bat puppet
This realistically detailed Brown Bat puppet features a workable mouth, complete with fangs, and leather-like fabric wings, which spread into an infamous silhouette, then flap silently into the darkness.

Dinosaur egg puppet
A scaly baby tyrannosaurus rex puppet pops out of a soft velour egg, ready for action. Arms and mouth animate for a variety of expressions.

Lion stage puppet



Wolf stage puppet



Monarch Butterfly puppet
Pollinating the flowers, the beautiful monarch butterfly pauses to show off her bright orange color. Cause a flutter when you animate her satiny wings!

Fox finger puppets
Set of four fox finger puppets.

Duckling finger puppets
Set of four 4" finger puppets.


Spotted owl finger puppets
Set of four 4" finger puppets.

Prince puppet
One 12" puppet with movable head and arms.


Princess puppet
One 14" tall princess puppet.

Sheep stage puppet
One 12" sheep stage puppet with movable mouth

New Children's Books

A House for Hermit Crab - Eric Carle
A hermit crab who has outgrown his old shell moves into a new one, which he decorates and enhances with the various sea creatures he meets in his travels.

The Apple Pie That Papa Baked - Lauren Thompson
These are the apples, juicy and red, that went in the pie, warm and sweet, that Papa baked... for guess who!

New YA Books

Chicken Soup for the Teenage Soul: The Real Deal Challenges - Jack Canfield
Teenagers share stories about some of the challenges they have faced in life and how they survived them. Includes facts, tips, advice, and quizzes.

Seeing Redd (The Looking Glass Wars, Book 2) - Frank Beddor
When Alyss Heart returns to her rightful place on the throne of Wonderland, she is put to the test as enemies, both inside and outside the borders of her queendom, push their own agendas and wield horrific weapons, while she strives to unify them all.

What They Found: Love on 145th Street - Walter Dean Myers
Fifteen interrelated stories explore different aspects of love, such as a dying father's determination to help start a family business--a beauty salon--and the relationship of two teens who plan to remain celibate until they marry.

Powers - Ursula K. Le Guin
When young Gavir's sister is brutally killed, he escapes from slavery and sets out to explore the world and his own psychic abilities.

New Audiobooks

Corduroy - Don Freeman
A toy bear in a department store wants a number of things, but when a little girl finally buys him he finds what he has always wanted most of all.



Madeline - Ludwig Bemelmans
Madeline, smallest and naughtiest of the twelve little charges of Miss Clavel, wakes up one night with an attack of appendicitis.

New Children's Books

Robot Dreams - Sara Varon
The enduring friendship between a dog and a robot is portrayed in this wordless graphic novel.

When Dinosaurs Came with Everything - Elise Broach
Although his mother is a little worried, a young boy is delighted to discover that every shop in town is giving away real dinosaurs to their customers.

New Children's Books

I Am Invited to a Party! - Mo Willems
Piggie is invited to her first party. But what will she wear? Gerald, the party expert, knows just how to help. . .or does he?

Phooey! - Marc Rosenthal
A boy who claims there is nothing to do spends his day being anything but bored.

New Science Book

Explore Evolution: The Arguments for and Against Neo-Darwinism - Stephen C. Meyer

New DVDs

Leonardo, the Terrible Monster - book by Mo Willems
Leonardo is a terrible monster -- he can't seem to frighten anyone. When he discovers the perfect nervous little boy, will he scare the lunch out of him? Or will he think of something better?





How Do Dinosaurs Eat Their Food? - Jane Yolen
Mischievous dinosaurs show in a big way that burping, spilling, playing with one's food and outright refusing to eat are not the best ways to enjoy a meal. Children will be entertained as they learn table manners and pleasant mealtime behaviors.

New Reference Materials

Middle School Teachers Guide to Free Curriculum Materials

Educators Guide to Free Videotapes - Elementary/Middle School Edition

Educators Guide to Free Multicultural Materials

Educators Guide to Free Health, Physical Education and Recreation Materials

Educators Guide to Free Guidance Materials

New Children's Books

Help! A Story of Friendship - Holly Keller
Mouse hears a rumor that snakes do not like mice and while trying to avoid his former friend, Snake, he falls into a hole from which neither Hedgehog, Squirrel, nor Rabbit can help him out.

The Cheese - Margie Palatini
After they all agree to ignore the story of "The Farmer in the Dell," the rat, cat, dog, child, farmer, and his wife have a party featuring the tempting hunk of cheese.

Four Feet, Two Sandals - Karen Lynn Williams
Two young Afghani girls living in a refugee camp in Pakistan share a precious pair of sandals brought by relief workers.

Angels Among Us - Leena Lane
A book of stories about angels in the Bible. Some bring messages revealing God's purposes, others provide strength and courage, and others praise and worship God.

Still My Grandma - Veronique Van den Abeele
A young girl describes her special relationship with her grandmother, both before and after Grandma contracts Alzheimer's Disease.

Eli Remembers - Ruth Vander Zee
After many years of watching the solemn lighting of seven candles at Rosh Hashanah, Eli finally learns how those candles represent his family's connection to the Holocaust in Lithuania.

Little Apple Goat - Caroline Jayne Church
Little Apple Goat's love of apples, cherries, and pears helps her plant an orchard for the animals on the farm.

New YA Books

Annie's War - Jacqueline Levering Sullivan
In 1946, imaginary conversations with President Truman help ten-year-old Annie cope with having to live with her grandmother in Walla Walla, Washington, her uncle's prejudice toward her grandmother's black tenant, and her intense desire for news of her father, a pilot in the Army Air Corps who was reported missing in action.

Runner - Robert Newton
In Richmond, Australia, in 1919, fifteen-year-old Charlie Feehan becomes an errand boy for a notorious mobster, hoping that his ability to run will help him, his widowed mother, and his baby brother to escape poverty.

New Children's Books

Ten Worlds: Everything That Orbits the Sun - Ken Croswell
The solar system -- The sun -- Mercury -- Venus -- Earth -- Moon -- Mars -- Asteroids -- Jupiter -- Saturn -- Uranus -- Neptune -- Pluto -- The tenth planet -- Comets -- Meteors -- The solar system's birth -- The ten planets -- The seven big moons -- The first four asteroids -- Extreme planets

Pssst! - Adam Rex
The animals at the zoo have some unusual requests for a little girl who goes to visit.

Maya's Magic Carpet - Michelle Zellers
An illustrated verse tracing the adventures of a little girl and her friend while visiting famous landmarks in France.

How Do Dinosaurs Go to School? - Jane Yolen
Explains how young dinosaurs should behave during a typical school day.

Black Cat Bone - J. Patrick Lewis
Robert Johnson was born in rural Mississippi and died young, leaving little behind except blues like no one sung the blues before him. A legend says that Robert sold his soul to the devil in return for becoming King of the Delta Blues.

Tour America: A Journey Through Poems and Art - Diane Siebert
Poems and paintings describe our beautiful country.

Cornelius P. Mud, Are You Ready for School? - Barney Saltzberg
Cornelius the pig has his own style when preparing for school in the morning, but he does not really feel ready until he gets a kiss.

New Graphic Novel

Asterix and Obelix All at Sea - Albert Uderzo
According to reliable sources this is the last Asterix book that Uderzo will illustrate and may be the last Asterix book ever! Caesar's galley is stolen, Obelix drinks the magic potion (with terrible results) and the Gauls find themselves all at sea. In ancient Rome, the slaves are rebelling--and they've even stolen Julius Caesar's own warship, the finest in the Roman navy. Under the heroic leadership of Spartakis, the former galley slaves make for the small town where Caesar's old enemies Asterix and Obelix live. Now everyone must sail to the wonderful continent of Atlantis to find a cure. But, the Romans are on the ocean blue, too...and the battles are about to come fast and furiously.

New YA Books

The Perfect Hamburger and Other Delicious Stories - Alexander McCall Smith
In three separate stories, children help adults solve problems related to food, first by saving a restaurant from being shut down, second by untangling a mess in a spaghetti factory, and finally by selling donuts to raise funds for a stolen car.

Scenes Keep Happening - Mary Krell-Oishi
Presents a collection of five- and ten-minute one-act scenes for high school theater students.

Profiles in Sports Courage - Ken Rappoport
Collection of 12 profiles of athletes who have faced significant challenges in their personal and professional lives that they have overcome through their own courage.

Night of the Howling Dogs - Graham Salisbury
In 1975, eleven Boy Scouts, their leaders, and some new friends camping at Halape, Hawaii, find their survival skills put to the test when a massive earthquake strikes, followed by a tsunami.

Unexplained - Judy Allen
Addresses such topics as ghosts, psychic phenomena, superstitions, mysterious natural phenomena, alleged monsters, disappearances, secrets and mysteries of ancient history, and possible extraterrestrials. A combination of absorbing fact-filled text and stunning visuals in an investigation of mysteries that continue to baffle, tantalize, and spark endless debate.