Category Archives: Textbooks

The Witch Book

Raymond Buckland did a great job on the book “The Witch Book: The Encyclopedia of Withccraft, Wicca and Neo-paganism. Buckland is a high priest of the Wiccan community. The book includes over 500 topics, such as Devil’s mark, Hexagram, flying ointment, magic squares, names of power, Isis, and other people or items that are important…

Writers Guide to Places

If you are a writer, then you have to have the book “Writers Guide to Places”. This book is by Jack Heffron and Don Prues and is over 400 pages. The book covers all 50 states, plus 51 cities within those states. There are also 10 Canadian Provinces included. THis makes an awesome reference book….

Mudpies to Magnets

“Mudpies to magnets: A preschool science curriculum is a wonderful book to add to any preschool resource library. The 157 page book is by Robert A. Williams, Robert E. Rockwell and Elizabeth A. Sherwood. It is illustrated by Laurel J. Sweetman and was published by Gryphon House. There are 112 experiments is this book to…

Art and Creative Development

Art and Creative Development for Young Children by Robert Shirrmacher is a nice book to add to any preschool resource library. It is $36.25 and contains 424 pages. The book has five sections that include the following: Creativity, Young children as Artists, Art and Aesthetics, providing art experiences, and roles and strategies. Each section has…

Great Big Book of Children’s Games

The Great Big Book of Children’s games by Reader’s Digest is a great book for finding neat games to play with children ages 3 to 14. It has 318 pages packed full of over 450 indoor and outdoor games. It is written by Debra Wise and illustrated by Sandy Forrest. There is a wide range…

Channels to Children

A really good resource book for preschool teachers is “Channels to Children: Early Childhood Activity Guide for Holidays and Seasons”. The book is by Carol Beckman, Roberta Simmons, and Nancy Thomas. It is illustrated by Debbie Reisbeck. It has 227 pages and I purchased it for $18.70. Each chapter has a section on concepts to…

3D drawing pad

The 3D drawing pad is not like a simple notebook, it allows the user via a special glasses to view the letters in 3D !!! Ideal for your children to experiment new things. Indeed, children always like drawing, if you give them a papper and a pencil, they will stay quiet during long time to…

What if .. — The Invisible Plague

What if .. when you spoke … noone could hear you? You are standing in a room full of people screaming at the top of your lungs and people just walk through you? The Invisible Plague tells the story of mental illness and it’s history in society. We have evolved in our understanding, but these…

Web Development & Design Foundations with Xhtml

Terry Felke-Morris’s book on Web Design with Html is a great book to have if you’re a beginning web designer. Technically it is a textbook for a college level class, but it has been so helpful I figured I would recommend it here. The book starts with the normal history of web design and Html…

Find Cheap College Books Used and New

College is a huge expense than most parents know they have to start saving for as soon as that baby is born. As the years go by college is getting even more expensive and that doesn’t even include the price of the textbooks. Some college textbooks can cost hundreds of dollars and you only need…