Used Books and Curriculum
The following gently used books are for sale. Postage is NOT included in the price, but insurance is included on orders of $20 or more. If you are interested in making a purchase, send your request by email
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=====ACTIVITY BOOKS, COLORING BOOKS, MAGAZINES, WORKBOOKS=====
A Beka Arithmetic 5 TE (5th grade) '81 edition. $4
A Beka Basic Mathematics I Work Text (7th Grade) '82 edition, 32 pgs of 397 completed. $4
Are We There Yet? Travel games, puzzles and quizzes. (2 pages colored) $1
Berenstain Bears' Make And Do Book $1
Houghton Mifflin Mathematics Structure and Use, 1 (1st grade?) 318 pgs $4
Math, Ages 7-9 Multiplication and Division$2
Math, Grade 3 Multiplication and Division (3 problems done on 1st page) $4
One-Minute Math, Subtraction, Minuends 11 to 18 (reproducible + flash cards) $4
Peter Rabbit and Friends Sticker Book (reusable stickers) $3
Piano, Theory Through The Year Level 1A (theory worksheets) $3
Ride & Seek, Travel games for kids. (checklist style) $2
Super Q Funbooks, 75˘ each
These are activity books designed to be used with a Super Q Answer Wand. The wand is not included but these books are fun to use with just a little creativity.
~Get It Right: Reading Skills
~Get The Message: Communication Skills
~In The Know: Comprehension Skills
Wee Color Wee Sing, King Cole's Party (coloring & activity book, 2 pages colored) $2
=====ADULT CHAPTER BOOKS=====
DEERSLAYER by James Fenimore Cooper ---> $2
512 pgs, pb, good condition.
EAST OF EDEN by John Steinbeck ---> $5
602 pgs, hb, worn condition.
KING LEAR by William Shakespeare ---> $2
287 pgs, pb, good condition.
MOBY DICK ---> $2
607 pgs, pb, worn condition.
=====ART, CRAFTS, HOBBIES=====
CANOEING WILD RIVERS ---> $6
353 pgs, pb, good condition. Retails for $19.95. A primer to North American expedition canoeing. An ecology minded book bursting with rich anecdotal accounts, advanced technique and numerous source charts.
HOME LIBRARY OF SEWING AND NEEDLECRAFT, 19 volumes ---> $15
IN FOCUS, A Rated Guide to the Best in Photographic Equipment ---> $3
213 pgs, hb, fair condition. An honest, critical appraisal of equipment and materials, with professional advice on how to choose and use cameras, lenses, films, flashes, meters, tripods, darkroom equipment and more.
THE ORVIS FLY-FISHING GUIDE ---> $6
246 pgs, pb, good condition. Retails for $14.95. Chapters include What is Fly-Fishing, Fly Rods and Line Sizes, Lines and Reels, Leaders and Knots, Fly Casting, Flies, Fly Selection, Stream Tactics, Still Waters, Salmon, Steelhead and Saltwater Fly-Fishing, Striking, Playing and Landing, Accessories, and Care of Fly-Fishing Tackle.
=====CHILDREN'S=====
50˘ BOOKS:
~The Emporer's New Clothes, small pb fc
~The Indian In The Cupboard, Omri's Scrapbook, pb gc
~Jamberry, pb, worn with a few scribbles
$1 BOOKS:
~Dr. Suess: The Cat In The Hat, hb cover worn, a few scribbles but pages intact
~Disney Fun To Learn Library: Volume 2, Numbers 1-10
~The Emporer's New Clothes, pb gc
~The Emporer and the Nightengale, pb gc
~If You Were an Astronaut, pb gc
~Learn About Book: Trees and How They Gros, hb fc
~Now I Know: Bears, pb, cover worn but pages gc
~Play A Song: Beginners Bible Songs, oversized hb, needs new batteries, two pages torn out but only ones with pictures, not words. Plays 10 songs.
$2 BOOKS:
~A to Z Picture Dictionary
~Busy People All Around Town, hb gc (Richard Scarry style)
~Discovery World First Steps To Science: Pond Life, The Fishing Trip, hb gc
~Help! I Have To Take A Test, pb gc
~Help! I Have To Write A Paper, pb gc
~How My Body Works, pb gc
~The Magic World of Words (A First Dictionary) hb, fc (scribble on cover)
~The Secret Garden, hb gc (this is a different version adapted from the screenplay)
~Pinocchio, hb gc
$3 BOOKS:
~50 Things Kids Can Do To Recycle, pb vgc
~50 Things Kids Can Do To Save The Earth, pb gc
~An I Can Read Book: Danny and the Dinosaur, hb vgc
~An I Can Read Book: Lighthouse Children, hb vgc
~An I Can Read Book: Snowshoe Thompson, hb vgc
~An I Can Read Book: Zach's Alligator, hb vgc
~Little People Big Book: About Nature, hb vgc
~National Geographic Books For Young Explorers: Animal Families, hb, fc (one page damaged)
~Robinson Crusoe (Illustrated Classics) hb, gc
~Usborne Puzzle Adventure: Journey to the Lost Temple, pb, cover fair pages gc
~Wee Sing, Children's Songs and Fingerplays
~Wee Sing, Nursery Rhymes and Lullabies
~Wee Sing and Play
$4 BOOKS:
~Dorling Kindersley: My First Word Book, hb fc
~Something Special, hb BRAND NEW. Sam discovers his very own special talent. Retails for $12.95.
~ValueTale: The Value of Believing In Yourself, The Story of Louis Pasteur, hb gc
~ValueTale: The Value of Truth and Trust, The Story of Cochise, hb gc
$5 BOOKS:
~Children's Book of Inspiring Bible Stories, 280 pgs hb fc.
HOLIDAY BOOKS:
~Count The Days Till Christmas, ph gc $1
~The Santa Claus Book, pb gc $1
~The Best Thing About Easter, hb gc $2
FIVE IN A ROW TITLES:
~Corduroy, hb, gc except binding is loose $3
~Goodnight Moon, hg, fair $3
~Goodnight Moon, pb, fair $2
~Sarah, Plain and Tall, hb gc $3
~The Story About Ping, pb, gc $2
=====GEOGRAPHY / HISTORY / SOCIAL STUDIES=====
AMERICAN HERITAGE, Hardback historical magazines. Worn condition. $2 each
~April 1958
~August 1958
~August 1960
~October, 1960
~October, 1962
OF AMERICA II (A Beka) ---> $4
225 pgs, pb, older copy in fair condition.
NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC SOCIETY BOOKS --->$3 each
Each book is 199 pgs, hardback, in good condition. All are full of beautiful photographs.
~Alaska, High Roads To Adventure (dust jacket torn)
~Hidden Worlds of Wildlife
~New England, Land of Scenic Splendor
~Surprising Lands Down Under
~Yellowstone Country
~Yosemite, An American Treasure
~The World's Wild Shores
=====HOMESCHOOL HELPERS=====
THE BIG BOOK OF HOME LEARNING, volume 1 ---> $6
286 pgs, pb, fair condition.
THE CHRISTIAN HOME SCHOOL ---> $6
205 pgs, pb, good condition. 1995.
THE NEW BIG BOOK OF HOME LEARNING ---> $6
382 pgs, pb, fair condition.
=====LANGUAGE ARTS=====
INTRODUCTION TO CHILDREN'S LITERATURE ---> $6
737 pgs, hb, verg good condition.
MCP PLAID PHONICS, Level A (1st Grade) Teacher Resource Guide---> $18
Spiral bound, 35 all color lessons, 1998. Retails for $42.
=====MATH=====
HOUGHTON MIFFLIN MATH CENTRAL ---> $19
4th Grade, 1998 edition. The launch pad for exploring the universe of mathematics, the Student Book is designed to be verbally and visually accessible to all students.
Plenty of real-world examples and practice back the carefully mapped-out
instruction. #1-16804 Retails for $39.
View this book at Houghton Mifflin.
MATH U SEE, Introduction Set ---> $20
'99 edition Student Text and Teachers Manual in very good condition. Approximately 10 pages out of 150 have been completed in the Student Text, 1/2 in very light pencil which can easily be erased, and only in the beginning lessons. Will not interfere at all with the use of the text.
MATH U SEE, Foundations Video Set ---> $20
Two videos. Can be used with the Introduction as well as Foundations.
MATHEMATICS: EXPLORING YOUR WORLD (Silver Burdett Ginn) TE Grade 3 ---> $15
488 pgs, pb, spiral bound in good condition. 1995.
MICROECONOMIC THEORY AND APPLICATIONS ---> $2
637 pgs, hb, perfect condition. Chapters include information about market analysis and demand, consumer choice, prices, production, monopolies, profit, welfare economics and much, much more.
=====MULTI-SUBJECT=====
WHAT YOUR "___" GRADER NEEDS TO KNOW ---> $8 each
~First, hg gc.
~Second, sb gc.
~Third, hb gc (two copies).
=====SCIENCE, HEALTH=====
CAMBRIDGE ENCYCLOPEDIA OF EARTH SCIENCE ---> $5
496 pgs, hb, fair condition.
HEALTH, FOCUS ON YOU, Grade 1 ---> $10
~Student Edition: 170 pgs, hb, good condition.
~Teacher Edition: 170 pgs, hb, good condition.
~Teacher Resource Book, 95 pgs, pb, good condition.
ILLUSTRATED ENCYCLOPEDIA OF ANIMAL LIFE ---> $1.50 each
Older hardbacks in good condition.
~Mammals Volume 1
~Mammals Volume 2
~Mammals Volume 3
PICTURE ENCYCLOPEDIA OF SMALL PLANTS ---> $6
192 pgs, hb, good condition, dust jacket slightly curled. All you need to know to grow 500 varieties of small, dwarf and semi-dwarf, miniature and bonsai-like plants.
PRENTICE HALL SCIENCE, Annoted Teacher's Editions ---> $6 each
All hard backs in like new condition. 1993.
~Heat Energy, 80 pgs. What is Heat, Uses of Heat.
~Cells: Building Blocks of Life, 112 pgs. The Nature of Life, Cell Structure and Function, Cell Processes, and Cell Energy.
~Motion, Forces and Energy, 144 pgs. What is Motion, The Nature of Forces, Forces In Fluids, Work , Power, and Simple Machines, and Energy: Forms and Changes.
~Matter: Bulding Blocks of the Universe, 160 pgs. General Properties of Matter, Physical and Chemical Changes, Mixtures, Elements, and Compounds, Atoms: Building Blocks of Matter, Classification of Elements: The Periodic Table.
SCIENCE (elementary textbook) ---> $3
334 pgs, hb, fair condition. Units include: Plants and Animals, Matter and Energy, Earth and Its Neighbors, and Your Health.
=====REFERENCE=====
DIRECTORY OF PRIVATE SCHOLARSHIPS AND GRANTS, '96 (2 copies) ---> $15
530 pgs, pb, good condition. Awesome resources listed by college major/interest, state of residency/study, student affiliations, family affiliations, regigious affiliations, and ethnic background/personal qualifiers.
THE GOLDEN BOOK ENCYCLOPEDIA, 18 volumes ---> $18
Twenty volume set; number 11 and 19 are missing. Especially designed as a first encyclopedia for the elementary grades. Good condition.
WEBSTER'S JAPANESE DICTIONARY ---> $4
535 pgs, pb, fair condition.
=====MISCELLANEOUS BOOKS=====
101 BEST BUSINESSES TO START ---> $6
561 pgs, pb, fair condition. .
BOOK OF VIRTUES ---> $15
831 pgs, hb, like new.
CHICKEN SOUP FOR THE SOUL, A Second Helping Of ---> $6
329 pgs, pb, fair condition. Retails for $12.95.
COOKBOOKS:
~Best of German Cooking, 191 pgs pb gc $5 (Retail $9.95)
~BH&G: Homemade Cookies Cook Book, 96 pgs hb fc $4
~Chinese Recipes, 146 pgs pb fc (small) $2
~Moosewood Cookbook, Revised Edition, 237 pgs pb vgc $8
View this book at Amazon.com.
~The Frugal Gourmet, 388 pgs hb fc $7 (Retail $14.95)
EMOTIONAL INTELLIGENCE ---> $6
352 pgs, pb, very good condition except for crease on cover. By Daniel Goleman. The broundbreaking book that redefines what it means to be smart.
EXPOSING THE MYTHS OF PARENTHOOD ---> $2.50
195 pgs, pb, fair condition. By David Jeremiah and Carole C. Carlson.
HOW CHILDREN FAIL (John Holt) ---> $4
181 pgs, hb, cover worn but pages in very good condition. .
HOW MACS WORK ---> $6
222 pgs, pb, excellent condition. Retails for $24.95. This collection of full color illustrations unmasks and demystifies the stunning intricacy of the worldıs easiest to use personal computer.
HOW TO RESCUE THE EARTH WITHOUT WORSHIPING NATURE ---> $6
213 pgs, Hb, like new. A Christian's call to save creation..
JUNIOR GIRL SCOUT HANDBOOK ---> $4
208 pgs, pb, cover worn but pages in very condition. 1994.
PET BOOKS:
~All About The Bassett Hound, hb fc (highlighting) $2
~Kitten Care Kit, videotape and care tips booklet, $3
~This Is The Bassett Hound, hb gc $3
SIGNING, HOW TO SPEAK WITH YOUR HANDS ---> $5
248 pgs, pb, worn condition.
SHOOTERS BIBLE ---> $11
576 pgs, pb, perfect condition. Retails for $21.95. The worldıs standard firearms reference book. Complete specifications and current prices (96 edition) for thousands of firearms and related equipment. Contains sections for catalogs, sights and scopes, ammo and ballistics, reloading equipment, feature articles, and reference.
WHOLESALE BY MAIL CATALOG, 1995---> $8
610 pgs, pb, good condition. How consumers can shop by mail, phone, or online service and save 30% to 90% off list price. Retails for $16.
=====OTHER EDUCATIONAL ITEMS=====
ALPHABET AND NUMERAL CARDS, LARGE ---> $5
Shows capital and lowercase letters in cursive on 13 cards measuring 7 1/2" x 17" each (2 letters per card). Numbers are printed on 1 additional card, totaling 14. Dark green in color. These are the type commonly seen mounted in a row over the top of chalkboards. Fair condition.
FLASH CARDS ---> $1 each (Cards like new unless otherwise noted, boxes fair.)
~Addition, 3 1/2 x 5 3/4
~Addition, 3 x 4 1/2
~Phonics, 3 x 5
~Subtraction, 3 x 4 1/2
~Set: Addition, Subtraction, Division, 1 3/4 x 2 1/2 . Cards slightly worn.
ZURK'S LEARNING SAFARI ---> $8
Five diskettes. IBM-DOS/Windows. In box with documentation.
=====OTHER HOUSEHOLD ITEMS=====
MARK MCGWIRE T-SHRT ---> Make Offer
Size Large. Brand new with tag. Lee brand.
=====WANTED ITEMS=====
AND THE SKYLARK SINGS WITH ME by David Albert (Retail $16.95)
EARTHSEARCH, A Kids Geography Museum In a Box (Amazon $14)
FIRST HONEST BOOK ABOUT LIES by Jonni Kincher (Retail $12.95)
GEOGRAPHY COLORING BOOK by Wynn Kapit (Retail $14.95)
JOHN HOLT
~Instead of Education
~Teach Your Own
KIDS DISCOVER MAGAZINE (back issues)
LET'S READ by Leonard Bloomfield and Clarence Barnhart
PEOPLE'S HISTORY OF THE US by Howard Zinn (Retail $18.00)
READYWRITER
ROADSIDE GEOLOGY OF WASHINGTON (Retail $11)
UNSCHOOLED MIND by Howard Gardner
UNSCHOOLING MATH a GWS Booklet (Retail $4.95)
USBORNE
~Big Bug Search
~Cut Out Models: Skeleton, Dinosaurs
~Everyday Words In Spanish
~Helping Your Child Learn To Read
~Living In Prehistoric Times
~Picture World History: Dinosaurs
~Puzzle Adventures: Dinosaur Expedition
~Spotters Guides: Dinosaurs
~Starting Point Science: Where Did Dinosaurs Go?
~Time Travelers
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