New Releases by Juliet Snape

The new 128-page illustrated student manual, Explorer version, has an inspiring range of action based illustrated activities. These create interesting contexts that allow students to make sense of geometry investigations more easily. In this revised version, there is:?A new section on construction techniques for the Platonic and Archimedean solids using Mathomat V3. This section is full of action photography and detailed construction plans. Supported by beautiful, richly photographed, models, work in progress shots and illustrated nets at the Explorer manual support section. ?A new angles section, which sends the Mathomat kids out to connect with real world angles, learning to measure and draw them mathematically even where they are difficult to see. The angles section concludes by learning to operate a Mathomat protractor in just one single step.?The Mathomat kids use the new pattern block shapes in the Mathomat template to explore double sized dodecagon patterns.?There are beautiful examples of tangram and magic egg puzzles to explore. These give students the satisfaction of creating their own designs as well as introducing them to the new tangram tool and arc builder tools in Mathomat.?Illustrated activities in the Explorer manual introduce students to the use of the TGT in Mathomat for geometric constructions.?In the revised diary section of the Explorer manual students learn to use the TGT in Mathomat as a "Platonic protractor". What we mean by this is that the design of the TGT, which reduces geometry to its basic elements of arc, line and point works well as the sort of protractor that Plato would have approved of. The Mathomat kids use to it understand angle as a ratio of arc lengths in a circle. This gives them a more robust understanding of angle in preparation for trigonometry and the concept of radians at later years.

Putting your thinking cap on has never been more fun! These50 colorful pages of activities test math and logic skills aswell as powers of observation. Perfect for 8- to 11-year-olds,the brain games involve calculatingthe weight of plunderedtreasure, mapping pirate shiproutes, solving secret codes,and other exciting challenges.

Prepare to be puzzled! This full-color book is bursting with brain games based on math, logic, and observational challenges. More than 50 pages of puzzles geared toward 8- to 14-year-olds involve cracking a spy''s encrypted message and identifying individuals from a parade of extraterrestrials, plus palindromes, hidden pictures, and more.

Collects fifty math mazes, each of which requires a correct answer in order to advance and find a way to the end.

Theo Starglow and his robot pal, Skywag, must find their way through maze after maze to return home to the Twilight City. Flaps on every spread reveal hidden creatures and mysterious lairs for a maze challenge that''s out of this world!

Mazes puzzles are not only entertaining, they also help children develop early maths skills. The 12 counting mazes in this book introduce basic concepts such as number, pattern and shape, as well as addition and subtraction. Included are illustrated answers and ideas for further activities.

Providing hours of eerie fun for the entire family, this clever activity book features twisting tunnels, dark passages, and dangerous dead ends. Those who dare will join a headless ghost, a werewolf, a mummy, the Abominable Snowman, Dracula and other monsters on illustrated journeys through strange worlds. Full color.

Following the success of their innovative activity books Marvelous Mazes and The Great Double Maze Book, Juliet and Charles Snape offer a new and intriguing challenge: double mazes based on popular children''s literature. Includes nine four-page mazes in full color plus solutions.

Contains a collection of mazes that were specially created to stretch the reader''s imagination. Solutions are provided at the back of the book.

Each opening in this book presents a different maze to be explored and solved. The mazes are story mazes with hundreds of details to trap the unwary and reward the vigilant. They feature pirates, treasure hunts, perilous journeys, tree houses and a mix of challenging situations.

A lively and amusing story about a plucky girl and a haunted house. Juliet and Charles Snape''s previous books include The Boy With The Square Eyes (shortlisted for the 1988 Children''s Book Award) and Giant (shortlisted for the 1989 Smarties Book Prize).

When Charlie''s eyes turn square from watching television and everything else starts looking square too, he cures himself by stimulating his mind with books, puzzles, pictures, and nature.