New Releases by Margaret Snyder

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Critical thinking skills are essential for people to possess to be successful in the workforce and it is crucial that students leaving secondary education can be confident to be able to develop and analyze work, especially in mathematics. Students need to be able to critically think to help prepare them for their future endeavors in their modern society. Critical thinking skills are essential for any individual to synthesize and comprehend the task at hand. Encouraging students to not just look at their answer, rather how they developed their answer is one of the first steps of critical thinking. The project promotes those skills, especially when the student needs to develop or analyze mathematical work.

In Baby's Day, Baby experiences a day peppered with hidden noises. Through innovative Lift-a-Flap sound technology, kids can play along by pressing the button fixed to each page and listening to the sound it emanates. Like Baby, they can then guess what object is hidden behind the flaps. During the day, Baby encounters different surprises, such as a teddy bear obscured by blankets, snacks buried in a bag, and a rubber ducky covered by bubbles.

Boomer isn't like other sharks. Instead of scaring all the other fish in the sea he would rather make friends with everyone. Includes scientific information on the Hammerhead Shark's natural habitat.

Elmo wants to share his day with you! There's so much to do and learn. While reading this story, kids will find five different wheel activities where they can match up weather and clothing, colors, shapes, patterns, and animal sounds. They can even help Elmo make pairs of socks fresh out of the laundry. Children will want to be part of Elmo's Day again and again.

Quetzal plans a big surprise for the dragons and the children to work on. He tells everyone ways they can help, but no one remembers what he says! The results are comical, and, with good humor, Quetzal asks the gang to listen again more carefully and to remember. This time it all goes smoothly and everyone ends up with a beautiful new Listening Garden.

"Hide-and-Seek with their dragon friends is fun until Emmy decides that she and Max should hide in the Forest of Darkness. Now they're lost and can't wait to be found!" -- Amazon website.

Cassie and Emmy are as opposite as two girls can be, but they're best friends. Emmy's enthusiasm and energy, coupled with Cassie's thoughtfulness and caring, enable this duo to accomplish just about anything. Together, they combine their different strengths to gather some delicious Sunshine Lemonade from the Dandelion Forest--without waking the grumpy dandelions! Illustrations.

Max and Emmy are whisked away to Dragon Land to help the dragons, Zak and Wheezie to find the missing Do-Re-Mi birds. Mugus the giant has taken them to his castle in the clouds to listen to their music.

Ord, the very big and lovable dragon, has a special job. He must enter the Forest of Darkness and retrieve a magical star seed. But Ord is afraid of the dark! Will Ord be able to overcome his fear? Full-color illustrations.

In this adaptation of the traditional tale of Cinderella a lovely peasant girl working as a servant for Duke Donald and his three spoiled nephews serves as heroine.

Illustrations and simple text provide examples of being honest in everyday life.

Mickey's nephews try to teach Pluto tricks so he can win a pet talent show.