New Release Books by Marge Eberts

Doing Their Best – Encouraging Children to Earn Good Grades gives parents simple tips that will help their children develop habits leading to academic success. The book has specific examples of how to help any child rise to the top and get on the path to good grades. There are chapters on avoiding common pitfalls that lower grades, stopping a decline in grades, acing test secrets, making sure homework helps and building valuable reading, math, classroom and study skills. “Doing Their Best“ also provides readers with real and often humorous accounts of how the authors were able to get their six children successfully through school. And with the help of this book, all parents can do the same!

If a young giraffe can grow half an inch in an hour, how long would it take it to grow one foot? If you breathe 70,000 cubic inches of air each day, how long would you take to breathe all the air in a room ten feet by ten feet by ten feet? In baseball, the distance between bases is 90 feet, so how many miles did Ty Cobb run to score his record 2245 runs (a run is around all four bases)? Each of these two books presents 190 cartoon-illustrated word problems based on fascinating facts, everyday situations, and whimsical fantasies. Answers appear upside-down at the bottom of the page. Good Year Books. 192 pages each.

Educational resource for teachers, parents and kids!

180 word problems about interesting facts and everyday situations show kids how math applies to their daily lives! Kids will find the length of a day on Jupiter, measure earthquakes on the Richter scale, and figure out how much pizza their money will buy. They will build math skills day by day, level by level. Answers included. Each is spiralbound and stands on a handy easel.