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Writing Builders- New Series

The Writing Builders series helps young students become better writers! Like its companion series Poetry Builders, readers will be able to join in on the fun as friends in the story learn the basics of the writing process. Concepts include brainstorming and outlines, first drafts, revising, and the finished piece. From book reports to blogs, each book in the Writing Builders series covers a different writing project, allowing students to easily follow the steps needed to finish their own writing. Activities in the back of the book provide additional information and writing practice.

Team Spirit Baseball - 30 titles
(revised, revamped, and expanded for 2012!)

Team Spirit–Baseball is now available, completely revised and updated for 2012. New sections include Glory Days, Calling the Shots, and Great Debates. A new link on the Norwood House Press website called “Team Spirit” gives readers access to updates and news on each team (available in the next few weeks!)

• 30 books for all 30 professional baseball teams.

• New sections, updated information, fun stories.

• New photos and records of your favorite players from the formation of the baseball team through today.

• A website to accompany every book in the series because baseball never stops!

Once you have the books, be sure to check out the new Team Spirit Website to go along with the reading material! This site will be continuously updated with all new information on every baseball team – the perfect source for up-to-date statistics and player information for young sports fans. Each website includes:

• More Go-To Guys

• More Fun Facts

• League Leaders

New Dear Dragon - 4 new titles!

Margaret Hillert and illustrator David Schimmell have teamed up to create 4 new Dear Dragon books. Find out what happens when a boy and his pet dragon learn about saving money, helping others, and what to do before going to bed. They also take an outing to see if the groundhog will see his shadow!

These Beginning-to-Read books capture the imaginations of beginning readers and help them on their way to independent reading. Each book in this series includes a miniature teaching guide in the back with a note to the caregiver in the front that helps the reader take as much away from the book as possible, including phonetic and vocabulary exercises. These books use text that is comprised of common, frequently used words to assist the reader with reinforcing illustrations to help he or she become an independent reader and develop comprehension. A word list and activities in the back of the book are also included.

Use Dear Dragon books to:

Practice reading high frequency words

Expand comprehension
Improve oral language skills

Booklist Reviews Girls Play to Win!

The Girls Play to Win series focuses exclusively on women's sports. In addition to profiles of star athletes, the books introduces the basic rules or types of events and give the history of women as participants and competitors in each sport. Illustrated mainly with clear color photos, the books offer straightforward accounts enhanced by sidebars on related topics. In addition to the writer, each book credits a "content consultant" with special knowledge of the sport.

Lacrosse clarifies how the fast-growing women's version of the sport differs from the men's and notes that the women's "much more closely resembles the game Native Americans invented hundreds of years ago." Softball describes the sport's history, its fast-pitch and slow-pitch rules, and its spread around the globe. Before spotlighting outstanding female aquatic athletes of the past century, Swimming & Diving reports that women's swimming was thought too unladylike for the Olympic Games until 1912. Track & Field highlights the number of events and notable women athletes, from Babe Didrikson to Jackie Joyner-Kersee to recent record-breakers. Each book concludes with a glossary and short, annotated lists of recommended books, websites, and places to visit. With their slant toward women, these colorful books will fill gaps in many collections.

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