Vintage children’s book that gives information on mammals, birds, fish, reptiles, and amphibians, including domesticated and wild animals, and illustrations and photos. There are a couple spots where an adhesive paper was used to mark a page. Those have not been removed to preserve the integrity of the page.

Heavy Hardcover (2 to 4 lbs)

The How and Why Library

Childcraft: About Animals

Vintage children’s book, exploring places of the world, including the seven wonders of the ancient world, government places, where people worship, famous, graves and tombs, nature, places, statues, battlegrounds, and more. Small dent on upper part of spine. Does not affect ability to open book.

Childcraft: Places to Know

Vintage children’s book exploring the different things that make up what we see… Colors, numbers, shapes, clothing, and people, trademarks, and branding, and more.

Childcraft: Look and Learn

Vintage Childcraft book exploring the discovery and scientific opinions regarding dinosaurs. Plenty of illustrations and photos throughout. A bit of old tape covers part of the bottom of the spine.

Childcraft: Dinosaurs

A perfect book for inquisitive children who are constantly wondering and asking where common household items come from and how they are made.

Childcraft: How We Get Things

A couple small stains on inner pages that do not effect readability. Good condition otherwise.

1985 Childcraft Annual

Childcraft: Conquest of the Sky

Some foxing on inner covers, otherwise I’m good condition.

1986 Childcraft Annual

Childcraft: Mysteries and Fantasies

“The unforgettable story of young Jethro Creighton who comes of age during the turbulent years of the Civil War.”

Light Paperback (1 lb or less)

Across Five Aprils

A collection of Thoreau’s writings, including Walden, Civil Disobedience, Slavery in Massachusetts, A Plea for Captain John Brown, and Life Without Principle.

Hardcover (1 to 2 lbs)

Walden and Other Writings

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Jack Carew

“Whether you’re selling ideas, products, or even yourself, you’ll benefit from the precise, standard setting methods shared with thousands of top sales professionals from Fortune 500 companies and major corporations around the world.”

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Jack Carew, one of the most dynamic and innovative sales training consultants in America today, offers his ten unique strategies of Positional Selling for sales-people in every area. Whether you're selling ideas, products, or even yourself, you'll benefit from the precise, standard-setting methods shared with thousands of top sales professionals from Fortune 500 companies and major corporations around the world. Discover the Positional Selling strategies that will change your life as a salesperson:
* You'll never feel like an unwelcome guest -- if you ASSUME THE RESPONSIBILITY
* You'll never use the language of a loser -- if you BRING YOUR ENERGY TO THE CUSTOMER
* You'll never have a rejection hangover -- if you MAKE THE CUSTOMER PART OF THE SOLUTION
* You'll never make a spray-and-pray sales call -- if you FIND THE AREA OF OPPORTUNITY
* You'll never fumble over an objection -- if you INVEST IN THE RELATIONSHIP
* You'll never lose a customer -- if you TAKE THE LEAD
With Jack Carew's help, you'll learn how to develop new business, expand accounts and revitalize marginal accounts. You'll also master the human dynamics of selling, and make yourself an indispensable partner as you listen, acknowledge, explore and respond. You'll be selling with powerful, productive new energy-and You'll Never Get No For An Answer!

You'll Never Get No for an Answer

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Brené Brown

“Dare to lead: Brave work. Tough conversations. Whole hearts.”

Brave Work. Tough Conversations. Whole Hearts

#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • Brené Brown has taught us what it means to dare greatly, rise strong, and brave the wilderness. Now, based on new research conducted with leaders, change makers, and culture shifters, she’s showing us how to put those ideas into practice so we can step up and lead. Look for Brené Brown’s new podcast, Dare to Lead, as well as her ongoing podcast Unlocking Us! NAMED ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR BY BLOOMBERG Leadership is not about titles, status, and wielding power. A leader is anyone who takes responsibility for recognizing the potential in people and ideas, and has the courage to develop that potential. When we dare to lead, we don’t pretend to have the right answers; we stay curious and ask the right questions. We don’t see power as finite and hoard it; we know that power becomes infinite when we share it with others. We don’t avoid difficult conversations and situations; we lean into vulnerability when it’s necessary to do good work. But daring leadership in a culture defined by scarcity, fear, and uncertainty requires skill-building around traits that are deeply and uniquely human. The irony is that we’re choosing not to invest in developing the hearts and minds of leaders at the exact same time as we’re scrambling to figure out what we have to offer that machines and AI can’t do better and faster. What can we do better? Empathy, connection, and courage, to start. Four-time #1 New York Times bestselling author Brené Brown has spent the past two decades studying the emotions and experiences that give meaning to our lives, and the past seven years working with transformative leaders and teams spanning the globe. She found that leaders in organizations ranging from small entrepreneurial startups and family-owned businesses to nonprofits, civic organizations, and Fortune 50 companies all ask the same question: How do you cultivate braver, more daring leaders, and how do you embed the value of courage in your culture? In this new book, Brown uses research, stories, and examples to answer these questions in the no-BS style that millions of readers have come to expect and love. Brown writes, “One of the most important findings of my career is that daring leadership is a collection of four skill sets that are 100 percent teachable, observable, and measurable. It’s learning and unlearning that requires brave work, tough conversations, and showing up with your whole heart. Easy? No. Because choosing courage over comfort is not always our default. Worth it? Always. We want to be brave with our lives and our work. It’s why we’re here.” Whether you’ve read Daring Greatly and Rising Strong or you’re new to Brené Brown’s work, this book is for anyone who wants to step up and into brave leadership.

Dare to Lead

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Victoria Labalme

“Some people in life know exactly what they want to achieve. Risk forward is for the rest of us.”

Embrace the Unknown and Unlock Your Hidden Genius

"Some people in life know exactly what they want to achieve. This is a book for the rest of us." - Victoria Labalme if you're trying to figure out your next steps at work or in life... if you wish you had the courage to move in a new direction... if you sense there's something more, waiting to be discovered... Risk Forward will help you find your way. In this brief, full color, whimsical book "experience," Hall of Fame speaker, leading consultant, and Wall Street Journal best-selling author Victoria Labalme shares a series of principles from the arts that are practical, reassuring, and radically freeing. "Sage advice-and brisk inspiration-for anyone contemplating the daunting prospect of a new project or change of direction." - Pamela Liebman, President & CEO, The Corcoran Group "RISK FORWARD is a mosaic that will change the way you view your life forever." - Roberta Matuson, FORBES.com "If Picasso and Apple produced a book, this would be it!!!" - Vince Poscente, New York Times best-selling author & Olympian Through these uniquely designed and thought-provoking pages, you'll learn: • 4 Questions to help you discover your next best step • How to make a decision when you have a variety of options • 3 key filters to evaluate input and advice • Permission and Ideas to express your whole self at work and in life • The #1 way to identify what really matters • What holds you back

Risk Forward

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“Futurist Mark Schaefer explains how three global mega trends are colliding to make community the next significant marketing priority. The bestselling author of KNOWN and Marketing Rebellion tells us how companies overlook the vast marketing potential of community and why this is the only strategy our customers will actually embrace. Filled with inspiring ideas and captivating case studies, Belonging to the Brand is and indispensable and practical guide for every company that believes its marketing can be something more than interrupting customers.”

Why Community is the Last Great Marketing Strategy

Belonging to the Brand

“What do successful people have in common? Scientists have studied the traits, beliefs, and practices of successful people in all walks of life, but their research most often winds up and stuffy academic journals to be read only by other scientists. Now, the best selling author of the 100 Simple Secrets of Happy People has collected the most current and important data from over 1000 studies on success, and spells out the key findings in a way we could all understand.”

An inscription is in the front cover, but otherwise no markings.

Light Hardcover (1 lb or less)

What Scientists Have Learned and How You Can Use It

The 100 Simple Secrets of Successful People

Wiley Blevins

“A completely revised and updated edition of the best-selling classic on everything you’ve ever wanted to know about phonics but have been afraid to ask! This third edition features the most recent brain research, seven key characteristics of strong phonics instruction, and powerful instructions routines for accelerating student learning. You’ll also find special sections on meeting the need of struggling readers, English Language Learners, and Standard English Learners; strategies for developing fluency; word-sort and word-building exercises; lesson plans; word lists; games and activities; and more. With bonus online content, including ready-to-use assessments.”

Heavy Paperback (2 to 4 lbs)

Reading & Language Arts

Revised and updated edition of the best-selling classic on everything you ever wanted to know about teaching phonics, but were afraid to ask. Includes the latest brain research, 7 key characteristics of strong phonics instruction, instructional routines for accelerating student learning, and more.

About this book

In this new edition of his best-selling classic, Wiley Blevins outlines 7 key characteristics of strong phonics instruction, the most recent brain research, and powerful instructional routines for accelerating student learning. Also includes special sections on meeting the needs of struggling readers and English language learners, speed drill forms, fluency tips, word sort and word building support, engaging lessons, word lists, games, learning center ideas, technology resources, and more.

Phonics from A to Z

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“Independent reading is the right of every student. It is an indispensable foundation for solid reading instruction yet, is too often viewed as a luxury. Overly prescriptive, culturally irrelevant curriculum does not provide spaces for students to develop a sense of agency as readers or for teachers to make decisions that reflect the needs of the students in front of them. When teachers trust themselves and trust their students to create reading experiences that matter, they positively impact student growth.”

Paperback (1 to 2 lbs)

Powerful Practices for Independent Reading

Trusting Readers

Maria Walther

“What if each page of a picture book was guaranteed to enhance a child’s reading and writing tenfold? Would you ramp up your read alouds? In this remarkable resource Maria Waither shares two-page read-aloud picture book conversations for 101 picture books that tune into what to say and wonder in order to bolster students literacy exponentially.”

What to Notice As You Turn the Page

In this remarkable resource, Maria Walther shares two-page read-aloud experiences for 101 picture books that tune you into what to notice, say, and wonder in order to bolster students’ literacy exponentially. A first-grade teacher for decades, Maria is a master of “strategic savoring.” Her lesson design efficiently sparks instructional conversations around each book’s cover illustration, enriching vocabulary words, literary language, and the ideas and themes vital to young learners. Teachers, schools, and districts looking to energize your core reading and writing program, search no further: The Ramped-Up Read Aloud delivers a formula for literacy development and a springboard to joy in equal parts.

The Ramped-Up Read Aloud

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Julia Lindsey

“Julia B. Lindsey’s evidence-backed routines help young readers decode words efficiently so they can spend more energy on comprehending – and enjoying – what they read! Lindsey addresses content learning, culturally responsive instruction connected to foundational skills, and the importance of engaging readers from the start.”

The Art and Science of Teaching Foundational Skills

Julia Lindsey's evidence-backed routines help young readers decode words efficiently so they can spend more energy on comprehending--and enjoying--what they read! You'll find:1. need-to-know essentials of how kids learn to read.2. principles of high-quality foundational skills instruction.3. teacher-approved instructional "swaps" to improve early reading instruction. Lindsey addresses content learning, culturally responsive practices, and the importance of engaging readers from the start.

Reading above the Fray

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Arthur Doyle

“Get on the case with Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson to solve an impossible mystery. See if you can figure out how Holmes pulls the facts together so quickly. Clues at the back of the book will reveal his process of reasoning – and how he solved the crime.”

Case 1

Retold in graphic novel form, Sherlock Holmes attempts to retrieve a photograph being used to blackmail the King of Bohemia and finds something even more valuable. Includes a section explaining Holmes' reasoning and the clues he used to solve the mystery. Simultaneous.

Sherlock Holmes and a Scandal in Bohemia

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Vintage Childcraft book for parents on caring for children.

The How and Why Library, Volume 15

Childcraft Guide for Parents

Bob Phibbs

“Are you among the thousands of small business frustrates by market challenges, willing to change, but unsure of the right path for your business? Are you looking for the advice of an expert consultant, but unable to spend the money? Then The Retail Doctor’s Guide to Growing Your Business is for you.”

A Step-By-Step Approach to Quickly Diagnose, Treat, and Cure

It's one of the toughest economies in years, but don't fear-the doctor is in Are you among the thousands of retailers frustrated by market challenges and looking for ways to take control of your business? Are you looking for the advice of an expert consultant, but unable to spend the money? Then The Retail Doctor's Guide to Growing Your Business is for you. By providing a step-by-step approach to evaluate your current business practices, The Retail Doctor offers professional guidance Redesign your organizational structure Reap the maximum returns on your investment Keep your business financially healthy Following the advice in these pages will help you devise a sound strategy to accomplish your goals and outperform your competitors. You'll also gain clear insight into all areas of human resource management, sales training, merchandising methods, and marketing. While your competitors are looking for a magic bullet to solve their problems, with The Retail Doctor's Guide to Growing Your Business, you can be making changes that will guarentee enormous returns and financial success.

The Retail Doctor's Guide to Growing Your Business

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Childcraft volume filled with craft ideas using mostly typical household supplies. 

The How and Why Library, Volume 11

Childcraft: Make and Do

1979 Childcraft book explores religious and cultural traditions from all over the world along with photographs and sketches.

The How and Why Library, Volume 9

Childcraft: Holidays and Customs

1982 Childcraft from The How and Why Library covers a multitude of topics related to the human body: basics of birth, the body’s ability to heal, emotions, growth, and how people live and grow as kids around the world.

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Victoria Labalme

Risk Forward

Mark Schaefer

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Maria Walther

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