Marilyn Burns

As two children take a walk with their grandfather, they use their counting skills to help answer a series of animal riddles. Includes related activities.

Text, illustrations, and suggested activities offer a common-sense approach to mathematic fundamentals for those who are slightly terrified of numbers.

The seating for a family reunion gets complicated as people rearrange the tables and chairs to seat additional guests.

Provides puzzles, riddles, and projects designed to increase problem solving abilities.

A young boy learns how important it is to know just how long a minute is. Includes a section with related activities.

In the school cafeteria at lunchtime, Kim eyes all the tasty food and tries to figure out what she can buy with her dollar.

Two children use non-standard measurements, such as paper clips, sticks, and their arms, to determine who has built the biggest snowman. Includes measurement activities and games.

40 years ago, five youths on a weekend getaway in the Texas countryside fell prey to a butcher in a mask made of human skin and his cannibalistic family, and horror cinema would never be the same. Violent, confrontational, and shockingly realistic, director Tobe Hooper's The Texas Chainsaw Massacre terrified audiences in a way never thought possible when it was unleashed on a politically and socially tumultuous America in 1974.

The number of monsters engaged in various activities at a picnic always adds up to ten. Includes related activities.