problem solving

To keep from being eaten, a resourceful inchworm measures a robin's tail, a flamingo's neck, a toucan's beak, a heron's legs, and a nightingale's song.

This is the true story of Esther Morris, who started out life believing she could do anything, and then proved it: by successfully building her own business, raising a family in the Wild West, working with local politicians to help women get the right to vote in this country for the first time, AND becoming the first female judge and the first woman to hold a political office!.

Gives facts about familiar animals, such as how often a snake sheds its skin and how many pounds a baby blue whale gains in a week, and shows how to use multiplication to determine further information.

Presents mathematical problem-solving skills useful for examinations and contests, including trial and error, searching for patterns, shortcuts, and changing perspective.

Eddie's love of spaghetti turns him into a hero when he not only solves neighbors' problems through ingenious use of noodles, but stops a robber cold with a well-thrown meatball.

A collection of puzzles that challenge reasoning power and intuition and help develop problem solving ability.

Jack, a third-grade student who can talk to animals, interviews the animals around town to find clues after his best friend Leo claims that Jack's dog, Scout, ate his homework.

Ant loves playing soccer with her friends at lunchtime. But when one of the boys decides she is too slow to play, it looks like everything is going to change.