This book teaches children to add the numbers 1 and 2. Through tracing and reciting simple numbers first, and then gradually shifting to addition using the numbers 1 and 2, children grasp the concept of basic addition without difficulty or anxiety. ...

This is the first Kumon Workbook in our series. Within, children have the opportunity to practice basic pencil-control skills. All the exercises include colorful, pleasing pictures that children will enjoy drawing. Children start by tracing straight vertical lines, and gradually move to drawing more challenging curved, zigzag, and diagonal lines. Through these exercises children will acquire the ability to use a pencil easily. ...

Already devastated by loss, Bourne is shattered by a report that hislast friend in the world, Martin Lindros has gone missing.A CI deputydirector, Lindros was in Ethiopiatracking suspicious shipments of yellowcake uranium and atomic bombweaponry.His last lifeline to humanity, Bourne will not let Lindrosgo.Despite his hatred for CI, Bourne sets out to rescue his friendand finish the job: dismantling a terrorist network determined to buildnuclear armaments by cutting off their source of money.But ...

Most grade-school workbooks try to cover the full range of topics in one workbook, and as a result do not dedicate enough pages to important mathematical concepts. Kumon's research has found, however, that children find learning easier when they tackle one skill set at a time. With these findings in mind, we designed our newest line of workbooks to help children with one particular mathematical skill set per book. ...

If your child can multiply up to 9 x 9, then this book will increase his or her speed and accuracy when multiplying. Use this book to help your child practice and master basic multiplication. Ages 8+ ...

When she was very young, Baby Halder was abandoned by her mother and left with a cruel, abusive father. She was married off at twelve to a man twice her age who beat her. At fourteen, she was a mother herself. Her early life was marked by overwhelming challenges and heartbreak until, exhausted and desperate, she fled with her three children to Delhi, to work as a maid in some of the city's wealthiest homes. Expected to serve her employers' every demand, she faced a staggering workload that ...