Introduces and explains common figures of speech such as metaphors, similes, personification, and hyperbole with guidelines for their use and illustrative examp

Collects instructions drawn from the pages of String Figure Magazine explaining how to create such string "sculptures" as "Twinkling star," "Polar Bear," "Erupt

This motley collection features more than 100 puzzles involving coin tricks, chess problems, magic squares, and a host of other intriguing scenarios. Minimal ma

The figures are triangles, squares, circles, and other shapes. Grades 6-9.