Catalogue Parramon Educational Books 2011

I l lustrated Educat ional Books for Teachers and Famil ies

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HANDICRAFTS WITH COLORS 2

THE LITTLE PAINTER 3

5 STEPS 4

LET’S CREATE! 5

I HAVE FUN WITH… 6

TINY HANDS / CREATIVE HANDS / ARTISTIC TINY HANDS 7

PARTY FUN / ON STAGE 8

LET’S LIVE MUSIC / LET’S PLAY WITH MUSIC 9

SHALL WE TALK ABOUT IT? 10

VALUES FOR LIVING TOGETHER / VALUES FOR GROWING UP 11

DIVERSITY 12

EMOTIONAL INTELLIGENCE 13

THE 250 BEST GAMES FOR ALL / 150 ACTIVITIES TO STIMULATE THE CHILD’S DEVELOPMENT 14

PHYSICAL EDUCATION EXERCISES 15

THE BIG BOOK OF GAMES / MUSIC AND CORPORAL EXPRESSION GAMES 16

GAMES FOR INFANT EDUCATION 17

GAMES IN MOVEMENT / TEACHING AND PLAYING 18

ART FOR KIDS / SCIENCE FOR KIDS / MUSIC FOR KIDS 19

IN FEW WORDS 20

WITH FEET ON THE GROUND… 21

FIRST READINGS 22

MY NAME IS… 23

SCHOOL NOTES 24

MY FIRST ATLAS 25

FIELD GUIDES 26

GREAT ATLASES 27

MY FIRST ENCYCLOPEDIA 28

ACTIVITY BOOKS

CHILDREN’S EDUCATION

REFERENCE

Handicrafts with Colors“What color would you paint Little Red Riding Hood?”, “How would you paint the sun on a day atthe beach?”, “Did you know that our planet looks blue from out in space?” Questions like theseare dealt with in this original collection designed to teach children to play with and recognizecolors. With the presentation of real objects and scenes that have a relationship with theirimmediate environment and using simple plastic exercises, children will learn about the originand possibilities of each color, its varieties, shades, etc., in a different, enjoyable way.

Green Brown Black & White

Blue Yellow Red

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S P E C I F I C A T I O N S• Intended for: children (5 and over),

family/educators

• 32 pages per title

• 220 x 230 mm

• 4-color throughout

• Hardback, paperback

• 8 500 characters

Pastels Colored Pencils

Poster Paints Watercolors

Wax Crayons Markers

yThe Little PainterA terrific opportunity for young learners to discover the pleasure of painting! The objective of this innovativecollection is to provide children with artistic interests with the concepts, forms and basic techniques of drawingand painting in a simple, enjoyable form. Designed by a specialist in art education for children, each book in thecollection is dedicated to a particular technique (poster paints, watercolors, wax crayons, pastels, etc.) in orderto facilitate the learning process. Little beginners will find in these books an excellent method for individuallearning due to the ease with which the projects can be carried out and the direct style of the texts. They will alsobe very useful for all educators interested in developing creative and artistic capacities in children from age 8.

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S P E C I F I C A T I O N S• Intended for: children (8 and over), family/educators


• 240 x 300 mm




5 StepsThis series encourages children’s creativity, teaching them various techniques for self-expression,using materials that are easy to obtain and achieving different, but always spectacular, results. Eachof the books in this series offers 14 handicraft activities for a particular material. In them we can findanything from classic ideas to the most original ways for children to cultivate their aesthetic sensewhile developing their creativity.

Cloth Paper Clay

Cardboard enicitsalPcitsalP

Recycled MaterialChristmas Vegetables

Beads éhcaM-reipaPdooW

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S P E C I F I C A T I O N S• Intended for: children (5 and over), family/educators


• 220 x 230 mm




Let’s Create!Each of the books in this series offers 12 handicrafts for one material: plastic, cardboard, plasticine, and many more, for creating objects for decoration, playing, giving as presents orusing in games. In addition, it includes useful didactic guidelines for families and educatorsconcerning "art" corresponding to the educational cycle of boys and girls from 5 to 8 years old.

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ClothPlasticine

Plants and SeedsPlastic

CardboardPaperClay

Wood and CorkRecycled Material

Stones and ObjectsPapier-Maché

Metals

ClothPlasticine

Plants and SeedsPlastic

CardboardPaperClay

Wood and CorkRecycled Material

Stones and ObjectsPapier-Maché

Metals

Clay sdeeSdnastnalPdraobdraC Recycled Material

Paper éhcaM-reipaPkroCdnadooW Plastic

Plasticine stcejbOdnasenotSslateM Cloth

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S P E C I F I C A T I O N S• Recommended age: 5 to 8 years


• 240 x 300 mm




A series conceived for plasticarts education in pre-school

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I Have Fun With...This is the series on plastic arts that every child and teacher has been waiting for. A collection with clear, precise concepts on starting out in the plastic arts - drawing, painting and sculpture - with examples that are easy for the child to understand.

S P E C I F I C A T I O N S• 6 volumes in a 4-color box


• 270 x 240 mm




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Tiny Hands / Creative Tiny Hands / Artistic Tiny HandsThese collections tackle subjects covering children's own knowledge and surroundings, both close anddistant. These beautiful series will make pre-school educator's task in the field of plastic expressionmuch easier.

S P E C I F I C A T I O N S• 5 titles in a 4-color box

• Intended to pre-school teachers


• 240 x 300 mm




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• Intended for pre-school teachers


• 240 x 300 mm




Party FunThis collection is an indispensable tool for preparing all sorts of parties from Carnival to Halloween andfor any sort of celebration -birthdays, graduations, etc. Each one of its four volumes contains 12 differentproposals, among which we can find anything from classic ideas to the most original ways for boys andgirls to use make-up, make masks and prepare costumes of objects or personalities.

On Stage! Four volumes, each one containing two pieces of theatre to bestaged. Each of the pieces includes a full description of all thesteps necessary to put on a theatrical performance, and high-lights too a specific aspect of theatre or type of performance.

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• Recommended age: 7 and over


• 240 x 300 mm







• Bind-up of 256 pages

• 240 x 300 mm




Let’s Live Music Essentially intended for 8 to 12 year-olds, this collection aims to involve young readers in themarvellous world of music in a way that is natural, fun and full of participation.The series alsoincludes two CD's, which feature activities that are useful for understanding the conceptsexplained and develop the child's auditory perception.

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The most amusing wayto approach music

Let’s Play with MusicJust like Let’s Live with Music, Let’s Play with Music offers play and teaching activitiesso that the child can explore the sound and language of music, working with the natureof sound, its various characteristics and the different aspects of music. Through thisexperience the child will develop in terms of perception, practice and improvisation. Thetwo CDs that come with the book include useful exercises to help the child understandthe concepts that are discussed.



• 80 pages per title + 1 CD

• 240 x 300 mm






• 80 pages per title + 2 CD’s

• 240 x 300 mm




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Essential booksboth for teenagersand their parents

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Shall We Talk About It?Adolescence is the time to construct one’s place in the world. It is also a time of change, of progress, and of greatdiscoveries. A new stage in life is opening up, full of new experiences, and with them come many questions about one’sown feelings.Books in the series provide young people with clear information about two of the subjects they are interested in: sex andhow to understand the inner force that seems both insatiable and inexhaustible; and different types of addiction and howlife can be intense, fun and happy without them.

S P E C I F I C A T I O N S• Recommended age: 10 and over

• 96 pages

• 210 x 275 mm




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Values for Living TogetherThe book Values for Living Together consists of 20 chapters, each of which deals with one of the20 values that were selected after an exhaustive study involving more than 800 educators andparents. The work also includes selections from classic texts, dialogues and modern narratives,and a series of activities chosen to be used with children of up to 7 or up to 12 years of age.

Values for Growing UpThis book presents fifteen essential values to help shape a personality. The values are interconnected, andthe goal is to promote suitable personal growth for the child, so that he or she also grows in all the othervalues in the world around them. It has a wealth of illustrations, including charts, diagrams, stories andsituations typical of each value described. A layout with clearly arranged color backgrounds and easy tofollow order in the text result in a book that is attractive as well as being useful for educators and the family.


• 192 pages

• 210 x 275 mm




S P E C I F I C A T I O N S• Also available in 3 volumes

of 64 pages

S P E C I F I C A T I O N S• Intended to educators and parents • with children from 7 to 12 years

• 192 pages

• 210 x 275 mm




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• 112 pages

• 240 x 280 mm




• Game

Includes a board game totest and train the player’semotional intelligence.

DiversityNowadays, diversity is something that children live with. Racial, cultural and physical differences can be found in theirclose environment.This is a book to be shared, to be read in group, to be discussed and explored, to question, to consult and to begin orcontinue the journey toward a respect for difference, whichever it may be.

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• 192 pages

• 210 x 275 mm




Emotional IntelligenceEmotional intelligence is an important aspect of a person’s development which up until now has mainlybeen applied to adults. This book works five general areas of emotional skills: emotional awareness,emotional management, personal autonomy, interpersonal intelligence (social competence) and skills forlife and well-being in children.The activities in this book provide parents and educators with the tools for children to identify and managetheir emotions.

The 250 Best Games for AllOne single volume includes the best games coming from the five continents and from manydifferent cultures, adapted to the diversity of the families and social groups of the 21st centuryso that children can play, learn and have fun in any situation.

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150 Activities to Stimulate the Child’s DevelopmentA hundred and fifty activities or games that, as parents, we can share with our children from the timethey are born until they are three. All the activities prompt the child to learn about himself or herselfand about the environment, facilitating the creation of links, correcting body posture, teachingrhythm... and help to fix language in the child's mind through words and songs that as parents weshould not forget to use.

S P E C I F I C A T I O N S• Intended for: children/family/educators

• 192 pages

• 210 X 275 mm




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S P E C I F I C A T I O N S• Intended for: children 0 to 3

years/educators/parents

• 192 pages

• 210 x 275 mm




S P E C I F I C A T I O N S• Also available in 3 volumes

of 64 pages

Physical Education ExercisesA work aimed at both professionals in the field of physical education and teachers, monitors andall those educators who are involved in the development of children in primary school. Physicaleducation is fundamental for the development of children and pre-adolescents, since itcontributes to an education in values like cooperation, personal and collective effort, friendship,respect, knowing how to win and lose, and confronting challenges and uncertain situations whichhave to be dealt with following established guidelines. In short, we are talking about a teachingguide for the overall training of the child that takes into account all the bodily transformationsand contexts of change affecting children from 6 to 12.

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S P E C I F I C A T I O N S• Recommended age:

from 6 to 12 years old, Educators

• 192 pages

• 210 x 275 mm




The Big Book of GamesCompendium of games aimed at families and at education professionals, the book includes 250games explained in a simple, colloquial language, accompanied by color diagrams andillustrations to make text more easily understood, and the work as a whole more attractive.

Music and Corporal Expression GamesA work that includes 150 games with full color illustrations, which will be very useful to educators who wish to promote a familiarity with music and body expression in childrenover 6. The book is divided into three parts of 50 games each. Most of the games referto music and musical instruments. For this reason, and to make it easier for theteacher to use, we include a CD with selected passages from musical works that aremost appropriate for each occasion.

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S P E C I F I C A T I O N S• Recommended age: children/family/educators

• 192 pages

• 210 X 275 mm




S P E C I F I C A T I O N S• Recommended age: from 6 years and over

• 192 pages + 1 CD

• 210 X 275 mm




Educational games forpre-school teachers

Games for Infant EducationThis Series consists of three volumes, with different games in each one, grouped into threesections which follow the three basic areas of Infant Education: the Area of Identity andAutonomy, the Area of Discovery of the Environment and the Area of Communication andRepresentation.

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• Recommended age: from 3 to 6 years old, Educators


• 210 x 275 mm




Games in MovementThis series consists of four volumes, each covering 75 different games. It will be extremely usefulfor educators of 3 to 6 year-olds in developing the concepts of rhythm, space, posture andcorporal expression through the movement of the body in games.

Teaching and PlayingThis series is a complementary tool designed for educators, who through using itwill achieve the objectives of Primary School in a way that is spontaneous andfun.In each of the four titles there are 50 games covering four of the mostimportant areas of Primary School: Mathematics, Nature and Social Science,Visual and Artistic Expression, Physical Education.

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• Recommended age: from 3 to6 years old, Educators


• 210 x 275 mm




S P E C I F I C A T I O N S• Recommended age:

from 6 to +12, Educators


• 210 x 275 mm




Art for KidsObserve art, because art attempts to surprise you and has done so in many different ways down through history.

is an essential book, full of answers to all the questions young readers might ask when they findthemselves in front of a work of art. It discovers hidden details and focuses on others that the artist has madeclear and evident. It invites children to put their skills into practice, so that using their imagination they canlearn to take advantage of the techniques, resources and even the tricks characteristic of each of the artists inthe book (painter or sculptor).

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Science for KidsThe book takes kids on an easy, enjoyable and fantastic journey through science based on the travels of the human racedown through history, which have always been a stimulus for scientific progress. It is interactive, since it makes it possiblefor young readers to take part in doing the simple experiments in each chapter. It is illustrated with splendid photographsand comic style illustrations.

Music for KidsThis book offers a marvelous trip through the world of sound, music, the voice and musical instruments, an excitingjourney that will help us find out about the most important movements, composers, conductors and instruments of thehistory of music. With a great number of photos, drawings, points of interest, short biographies and activities for childrento learn about, enjoy and fill their lives with music. Including a CD with excerpts from musical works that arerepresentative of each historical period for listening before, during or after reading each chapter.

S P E C I F I C A T I O N S• Recommended age: 8 and over• 96 pages + 16 pages with sheets

of paintings + 1 cardboard easelfully cased with PLC overboard

• also available in a volume of 128 pages• 240 x 280 mm• 4-color throughout• 109 000 characters


• 128 pages

• 240 x 280 mm


• Hardback 1 UVI Bright 1 Die Cuts

• Board Game



• 96 pages

• 240 x 280 mm


• Hardback + Die Cuts

• Music CD


Art for kids

In Few WordsThis collection, aimed at children from 3 years, is intended to stimulate curiosity, transmitinformation and provide enjoyment, without losing sight of the development of a series of skillsthat small children need to learn in order to start out on the right foot in the world of reading.

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The City On a Trip Jobs The Plants

The School At Home Animals The Senses

A collection aimedat learning andusing new words



• 225 x 250 mm




With Feet on the Ground...This collection responds to a need to give children an awareness of the serious ecologicalproblems our planet is facing. And to protect the Earth, who could be better than the Green Elk?Guided by this new eco-hero, the children will see day-to-day situations presented as if in a bigwall painting. In a humorous tone, the Green Elk will explain to them not only why water, light,recycling, animals and plants are so important to us but also how the children can help to carefor the environment with their own small contributions from one day to the next.In order to make this change of mentality possible the Green Elk gives the children somestickers as souvenirs to help them remember when to turn off the water, how healthy it is to eatfresh fruit, how to recycle, etc. In short, how to acquire habits that will make them tomorrow’seco-citizens!

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My Ecological Holiday I Eat Bio-food My Folder is Ecological Ecological Santa Claus

I Sort the Garbage I Turn Off the Water I Protect Nature I Turn Off the Light

I Look Around Before Crossing Say Good Morning to the Lady My civic SchoolI Don’t Play with Matches


• 24 pages per title + 2 pages of stickers

• 238 x 238 mm




First ReadingsA series that contributes to promote reading from early childhood, which is the idealperiod in which to stimulate the child’s curiosity about the function of language. Eachbook describes, in simple language and with stimulating illustrations, real storiesabout characters who are children the same age as the target group the series is aimedat. It contains activities that help girls and boys to acquire good habits, ask themselvesquestions, conceive hypotheses and relate characters and situations.

Lisa’s Bag. Characteristics

My Dog Kin. Pets

The Visit. Deduction

The Party. Comparisons

The Red Pencil. Caring for Objects

The Nest. The Seasons

A Pair of New Shoes. Measuring Time

My Friends. Diversity

The Clouds. Forms & Sizes

The Chocolate Cake. The Five Senses

The Boat. Recycling

My Birthday. Self Protection

Ines’ School. School Routines

The Invitation. Hygiene and Personal

Grooming

The New House. The Family

A Long Day. Parts of the Day

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• 225 x 250 mm




My Name Is…A collection of biographies in which world figures tell about their lives and describe what the worldwas like during their lifetimes. An accurate text and a carefully selected style of illustration give thereader an overall view of the times and milieu these famous people lived in.

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CleopatraMiguel de Cervantes Gandhi

Alexander the Great

Jules Verne

MozartPicassoMother Teresa

of Calcutta

Marie Curie Charlie Chaplin

John Lennon Charles Darwin

Gaudí Anne Frank

Shakespeare

Vincent van Gogh Marco Polo Leonardo da Vinci Saint-Exupéry Albert Einstein

Christopher Columbus Agatha Christie Galileo Galilei

John Paul II



• 150 x 215 mm


• Hardback, paperback, flexibook


School NotesEach volume offers students a school subject summarized and described in simpleterms, making it possible for them to review and understand the most important conceptswhile also helping them to synthesize and focus on the basics. For parents it representsa guide for them to use in helping their children and for teachers a tool to help them withtheir presentations.

A collection of titles vital tocomplement, expand and improve the child’s homework

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Anatomy English Physics Geology

Chemistry Literature Biology Mathematics

Botany

S P E C I F I C A T I O N S• Recommended age: 12 and over• 96 pages per title• 140 x 220 mm • 4-color throughout• Hardback, paperback• 192 000 characters

Life

Plants

The Invertebrates

Vertebrates

The Universe

The Human Body

The EarthEnglish

My First AtlasThe adventure of learning begins with this collection, a series of books that presentbasic knowledge in an attractive, organized way, while at the same time providing aresponse to children’s natural curiosity. Attractive, easy to understand illustrationsare accompanied by texts that are very simple but have a high level of teachingcontent.

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• 210 x 275 mm




Field GuidesDirect observation of nature has always had a great fascination for young people. With thehelp of expert naturalists, this collection attempts to stimulate and satisfy that attraction byproviding children with guidelines for enjoying nature and, at the same time, for discoveringits richness and secrets.

Looking at the Flowers

Looking at Mammals

Looking at the Trees

Looking at the Sky

Looking at the Birds Looking at the Weather

Looking at the Fish

Looking at Maps

A new collection to help children enjoy nature!

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• 270 x 240 mm




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Great AtlasesThis is a series of reference books designed for students, in which a clear layout, an attractivepresentation and precise illustrations combine to offer books that are practical, accessible andenjoyable. The list of a number of websites helps expand the scope of the student’s knowledge,makes looking for information more fun and encourages the use of the most modern andversatile of communication tools.

The Great Atlas of the Earth The Great Atlas of animals

The Great Atlas of the Human Body The Great Atlas of the Cosmos


• 96 pages

• 220 x 310 mm


• hardback, paperback


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My First EncyclopediaThis extraordinary book is a treasure chest of basic information. The concise, enjoyable texts and rich,educational illustrations make this book a valuable tool for learning and developing. Its pages providethe very best answers to the questions most frequently asked by young students.

My First Encyclopedia


• 448 pages

• 190 x 260 mm

• 4-colour throughout

• Hardback


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