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Kids' Book of Chess and Chess Set by Kimberly Bulcken Root and Harvey Kidder (1990, Trade Paperback)

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Product Identifiers

PublisherWorkman Publishing Company, Incorporated

ISBN-100894807676

ISBN-139780894807671

eBay Product ID (ePID)291325

Product Key Features

Book TitleKids' Book of Chess and Chess Set

Number of Pages96 Pages

LanguageEnglish

TopicGames & Activities / Board Games, Activity Books, Games & Activities / General

Publication Year1990

FeaturesReprint

IllustratorYes

GenreJuvenile Nonfiction

AuthorKimberly Bulcken Root, Harvey Kidder

FormatTrade Paperback

Dimensions

Item Height1.7 in

Item Weight18.1 Oz

Item Length12.1 in

Item Width8.1 in

Additional Product Features

Intended AudienceJuvenile Audience

LCCN89-040787

TitleLeadingThe

Dewey Edition20

Grade FromThird Grade

Volume NumberSet

Dewey Decimal794.12

Grade ToSeventh Grade

Edition DescriptionReprint

SynopsisA direct, lively introduction to the game that's inspired passion and challenge for over 900 years -- for kids ages 8-12. Everything a child needs to learn how to play chess, hone your skills, and become a grandmaster, including a custom-designed chess board and full set of 32 chess pieces! A 96-page book leads kids through the fundamentals of beginning, middle, and end game, and shows winning strategies for offense and defense. Full-color fantasy art captures the energy and excitement of chess's origins--the medieval battlefield. Over 1 million copies in print. For ages 8-12., A direct, lively introduction to the game that's inspired passion and challenge for over 900 years -- for kids ages 8-12. Everything a child needs to learn how to play chess, hone your skills, and become a grandmaster, including a custom-designed chess board and full set of 32 chess pieces A 96-page book leads kids through the fundamentals of beginning, middle, and end game, and shows winning strategies for offense and defense. Full-color fantasy art captures the energy and excitement of chess's origins--the medieval battlefield. Over 1 million copies in print. For ages 8-12., Illustrated Chess for Children was originally published in 1970. Now renamed, updated, newly illustrated, and presented with a custom-designed chess board and full set of chess pieces, the kids' book of chess and chess set introduces kids to the game that's inspired passion and challenge for over 900 years. Fantasy art captures the energy and excitement of chess's origins-the medieval battlefield-while a direct, lively text explains the game and its pieces in light of history. Readers are led through the fundamentals of beginning, middle, and end game, and shown winning strategies for offense and defense. Selection of the Book-of-the-Month and Trumpet Book clubs. Suitable for ages 8-12. 792,000 copies in print. Illustrations by Kimberly Bulcken Root., From one of the greatest comedic writers of a generation comes a story of love, faith and taxidermy.Aged seventeen, two lovers perch precariously on the cusp of adulthood. Timothy Pickering is a budding taxidermist, following reluctantly in his father's footsteps. Naomi Walls dreams of a career on the stage. But one of them is about to drop a bombshell that will quash this burgeoning romance.Three years later they meet again, this time both on their respective honeymoons each the epitome of marital bliss. But there is trouble in paradise, and old emotions are raised to the surface.Their two lives continue to interweave, but will destiny unite them ultimately?This is a novel of great scope that spans a quarter of a century. It is often funny, often moving, but also has serious points to make about love, faith and families.

LC Classification NumberGV1446.K5 1990