Books for gifted children from Royal Fireworks Press, publishers for the gifted education curriculum.

LANGUAGE ARTS CURRICULUM FROM MICHAEL CLAY THOMPSON Grammar, Vocabulary, Poetry and Writing A staple of Gifted and Talented Programs throughout the country. Word Within The Word Vocabulary program Magic Lens Grammar program Poetics series Writing series Free Downloads | Join his Email List

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Royal Fireworks Press is the world's largest publisher of books for gifted children.

Our aim is to enhance the educational experience of gifted and talented children and to provide teachers, administrators, homeschoolers and parents with the books they need at affordable prices. Amongst our 800 titles we are particularly proud of Michael Clay Thompson's language arts curriculum.

We welcome enquiries from authors about publishing books for gifted children.

All of our books are printed and bound in the United States by union workers using recycled paper, vegetable-based inks, and environmentally friendly cover coatings. 

Latest News:

• Michael Clay Thompson's eagerly-awaited addition to his writing series, Essay Voyage, is now available. See Featured Titles below.
• Volumes 1, 2 and 3 of the 4Practice workbook series are now published. They offer a tremendous instructional opportunity for gifted children.
• Ideal for gifted kids: the zany, cyberspace fantasy novel about grammar by Craig Manley, The Rammarg Files, now has an accompanying Teacher Manual. See below.

FEATURED TITLES FOR GIFTED CHILDREN

Sentence Island: Student Book

Class sets of 25 or more: $22.00 each; includes free teacher manual. (Order Code: 6683S) Add to Cart

In response to requests from English teachers who have discovered the results that can be achieved from using his grammar and vocabulary programs, we are pleased to present Michael Clay Thompson’s series about writing.

It begins with Sentence Island, a lavishly illustrated book for third grade, gifted or fourth grade regular students. Read more: Sentence Island: Student Book

Paragraph Town: Student Book

Class sets of 25 or more: $20.00 each. (Order Code: 6706S) Add to Cart

Paragraph Town is at the same level as Grammar Town, Caesar's English I and Building Poems. With these four books, teachers are now able to implement a full language arts curriculum strongly grounded in the fundamentals.

Read more: Paragraph Town: Student Book

Essay Voyage: Student Book

Class sets of 25 or more: $20.00 each; includes free teacher manual. (Order Code: 6720S) Add to Cart

In what will be an indispensable book for English teachers and all teachers of gifted children, Essay Voyage explicates the elements of the correct, formal essay—the essay expected for essay exams, research papers, critical responses, and other formal analyses of academic subjects. With the use of extensive examples and thorough explanation, we see that formal writing involves the correct use of words, sentences, paragraphs, punctuation and other elements such as organized structure and unity. Read more: Essay Voyage: Student Book

Rammarg Files

Novel

Class sets of 20 or more: $7.00 each; includes free teacher manual. (Order Code: 7437S) Add to Cart

An ingenious and exuberant fantasia in which sci fi, fable, zany punning and computer wizardry join forces to make learning grammar both accessible and fun. Peter Kemp, noted literary critic.

Scared of grammar? Terrified of syntax? Well, just follow the path and adventures of GrahamRQuest.doc and you too, with the help of the fanboys and the punctuation patrol, will help save the parts of speech from evil Captain Cliché and his henchmen, Danger and Warning. Donna Leon, author.

This hilarious and clever computer fiction takes you to a world where the grammar files are lost in cyberspace; where the rules of grammar do not apply and where Captain Cliché menaces all. The Grammar Chick has been imprisoned, and The Golden Grammar Book has been lost.

The Rammarg Files is the story of the quest to rescue the Grammar Chick and restore The Golden Grammar Book with a commentary provided by Radio Nounistan. It is a vehicle for encountering all the parts of speech and so much else in a truly unique way that will appeal to gifted children.

Rammarg Files: Teacher Manual

Open questions, writing assignments, analysis and more than 50 reproducible pages of exercises to enrich the teaching of grammar in a way that has never been possible before!

By Craig Manley author of The Rammarg Files, it is based, chapter by chapter, on this extraordinary, off-the wall, sci-fi meets computer fiction, fantasia of grammar.

Bloom's Taxonomy Poster

Class sets of 25 or more: $8.00 each. (Order Code: 2432S) Add to Cart

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Based on the Revised Bloom’s Taxonomy; widely used in the education of gifted and talented children.

A classroom wall poster of approximately 2 feet by 3 feet, on glossy light card stock, uv coated for maximum durability. Based on Benjamin Bloom’s Taxonomy as revised, it sets out and explains the different levels of thinking in the cognitive domain, with question clues and student activities. Read more: Bloom's Taxonomy Poster

Reclaiming the Lives of Gifted Girls and Women

Royal Fireworks Press is proud to present this important new work from one of the leading figures in Gifted Education as part of the Royal Fireworks series of Monographs on Education. Dr Smutny writes about the special challenges and needs of gifted females, drawing both on academic research and on the life-experiences of individuals.

Though drawing on research, this is a practical guide with activities and strategies to strengthen the inner life of gifted girls, Read more: Reclaiming the Lives of Gifted Girls and Women