What is The Next Staple?

The Next Staple (TNS) is a publishing service created by Joel and Roxanna Thomas.  Through TNS Publishing the Thomases are able to provide books and curriculum resources.  They are teachers with a passion for science education who started teaching science in 2000 and founded Glen's Gizmos in 2016. 

• Generally all rights are reserved for printed books.
• Electronic items are usually released for free under a creative commons copyright.
• Each publication is different.  Look for specific copyright information in the document.

Children's Books

Purchase Books

For printed books created by Joel Thomas (J. A. Thomas) and Roxanna Thomas all rights are reserved.  These books have a copyright notice that reads something like: "All rights reserved.  This book or any portion thereof may not be reproduced or used in any manner whatsoever without the express written permission of the publisher, except for the use of brief quotations in a book review."

Other resources may be released under a Creative Commons Copyright Policy:
(Examples include Curriculum, ID Charts and Images)

We released these documents for FREE so teachers, parents and homeschooling families can save, print, and share these documents.

Unless otherwise noted on the document most of our electronic documents are published under a ​Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International License.

You May:

• Copy, Print, and Distribute as many copies of this work as you wish, providing you do not alter the work (provide it in full), always credit the copyright holder (The Next Staple Publishing, J.A. Thomas, Roxanna Thomas, etc.), and provide a live or printed link back to www.thenextstaple.com.
• Example: Courtesy of J.A. Thomas (www.thenextstaple.com)

You May Not:

• Alter content (including removing portions of content) without contacting us and receiving our written permission to do so.
• Use the work for commercial purposes. (ex. creating your own curriculum for profit, contracting to a third party, etc.)