As long as there have been girls in schools, there have been cliques—a particularly malicious and subtle form of bullying that isn't always recognized for what it is. And with the growing role of social media, their mean-spirited goals have only become easier to achieve.
Cliques: Deal with it using what you have inside, the latest book in the Deal With It series, offers young readers up-to-date discussions about: distinguishing groups from cliques, inclusion/exclusion, gossip, cyberbullying, self-esteem and peer pressure. The book directly addresses the problem of cliques, and provides many practical tips on how to identify, confront, and overcome it—with style. The text is written to be comfortable for every reader, whether on the inside making trouble for someone else, on the outside or as a bystander wondering what to do. Quizzes, comics and graphic-novel-style illustration help make this book a fun and accessible way to approach an often difficult-to-address problem.

This colorful book of photographs showcases the many great jazz musicians who have played at Preservation Hall in New Orleans. The work is filled with artistic photography of the venue and the artists in action, as well as short snippets of conversation from the players on a variety of subjects relating to New Orleans jazz and this perennial venue. Brinkman is an award winning photographer and Abrams is a radio producer and documentarian. Both are from New Orleans. Annotation ©2011 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

Exotic fashions. Avant-garde hairstyles. An 'all about me' attitude. No, it's not an A-list celebrity. It's your toddler. From temper-tantrum meltdowns to inexplicable wardrobe choices, The World According to Toddlers gives comic insight into the exhilarating, entertaining, and often exhausting ways of toddlers.

A Mom's Choice Award (Gold) winner in the Adult Books / Parenting -- Humor category, this humorous and colorfully illustrated book is loaded with stories, cartoons, diagrams, and more to help parents maintain their sense of humor throughout the emotional outbursts, potty training troubles, and regular showdowns that are part and parcel of toddlerdom.

'Now in full color, Hematology Techniques and Concepts for Veterinary Technicians, Second Edition, is a thorough update to this introductory hematology reference. Covering the basics of blood composition, cell morphology, sample collection, handling and preparation, the book is designed specifically for veterinary technicians and students and encourages full understanding of why each test is performed and promotes accurate test results. New to this edition is a chapter dedicated to automated testing, revision of techniques discussed to include the latest technological advancements and a companion web site complete with additional images and review questions --Provided by publisher.

Myklas Music Press was highly regarded for its extensive catalogue of quality elementary and intermediate supplemental piano music. The pieces that are included in Myklas Contest Winners represent Myklas's most popular and effective solos drawn from festival and contest lists. Divided into four graded collections, outstanding and time-tested solos are made available again by Rhonda Bennett, Ronald Bennett, Rosemary Barrett Byers, Lynne Cox, Anne Shannon Demarest, Mary Hauber, Ernest Kramer, Joyce Schatz Pease, Ruth Perdew, John Robert Poe, Catherine Rollin, Mike Springer, Robert D. Vandall, and Judy East Wells. Book 1 includes pieces appropriate for early elementary to elementary students. Reading range is limited and coordination between the hands is simple. Titles: Bubble Blues * Clown Serenade * The Crab * The Lion Roars * Marching Tune * The Minnow * Monkey Blues * Now You See Him, Now You Don't! * Pandas on Parade * Rain Forest * Trumpet Fanfare * The Whale * Who Has Seen the Wind? * Windflowers.

Myklas Music Press was highly regarded for its extensive catalogue of quality elementary and intermediate supplemental piano music. The pieces that are included in Myklas Contest Winners represent Myklas's most popular and effective solos drawn from festival and contest lists. Divided into four graded collections, outstanding and time-tested solos are made available again by Rhonda Bennett, Ronald Bennett, Rosemary Barrett Byers, Lynne Cox, Anne Shannon Demarest, Mary Hauber, Ernest Kramer, Joyce Schatz Pease, Ruth Perdew, John Robert Poe, Catherine Rollin, Mike Springer, Robert D. Vandall, and Judy East Wells. Book 2 includes pieces appropriate for late elementary to early intermediate students. Reading range is expanded above and below the grand staff, and mobility around the keyboard is required. Other challenges include simple applications of the damper pedal and easy eighth-note passages. Titles: Appaloosa * Autumn Mystique * Cyberdance * Dance of the Fortune Cookie * Desertayres * Deserted Castle * Dorian Tarantella * Fanfare Hoedown * Great Pyramid * Holiday Parade * Inspector Snoops * Locrian Toccatina * Magic Castle.

Myklas Music Press was highly regarded for its extensive catalogue of quality elementary and intermediate supplemental piano music. The pieces that are included in Myklas Contest Winners represent Myklas's most popular and effective solos drawn from festival and contest lists. Divided into four graded collections, outstanding and time-tested solos are made available again by Rhonda Bennett, Ronald Bennett, Rosemary Barrett Byers, Lynne Cox, Anne Shannon Demarest, Mary Hauber, Ernest Kramer, Joyce Schatz Pease, Ruth Perdew, John Robert Poe, Catherine Rollin, Mike Springer, Robert D. Vandall, and Judy East Wells. Book 3 includes pieces appropriate for intermediate students. Challenges include more complex pedaling, fingering, harmonies, and rhythms. Titles: Apparition * Dancing Senorita * Danse Romantique * Desert by Night * Detective Belvedere * Dynamotion * Jazzy Moves * Mischief-Maker * Mississippi River Rag * Off to the Races * Toccatina in A Minor * Victory Dance.

Video gaming can be used to improve skills and build friendships and communities. But it is also often an escape from the world, and it can become an addiction. This book in the Deal With It series looks at the realities of gaming and what happens when a love for the game turns into an obsession.

Provide competent and sensitive maternal and newborn nursing care with Clinical Companion for Maternity & Newborn Nursing, 2nd Edition! Ideal for quick reference in the clinical setting, this book offers the information you need on topics such as pregnancy, childbirth, postpartum care, and care of the newborn, including potential complications for each. Expert authors Dr. Shannon E. Perry, Kitty Cashion, Dr. Deitra Leonard Lowdermilk, and Kathryn R. Alden stress the importance of safe nursing practice as outlined in the Quality and Safety Education for Nurses (QSEN) initiative.

• Teaching for Self-Management boxes offer a guide to communicating follow-up care to patients and their families.


• Signs of Potential Complications boxes help you recognize the signs and symptoms of complications and provide immediate interventions.


• Procedure boxes offer easy-to-use, step-by-step instructions for maternity skills and procedures.


• Emergency boxes may be used for quick reference in critical situations.


• Nursing Alerts highlight critical information that must be considered when providing care.


• Medication Guides in an appendix provide a key reference for common drugs and their interactions.

• Updated content provides the most current practice guidelines, including expanded information on obesity, the late preterm infant, and fetal heart rate pattern identification.


• Safety Alerts highlight developing competencies related to safe nursing practice in conjunction with the QSEN initiative on quality and safety in nursing care.

Toys are hiding all around and rhyming text gives clues to where they might be found. On board pages.

Jack truck takes the lead in this Ready to Roll, calling out colors and characteristics. All the trucks of Trucktown line up when it's their turn. But what about Pete? He's not red, or green, or pink, or blue. He doesn't have a scraper or flashers. Once he makes it to the line, it's a Trucktown parade of honks and hollers.

Jack truck takes the lead in this Ready to Roll, calling out colors and characteristics. All the trucks of Trucktown line up when it's their turn. But what about Pete? He's not red, or green, or pink, or blue. He doesn't have a scraper or flashers. Once he makes it to the line, it's a Trucktown parade of honks and hollers.

• Completely updated every year, Frommer's Toronto features gorgeous color photos of the sights and experiences that await you.
• Our author, a longtime resident of Toronto, guides you through the city, from the Theatre District to the Art & Design District to Little Italy, Little India, The Gay Village, and more. She's checked out all the city's best hotels, restaurants, and attractions in person and offers you her favorites, plus 'the best things to do for free,' which includes picnicking on Centre Island and catching a concert at the Toronto Music Garden.
• You'll also get up-to-the-minute coverage of shopping and nightlife; in-depth coverage of the city's architecture and dining scene; detailed walking tours; accurate neighborhood maps; advice on planning a successful family vacation; and side trips to Stratford, Niagara, and The Muskoka Lakes.
• Frommer's Toronto also includes a color fold-out map.

Monster Truck Max is about to stack barrels to the MAX at the Monster Truck Rally, but Tow Truck Ted is the only one that shows up. Kids can steer Ted in the right direction to help find the rest of the Trucktown crew. This fun format features a plastic steering wheel that kids can turn.

Under the blazing Iraqi sun in the summer of 2007, Shannon Meehan, a lieutenant in the U.S. Army, ordered a strike that would take the lives of innocent Iraqi civilians. He thought he was doing the right thing. He thought he was protecting his men. He thought that he would only kill the enemy, but in the ruins of the strike, he discovers his mistake and uncovers a tragedy.

For most of his deployment in Iraq, Lt. Meehan felt that he had been made for a life in the military. A tank commander, he worked in the violent Diyala Province, successfully fighting the insurgency by various Sunni and Shia factions. He was celebrated by his senior officers and decorated with medals. But when the U.S. surge to retake Iraq in 2006 and 2007 finally pushed into Baqubah, a town virtually entirely controlled by al Qaida, Meehan would make the decision that would change his life.

This is the true story of one soldier's attempt to reconcile what he has done with what he felt he had to do. Stark and devastating, it recounts first-hand the reality of a new type of warfare that remains largely unspoken and forgotten on the frontlines of Iraq.

This text/reader on community-based alternatives to imprisonment offers an alternative to the traditional textbook format for undergraduates; it can serve as a supplement or as a stand-alone text. In each of the book's 11 sections, review of theory is followed by two or three recent and classic research-based articles, edited to be accessible to students, which have previously appeared in leading criminal justice academic journals. Article introductions provide context for understanding the selected readings. An opening section surveys the history and development of community-based corrections. Later sections cover restorative justice, treatment perspectives, and risk prediction, as well as probation management, residential and non-residential sanctions, and special populations such as substance abusers, sex offenders, and the mentally ill. Pedagogical features include b&w photos, applied theory boxes, and discussion and review questions. A student website offers quizzes and additional articles for each section of the book. An instructor's website provides lecture slides. Barton-Bellessa teaches criminology and criminal justice at Indiana State University. Hanser is head of the Department of Criminal Justice at the University of Louisiana. Annotation ©2011 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

U.S. Marshal Jake Taylor has seen plenty of action during his years in law enforcement. But he'd rather go back to Iraq than face his next assignment: protection detail for federal judge Liz Michaels. His feelings toward Liz haven't warmed in the five years since she lost her husband--and Jake's best friend--to possible suicide. How can Jake be expected to care for the coldhearted workaholic who drove his friend to despair?As the danger mounts and Jake gets to know Liz better, his feelings slowly start to change. When it becomes clear that an unknown enemy may want her dead, the stakes are raised. Because now both her life--and his heart--are in mortal danger.Full of the suspense and romance Irene Hannon's fans have come to love, Fatal Judgment is a thrilling story that will keep readers turning the pages late into the night.

Examines the geography, history, economy, society, people, and culture of Guatemala.

Develop honest, open communication that will last for a lifetime with this handy guide that allows couples to discuss what's really important, with no question ever off limits.

'In graphic novel format, text and illustrations describe the life cycle of an apple tree'--

'In graphic novel format, text and illustrations describe the life cycle of a monarch butterfly'--Provided by publisher.