Based on Alan Wolfelt’s six needs of mourning and written to pair with Companioning the Grieving Child, this thorough guide provides hundreds of hands-on activities tailored for grieving children in three age groups: preschool, elementary, and teens. Through the use of readings, games, discussion questions, and arts and crafts, caregivers can help grieving young people acknowledge the reality of the death, embrace the pain of the loss, remember the person who died, develop a new self-identity, search for meaning, and accept support. Sample activities include grief sock puppets, expression bead bracelets, the nurturing game, and writing an autobiographical poem. Activities are presented in an easy-to-follow format, and each has a goal, an objective, a sequential description of the activity, and a list of needed materials.

Founded in 1812, the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia stands today as the oldest natural history museum in the Western hemisphere. Early expeditions organized at the Academy were of central importance to the exploration of America's western wilderness, and the plant and animal specimens that were brought back formed the foundation of a collection that today contains some eighteen million items. What began as a small gathering of devoted amateurs has grown into a vibrant international center for scientific education and research.

A Glorious Enterprise, the first complete history of the Academy, tells the story of the brilliant and passionate men and women who endeavored to acquire and disseminate knowledge of the natural world. Thomas Jefferson, John James Audubon, Robert Peary, Ernest Hemingway, and James Bond are just a few of the colorful Academy associates profiled in this lively narrative. Naturalist and historian Robert McCracken Peck and historical biographer Patricia Tyson Stroud take readers behind the scenes of the Academy, recounting the signal moments and achievements that shaped its first two hundred years—from its landmark discoveries in North America and around the world, through the construction of its famed dioramas in the 1930s, to the pioneering work of Academy scientists in water pollution and conservation long before these were topics of popular concern. The book is richly illustrated throughout with hundreds of archival images and stunningly original works by acclaimed photographer Rosamond Purcell that cast specimens from the Academy's collections in a new light.

Like Academy members on a quest for wondrous specimens, lovers of the sciences, American history, museums, and libraries will want to add A Glorious Enterprise to their collections. Filled with lively anecdotes, captivating biographical details, and fascinating facts, this beautiful and enlightening history will be treasured for years to come.

'Students of all ages and stages of development can profit from the clarity that Thinking Maps provide.' ---Bena Kallick, Co-Director Institute for Habits of Mind, Westport, CT

'This is one of the rare books that links research and practice to show the true impact of a specific instructional approach on student learning. The research, experiences from the field, vignettes, and work samples are excellent.' ---Giselle O. Martin-Kniep, President Learner-Centered Initiatives, Ltd., Floral Park, NY

Neuroscientists tell us that the brain organizes information in networks and maps. What better way to teach students to express their ideas than with the same method used by the brain? Student Successes With Thinking Maps® presents eight powerful visual models that boost all learners' metacognitive and critical thinking skills. Enriched with new research, a wealth of examples, and cross-content applications, this second edition also shows how Thinking Maps serve as valuable assessment tools. This novel and effective model helps students

The visual nature of Thinking Maps helps level the playing field and is ideal for inclusive settings. Additionally, educators have found that using Thinking Maps for professional development can improve teacher performance, build leadership skills, and raise students' scores on high-stakes tests. If your goal is to transform your school's culture, Thinking Maps will put you on the road to success.

Nevills (UC-Riverside) has held various positions and leadership roles in K-12 and higher education, and has authored/coauthored numerous books and articles. Her main areas of specialization include neurology, mind imaging, and research for education and neurology and here she presents a sequel to Building the Reading Brain, PreK-3 (Nevills & Wolfe, 2009), this time providing administrators, teachers, parents, and other professionals with insights into older learners and readers, with discussion of how their reading proficiency develops, how their brains differ from those of younger learners, and how their unique needs can best be met. The explanation of current neurology research and theory is interwoven with practical tips on how educators can incorporate that knowledge into their teaching, including special 'What you can tell your students about. . . ' sections describing the information teachers might relay to their students about their own developing brains, to encourage them to become responsive and responsible learners. Annotation ©2011 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

This landmark volume is the first to bring together the leading scholarship on children's and young adult literature from three intersecting disciplines: Education, English, and Library and Information Science. Distinguished by its multidisciplinary approach, it describes and analyzes the different aspects of literary reading, texts, and contexts to illuminate how the book is transformed within and across different academic figurations of reading and interpreting children's literature.

Editors' part-opener essays and chapter introductions point academic and practitioner colleagues to each field's histories, contemporary concerns, and research methods, while outlining the potential for intersecting research and scholarship in all three fields.

Chapter authors write from a combination of scholarly as well as personal perspectives. Readers---scholars, teachers, librarians, parents, publishers, editors, and those on the verge of entering the field---are invited to join the conversation, to raise their own arguments, contradictions, and questions, to look for personal reflections on their own lives and their lives among youth and their books.

The singular contribution of this Handbook is to lay the groundwork for colleagues across disciplines to redraw the map of their separately figured worlds, thus to enlarge the scope of scholarship and dialogue as well as push ahead into uncharted territory.

The authors translate brain theory and research into developmentally appropriate practices that foster literacy skills from birth to age eight and prepare students for reading success.

'Facciamo a passaggi e tiri in porta?' mi proponeva lui a un certo punto. Aveva l'accento straniero, si vedeva che aveva imparato l'italiano da poco, ma lo masticava benino, probabilmente aveva fatto una buona scuola. E forse l'avevo già intravisto. Magari anche lì, in quel campetto improvvisato, chissà quando, tanto tempo prima'.

Directed toward the men in women's lives, an entertaining and informative guide is designed to help men negotiate the complex minefield of male-female relationships and offers helpful strategies, advice, and techniques on how to become a better boyfriend, from 'ten things never to say on the first date' to 'how to look like you're listening, even when you're not.' 75,000 first printing.

In rhyming text, explains to young readers that they should never go in a car, talk with, or accept gifts from strangers.

Stories of Glous'gap, the embodiment of the Great Spirit, are told by the many Algonquin tribes of North America--from the Dakotas through New England, and south to Delaware. Among them is the Micmac of Maine, Quebec, and the Maritime Provinces. Since the seventeenth century, anthropologists have listened to Micmac storytellers and recorded their tales. Finally, here is a book devoted entirely to Glous'gap's adventures, told to us firsthand in the traditional Micmac versions by two Micmac authors.

On the Trail of Elder Brother follows Glous'gap during the time he lived among the Micmac. When he arrives, the earth is barely formed. Glous'gap helps to shape it and populate it with creatures and plants. He teaches his people the right way to live, and how to live together harmoniously in the natural world. He battles the monsters who threaten them--a water-hoarding monster, a fearsome lake serpent, a giant bird of prey, and an evil sorceress, among them. By the time he leaves, the world has become a more settled place.

With their pipe-smoking whales, irascible porcupines, witches, and the like, these stories are wondrous and magical. But they are also wise, immersed in what it means to be fully human in a fragile world. The sixteen accompanying pen-and-ink drawings enhance their appeal. Every reader, from the uninitiated to the specialist, will fall under the spell of this powerful, joy-filled volume.