Adventuring With Books

Author : Amy A. McClure,Janice V. Kristo,National Council of Teachers of English. Committee to Revise the Elementary School Booklist
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 588 pages
File Size : 42,8 Mb
Release : 2002
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : STANFORD:36105114555647

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Adventuring with Books by Amy A. McClure,Janice V. Kristo,National Council of Teachers of English. Committee to Revise the Elementary School Booklist Pdf

In this 13th edition of "Adventuring with Books," teachers and librarians will find descriptions of more than 850 texts (published between 1999 and 2001) suitable for student use in background research, unit study, or pleasure reading, and children will find books that delight, amuse, and entertain. The texts described in the book are divided into 24 general topics, including Science Nonfiction; Struggle and Survival; Fantasy Literature; Sports; Games and Hobbies; and Mathematics in Our World. To highlight literature that reflects the schools' multiple ethnicities, the booklist also introduces readers to recent literature that celebrates African American, Asian and Pacific Island, Hispanic American, and indigenous cultures. Each chapter begins with a brief list of selection criteria, a streamlined list of all annotated titles in that chapter, and an introduction in which chapter editors discuss their criteria and the status of available books in that subject area. While the reviews were written by adults, the voices and opinions of children are often included as well, lending credence to adult choices of the quality children's books. (NKA).

Author : Alfred Lansing
Publisher : Basic Books
Page : 412 pages
File Size : 49,6 Mb
Release : 2014-04-29
Category : History
ISBN : 9780465058792

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Endurance by Alfred Lansing Pdf

Experience one of the greatest adventure stories of the modern age in this New York Times bestseller: the harrowing tale of British explorer Ernest Shackleton's 1914 attempt to reach the South Pole. In August 1914, polar explorer Ernest Shackleton boarded the Endurance and set sail for Antarctica, where he planned to cross the last uncharted continent on foot. In January 1915, after battling its way through a thousand miles of pack ice and only a day's sail short of its destination, the Endurance became locked in an island of ice. Thus began the legendary ordeal of Shackleton and his crew of twenty-seven men. When their ship was finally crushed between two ice floes, they attempted a near-impossible journey over 850 miles of the South Atlantic's heaviest seas to the closest outpost of civilization. With an introduction by Nathaniel Philbrick, Endurance is the definitive account of Ernest Shackleton's fateful trip. Alfred Lansing brilliantly narrates the gripping and miraculous voyage that has defined heroism for the modern age.

Author : Jen Williams
Publisher : Watkins Media Limited
Page : 497 pages
File Size : 44,6 Mb
Release : 2016-07-05
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9780857665775

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The Copper Promise by Jen Williams Pdf

A pair of sellswords and a fallen nobleman become the world's unlikely—and only—hope against a dark force bent on destruction There have always been tall tales of the caverns beneath the Citadel—tales about magic and mages, monsters and gods. Wydrin of Crosshaven has heard them all, but she's spent long enough trawling caverns and taverns with her companion Sir Sebastian to learn that there's no money to be made in chasing rumors. So when a crippled nobleman named Lord Frith offers them a job exploring the Citadel’s darkest depths, it sounds like just another quest. For Wydrin and Sebastian, it comes with the exciting possibility of gold, adventure, and fame. For Lord Frith, it's a chance to avenge everything that was taken from him. But soon, these reckless adventurers will realize that what lies ahead is far bigger than their own goals, desires, and imaginations. Sometimes there is truth in rumor—and sometimes a story can save your life. File Under: Fantasy [ Beware of the Gods | Dungeon Crawlers | The Brood Rises | Prince of Wounds ]

Author : Ann Sullivan
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 424 pages
File Size : 51,8 Mb
Release : 2018-10-12
Category : Education
ISBN : 9781351040297

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Phonics for Pupils with Special Educational Needs Book 1: Building Basics by Ann Sullivan Pdf

Phonics for Pupils with Special Educational Needs is a complete, structured, multisensory programme for teaching reading and spelling, making it fun and accessible for all. This fantastic seven-part resource offers a refreshingly simple approach to the teaching of phonics, alongside activities to develop auditory and visual perceptual skills. Specifically designed to meet the needs of pupils of any age with special educational needs, the books break down phonics into manageable core elements and provide a huge wealth of resources to support teachers in teaching reading and spelling. Book 1: Building Basics introduces basic sounds and explores their relationship with letters. It focuses on sounds and letters where there is a simple 1:1 correspondence between the two, and explores the sounds in simple words that follow the pattern of vowel-consonant or consonant-vowel-consonant. Sounds are grouped into seven sets, with each set containing more than 50 engaging activities, including: sound story, dynamic blending, reading race, spot the word and spelling challenge. Thorough guidance is provided on how to deliver each activity, as well as a lesson planner template, handy word lists and posters for teachers and teaching assistants to use to support learning. Each book in the series gradually builds on children’s understanding of sounds and letters and provides scaffolded support for children to learn about every sound in the English language. Offering tried and tested material which can be photocopied for each use, this is an invaluable resource to simplify phonics teaching for teachers and teaching assistants and provide fun new ways of learning phonics for all children. This book is accompanied by a companion resource, 'Phonics for Pupils with Complex SEND ', to be used alongside the Phonics for Pupils with Special Educational Needs programme. The activities from Books 1-6 of the programme are adapted to be accessible for non-verbal pupils, including AAC users, and those with physical disabilities.

Author : Teddy Keen
Publisher : Frances Lincoln Children's Books
Page : 195 pages
File Size : 54,6 Mb
Release : 2019-03-05
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN : 9781786032720

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The Lost Book of Adventure by Teddy Keen Pdf

A facsimile edition of the tattered notebooks of the Unknown Adventurer, this love letter to the wild details everything you need to know about how to live and thrive in nature, from the principles of treehouse building to wilderness first aid. If you are reading this, it means my notebooks have been found. I am leaving them here at camp for safekeeping along with a few other belongings that I won’t be taking with me. The notebooks are a lifetime’s worth of knowledge, which I’m passing on the you. So reads an excerpt from the weatherworn letter discovered by nature enthusiast Teddy Keen on a recent trip to the Amazon, along with sketchbooks filled with details of extraordinary adventures and escapades, expedition advice, and survival methods, annotated with captivating colored-pencil drawings. It is thought that the sketchbooks were created for two young relatives of the author. Drawing on Teddy’s knowledge of the outdoors, the pages of the sketchbooks have been carefully transcribed for young readers, as they were originally intended. You’ll be transported by riveting adventure tales from around the globe, like being dragged off by a hyena in Botswana, surviving a Saharan dust storm, being woken by an intrepid emperor penguin in Antarctica, and coming face-to-face with a venomous bushmaster (one of the most dangerous snakes on the planet)—all told in lyrical prose and illustrations that wonder at the mysterious beauty of the wild. Having inspired the adventurous spirit in you, the Unknown Adventurer encourages you to set out on your own adventure with information on wild camping, rafting, exploration, and shelters and dens, plus tips on first aid and tying knots. Expert instructions on wilderness basics, like building a fire, what to do if you get lost, and how to build various types of shelters are accompanied by more specific skills culled from many years of experience, like baking campfire bread, creating a toothbrush from a twig, making a suture from soldier ants, and even how to pan for gold. Find your way back to your primal self with the immersive text and glorious color artwork of this one-of-a-kind adventure book. REMEMBER: be good, be adventurous…and look after your parents.

Author : Jimmy Buffett
Publisher : Little, Brown
Page : 419 pages
File Size : 40,5 Mb
Release : 2004-11-01
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9780759512924

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A Salty Piece of Land by Jimmy Buffett Pdf

Wander to "where the song of the ocean / Meets the salty piece of land" with Tully Mars, washed up from Margaritaville and in the mood for monkeyshines, in a shimmering Caribbean epic by the late king of tropical rock, Jimmy Buffett. It's not on any chart, but the tropical island of Cayo Loco is the perfect place to run away from all your problems. Waking from a ganja buzz on the beach in Tulum, Tully can't believe his eyes when a 142-foot schooner emerges out of the ocean mist. At its helm is Cleopatra Highbourne, the eccentric 101-year-old sea captain who will take him to a lighthouse on a salty piece of land that will change his life forever. From a lovely sunset sail in Punta Margarita to a wild spring-break foam party in San Pedro, Tully encounters an assortment of treasure hunters, rock stars, sailors, seaplane pilots, pirates, and even a ghost or two.

Author : Michele Lecreux,Celia Gallais
Publisher : B.E.S. Publishing
Page : 121 pages
File Size : 42,8 Mb
Release : 2013
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN : 0764166115

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The Boy's Book of Adventure by Michele Lecreux,Celia Gallais Pdf

An outdoor activity guide for boys outlines nature-themed craft projects while explaining how to develop proficient skills in areas ranging from reading topographic maps and identifying birds to using a compass and providing first-aid for injuries.

Author : Alec Hutson
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 422 pages
File Size : 46,6 Mb
Release : 2016-11-28
Category : Fantasy fiction
ISBN : 0998227609

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The Crimson Queen by Alec Hutson Pdf

Long ago the world fell into twilight, when the great empires of old consumed each other in sorcerous cataclysms. In the south the Star Towers fell, swallowed by the sea, while the black glaciers descended upon the northern holdfasts, entombing the cities of Min-Ceruth in ice and sorcery. Then from the ancient empire of Menekar the paladins of Ama came, putting every surviving sorcerer to the sword and cleansing their taint from the land for the radiant glory of their lord. The pulse of magic slowed, fading like the heartbeat of a dying man. But after a thousand years it has begun to quicken again. In a small fishing village a boy with strange powers comes of age . . . A young queen rises in the west, fanning the long-smoldering embers of magic into a blaze once more . . . Something of great importance is stolen - or freed - from the mysterious Empire of Swords and Flowers . . . And the immortals who survived the ancient cataclysms bestir themselves, casting about for why the world is suddenly changing . . .

Author : Edward Packard
Publisher : Skylark
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 50,9 Mb
Release : 1982-08
Category : Adventure stories
ISBN : 0553269658

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The Cave of Time by Edward Packard Pdf

The reader, lost in a strange cave, decides how the story comes out.

Author : Eve Forward
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 512 pages
File Size : 44,9 Mb
Release : 2018-10-28
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 1729317782

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Villains by Necessity by Eve Forward Pdf

The war is over, the good guys have triumphed, and, everything is Happily Ever After.... and boring as hell. An assassin, a thief, a sorceress, a dark knight and a druid set forth to ruin everything, in this tongue-in-cheek twist on the traditional fantasy tale.

Author : Shannon Gilligan
Publisher : Choose Your Own Adventure
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 45,5 Mb
Release : 2007-11
Category : Missing persons
ISBN : 1933390654

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The Case of the Silk King by Shannon Gilligan Pdf

The reader journeys to Thailand to investigate the mysterious disappearance of Jim Thompson, the "Thai Silk King."

Author : Jimmy Buffett
Publisher : Harvest Books
Page : 459 pages
File Size : 44,5 Mb
Release : 2003-09-01
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 0156026996

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Where Is Joe Merchant? by Jimmy Buffett Pdf

Trevor Kane, the hemorrhoid-ointment heiress, South Seas psychic Desdemona, tabloid journalist Rudy Breno, and renegade seaplane pilot search for the whereabouts of presumed-dead-but-often-sighted rock star Joe Merchant. By the author of Tales from Margaritaville. Reprint. 30,000 first printing.

Author : Timothy Knapman
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 32 pages
File Size : 55,8 Mb
Release : 2015-03-05
Category : Stories in rhyme
ISBN : 1407149083

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My Adventure Island by Timothy Knapman Pdf

Here on my island, I do as I please. I splash in the puddles and climb all the trees. I swing through the branches, I fly through the sky, and end up face down in a MASSIVE mud pie! Your adventure island is a magical place where anything can happen...With a bit of imagination. A brilliantly funny picture book, full of mischief and mayhem from the creators of DINOSAURS IN THE SUPERMARKET (9781407114712).

Author : Anthony Hope
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 201 pages
File Size : 54,5 Mb
Release : 2021-06-22
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 9798524784612

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The Prisoner of Zenda Illustrated by Anthony Hope Pdf

The Prisoner of Zenda (1894), by Anthony Hope, is an adventure novel in which the King of Ruritania is drugged on the eve of his coronation and thus is unable to attend the ceremony. Political forces within the realm are such that, in order for the king to retain the crown, his coronation must proceed. Fortuitously, an English gentleman on holiday in Ruritania who resembles the monarch is persuaded to act as his political decoy in an effort to save the unstable political situation of the interregnum.

Author : C. S. Marks
Publisher : Parthian Press
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 44,5 Mb
Release : 2014-07-17
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 0991235126

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Ravenshade by C. S. Marks Pdf