Deconstructing Penguins

Author : Lawrence Goldstone,Nancy Goldstone
Publisher : Ballantine Books
Page : 226 pages
File Size : 51,5 Mb
Release : 2007-12-18
Category : Family & Relationships
ISBN : 9780307415035

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Deconstructing Penguins by Lawrence Goldstone,Nancy Goldstone Pdf

“Books are like puzzles,” write Lawrence and Nancy Goldstone. “The author’s ideas are hidden, and it is up to all of us to figure them out.” In this indispensable reading companion, the Goldstones–noted parent-child book club experts–encourage grownups and young readers alike to adopt an approach that will unlock the magic and power of reading. With the Goldstones help, parents can inspire kids’ lifelong love of reading by teaching them how to unlock a book’s hidden meaning. Featuring fun and incisive discussions of numerous children’s classics, this dynamic guide highlights key elements–theme, setting, character, point of view, climax, and conflict–and paves the way for meaningful conversations between parents and children. “Best of all,” the Goldstones note, “you don’t need an advanced degree in English literature or forty hours a week of free time to effectively discuss a book with your child. This isn’t Crime and Punishment, it’s Charlotte’s Web.”

Author : Lawrence Goldstone,Nancy Goldstone
Publisher : Turtleback Books
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 50,7 Mb
Release : 2005-05-01
Category : Family & Relationships
ISBN : 1417674717

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Deconstructing Penguins by Lawrence Goldstone,Nancy Goldstone Pdf

The leaders of a parent-child book group share their secrets for transforming children into dynamic and enthusiastic readers, offering suggestions on what books parents should read with their children and explaining how to talk to children about literatur

Author : Jim Trelease
Publisher : Penguin
Page : 372 pages
File Size : 47,8 Mb
Release : 2006-07-25
Category : Education
ISBN : 9781440628528

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The Read-Aloud Handbook by Jim Trelease Pdf

A New York Times and million copy bestseller, the classic handbook on reading aloud to children—revised and updated Recommended by “Dear Abby”, The New York Times and The Washington Post, for three decades, millions of parents and educators have turned to Jim Trelease's beloved classic to help countless children become avid readers through awakening their imaginations and improving their language skills. Now this new edition of The Read-Aloud Handbook imparts the benefits, rewards, and importance of reading aloud to children of a new generation. Supported by delightful anecdotes as well as the latest research, The Read-Aloud Handbook offers proven techniques and strategies—and the reasoning behind them—for helping children discover the pleasures of reading and setting them on the road to becoming lifelong readers.

Author : Jim Trelease,Cyndi Giorgis
Publisher : Penguin
Page : 384 pages
File Size : 52,7 Mb
Release : 2019-09-03
Category : Education
ISBN : 9780525505624

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Jim Trelease's Read-Aloud Handbook by Jim Trelease,Cyndi Giorgis Pdf

The classic million-copy bestselling handbook on reading aloud to children--revised and updated for a new generation of readers Recommended by "Dear Abby" upon its first publication in 1982, millions of parents and educators have turned to Jim Trelease's beloved classic for more than three decades to help countless children become avid readers through awakening their imaginations and improving their language skills. Jim Trelease's Read-Aloud Handbook, updated and revised by education specialist Cyndi Giorgis, discusses the benefits, the rewards, and the importance of reading aloud to children of a new generation. Supported by delightful anecdotes as well as the latest research, an updated treasury of book recommendations curated with an eye for diversity, Jim Trelease's Read-Aloud Handbook offers proven techniques and strategies for helping children of all backgrounds and abilities discover the pleasures of reading and setting them on the road to becoming lifelong readers.

Author : Judy Gelman,Vicki Levy Krupp
Publisher : Penguin
Page : 484 pages
File Size : 50,7 Mb
Release : 2007-05-10
Category : Family & Relationships
ISBN : 1585425591

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The Kids' Book Club Book by Judy Gelman,Vicki Levy Krupp Pdf

The first complete guide-for use by adults and children-to creating fun and educational book clubs for kids. As authors of The Book Club Cookbook, the classic guide to integrating great food and food-related discussion into book club gatherings, Judy Gelman and Vicki Levy Krupp hear a common refrain from parents, librarians, teachers, community leaders and kids themselves: "How about writing a book for kids' book clubs?" Indeed, in recent years youth organizations, parents, libraries, schools, and our local, state, and federal governments have launched thousands of book clubs for children as a way to counter falling literacy rates and foster a love of reading. Based on surveys representing five hundred youth book clubs across the country and interviews with parents, kids, educators, and librarians, The Kids' Book Club Book features: _- the top fifty favorite book club reads for children ages eight to eighteen; _- ideas and advice on forming great kids' book clubs-and tips for kids who want to start their own book clubs; _- recipes, activities, and insights from such bestselling children's book authors as Christopher Paolini, Lois Lowry, Jerry Spinelli, Nancy Farmer, Christopher Paul Curtis, Andrew Clements, Laurie Halse Anderson, Norton Juster, and many others. From recipes for the Dump Punch and egg salad sandwiches included in Kate DiCamillo's Because of Winn-Dixie to instructionson how to make soap carvings like the ones left in the knot-hole of a tree in Harper Lee's To Kill a Mockingbird, this book provides a bounty of ideas for making every kids' book club a success.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 1946 pages
File Size : 40,9 Mb
Release : 2006
Category : Bibliography
ISBN : UOM:39015066156806

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The Book Review Digest by Anonim Pdf

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 574 pages
File Size : 47,8 Mb
Release : 2008
Category : Children's libraries
ISBN : PSU:000055222976

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School Library Journal by Anonim Pdf

Author : Mary Ling,Fletcher, Neil
Publisher : Richmond Hill, Ont. : Scholastic Canada
Page : 24 pages
File Size : 52,6 Mb
Release : 1993
Category : Penguins
ISBN : 0590748270

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Penguin by Mary Ling,Fletcher, Neil Pdf

Author : Lawrence Goldstone,Nancy Goldstone
Publisher : Crown
Page : 368 pages
File Size : 51,7 Mb
Release : 2008-12-10
Category : History
ISBN : 9780307489241

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Out of the Flames by Lawrence Goldstone,Nancy Goldstone Pdf

Out of the Flames is an extraordinary story - providing testament to the power of ideas, the enduring legacy of books, and the triumph of individual courage. Out of the Flames tracks the history of The Chrisitianismi Restituto, examining Michael Servetus's life and times and the politics of the first information during the sixteenth century. The Chrisitianismi Restituto, a heretical work of biblical scholarship, written in 1553, aimed to refute the orthodox Christianity that Michael Servetus' old colleague, John Calvin, supported. After the book spread through the ranks of Protestant hierarchy, Servetus was tried and agonizingly burned at the stake, the last known copy of the Restitutio chained to his leg. Servetus's execution marked a turning point in the quest for freedom of expression, due largely to the development of the printing press and the proliferation of books in Renaissance Europe. Three copies of the Restitutio managed to survive the burning, despite every effort on the part of his enemies to destroy them. As a result, the book became almost a surrogate for its author, going into hiding and relying on covert distribution until it could be read freely, centuries later. Lawrence and Nancy Goldstone follow the clandestine journey of the three copies through the subsequent centuries and explore its author's legacy and influence over the thinkers that shared his spirit and genius, such as Leibniz, Voltaire, Rousseau, Jefferson, Clarence Dorrow, and William Osler.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 800 pages
File Size : 42,6 Mb
Release : 2005
Category : Information science
ISBN : UOM:39015063169406

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Library Literature & Information Science by Anonim Pdf

An index to library and information science literature.

Author : Lawrence Goldstone
Publisher : Ballantine Books
Page : 448 pages
File Size : 54,5 Mb
Release : 2014-05-06
Category : History
ISBN : 9780345538048

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Birdmen by Lawrence Goldstone Pdf

From acclaimed historian Lawrence Goldstone comes a thrilling narrative of courage, determination, and competition: the story of the intense rivalry that fueled the rise of American aviation. The feud between this nation’s great air pioneers, the Wright brothers and Glenn Curtiss, was a collision of unyielding and profoundly American personalities. On one side, a pair of tenacious siblings who together had solved the centuries-old riddle of powered, heavier-than-air flight. On the other, an audacious motorcycle racer whose innovative aircraft became synonymous in the public mind with death-defying stunts. For more than a decade, they battled each other in court, at air shows, and in the newspapers. The outcome of this contest of wills would shape the course of aviation history—and take a fearsome toll on the men involved. Birdmen sets the engrossing story of the Wrights’ war with Curtiss against the thrilling backdrop of the early years of manned flight, and is rich with period detail and larger-than-life personalities: Thomas Scott Baldwin, or “Cap’t Tom” as he styled himself, who invented the parachute and almost convinced the world that balloons were the future of aviation; John Moisant, the dapper daredevil who took to the skies after three failed attempts to overthrow the government of El Salvador, then quickly emerged as a celebrity flyer; and Harriet Quimby, the statuesque silent-film beauty who became the first woman to fly across the English Channel. And then there is Lincoln Beachey, perhaps the greatest aviator who ever lived, who dazzled crowds with an array of trademark twists and dives—and best embodied the romance with death that fueled so many of aviation’s earliest heroes. A dramatic story of unimaginable bravery in the air and brutal competition on the ground, Birdmen is at once a thrill ride through flight’s wild early years and a surprising look at the personal clash that fueled America’s race to the skies. Praise for Birdmen “A meticulously researched account of the first few hectic, tangled years of aviation and the curious characters who pursued it . . . a worthy companion to Richard Holmes’s marvelous history of ballooning, Falling Upwards.”—Time “The daredevil scientists and engineers who forged the field of aeronautics spring vividly to life in Lawrence Goldstone’s history.”—Nature “The history of the development of an integral part of the modern world and a fascinating portrayal of how a group of men and women achieved a dream that had captivated humanity for centuries.”—The Christian Science Monitor “Captivating and wonderfully presented . . . a fine book about these rival pioneers.”—The Wall Street Journal “[A] vivid story of invention, vendettas, derring-do, media hype and patent fights [with] modern resonance.”—Financial Times “A powerful story that contrasts soaring hopes with the anchors of ego and courtroom.”—Kirkus Reviews “A riveting narrative about the pioneering era of aeronautics in America and beyond . . . Goldstone raises questions of enduring importance regarding innovation and the indefinite exertion of control over ideas that go public.”—Publishers Weekly (starred review)

Author : Penelope Arlon,Tory Gordon-Harris
Publisher : Scholastic Inc.
Page : 82 pages
File Size : 50,7 Mb
Release : 2012
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN : 9780545330244

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Penguins by Penelope Arlon,Tory Gordon-Harris Pdf

Introduces each of the seventeen species of penguin and discusses the habitat, diet, enemies, and life cycle of penguins.

Author : Lawrence Goldstone
Publisher : Anchor Canada
Page : 396 pages
File Size : 52,5 Mb
Release : 2011-01-28
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9780385673808

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The Anatomy of Deception by Lawrence Goldstone Pdf

In the tradition of Caleb Carr’s The Alienist and Matthew Pearl’s The Dante Club, this mesmerizing forensic thriller thrusts the reader into the operating rooms, drawing rooms, and back alleys of 1889 Philadelphia, as a doctor grapples with the principles of scientific process to track a daring killer. In the morgue of a Philadelphia hospital, physicians uncover the corpse of a beautiful young woman. What they see takes their breath away. Within days, one doctor, Ephraim Carroll, strongly suspects that he knows the woman’s identity. . .and the horrifying events that led to her death. But in this richly atmospheric debut novel – an ingenious blend of history, suspense, and early forensic science – the most compelling chapter is yet to come, as the young doctor is plunged into a maze of murder, secrets, and unimaginable crimes. Peopled with vibrant real-life characters such as Canadian William Osler, hailed as the Father of Modern Medicine; famed surgeon William Stewart Halsted, who performed the first emergency blood transfusion and invented surgical gloves; and the controversial painter Thomas Eakins, The Anatomy of Deception brings to life a little-known and exciting turning-point in American medical history, when ignorant butchery gave way to intelligent surgery–and a young doctor is forced to confront an agonizing moral choice between exposing a killer, undoing a wrong, and, quite possibly, protecting the future of medicine itself.

Author : Jonathan Rogers
Publisher : B&H Publishing Group
Page : 242 pages
File Size : 49,9 Mb
Release : 2004
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9780805431315

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The Bark of the Bog Owl by Jonathan Rogers Pdf

In this fantasy/allegory, Rogers retells the life of biblical character King David.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Lerner Publications
Page : 56 pages
File Size : 54,5 Mb
Release : 2003-01-01
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN : 0876149077

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Penguins by Anonim Pdf

Describes the physical characteristics, behavior, and habitat of penguins.