Orangutans Are Ticklish

Author : Jill Davis
Publisher : Dragonfly Books
Page : 41 pages
File Size : 40,6 Mb
Release : 2016-09-13
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN : 9780553533934

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Orangutans Are Ticklish by Jill Davis Pdf

Animal lovers, young scientists, and budding photographers will all adore this knockout nonfiction picture book. Did you know that orangutans are ticklish? Yes, they are—just like you and me. But be careful if you ever see a hippo yawning. It doesn’t mean he’s sleepy—it means he wants to fight. This book of gorgeous up-close animal photographs is chock-full of facts that will fascinate young animal lovers, and includes behind-the-scenes peeks at how the photographs were taken. (Because it can’t be easy to make a lion say cheese, can it?)

Author : Diane Foote for ALSC
Publisher : American Library Association
Page : 216 pages
File Size : 41,7 Mb
Release : 2014-03-13
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9780838936054

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Popular Picks for Young Readers by Diane Foote for ALSC Pdf

Featuring contributions by active librarians from around the country, this guide offers a goldmine of quality books for children, spotlighting more than 500 titles published within the last four years. Ranging from books for newborns through readers to age 14, the selected books encompass a wide variety of formats and themes to reflect the diversity of contemporary society. Popular Picks for Young Readers is equally useful for readers' advisory and collection development, and includes High-quality, well-reviewed books that are popular with kids Only original titles, eliminating derivative works such as those based on a movie or licensed characters Picture books, graphic novels, poetry, informational books, fiction, and more Thorough annotations, with summary, author, and publication information Multiple indexes for easy searching by title, author, type of book, genre, award-winners, and subject matter With selections geared towards every child's interest and reading level, this guide will help librarians, teachers, caregivers and others connect young readers to books they're sure to love.

Author : Rebecca L. Thomas
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing USA
Page : 1657 pages
File Size : 41,5 Mb
Release : 2018-06-21
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9781440834356

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A to Zoo by Rebecca L. Thomas Pdf

Whether used for thematic story times, program and curriculum planning, readers' advisory, or collection development, this updated edition of the well-known companion makes finding the right picture books for your library a breeze. Generations of savvy librarians and educators have relied on this detailed subject guide to children's picture books for all aspects of children's services, and this new edition does not disappoint. Covering more than 18,000 books published through 2017, it empowers users to identify current and classic titles on topics ranging from apples to zebras. Organized simply, with a subject guide that categorizes subjects by theme and topic and subject headings arranged alphabetically, this reference applies more than 1,200 intuitive (as opposed to formal catalog) subject terms to children's picture books, making it both a comprehensive and user-friendly resource that is accessible to parents and teachers as well as librarians. It can be used to identify titles to fill in gaps in library collections, to find books on particular topics for young readers, to help teachers locate titles to support lessons, or to design thematic programs and story times. Title and illustrator indexes, in addition to a bibliographic guide arranged alphabetically by author name, further extend access to titles.

Author : Liz Knowles,Martha Smith
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing USA
Page : 304 pages
File Size : 49,9 Mb
Release : 2014-05-27
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9781610696364

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The Common Core Approach to Building Literacy in Boys by Liz Knowles,Martha Smith Pdf

Written with a focus on the English Language Arts Common Core Standards, this book provides a complete plan for developing a literacy program that focuses on boys pre-K through grade 12. Despite the fact that reading and literacy among boys has been an area of concern for years, this issue remains unresolved today. Additionally, the emphasis and focus have changed due to the implementation of the English Language Arts Common Core Standards. How can educators best encourage male students to read, and what new technologies and techniques can serve this objective? The Common Core Approach to Building Literacy in Boys is an essential resource and reference for teachers, librarians, and parents seeking to encourage reading in boys from preschool to 12th grade. Providing a wide array of useful, up-to-date information that emphasizes the English Language Arts Common Core Standards, the bibliographies and descriptions of effective strategies in this book will enable you to boost reading interest and performance in boys. The chapters cover 16 different topics of interest to boys, all accompanied by a complete bibliography for each subject area, discussion questions, writing connections, and annotated new and classic nonfiction titles. Information on specific magazines, annotated professional titles, books made into film, websites, and apps that will help you get boys interested in reading is also included.

Author : Paul Mason
Publisher : Gareth Stevens Publishing LLLP
Page : 98 pages
File Size : 41,8 Mb
Release : 2015-12-15
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN : 9781482442762

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The Fact or Fiction Behind Animals by Paul Mason Pdf

The world is full of amazing animals, but some “facts” about them often seem too strange to be true. Do goldfish really have short memories? Is cow flatulence really ruining the ozone layer? This book takes a magnifying glass to some of the wildest things people say about animals to find the truth behind the exaggerations, misunderstandings, or even lies we accidentally spread as fact. Fact boxes throughout the book help readers separate the facts from fiction, and entertaining cartoons and illustrations add to the animal fun.

Author : Rebecca P. Butler
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
Page : 273 pages
File Size : 47,9 Mb
Release : 2015-06-18
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9780810885813

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School Libraries 3.0 by Rebecca P. Butler Pdf

This textbook, for school library administration courses, is written by a professor who has taught this course at least once a year for the past twenty years. Technology is interwoven throughout the book and not listed as a separate chapter or book section. This is because the school librarian of today—and certainly the school librarian of tomorrow—is working in an environment of web resources, multimedia, mixed methods, and varying programs and services. Major chapters cover the various roles of the school librarian, curricular standards and guidelines, policies and procedures, budgeting, facilities, personnel, services, programming, ethics, advocacy, and evaluation. Sample policies, procedures, and plans make this book valuable to both new and experienced school librarians.

Author : Kenneth L. Davis,Jaak Panksepp
Publisher : W. W. Norton & Company
Page : 352 pages
File Size : 55,7 Mb
Release : 2018-03-27
Category : Psychology
ISBN : 9780393710588

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The Emotional Foundations of Personality: A Neurobiological and Evolutionary Approach by Kenneth L. Davis,Jaak Panksepp Pdf

A CHOICE Magazine Outstanding Academic Title of 2018. A novel approach to understanding personality, based on evidence that we share more than we realize with other mammals. This book presents the wealth of scientific evidence that our personality emerges from evolved primary emotions shared by all mammals. Yes, your dog feels love—and many other things too. These subcortically generated emotions bias our actions, alter our perceptions, guide our learning, provide the basis for our thoughts and memories, and become regulated over the course of our lives. Understanding personality development from the perspective of mammals is a groundbreaking approach, and one that sheds new light on the ways in which we as humans respond to life events, both good and bad. Jaak Panksepp, famous for discovering laughter in rats and for creating the field of affective neuroscience, died in April 2017. This book forms part of his lasting legacy and impact on a wide range of scientific and humanistic disciplines. It will be essential reading for anyone trying to understand how we act in the world, and the world’s impact on us.

Author : Susan Elkin
Publisher : Cavendish Square Publishing, LLC
Page : 176 pages
File Size : 54,5 Mb
Release : 2017-12-15
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN : 9781502633187

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The 100 Greatest Unsolved Mysteries by Susan Elkin Pdf

Our universe is filled with important questions that both captivate the minds of scientists and capture popular imagination. This volume traces many of these questions, shedding light on everything from time travel to the nature of atoms. Divided into sections called Physical Matter and Forces, Space, Human Body, Earth, Other Life-Forms, and Human Triumphs and Troubles, the book elucidates the latest scientific theories in easy-to-follow, engaging terms.

Author : Bjorn Carey
Publisher : Cavendish Square Publishing, LLC
Page : 224 pages
File Size : 48,7 Mb
Release : 2017-12-15
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN : 9781502633200

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Answers to the World's Greatest Questions by Bjorn Carey Pdf

Asking questions is an integral part of learning and engaging with the world. Complex questions require answers from experts, and this book is packed with fascinating, trusted information about topics ranging from outer space to the human body. Organized by topic in a question-and-answer format, the book is sure to capture readers' imaginations while providing background knowledge about how our universe works.

Author : Jill A. Davis
Publisher : Random House Trade Paperbacks
Page : 242 pages
File Size : 55,5 Mb
Release : 2003
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9780812966831

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Girls' Poker Night by Jill A. Davis Pdf

When cub reporter Ruby falls for her boss, all bets are off. He's a challenge, he's her editor, and he wants her to stop being quippy and clever and become the writer--and the woman--he knows she can be. But what happens when she realizes Mr. Right has his own unresolved past? A bestseller in hardcover.

Author : Jonathan Balcombe
Publisher : St. Martin's Press
Page : 292 pages
File Size : 52,8 Mb
Release : 2006-05-02
Category : Science
ISBN : 9780230552272

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Pleasurable Kingdom by Jonathan Balcombe Pdf

The recognition of animal pain and stress, once controversial, is now acknowledged by legislation in many countries, but there is no formal recognition of animals' ability to feel pleasure. Pleasurable Kingdom is the first book for lay-readers to present new evidence that animals--like humans--enjoy themselves. It debunks the popular perception that life for most is a continuous, grim struggle for survival and the avoidance of pain. Instead it suggests that creatures from birds to baboons feel good thanks to play, sex, touch, food, anticipation, comfort, aesthetics, and more. Combining rigorous evidence, elegant argument and amusing anecdotes, leading animal behavior researcher Jonathan Balcombe proposes that the possibility of positive feelings in creatures other than humans has important ethical ramifications for both science and society.

Author : The Editors of Popular Science
Publisher : Weldon Owen International
Page : 347 pages
File Size : 55,9 Mb
Release : 2016-10-18
Category : Reference
ISBN : 9781681881294

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100 Mysteries of Science Explained by The Editors of Popular Science Pdf

Answers on subjects from dark matter to disappearing bees, from the magazine that’s been enlightening and entertaining Americans for nearly 150 years. What happened to the Neanderthals? When is the next Ice Age due? Why do we hiccup? From end-of-the-world scenarios to what goes on within our own brains and bodies, the experts at Popular Science magazine uncover the secrets of the universe and answer 100 of science’s most mysterious questions. With sections on Physical Matter and Forces, Space, Human Body, Earth, Other Life-Forms, and Human Triumphs and Troubles, 100 Mysteries of Science Explained takes you into the fascinating world of black holes, time travel, DNA, earthquakes, and much more.

Author : José Saramago
Publisher : Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Page : 147 pages
File Size : 51,7 Mb
Release : 2011-10-04
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9780547519401

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Cain by José Saramago Pdf

A “winkingly blasphemous retelling of the Old Testament” by the Nobel Prize-winning author of The Gospel According the Jesus Christ (The New Yorker). In José Saramago final novel, he daringly reimagines the characters and narratives of the Old Testament. Placing the despised murderer Cain in the role of protagonist, this epic tale ranges from the Garden of Eden, when God realizes he has forgotten to give Adam and Eve the gift of speech, to the moment when Noah’s Ark lands on the dry peak of Ararat. Condemned to wander forever after he kills his brother Abel, Cain makes his way through the world in the company of a personable donkey. He is a witness to and participant in the stories of Isaac and Abraham, the destruction of the Tower of Babel, Moses and the golden calf, and the trials of Job. Again and again, Cain encounters a God whose actions seem callous, cruel, and unjust. He confronts Him, he argues with Him. “And one thing we know for certain,” Saramago writes, “is that they continued to argue and are arguing still.” "Cain's vagabond journey builds to a stunning climax that, like the book itself, is a fitting capstone to a remarkable career."—Publishers Weekly, starred review This ebook includes a sample chapter of Jose Saramago’s Blindness.

Author : Caspar Addyman
Publisher : Unbound Publishing
Page : 307 pages
File Size : 48,9 Mb
Release : 2020-04-16
Category : Psychology
ISBN : 9781783527984

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The Laughing Baby by Caspar Addyman Pdf

Few things in life are more delightful than sharing in the laughter of a baby. Until now, however, psychologists and parenting experts have largely focused on moments of stress and confusion. Developmental psychologist Caspar Addyman decided to change that. Since 2012 Caspar has run the Baby Laughter project, collecting data, videos and stories from parents all over the world. This has provided a fascinating window into what babies are learning and how they develop cognitively and emotionally. Deeper than that, he has observed laughter as the purest form of human connection. It creates a bond that parents and infants share as they navigate the challenges of childhood. Moving chronologically through the first two years of life, The Laughing Baby explores the origin story for our incredible abilities. In the playful daily lives of babies, we find the beginnings of art, science, music and happiness. Our infancy is central to what makes us human, and understanding why babies laugh is key to understanding ourselves.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 464 pages
File Size : 45,5 Mb
Release : 2010
Category : Children's libraries
ISBN : PSU:000061913967

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School Library Journal by Anonim Pdf