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Brain rules: 12 principles for surviving and thriving at work, home, and school
Par John Medina. 2008
"Writers Workshop of Horror 2 is a collection of essays and interviews focusing on the art and craft of writing…
horror and dark fantasy. From bestselling authors like Stephen King, Anne Rice, and R.L. Stine, to up-and-coming writers just making their mark, this anthology is chock-full of advice and information writers of any level will find valuable and useful." -- Provided by publisherMaus: a survivor's tale (Pantheon Graphic Library)
Par Art Spiegelman. 2011
"A brutally moving work of art-widely hailed as the greatest graphic novel ever written-Maus recounts the chilling experiences of the…
author's father during the Holocaust, with Jews drawn as wide-eyed mice and Nazis as menacing cats. Maus is a haunting tale within a tale, weaving the author's account of his tortured relationship with his aging father into an astonishing retelling of one of history's most unspeakable tragedies. It is an unforgettable story of survival and a disarming look at the legacy of trauma." -- Provided by publisherAmazing landmarks: discover the hidden stories behind 10 iconic structures!
Par Rekha S Rajan. 2022
"This accessible nonfiction compendium explores the creation of 10 global landmarks, from the first spark of an idea to the…
final layer of paint. Acclaimed educator Rekha S. Rajan encourages readers to see themselves as the engineers, builders, architects, and more through interactive stories and a unique structure." -- Provided by publisher"Cynthia Weill scores again with an early concept book that brings every kind of job to life, including the work…
of the dedicated palm weavers of Flavio Gallardo's workshop, whose miniature palm weavings illustrate this playful book, teaching children words for work in two languages. The weavers live in the village of Chigmecatitlán in the Mixteca part of the Mexican state of Puebla. With tremendous skill and patience, the artisans of this region practice palm weaving, a craft which came to Mexico even before the arrival of the Spanish in the early 15th century. Imagine being able to hold all of the illustrations in one book in the palms of your hands. You can do that with the tiny weavings in Let's Work. Most pieces are no larger than a dime!" -- Amazon.comHello, puddle!
Par Anita Sanchez. 2022
"A nonfiction picture book exploring a deceptively simple but unexpectedly crucial resource for wildlife: puddles! This lyrical, gorgeously illustrated nonfiction…
picture book is perfect for young science learners and nature lovers. Hello, puddle! Who's here? A normal everyday puddle may not seem very special. But for a mother turtle, it might be the perfect place to lay her eggs. For a squirrel, it might be the only spot to cool off and get a drink when the sun is shining down in July. And for any child, it can be a window into the elegant, complex natural world right outside their window. With lush, playful illustrations and fun facts about the animals featured, "Hello, Puddle!" is a joyful celebration of the remarkable in the ordinary, and the importance of even the most humble places in fostering life." -- Provided by publisherLatinitas: una celebración de 40 soñadoras audaces
Par Juliet Menéndez. 2021
"Discover how 40 influential Latinas became the women we celebrate today! In this collection of short biographies from all over…
Latin America and across the United States, Juliet Menéndez explores the first small steps that set the Latinitas off on their journeys. With gorgeous, hand-painted illustrations, Menéndez shines a spotlight on the power of childhood dreams. From Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor to singer Selena Quintanilla to NASA's first virtual reality engineer, Evelyn Miralles, this is a book for aspiring artists, scientists, activists, and more. These women followed their dreams-and they just might encourage you to follow yours!" -- GoodreadsMemorias de una infamia
Par Lydia Cacho. 2014
"In 2005, after publishing her book The Demons of Eden - where she denounced the very powerful men behind the…
a Mexican child pornography ring - Lydia Cacho became a target. Exactly eight months after the publication of the book, one morning as she was making her way to work, Lydia was apprehended by the police from the neighboring state of Puebla, and taken into custody during a nightmarish 24 hours during which she was tortured, intimidated and abused. In this chilling memoir, comparable to Ayaan Hirsi Ali's Infidel, Lydia tells her story and exposes the horrific ways in which women - and young girls in particular - are abused then disposed of, while an oftentimes corrupt government simply sits and watches." -- GoodreadsWhen I sing, mountains dance: a novel
Par Irene Solà. 2022
A spellbinding Catalan novel that places one family's tragedies against the uncontainable life force of the land itself. Near a…
village high in the Pyrenees, Domènec wanders across a ridge, fancying himself more a poet than a farmer, to "reel off his verses over on this side of the mountain." He gathers black chanterelles and attends to a troubled cow. And then storm clouds swell, full of electrifying power. Reckless, gleeful, they release their bolts of lightning, one of which strikes Domènec. He dies. The ghosts of seventeenth-century witches gather around him, taking up the chanterelles he'd harvested before going on their merry ways. So begins this novel that is as much about the mountains and the mushrooms as it is about the human dramas that unfold in their midst. UnratedThe last bookseller: a life in the rare book trade
Par Gary Goodman. 2021
The internet changed the book business forever, and Goodman details how, after 2000, the internet made stores like his obsolete.…
In the 1990s, the Twin Cities had nearly fifty secondhand bookshops; today, there are fewer than ten. As both a memoir and a history of booksellers and book scouts, criminals and collectors, The Last Bookseller offers an ultimately poignant account of the used and rare book business during its final Golden Age. Adult. UnratedLet's have a sleepover! (Hello, Hedgehog! #02)
Par Norman Feuti. 2019
Harry and Hedgehog are having a sleepover, but Harry is uneasy about sleeping outside. And Harry doesn't want Hedgehog to…
know that he sleeps with a teddy bear. For preschool-grade 2. 2019The stolen year: how COVID changed children's lives, and where we go now
Par Anya Kamenetz. 2022
An NPR education reporter shows how the pandemic disrupted children's lives and how our country has nearly always failed to…
put our children first. The onset of COVID broke a 150-year social contract between America and its children. Tens of millions of students lost what little support they had from the government not just school but food, heat, and physical and emotional safety. The cost was enormous. But this crisis began much earlier than 2020. In The Stolen Year, Anya Kamenetz exposes a long-running indifference to the plight of children and families in American life and calls for a reckoning. She follows families across the country as they live through the pandemic, facing loss and resilience: a boy with autism in San Francisco who gains a foster brother and a Hispanic family in Texas that loses a member to COVID, and finds solace when they need it most. Kamenetz also recounts the history that brought us to this point: how we thrust children and caregivers into poverty, how we over-police families of color, how we rely on mothers instead of infrastructure. And how our government, in failing to support our children through this tumultuous time, has stolen years of their lives. Strong languageThe biggest, smallest, fastest, tallest things you've ever heard of
Par Robert Lopshire. 1981
Words are not for hurting (Best behavior series)
Par Elizabeth Verdick. 2004
Sometimes people fight, even when they love each other (The safe Child, Happy Parent Ser.)
Par Dagmar Geisler. 2019
Hands are not for hitting (Best behavior series)
Par Martine Agassi. 2006
When you go to sleep, what does your brain do? Does it rest too? It can't because it's busy working…
while you snooze! It repairs, and resets, and helps your body even when you aren't awake. Using up-to-date research to explore our brains' critical functions when we are asleep, psychology experts JoAnn and Terrence Deak invite kids (and adults) to unpack all the amazing things your brain is doing when you're not awake-and why it's so important to get your sleep! For grades 3-6Aguas de estuario
Par Velia Vidal. 2020
"In these letters, Velia Vidal recounts her wanderings since she returned to the Chocó region of Colombia, to the Pacific…
Ocean, and devoted herself to the promotion of reading and culture. Incorporating elements from her surroundings, she elaborates metaphors that account for her internal tide and the tensions between the center and the periphery. Through writing, the author constructs a personal history and geography." -- Translation provided by NLSLittle city by the lake (Little house. Caroline years #06)
Par Celia Wilkins. 2003