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Classic Starts®: Pinocchio (Classic Starts®)
by Carlo CollodiThe young puppet Pinocchio dreams of becoming a real boy. But whenever he tries to prove himself worthy of the transformation, he falls into mischief and laziness. Pinocchio must learn the hard way how to become honest, kind, and—above all—human. One of the most-translated works in children&’s literature, Pinocchio is a thrilling story about improving one&’s character and learning how to live in an often-harsh world.
Classic Starts®: The Secret Garden (Classic Starts®)
by Frances Hodgson BurnettWhen the newly orphaned Mary Lennox leaves her native India and arrives at her uncle&’s mansion in Yorkshire, everything seems strange to her. Then Mary hears of a mysterious, neglected garden. With the help of some new friends, she plans to uncover its secrets . . . and make it blossom once again.
Classic Starts®: The Story of King Arthur & His Knights (Classic Starts®)
by Howard PyleFrom the sword in the stone and the founding of Camelot to the famed Round Table and the Lake of Enchantment, the legend of King Arthur will never lose its magic. Though simpler, this version includes all the wonderful stories—such as King Arthur’s winning of Guenievere and Merlin’s tragic downfall at the hands of the evil Vivien.
Classic Starts®: The Swiss Family Robinson (Classic Starts®)
by Johann David WyssA shipwreck; a deserted island; a single family, wondering if they can survive. Rich in suspense and surprises, The Swiss Family Robinson entices young readers to come along on a wonderful adventure, where each moment brings a new thrill. Featuring amazingly resourceful characters and a wondrous landscape bursting with exotic wildlife and plants, it’s an irresistible tale of ingenuity.
Classic Starts®: The Three Musketeers (Classic Starts®)
by Alexandre DumasFight for justice with swashbuckling soldiers in this abridged retelling of The Three Musketeers, part of the bestselling Classic Starts® series that has sold more than 8 million copies! &“All for one and one for all!&” Aramis, Athos, and Porthos make up the three Musketeers. Oh, and there&’s also the not-quite-yet Musketeer D&’Artagnan. Together, the four men must use their wits and their swords to battle an evil Cardinal, the traitorous Milady, and other enemies of the French court. This abridged retelling is the perfect way to introduce young readers to the adventurous world of historical romance and the royal French court.
Classic Starts®: The Time Machine (Classic Starts®)
by H. G. WellsTravel into the future in this abridged retelling of The Time Machine, part of the bestselling Classic Starts® series that has sold more than 8 million copies! After inventing a time machine, the Traveler leaves Victorian London and goes far, far into the future. At first, the world he discovers seems peaceful and prosperous. But as he looks farther below the surface, he realizes that things are not exactly as they first appeared. . . . This abridged retelling is the perfect way to introduce young readers to the imaginative world of science fiction and time travel.
Classic Starts®: Treasure Island (Classic Starts®)
by Robert Louis StevensonSearch for fortune on the high seas with this abridged retelling of Treasure Island, part of the bestselling Classic Starts® series that has sold more than 8 million copies! After Jim Hawkins finds the map to a mysterious treasure, he sets sail in search of the fortune. Little does he realize he&’s boarded a pirate ship, and that surprises and danger await him . . . including a meeting with the unforgettable Long John Silver! This abridged retelling is the perfect way to introduce young readers to the swashbuckling adventure that has captivated readers for centuries!
Classic Starts®: Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea (Classic Starts®)
by Jules VerneExplore the mysterious underwater world in this illustrated chapter-book retelling of Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea, part of the bestselling Classic Starts® series that has sold more than 8 million copies! Professor Aronnax embarks on an underwater exploration, only to be captured by Captain Nemo, the head of a submarine with a mysterious backstory. As they travel through underwater forests filled with enormous sea creatures, Professor Aronnax can&’t help but wonder: will he ever safely return to land? This retelling is the perfect way to introduce young readers to what is arguably Jules Verne&’s most popular sci-fi novel. The book also includes discussion questions.
Classic Starts®: The War of the Worlds (Classic Starts®)
by H. G. WellsAn abridged and illustrated chapter book retelling of the sci-fi classic—part of the bestselling Classic Starts® series that has sold more than 8 million copies! H. G. Wells, a revolutionary science fiction writer and the author of The Time Machine, dazzles in this sci-fi classic about Martians invading Earth. One of the first stories to imagine a war between humankind and extraterrestrials, The War of the Worlds is an adventure that has inspired artists and scientists since it was first published. The Classic Starts® series has sold more than 8 million copies since it launched in 2004. These abridged, kid-friendly editions are the perfect way to introduce beloved stories to the next generation. Each book includes discussion questions by early childhood educator Arthur Pober, EdD.
Classic Starts®: Winnie-the-Pooh and the House at Pooh Corner (Classic Starts®)
by A. A. MilneAn illustrated chapter- book retelling of Winnie-the-Pooh and the House at Pooh Corner—part of the Classic Starts series, which has cumulatively sold more than 8 million copies! There&’s nothing else that Winnie-the-Pooh loves more than his friends—well, except for maybe a full honey pot! No matter their age, young readers will be captivated by the story&’s honest portrayal of childhood emotions and experiences. This retelling is the perfect way for chapter-book readers to experience the magic of Christopher Robin, Eeyore, Piglet, Tigger, and all their friends. The book also includes discussion questions.
Classification Clues
by Catherine StephensIntroduces the basics of classification for plants and animals, with a history of the system devised by Linnaeus, and hands-on exercises in classification.
Classroom Strategies for Interactive Learning
by Doug BuehlEducators across all content areas have turned to Classroom Strategies for Interactive Learning for almost two decades. The fourth edition delivers rich, practical, and research-based strategies that readers have found invaluable in today's classrooms. Author Doug Buehl has written all-new chapters that focus on the instructional shifts taking place as the Common Core State Standards are implemented across the United States. These introductory chapters will help you do the following: Understand research based comprehension strategies for content classroomsTap into students' background knowledge to build upon and enhance comprehension of complex texts Teach students how to question a textTeach reading and thinking through a disciplinary lensAt the heart of this edition are more than 40 classroom strategies with variations and strategy indexes that identify the instructional focus of each strategy, pinpoint the text frames in play as students read and learn, and correlate students' comprehension processes. In addition, each strategy is cross-referenced with the Common Core's reading, writing, speaking/listening, and language standards.
Classwide Positive Behavioral Interventions and Supports: A Guide to Proactive Classroom Management (The Guilford Practical Intervention in the Schools Series)
by Brandi Simonsen Diane MyersNow in a revised and updated second edition addressing the evolving needs of today's K–12 educators, this established classroom resource is written by leaders in positive behavioral interventions and supports (PBIS). Brandi Simonsen and Diane Myers provide a vital classroom management and behavior support toolkit with a primary focus on universal (Tier 1) support. In a convenient large-size format, the book provides step-by-step guidelines for structuring the classroom environment, actively engaging students in instruction, setting clear expectations, and implementing a continuum of strategies to reinforce positive behavior and respond to inappropriate behavior. Teacher-friendly features include classroom vignettes, bulleted chapter objectives, end-of-chapter learning activities, and reproducible forms that can be downloaded for repeated use. New to This Edition *Expanded focus on culturally responsive and inclusive practice. *Increased attention to connecting with students and families and engaging them in designing, implementing, and monitoring practices. *More coverage of integrating Tier 2 and Tier 3 interventions into a classwide PBIS model. *Updated research, resources, tools, and examples throughout the chapters. This book is in The Guilford Practical Intervention in the Schools Series, edited by Sandra M. Chafouleas.
Claudette Colvin: Twice Toward Justice
by Phillip M. Hoose"When it comes to justice, there is no easy way to get it. You can't sugarcoat it. You have to take a stand and say, 'This is not right.'" - Claudette Colvin<P><P> On March 2, 1955, an impassioned teenager, fed up with the daily injustices of Jim Crow segregation, refused to give her seat to a white woman on a segregated bus in Montgomery, Alabama. Instead of being celebrated as Rosa Parks would be just nine months later, fifteen-year-old Claudette Colvin found herself shunned by her classmates and dismissed by community leaders. Undaunted, a year later she dared to challenge segregation again as a key plaintiff in Browder v. Gayle, the landmark case that struck down the segregation laws of Montgomery and swept away the legal underpinnings of the Jim Crow South. Based on extensive interviews with Claudette Colvin and many others, Phillip Hoose presents the first in-depth account of an important yet largely unknown civil rights figure, skillfully weaving her dramatic story into the fabric of the historic Montgomery bus boycott and court case that would change the course of American history.<P> Claudette Colvin is the 2009 National Book Award Winner for Young People's Literature, a 2010 Newbery Honor Book, a Sibert Honor book, and a Jane Addams Honor book.
The Clayborne Brides
by Julie GarwoodFirst introduced in Julie Garwood's magnificent New York Times bestseller For the Roses, the Clayborne brothers of Blue Belle, Montana, have been embraced by millions more through this trio of #1 bestselling novels. Now collected in one volume for the first time, these stories tell of three spirited brothers -- once a mismatched gang of street urchins -- who learn that love flourishes in the most unexpected places....One Pink RoseHeadstrong Travis takes a journey that opens his eyes to the splendor of his beloved West -- and his heart to Bostonian Emily Finnegan.One White RoseSteady, quiet Douglas will do anything to protect a creature in need -- and that includes the strong-willed Isabel Grant.One Red RoseThoughtful Adam learns a powerful secret from the irrepressible Genevieve Delacroix -- that true freedom only comes when you trust your heart.
Clean to the Touch - Housekeeping for Teenagers and Young Adults with Visual Impairments
by Kathy Bull Susan Lind-Sinanian Eleanor MartinHousekeeping for Teenagers and Young Adults with Visual Impairments
Cleaning Up
by Leanne LiebermanJess finds a secret diary and imagines what it would be like to be a girl who has everything. Will she become so wrapped up in someone else’s life that she misses a chance to create her own? Jess cleans houses to save money for college, because her dad — unemployed and off the wagon yet again — has moved the two of them out of the city into a decrepit borrowed tent and trailer. Jess wavers between anger at her father and fear that poverty and addiction may be her fate, too, and she decides she will do whatever it takes to avoid it. She gets a gig cleaning a gorgeous country home and discovers the trashed bedroom of the teenaged daughter, Quinn. Jess wonders how a girl with a perfect life – private school, horseback riding – could have wrecked such a beautiful room. As she cleans, she finds troubling clues – including, tucked behind the bed, a diary. Gradually Jess learns that Quinn’s life is not what it’s supposed to be. Jess begins to imagine becoming friends with Quinn, and when she begins to write down a new story for Quinn, she risks turning her back on the opportunities that are right in front of her – new friends, new interests, a fresh beginning. Key Text Features biographical note chapters dialogue journal entries
A Clearing in the Forest
by Gloria WhelanAn elderly woman and a young boy team up to save the countryside Old Frances Crawford is looking for wild mushrooms when she hears the gunshot. A few minutes later, the teenage hunter blunders into her clearing, two dead rabbits over his shoulder. As an apology for hunting on her land, Wilson offers her one of the rabbits, and Frances is happy to take it. She hasn&’t been able to afford meat for some time. He is handing it over when she falls at his feet in a dead faint. Wilson carries Frances home and the two get to talking—about fossils, about the woods, about the best way to cook rabbit with wild mushrooms. Soon this tough old lady is teaching Wilson everything she knows about the forests of Northern Michigan. When an oil company threatens to destroy the natural landscape, these unlikely friends will work to save the woods that brought them together.
Clearing The Way: Working With Teenage Writers
by Tom RomanoClearing the Way is written for English teachers whose job is to help teenagers become better writers. Tom Romano, a full time high school English teacher when he wrote this book, has worked with hundreds of teenage writers. He knows well the problems and triumphs of teaching writing. In Clearing the Way teachers will find specific ideas and strategies, a workable philosophy for teaching writing, and, best of all, vivid stories and case histories of real teenagers. Romano discusses the importance of respecting students' words, the use of writing to learn and discover, the teacher-student conference, writing processes in theory and practice, the evaluation and grading of writing, the place of writing in literature classes, and the powerful creative current that can be transmitted among teenage writers. Whatever the topic, Romano illustrates his ideas with many examples of teenagers' own writing.
Cleopatra: I Am Fire and Air (Shakespeare's Personalities #2)
by Harold BloomFrom Harold Bloom, one of the greatest Shakespeare scholars of our time, comes an intimate, wise, deeply compelling portrait of Cleopatra—one of the Bard’s most riveting and memorable female characters.Cleopatra is one of the most famous women in history—and thanks to Shakespeare, one of the most intriguing personalities in literature. She is lover of Marc Antony, defender of Egypt, and, perhaps most enduringly, a champion of life. Cleopatra is supremely vexing, tragic, and complex. She has fascinated readers and audiences for centuries and has been played by the greatest actresses of their time, from Elizabeth Taylor to Vivien Leigh to Janet Suzman to Judi Dench. Award-winning writer and beloved professor Harold Bloom writes about Cleopatra with wisdom, joy, exuberance, and compassion. He also explores his own personal relationship to the character: Just as we encounter one Anna Karenina or Jay Gatsby when we are in high school and college and another when we are adults, Bloom explains his shifting understanding of Cleopatra over the course of his own lifetime. The book becomes an extraordinarily moving argument for literature as a path to and a measure of our own humanity. Bloom is mesmerizing in the classroom, wrestling with the often tragic choices Shakespeare’s characters make. With Cleopatra, he delivers exhilarating clarity and invites us to look at this character as a flawed human who might be living in our world. The result is an invaluable resource from our greatest literary critic.
Cleopatra's Moon
by Vicky Alvear ShecterSelene has grown up in a palace on the Nile with her parents, Cleopatra & Mark Antony--the most brilliant, powerful rulers on earth. But the jealous Roman Emperor Octavianus wants Egypt for himself, & when war finally comes, Selene faces the loss of all she's ever loved. Forced to build a new life in Octavianus's household in Rome, she finds herself torn between two young men and two possible destinies--until she reaches out to claim her own.This stunning novel brings to life the personalities & passions of one of the greatest dramas in history, & offers a wonderful new heroine in Selene.
CLEP History of the United States I: Early Colonization to 1877 (Green Edition )
by Editors of Research Education AssociationCollege Board's College-Level Examination Program, or CLEP test prep covers everything you need to know about the CLEP History of the United States I exam, and will help you earn the college credit you deserve. This book, and the online tools that come with it, allow you to create a personalized study plan through three simple steps: assessment of your knowledge, targeted review of exam content, and reinforcement in the areas where you need the most help.
CLEP Test Prep Flash Cards: United States History Parts I & II (Exambusters CLEP Workbook #8)
by Ace Inc.<P><P><i>Advisory: Bookshare has learned that this book offers only partial accessibility. We have kept it in the collection because it is useful for some of our members. Benetech is actively working on projects to improve accessibility issues such as these.</i><P><P> 700 questions and answers. Essential names, dates, and summaries of key historical events. <P><P>Topics: Discovery, Colonial, Revolutionary, Early National, Age of Expansion, Civil War Era, Reconstruction, Industrial Era, Progressive Era, World War I, The Twenties, The Depression, World War II, Cold War Era, Cold War - 1950s, Cold War - 1960s, Cold War - 1970s, Cold War - 1980s, New World Order. <P> "Exambusters CLEP Prep Workbooks" provide comprehensive CLEP review--one fact at a time--to prepare students to take practice CLEP tests. Each CLEP study guide focuses on fundamental concepts and definitions--a basic overview to begin studying for the CLEP exam. Up to 600 questions and answers, each volume in the CLEP series is a quick and easy, focused read. Reviewing CLEP flash cards is the first step toward more confident CLEP preparation and ultimately, higher CLEP exam scores!
CLEP Test Prep Flash Cards: Biology Essentials (Exambusters CLEP Workbook #1)
by Ace Inc.<P><P><i>Advisory: Bookshare has learned that this book offers only partial accessibility. We have kept it in the collection because it is useful for some of our members. Benetech is actively working on projects to improve accessibility issues such as these.</i><P><P> 450 questions and answers. Essential definitions and concepts.<P><P>Topics: Cells, Biochemistry and Energy, Evolution and Classification, Kingdoms: Bacteria, Fungi, Protista; Kingdom: Plantae, Kingdom: Animalia, Human Locomotion, Human Circulation and Immunology, Human Respiration and Excretion, Human Digestion, Human Nervous System, Human Endocrinology, Reproduction and Development, Genetics, Ecology. <P> EXAMBUSTERS CLEP Prep Workbooks provide comprehensive CLEP review--one fact at a time--to prepare students to take practice CLEP tests. Each CLEP study guide focuses on fundamental concepts and definitions--a basic overview to begin studying for the CLEP exam. Up to 600 questions and answers, each volume in the CLEP series is a quick and easy, focused read. Reviewing CLEP flash cards is the first step toward more confident CLEP preparation and ultimately, higher CLEP exam scores!