Discover information, advice, and prices for The Children of Palomar Format sold for 20.76 $ , available in the Books & Magazines category; this product is sold by Abebooks.com and made by .
New Tales Old Palomar is collects a threeissue comics magazine series into one handsome book In the first story mysterious fastmoving thieves are stealing food Sheriff Chelo and some citizens do their best to solve this mystery but nobody seems to be able to catch these bandits until Pipo puts her soccertrained legs to work and goes after them herself In the second the boys go exploring a bottomless chasm and come face to face with well we wont spoil the surprise The third and last story focuses on Tonantzin Everybody in Palomar seems to take the supernatural with a grain of salt but young Tonantzin is haunted by a laughing baby that only appears to her What is the babys link to the giant stone idols that stand outside the small town
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With so many new childrens books published each year how can children learn to choose good books and how can adults help them This guide is designed to aid adultsparents teachers librariansin selecting from the best childrens literature published in recent years By encouraging reading and ownership of books by suggesting better books and by discussing good books with enthusiasm and understanding adults may help children to acquire discrimination in reading This guide contains 1400 reviews of the best childrens literature published between 1966 and 1972
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Explore tips, opinions, and features on Works for Children and Young sold at 64.5 $ ; this product is listed in the Books & Magazines category, produced by , and sold by Abebooks.com.
Throughout his long career as a poet fiction writer and chronicler of the situation of blacks throughout the world Langston Hughes also wrote books for children Whether fiction poetry or nonfiction these works are true literature into which he put much research thought creative energy and love His young readers then and now can sense that they are just as important as his adult audience while adult readers can appreciate the skill of a great writer able to speak to readers of all ages Beginning with four pieces Hughes published in The Brownies Book a magazine for black children edited by W E B Du Bois and Jessie Fauset this volume also includes two works first published in 1932 Popo and Fifina a story of two children living in Haiti which Hughes wrote with Arna Bontemps and The Dream Keeper and Other Poems a collection Hughes chose explicitly for young people In The First Book of Negroes The First Book of Rhythms The First Book of Jazz The First Book of the West Indies and The First Book of Africa all originally published between 1952 and 1960 Hughes hits just the right tone presenting the history of Africans throughout the world without being condescending or simplistic It is clear that for Hughes Africans and African cultures contribute to a world culture and a world community Also included in this essential volume are a number of uncollected poems for children the captions Hughes wrote for Black Misery which he completed just before his death in 1967 as well as several books published posthumously The Sweet and Sour Animal Book and The Pasteboard Bandit the latter also written with Arna Bontemps Hughess books for children remain entertaining moving beautiful and relevant For scholars of African American literature and history and for readers of all ages these are works to be enjoyed and to be taken seriously
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Discover information, advice, and prices for For the Children Format Paperback sold for 25.91 $ , available in the Books & Magazines category; this product is sold by Abebooks.com and made by .
Childhood has never been available to all In her opening chapter of For the Children Erica R Meiners stakes the claim that childhood is a racial category often unavailable to communities of color According to Meiners this is glaringly evident in the US criminal justice system where the differentiation between child and adult often equates to access to stark disparities And what is constructed as child protection often does not benefit many young people or their communities Placing the child at the heart of the targeted criminalization debate For the Children considers how perceptions of innocence the safe child and the future operate in service of the prison industrial complexThe United States has the largest prison population in the world with incarceration and policing being key economic tools to maintain white supremacist ideologies Meiners examines the schooltoprison pipeline and the broader prison industrial complex in the United States arguing that unpacking child protection is vital to reducing the nations reliance on its criminal justice system as well as building authentic modes of public safety Rethinking the meanings and beliefs attached to the child represent a significant and intimate thread of the work to dismantle facets of the US carceral statenbspTaking an interdisciplinary approach and building from a scholarly and activist platform For the Children engages fresh questions in the struggle to build sustainable and flourishing worlds without prisonsnbsp
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Explore tips, opinions, and features on Children of the Past Format sold at 23.79 $ ; this product is listed in the Books & Magazines category, produced by , and sold by Abebooks.com.
Do you have much in common with kids from long ago Sure their clothes and homes looked different They ate different food and might not have ever gone to school But they also made artjust like you They helped their families with choresjust like you They played with friends and siblings and they explored the world around them Archaeologists know about the lives of children from the past because of what they left behind toys tools clothes and more So get ready to travel back in time and check out the lives of kidsfrom European cave kids twenty thousand years ago to American Indian kids one thousand years ago
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Discover information, advice, and prices for The Small Backs of Children sold for 20.23 $ , available in the Books & Magazines category; this product is sold by Abebooks.com and made by .
National BestsellerA masterful literary talent explores the treacherous often violent borders between war and sex love and artWith the flash of a camera one girls life is shattered and a host of others altered forever In a wartorn village in Eastern Europe an American photographer captures a heartstopping image a young girl flying toward the lens fleeing a fiery explosion that has engulfed her home and family The image wins acclaim and prizes becoming an icon for millionsand a subject of obsession for one writer the photographers best friend who has suffered a devastating tragedy of her ownAs the writer plunges into a suicidal depression her filmmaker husband enlists several friends including a fearless bisexual poet and an ingenuous performance artist to save her by rescuing the unknown girl and bringing her to the United States And yet as their plot unfolds everything we know about the story comes into question What does the writer really want Who is controlling the action And what will happen when these two worldseast and west real and virtualcollideA fierce provocative and deeply affecting novel of both ideas and action that blends the tight construction of Julian Barness The Sense of an Ending with the emotional power of Anthony Marras A Constellation of Vital Phenomena Lidia Yuknavitchs The Small Backs of Children is a major step forward from one of our most avidly watched writers
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How to create and deliver effective hypnotic interventions with children From the initial interview to creating the best metaphors Using Hypnosis with Children is a practical stepbystep guide that shows health care providers including therapists nurses pediatricians dentists and educators how to create and deliver hypnotic interventions that are customized and effective into their pediatric clinical work with utilization and flexibility as key components to an overall treatment approach Using case examples of language for all age groups readers learn first how to identify the salient targets or themes deliver a session that hits these targets with precision and then connect the session to the childs everyday experience More broadly readers learn to use hypnosis as a way to help create new neural pathways teach selfregulation introduce a more internal locus of control and develop positive interpersonal experiences Chapters focus on the most common issues that children face including anxiety depression medical procedurespain and sleep
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Explore tips, opinions, and features on Parenting Children with Diabetes a sold at 26.97 $ ; this product is listed in the Books & Magazines category, produced by , and sold by Abebooks.com.
Parenting Children with Diabetes addresses the absence of information needed for successful diabetes management including more advanced diabetes education information on emotional trauma relationships issues and problems inside and outside the home that are caused while growing up with diabetesThis book offers parents a 360degree perspective of what is happening to their child as they grow into and grow up with diabetes from diagnosis to monitoring and controlling their blood sugars to their exposure to other peoples opinions in schools and other common situations as to how they should handle their diabetes This book provides parents with special tools insights and education so they can more confidently and effectively communicate understand and empathize with their childs experience with diabetes and their childs relationship with the world around them Eliot LeBow thoughtfully addresses readers and his work Helps parents resolve resistance to diabetes managementCreates and fosters emotional stability within the family living with diabetesGuides parents to building a healthy supportive relationship for and with their child Prepares parents for the emotional ups and downs of diabetes managementOffers insight into situations most children living with diabetes faceProvides information about working with the school system to make sure their child is safe
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AN INTENTIONAL PLAN FOR A LASTING LEGACY You will Leave A Legacy for the next generation We all willWill your legacy include the values virtues guiding principles and culture that youve worked hard to instill in your family or business In Create a Thriving Family Legacy How to Share Your Wisdom and Wealth with Your Children and Grandchildren Jeff Rogers details how you can take a different approach to estate planning Instead of merely transferring wealth to the next generation Jeff teaches you how to prepare your heirs with wisdom and values helping them thrive well beyond your years Dont just transfer your valuables transfer your values Dont just transfer your wealth transfer your wisdom to your children and grandchildren Let Jeff become your guide as you intentionally create the legacy you truly want to leave behind This book will be your field guide to wholelife stewardship looking at five aspects of legacyPERSONAL LEGACY FAMILY LEGACY FINANCIAL LEGACY BUSINESS LEGACY KINGDOM LEGACYIf you want to create a lasting legacy that blesses your family furthers Gods Kingdom and supports the causes you love then Create a Thriving Family Legacy is for you
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Find tips, reviews, and features on Children with Enemies Format Paperback sold for 22.38 $ , available in the Books & Magazines category; this product belongs to and is sold by Abebooks.com.
There is a gentleness in the midst of savagery in Stuart Dischells fifth fulllength collection of poetry These poems are ever aware of the momentary grace of the present and the fleeting histories that precede the instants of time Part elegist part fabulist part absurdist Dischell writes at the edges of imagination memory and experience By turns outwardly social and inwardly reflective comic and remorseful the beautifully crafted poems of Children with Enemies transfigure dread with a reluctant wisdom and come alive to the confusions and implications of what it means to be human
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Find tips, reviews, and features on Symantec Fathers and Children Norton sold for 25.49 $ , available in the Books & Magazines category; this product belongs to Symantec and is sold by Abebooks.com.
Michael R Katzs acclaimed translation of Turgenevs greatest novel is again the basis for this Norton Critical Edition The English rendition of the title of this novel has been problematic since the books publication in 1862 In his prefatory note to the Second Edition Katz explains his decision to return to the original title the one preferred by the author himself Ottsy i deti literally Fathers and Children The novel is accompanied by a rich selection of Turgenevs letters that illustrate his involvement in the critical controversy that surrounded the publication of Fathers and Children Four of the most significant critiques of the dayby Dmitry Pisarev Nikolai Strakhov Apollon Grigorev and Alexander Herzenfurther enhance the readers understanding of this critical firestormTwentythree critical essaysseven of which are new to the Second Editionare organized around several themes the issue of translation politics including Turgenevs liberalism his view of revolution and his attitude toward nihilism and various literary aspects including Turgenevs use of imagery generational conflict the role of women and the growing impact of science on societyA Chronology of Tolstoys life and work and an updated Selected Bibliography are also included
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Filled with images by accomplished portrait fashion and editorial photographers this collection is designed to solve any issues associated with photographing young subjects From newborns and toddlers through grade school students and high school seniors this resource addresses many issues faced by portrait photographers including replacing stale poses with fresh ideas retaining the attention of infants allowing a subjects individuality to show capturing group portraits and posing kids of different ages together Organized in chronological order this books accessibility is further enhanced by images that are arranged from head shots to fulllength portraits for each age group Providing inspiration for remaining creative on a daily basis this work is the perfect resource for portrait photographers
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Discover information, advice, and prices for Play Therapy with Sexually Abused, priced at 90.35 $ : it belongs to the Books & Magazines category; this product is sold by Abebooks.com and made by .
Here is a disguised but tragically accurate account of a 7yearold boy who was repeatedly victimized by two uncles who penetrated him required him under threat of violence to act upon them and forced him to have sexual contact with his sister for their entertainment Before his ongoing abuse was discovered the child made several serious suicide attempts Verbatim accounts of the childs therapy are used to illustrate a new treatment approach for abused children Synergistic Play Therapy which follows the work of Haim Ginott and Heinz Werner Much that is written about play therapy focuses on theoretical notions or intuitive impressionistic judgment Seldom does a work make clear the rationale by which play strategies and techniques are derived from underlying constructs This book links theoretical reasoning with the specific dos and donts of clinical practice The purpose rationale and impact for interventions are woven into session transcripts and related to the concepts upon which Synergistic Play Therapy is based Topics covered include rapport building and the beginning of restoration of the childs trust in an adult male therapeutic contact negotiation the introduction of metaphor indirect referencing of the trauma and the process building toward explicit emotional disclosure and metaphoric retribution the restoration of selfesteem emotional inoculation against regression and the emergence of a futureoriented perspective characterized by confidence and hopefulness Therapists need a clearly defined and welldocumented set of guidelines for the treatment of sexually abused children Abused children become adult perpetrators in numbers disproportionate to the rest of the population but this dire statistic holds true only for those victims who have not been effectively helped as children This book offers a means to provide such treatment
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Explore tips, opinions, and features on The Pilgrim s Progress John sold at 52.87 $ ; this product is listed in the Books & Magazines category, produced by , and sold by Abebooks.com.
In this adaptation from John Bunyans classic work children are challenged by the lifechanging spiritual truths of Pilgrims journey to the Celestial City
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Until recently scholars believed that African American childrens literature did not exist before 1900 Now Who Writes for Black Children opens the door to a rich archive of largely overlooked literature read by black children This volumes combination of analytic essays bibliographic materials and primary texts offers alternative histories for early African American literary studies and childrens literature studiesFrom poetry written by a slave for a plantation school to joyful death biographies of African Americans in the antebellum North to literature penned by African American children themselves Who Writes for Black Children presents compelling new definitions of both African American literature and childrens literature Editors Katharine Capshaw and Anna Mae Duane bring together a rich collection of essays that argue for children as an integral part of the nineteenthcentury black community and offer alternative ways to look at the relationship between children and adultsnbspIncluding two bibliographic essays that provide a list of texts for future research as well as an extensive selection of hardtofind primary texts Who Writes for Black Children broadens our ideas of authorship originality identity and political formations In the process the volume adds new texts to the canon of African American literature while providing a fresh perspective on our desire for the literary origin stories that create canons in the first placenbspContributors Karen Chandler U of Louisville Martha J Cutter U of Connecticut LuElla DAmico Whitworth U Brigitte Fielder U of WisconsinMadison Eric Gardner Saginaw Valley State U Mary Niall Mitchell U of New Orleans Angela Sorby Marquette U Ivy Linton Stabell Iona College Valentina K Tikoff DePaul U Laura Wasowicz Courtney WeikleMills U of Pittsburgh Nazera Sadiq Wright U of Kentucky
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A variety of contributors discuss the impact of such Japanese cultural exports as anime manga and electronicvideo games and explain why these forms of culture are so popular with many American children
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Find tips, reviews, and features on A Children s Literature Tour sold for 58.38 $ , available in the Books & Magazines category; this product belongs to and is sold by Abebooks.com.
What do Paddington Bear Rupert Bear and Winnie the Pooh have in common besides their ursine roots They lived in real places as well as in the imaginations of countless generations Those places still exist And inveterate globetrotter Mark West has been to them all Childrens Literature Tour of Great Britain provides detailed information on 49 important sites with a strong connection to childrens literature Each chapter begins with background information about the author or in the cases of King Arthur and Robin Hood the character in particular his or her writings for children West offers tantalizing tidbits about birthplaces memorials landscapes and gift shops and concludes with complete visitor information for wouldbe literary pilgrims Photographs most of which were taken by West should satisfy even the most demanding armchair travelerMany of the sites on Wests Tour are geared to children Some are clearly intended for adults All will add depth and delight to your next excursion into the fantastic and fascinating world of British childrens literature
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Written by two authors with a combined experience of more than fifty years in the residential treatment of severely aggressiveand often traumatizedchildren this book has proven invaluable to new as well as seasoned child practitioners The chapters cover the nuts and bolts of play therapy with this extremely challenging clinical population including the therapeutic alliance aims of play therapy with aggressive children setting limits on destructive and obtrusive behaviors typical play themes of aggressive children and developing distancing and displacement through playful action and through teaching modeling and structuring action play Other chapters cover such topics as how to create more mature defenses and calming strategies the role of interpretation the use of spontaneous drawings as a bridge to fantasy play specific drawing techniques to create access to the inner world of children how to teach and model prosocial skills and the language of feeling and how to facilitate affect expression and modulation contained reenactment of trauma and childrens ability to mourn tangible as well as intangible unacknowledged and invisible losses Later chapters cover the therapeutic process and techniques to facilitate termination The authors introduce the Play Therapy Decision Grid which is intended to guide the therapist into the levels of therapy best suited for the child at any given point based on the childs resources and the anxiety engendered by the therapy
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Here one of Americas foremost experts in public library services to children cover the basics of library services for children Jeanette Larson highlights best practices and toolkits that provide tools and resources to quickly implement programs and services She includes model programs checklists and forms and readytouse examples of programs with an emphasis on programs that are inexpensive to implement and simple to replicate From start to finish learn how to plan implement and manage public library programs and services for children ages birth to twelve years old Childrens services are a critical part of todays library services and staff need basic background information practical advice and specific examples of how to perform the fundamental duties required of them Special features of the book includeBasic information on how to implement the fundamental services and programs of library services to childrenBackground and rationale for the provision of these services and programs Enhancements for childrens programs and services that support literacy and learningTemplates for successful programsExamples of inexpensive and readytouse programs ranging from simple to ongoing and more elaborate programsChildrens Services Today A Practical Guide for Librarians offers basic background practical experience and best practices necessary for the successful provision of childrens services in todays public library Whether you are a parttime childrens librarian in a small rural library a generalist assigned to provide childrens programming in a mediumsized library or a paraprofessional working in the childrens department in a large urban library this practical guide will help you implement dynamic programs and services that meet the needs of todays children and families
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Discover information, advice, and prices for Fantasy Literature for Children and, priced at 76.03 $ : it belongs to the Books & Magazines category; this product is sold by Abebooks.com and made by .
Fantasy conjures up images of witches fairies dark woods magic wands and spells time travel ghosts and dragons Each of us defines fantasy in a personal way based on our life stories experiences hopes dreams and fears Fantasy Literature for Children and Young Adults helps teachers and students of literature to develop their own understandings of this broad genre in order to evaluate and promote the joy of fantasy in their classroomsAn excellent teaching tool the discussions are organized around three categories of fantasy literature including fairyfolktale mixed fantasy which includes journey transformation talking animal and magic and heroicethical and they are supported by wellchosen examples of representative authors critics and theoristsWith the assumption that the reader has no special knowledge of fantasy literature but has some previous exposure to the study of literature for children and young adults this book focuses on reviewing texts that illustrate particular types of fantasy literature The authors have an extensive knowledge of both classic and contemporary childrens and YA titles and they offer many insightful observations and details that make a book a particularly good classroom choiceLiterature allows us to discuss controversial issues without making judgments it allows us the opportunity to experience another time and space by providing a new lens through which to view and it offers us a multitude of ways to come to appreciate and embrace the world of fantasy Fantasy Literature for Children and Young Adults will help teachers and other readers to deepen their knowledge appreciation and pedagogical understandings of fantasy literature
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