Junior Books

I own the Arabic and Chinese bilingual versions of this book. Both include English text too. I am so happy that this author considered wriiting and producing books that reflect many students in classrooms today. My students not only need to learn English but maintain their home language which enhances the development of literacy in any language and maintains family/social connections. Thanks you so much for creating this series of books. May other companies do it too!

There are not a lot of great books for kids. I think this one should be on every families library shelf. It in some ways would be good reading for schools to. The story of cars teaches lessons about coming around and helping others. What young person would not learn to give more of him/herself after reading this?

Really, it teaches following through on promises made, becoming and being a friend, the complete opposite of selfishness. Wow, don't we need to hear more of this?

Great book and does the movie justice. Cars is a very positive story with a great ending.

This is without a doubt the BEST book I have ever read on teaching. I think it has changed the way I am teaching science to my students, and is making an impact on their lives. I highly recommend this book.....you can't go wrong!

Before the war, Pete Gibbs was considered the best catching prospect in the vast Blue Sox organization. However, the time he spent in trading bullets with the Japanese in the Pacific Theatre radically changed him. Now lacking in confidence, he is at best a substitute, nothing close to the first-rate catcher needed by a championship team. However, the Blue Sox have little choice, Tweet Tillman, their longtime regular catcher is in his last season and is beset with injuries. Pete must fight through his self-doubt and once again reach the point where he can function as a major league player.
This is a story about life as much as it is about baseball. We all have the demons that we must fight against and overcome if we are to be successful. Fortunately for Pete, he is given the third chance, which he is finally able to take advantage of. Self-doubt can be a rudder that helps us steer the right path through life or it can be a barrier that we find it difficult to surmount. Another of Decker's excellent books about the mythical Blue Sox baseball team, this book is an inspirational story that is ageless.

I have made several goodies out of here, their desserts are fabulous, and the salads are great. I always get complements on the food, and I purchased this book for a friend. A definite for the CookBook Shelf..

This is my mother's cookbook, and I'm a little embarassed to admit that I've been sitting with it, happily reading the recipes for hours. This book is a delightful celebration of Colorado, with recipes popular in the state, gorgeous landscape photography, and even quotes on some of the pages from history books relating certain turning points in the state's foundation. The recipes are organized according to the seasons and my mouth salivates just looking at them! The dishes recommended are delicious, sometimes unique, and wonderfully seasonal. I highly recommend this book; it is a treat!

Celebrating the Fourth has been a wonderful tool to use in my teaching this year. I continue to apply many of the ideas to build community in my classroom, guide my students in self-assessment, and teach with real life in mind. The examples given help me use the strategies with my own students. I found the book recommendations and sample forms to be helpful resources. Celebrating the Fourth is an easy read as well as a must read. You will be recharged and inspired. Keep this book accessible all year long!

Tonight we're having "James Island Shrimp Pie" P.60 for dinner, the reciept(sic) is C.1860. I skipped the next one "Popham Shrimp Pie", due to the use of "1/2 Pound Lard" as the second ingredient. I don't want myself or any of my family to die at an early age of obesity or heart attack. But if you have a brain. most if not all of these recipes are adaptable, and they do bring a mirror of the past to the present, many of which are no longer recoverable. If you're an accomplished cook who understands how to adapt these recipes or afficionado of Early American Arcadian/Creole cooking (Time frame: French & Indian Wars - Civil War) this is a "must have". I highly recommend it ! (Do you know what a "Cooter" is ? I do !)

Charter Schools may just be the secret to better public education. In a free market economy, what works better than competition? Charter schools are forcing our public schools to work, because they are showing the public that it can be done, well, with the money that we already have out there. Read this book-- and start wondering, where does your tax money really go?

In 1989, Chicago began an experiment with radical decentralization of power and authority. This book tells the story of what happened to Chicago's elementary schools in the first four years of this reform. Implicit in this reform is the theory that expanded local democratic participation would stimulate organizational change within schools, which in turn would foster improved teaching and learning. Using this theory as a framework, the authors marshal massive quantitative and qualitative data to examine how the reform actually unfolded at the school level.With longitudinal case study data on 22 schools, survey responses from principals and teachers in 269 schools, and supplementary system-wide administrative data, the authors identify four types of school politics: strong democracy, consolidated principal power, maintenance, and adversarial. In addition, they classify school change efforts as either systemic or unfocused. Bringing these strands together, the authors determine that, in about a third of the schools, expanded local democratic participation served as a strong lever for introducing systemic change focused on improved instruction. Finally, case studies of six actively restructuring schools illustrate how under decentralization the principal's role is recast, social support for change can grow, and ideas and information from external sources are brought to bear on school change initiatives. Few studies intertwine so completely extensive narratives and rigorous quantitative analyses. The result is a complex picture of the Chicago reform that joins the politics of local control to school change.This volume is intended for scholars in the fields of urban education, public policy, sociology of education, anthropology of education, and politics of education. Comprehensive and descriptive, it is an engaging text for graduate students and upper-level undergraduates. Local, state, and federal policymakers who are concerned with urban education will find new and insightful material. The book should be on reading lists and in professional development seminars for school principals who want to garner community support for change and for school community leaders who want more responsive local institutions. Finally, educators, administrators, and activists in Chicago will appreciate this detailed analysis of the early years of reform.