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Contains short biographies of three hundred Hispanic American women who have achieved national or international prominence in a variety of fields.
A young Bangladeshi girl who helps support her family by working in a brickyard finds a way to make her dream of going to school and learning to read a reality. Illustrations.
Samantha Pinto explores how histories of and the ongoing fame of Phillis Wheatley, Sally Hemings, Sarah Baartman, Mary Seacole, and Sarah Forbes Bonetta generate new ways of imagining black feminist futures.
With the current climate and economic crises, education for sustainability has never been more critical. This timely and essential book encourages readers to rethink our current values systems and to interrogate common assumptions about our world. Written for all educators with an interest in sustainability, chapters address several possible future scenarios for our planet, allowing readers to make more educated choices about sustainability and to transfer this knowledge to students within the classroom. Each chapter focuses on a specific Sustainable Development Goal. Beginning with a brief historical and theoretical introduction to contextualise the goal, chapters then showcase the practical activities, case studies and exemplars that teachers can adopt when teaching. Topics explored include, but are not limited to: Poverty Renewable energy Climate change Peace and justice Human rights Access to education This book is an essential classroom resource for any teacher or student teacher wishing to promote the Sustainable Development Goals and to teach for a better and brighter future.
Run, Sally. Run.Fact and fiction intertwined. Shadows dancing on moonlight walls. She will not sleep, the night is haunted again.Aftermath A cruel twist of fate leaves a married man's future uncertain.Perennials All spitfire and spindle, a white gloved and haired lady, no doubt, a proper Southern peach in her youth— now in the ripeness of years she knew a secret. I watched it slowly, slowly, unfold.Experiencing Experiences Just a girl doing her best while navigating the dumpster fire that is dating in her 30s. The Writer Within Who' s Tale To Tell Is It?The Scent of Orange What makes a place the wrong direction?Wolves in the Woods To prevent an impending loss in his family, a young boy is ...
Did you know that bones keep the organs inside our bodies safe? Muscles are attached to bones with strong cords called tendons. Learn more about the appearance and function of these body parts in Bones, an All About Your... book.
Presenting beautifully illustrated picture book biographies, this book pairs narrative nonfiction biographies rich in language and illustrations with national content standards in the social studies, science, and the arts. The current focus on promoting nonfiction reading at all ages has brought to attention the value of narrative nonfiction in the form of new picture book biographies. But which of the thousands of these types of titles will have maximum teaching impact and be interesting to students? This book identifies the "best of the best" in new picture book biographies that are rich in language and illustrations and best support national content standards in science, social studies, a...
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Magic beans bring young Jack luck and wealth, and then danger when he pushes his luck due to greed.