Identifying the Source
From YouTube to yard signs, build media savvy that is up to speed with today's media-rich world. With teens today spending on average 43 percent of their waking day interacting with media of one type or another, it is more critical than ever that they learn the necessary skills for both consuming and creating content wisely. Part of our Take a Look! Modern Media Literacy series, Identifying the Source takes readers through the process of analyzing media in order to tell fact from fiction. Includes explanation of how misinformation, disinformation, biases, and stereotypes play into the credibility of a source. Gives readers the information they need to start practicing looking critically at the media they consume. Highlights of the book include: Uses practical examples with both digital and legacy media Engenders critical thinking skills Offers tips and tricks for readers to try on their own Includes an extension activity This series gives readers a crash course in basic media literacy skills: understanding audience, perspective, persuasive appeals, author's purpose, tracing sources, and creating media content. Series closely aligned with standards from the American Association of School Librarians and the Journalism Education Association and follows research from the Center for Media Literacy.
La Biblia En Acci籀n
The Action Bible New Testament features 88 fast-paced narratives and stunning full-color art, taking readers from Jesus's miraculous birth to Paul's letters to the thrilling words and images of Revelation. Designed from The Action Bible, this version of The Action Bible New Testament offers vibrant color, bold design, and biblical truth for kids, teens, visual learners, spiritual seekers, and anyone eager to know more about God's Word. Solid, proven content, fast-paced narratives with a clear chronological progression, striking artwork, and a great portable format make this graphic Bible an unique and dramatic rendering of the greatest story ever told.
Practical Education Vol. I
Practical Education Vol. I by Maria Edgeworth and Richard Lovell Edgeworth is a seminal work in educational theory that focuses on innovative teaching methods and child development. The book is a significant contribution to educational reform, offering practical insights into early childhood education and learning strategies. It emphasizes effective pedagogical techniques and the importance of tailoring education to the needs of individual children. Through a blend of educational philosophy and instructional techniques, the Edgeworths explore various aspects of family education and psychological development. Their work advocates for a thoughtful approach to teaching, reflecting their commitment to improving educational practices. Practical Education serves as a guide for educators and parents, providing valuable advice on fostering a supportive learning environment. The Edgeworths' approach to practical education remains influential, showcasing their dedication to advancing educational theory and enhancing the quality of instruction for children.
The Highly Sensitive Teen
A teen's guide to surviving--and thriving--with high sensitivity in an insensitive world. Does it ever feel like your emotions are more intense than others? Are you bothered by loud noises, bright lights, or strong smells, or feel overwhelmed by crowds or the prospect of interacting with strangers? Do you sometimes feel paralyzed by your fear of judgment, rejection, or criticism? Can you intuitively read how other people are feeling? As a highly sensitive (HSP) person in your teens, you are inherently wired to be extremely aware of your environment--both mentally and physically. This can be a precious gift--but it's also easy to feel overwhelmed when stimulation is coming from every direction. So, how can you quiet the noise, understand your unique brain, and use your gifts to enhance your life and reach your goals? The Highly Sensitive Teen is a fun and engaging guide to staying grounded when life gets too loud. You'll learn to better understand and cope with overstimulation and emotional overwhelm. You'll find tons of tips for improving your self-esteem and strengthening self-compassion. And finally, you'll discover effective communication strategies you can use to explain to others how you are different--and why it's perfectly okay to be different! When you're caught in a storm of stimuli, it's easy to become socially anxious and introverted. This book will give you just the boost you need to stand up for yourself and make your voice heard--especially at school, or any situation where you face a daily gauntlet of unavoidable challenges. Being highly sensitive in an increasingly insensitive world can feel like a losing battle. You need every tool at your disposal to successfully negotiate and navigate the endless array of sights, sounds, smells, and emotions that most people take in stride. Let this book be your guide as you learn the skills and gather the tools you'll need on your journey to self-discovery, self-advocacy, and a quieter, more fulfilling life.
Let's Go! Bible Adventures
God gave us the Bible to help us seeGod's love never changes--it's strong as can be!Let's Go! Bible Adventures is a rhyming storybook that tells real Bible stories and contrasts Bible-times transportation with modern-day vehicles. Trucks, trains, tractors, as well as bulldozers, boats, hot-air balloons, motorcycles--and of course ice cream trucks--will capture the attention of children ages two to five.Gathering children and loving adults together to read this array of Old and New Testament Bible stories will become the favorite part of your family's day. Through these Bible stories, all of which remain true to the real Bible story, every member of your family will come to understand the depth of God's care for them. Featuring: 40 real Bible stories faithfully told by Valerie Ellis and illustrated by Carolina Far穩as: 20 stories from the Old Testament and 20 stories from the New Testament.Full color, delightful illustrations of Bible times and modern-day vehicles.Rhyming text with a songlike resonance that will keep everyone's attention.A fun repeating refrain that children will love to "read" aloud with you--"We're on an adventure with God. Let's go!"So let's go! Begin your family's exciting journey discovering God's Word with Let's Go! Bible Adventures today.
R Is for Risen
This rhyming ABC Easter story takes kids on a journey from Palm Sunday to the Resurrection to the Great Commission. Jesus is the RISEN One, our Savior and our Friend.Jesus is the A and Z, the beginning and the end.In this charmingly illustrated story, children will learn the alphabet and the biblically accurate reason for the season: Jesus' resurrection! Unlike other ABC books that attribute a random Easter-themed word to a letter, R Is for Risen thoughtfully tells the chronological Easter story of salvation. It features: Palm branch parade (Jesus' arrival in Jerusalem) Garden of Gethsemane Jesus' arrest and interrogation Jesus carrying the cross Jesus' death and resurrection Jesus' Great CommissionIncludes: Short, easy-to-read, rhyming text Chronological Bible Easter story Colorful, endearing illustrations A Bible verse reference on each page (NLT, ICB, NIrV, or GW) This alphabet book is sure to become a family classic parents will read to their children every Easter.
Emotional Regulation and Me
Emotional Regulation and Me takes readers on a fun journey where they learn how to understand and manage their feelings. With simple, catchy rhymes and colourful, bright illustrations, this book helps children recognise emotions and feelings to find ways to stay calm and strong. A perfect blend of learning and discovery, it encourages young minds to handle their emotions with confidence and care.
This Life in Death Volume I 'The Struggle'
Description This is a true story of riches to rags to riches, by one of Britain's most colourful entrepreneurs of the last 50 years. It records seventy years of British social and political history by someone who was there and was nicknamed by the media 'Mr Death'. Its backdrop is the taboo subject of death and the machinations of the funeral industry. It has amazing personal troughs and peaks that are described with the honesty of 'open-heart surgery' by a writer is encouraging you to 'give it a go'. It is pacey, racy, irreverent, tragic, uplifting but also completely true. About the Author Howard Hodgson is recognised as the man who has shaped the face of British funerals over the last 50 years. His success and 'enfant terrible' image in the last quarter of the 20th century is well recorded by the media. However, he has recorded even bigger successes since the Millennium.
What Is the Story of Cinderella?
How did the story of Cinderella, her glass slipper, the pumpkin carriage, and a magical night at the ball with a prince come to be? Find out in this dazzling book that explores the many different versions of Cinderella's story across different authors, movies, cultures, and more! Who HQ brings you the stories behind the most well-known characters of our time in the What Is the Story Of? series! Did you know that the first version of Cinderella's story was written two thousand years ago in Greece? It was about a young woman named Rhodopis and her missing sandal. Since then, many versions of this fairy tale have been written featuring a poor girl whose kindness led to her dreams coming true. China, Italy, France, and Germany all have distinct versions of Cinderella's story that author Dana Rau explains within this exciting nonfiction book for fans of the beloved princess. Young readers will learn over a dozen different versions of Cinderella's story, including the most famous versions by Charles Perrault, the Brothers Grimm, Walt Disney, and Rodgers and Hammerstein. Fans will also get to know the many different actresses who have brought Cinderella to life, including Brandy Norwood, Julie Andrews, Drew Barrymore, and Anne Hathaway.
What Will You Teach Me?
All learning comes from God! What Will You Teach Me? follows a group of adorable, whimsical animals as they discover that everything we learn was created by God. Your child will love finding little details in Pablo Pino's illustrations and watching two bear cubs learn their letters, numbers, music, food, right and wrong, and that God is the creator of all those things! This board book includes interactive, educational opportunities for kids to count, name colors and shapes, point out different types of animals, and more. Family Discipleship Podcast host, Adam Griffin, wants families to remember that we can see God's work in everything we do. God is the inventor of all things we can learn, and parents get to help teach those things to their children. Teaching basic skills is an opportunity for family discipleship. As kids trust their parents to teach them, parents can find opportunities to teach their children how to love and worship the God who created everything.
What Is the Story of Cinderella?
How did the story of Cinderella, her glass slipper, the pumpkin carriage, and a magical night at the ball with a prince come to be? Find out in this dazzling book that explores the many different versions of Cinderella's story across different authors, movies, cultures, and more! Who HQ brings you the stories behind the most well-known characters of our time in the What Is the Story Of? series! Did you know that the first version of Cinderella's story was written two thousand years ago in Greece? It was about a young woman named Rhodopis and her missing sandal. Since then, many versions of this fairy tale have been written featuring a poor girl whose kindness led to her dreams coming true. China, Italy, France, and Germany all have distinct versions of Cinderella's story that author Dana Rau explains within this exciting nonfiction book for fans of the beloved princess. Young readers will learn over a dozen different versions of Cinderella's story, including the most famous versions by Charles Perrault, the Brothers Grimm, Walt Disney, and Rodgers and Hammerstein. Fans will also get to know the many different actresses who have brought Cinderella to life, including Brandy Norwood, Julie Andrews, Drew Barrymore, and Anne Hathaway.
A Mother Who Prayed
The most popular children's Bible story series in the world! Generations of Christian children have learned the Bible through the lively poems and colorful illustrations of Arch Books. Parents trust these colorful books to teach their children Bible stories from Genesis through Acts in a fun, memorable way.The Arch Books series of 100 titles is conveniently divided into 8 sections that include related stories for an organized journey through the Bible.
The Story of Jesus’ Baptism and Temptation - Arch Books
The most popular children's Bible story series in the world! Generations of Christian children have learned the Bible through the lively poems and colorful illustrations of Arch Books. Parents trust these colorful books to teach their children Bible stories from Genesis through Acts in a fun, memorable way.The Arch Books series of 100 titles is conveniently divided into 8 sections that include related stories for an organized journey through the Bible.
The Day Jesus Died - Arch Books
The most popular children's Bible story series in the world! Generations of Christian children have learned the Bible through the lively poems and colorful illustrations of Arch Books. Parents trust these colorful books to teach their children Bible stories from Genesis through Acts in a fun, memorable way.The Arch Books series of 100 titles is conveniently divided into 8 sections that include related stories for an organized journey through the Bible.
He’s Risen! He’s Alive!
The most popular children's Bible story series in the world! Generations of Christian children have learned the Bible through the lively poems and colorful illustrations of Arch Books. Parents trust these much-loved books to teach their children Bible stories in a fun, memorable way. The Arch Books series of more than 75 titles is conveniently divided into 10 sections that include related stories for an organized journey through the Bible.
Anishinaabe
Bringing Indigenous topics out of the past and into the here and now, this series invites readers to explore the lives and cultures of major tribal nations and groups across North America. The Anishinaabe peoples share language, culture, and history that connect them in many ways. In this introduction to the Council of Three Fires, readers learn about the Ojibwe, Bod矇wadmi (Potawatomi), and Odawa (Ottawa) peoples, their lives today, their ancestral lands, and the traditions they carry forward. This book includes: Highlights of Indigenous achievements, contributions, and resilience An Indigenous language feature: Say Hello! Age-appropriate introduction to Indigenous cultures and peoples Content reviewed by language and culture experts Written by Indigenous author and public historian, Heather Bruegl, a citizen of the Oneida Nation and first-line descendent Strockbridge-Munsee, the Indigenous Peoples of North America series provides a simple and authentic introduction to the unique cultures and peoples that have made this continent home for thousands of years, and are still here today.
Din矇
Bringing Indigenous topics out of the past and into the here and now, this series invites readers to explore the lives and cultures of major tribal nations and groups across North America. The Din矇, or Navajo, have made this continent their home for centuries. Today, Navajo Nation is the largest tribal nation in the United States. In this introduction, readers will learn about Din矇 people, their lives today, their ancestral lands, and how they are carrying traditions forward. This book includes: Highlights of Indigenous achievements, contributions, and resilience An Indigenous language feature: Say Hello! Age-appropriate introduction to Indigenous cultures and peoples Written by Indigenous author and public historian, Heather Bruegl, a citizen of the Oneida Nation and first-line descendent Strockbridge-Munsee, the Indigenous Peoples of North America series provides a simple and authentic introduction to the unique cultures and peoples that have made this continent home for thousands of years, and are still here today.
Cherokee
Bringing Indigenous topics out of the past and into the here and now, this series invites readers to explore the lives and cultures of major tribal nations and groups across North America. The Cherokee make up one of the largest tribal nations in the United States. In this introduction, readers will learn about Cherokee people, their lives today, their ancestral lands, and how they are carrying traditions forward. This book includes: Highlights of Indigenous achievements, contributions, and resilience An Indigenous language feature: Say Hello! Age-appropriate introduction to Indigenous cultures and peoples Written by Indigenous author and public historian, Heather Bruegl, a citizen of the Oneida Nation and first-line descendent Strockbridge-Munsee, the Indigenous Peoples of North America series provides a simple and authentic introduction to the unique cultures and peoples that have made this continent home for thousands of years, and are still here today.
Haudenosaunee
Bringing Indigenous topics out of the past and into the here and now, this series invites readers to explore the lives and cultures of major tribal nations and groups across North America. The Haudenosaunee peoples, sometimes called the Iroquois, share language, culture, and history that connects them in many ways in both the United States and Canada. In this introduction to the People of the Longhouse, readers will learn about the Mohawk, Oneida, Onondaga, Cayuga, Seneca, and Tuscarora peoples, their lives today, their ancestral lands, and how they are carrying traditions forward. This book includes: Highlights of Indigenous achievements, contributions, and resilience An Indigenous language feature: Say Hello! Age-appropriate introduction to Indigenous cultures and peoples Content reviewed by language and culture experts Written by Indigenous author and public historian, Heather Bruegl, a citizen of the Oneida Nation and first-line descendent Strockbridge-Munsee, the Indigenous Peoples of North America series provides a simple and authentic introduction to the unique cultures and peoples that have made this continent home for thousands of years, and are still here today.
Guess What: God Loves You
This attractive, illustrated hardback will invite children into the glorious truth of how much God loves them. We all need to know that we are loved. Not with a love that will fade or give up, not because we've done something special or have been particularly good, but just because we are. We all need to know about God's love. Inspired by the well-loved words of Romans 8 and Matthew 10, children's book editor Catherine Mackenzie shows children that nothing can separate them from the love of God. Accompanied by beautiful illustrations, this book will bless families who read it together with this powerful reminder. Based around Romans 8:38-39 Kids learn about the power and magnitude of God's love for them 32-page full-colour hardback is an attractive addition to your family's library
The Trio's Adventure - Bringing Pluto Back
Young Viaan embarks on a cosmic adventure with his friends, Alice and Teddy, as they explore the wonders of the solar system. Fueled by curiosity and a desire to bring back Pluto, they engage in imaginative play, creating rockets from various materials and dreaming of magical journeys. The trio plan to rescue lonely Pluto and make him feel special again. Their teamwork, creativity, and the joy of friendship, highlighting the importance of believing in dreams and the bonds that bring us together in a delightful cosmic quest.
