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Teach essential vocabulary in ten minutes a day with this cluster approach to help fifth grade students learn many semantically related words at once! This resource provides opportunities for students to explore and expand vocabularies, increase reading comprehension, and improve writing composition....

Learning to do the right thing is a lifelong task. Because children are newcomers on the path of social, moral, and spiritual development, they need caring guides to help them along the way. In Making Good Choices: A Book about Right and Wrong . . . Just for Me!, author Lisa O. Engelhardt helps...

Schizophrenia, the most severe of the mental disorders, usually begins in late adolescence or young adulthood. A patient's first symptoms may be hallucinations, such as hearing voices that sound as real as those of friends and family. Or they may be delusions, such as believing that aliens are sending...

Do you procrastinate? And if so, what’s your procrastination type? In this fun and illustrated guide, author Jennifer Shannon blends acceptance and commitment therapy (ACT) and cognitive behavioral strategies to help you recognize your procrastination habits, discover the strengths of your unique...

Once upon a time not long ago there was an afterschool group of young people that decided to go on a walk. While on their journey they checked out a new trail and found a book that looked really old. As they read, they found out that it was a celebrity’s guide to life. His name was Sol and he had...

Sharing is a social skill all children need to learn—the sooner the better. Concrete examples and reinforcing illustrations help children practice sharing, understand how and why to share, and realize the benefits of sharing. Includes a note to teachers and parents, additional information for adults, and activities.

This Level 1 guided reader explores the feeling of joy. Students will develop word recognition and reading skills while learning about their feelings.

The toddler years are full of growth and smiles and sweetness—but also tantrums. With toddlers, yelling, screaming, wailing, and flailing are a normal part of life. Very young children don’t yet have the words to express strong feelings, and they’re still learning social skills. This board book...

*Silver medal winner in the 'Middle Grades Fiction' category of the Nautilus Book Awards 2015* Astie has always been different. Her 12th birthday is looming and she still has not decided on her thesis. All the Learners at the Hub picked theirs years ago. If it wasn't for her cousin, Jakob,...

This book is a sociological attempt to envisage the cultural and regional disparities eventually giving way to relational deprivation amongst the people of the region – Kashmir and the imbroglio that followed, the decades to come. It is an aesthetic exploration of the regional beauty and the politics...

Explaining etiquette from A (“Applause”) to Z (“Zits”), Alex J. Packer blends outrageous humor with sound advice as he guides readers and explains why manners and etiquette are important—because people who know how to handle themselves in social situations come out on top, get what they...

Most of the time sports are seen as the height of competition, but often they also bring people together in times of cultural, social, and political upheaval. 2013 Boston Marathon explores the way the athletes and spectators at the famous race came together after a terrible tragedy. Includes ties to 21st Century themes, as well as infographics, timelines, glossary, and index.

Being a teen in today’s fast-paced, media-saturated world is difficult, and it’s easy to get overwhelmed or stressed out. This breakthrough workbook will help you balance your emotions, stay focused, and experience the natural quietness that lives within you. If you’re a teen, you’re...

When a mother discovered that her twelve-year-old autistic son has defied the rules of science and suddenly began to show signs that the simplest elements of life can help him to escape the clutches of autism; - she swiftly sent her conscience on a life-changing mission to bring his hidden dreams...