Barbara Robinson: 16 books
by Barbara Robinson
Language: English
Release Date: February 15, 2011
Language: English
Release Date: February 15, 2011
Buckle up for a wild ride involving a missing gerbil, a crazy cat, and a tattooed baby that will have readers of all ages laughing!
This hilarious novel stars the Herdmans, the worst kids in the world, who made their first appearance in author Barbara Robinson's classic The Best Christmas Pageant...
by Barbara Robinson
Language: English
Release Date: February 22, 2011
Language: English
Release Date: February 22, 2011
Laughs abound in this bestselling Christmas classic by Barbara Robinson! The Best Christmas Pageant Ever follows the outrageous shenanigans of the Herdman siblings, or “the worst kids in the history of the world.” The siblings take over the annual Christmas pageant in a hilarious yet heartwarming...
Hope Always to Every End
Count Your Blessings
Language: English
Release Date: March 23, 2016
Barbara Robinsons, Hope Always To Every End is a poetic/journal of again hope. The poems and quotes are to uplift and speak encouragement to the heart. Find a blessing in each day and make you count!
by Barbara Robinson
Language: English
Release Date: January 4, 2011
Language: English
Release Date: January 4, 2011
The Herdmans plus Halloween have always spelled disaster. Every year these six kids -- the worst in the history of Woodrow Wilson School, and possibly even the world -- wreak havoc on the whole town. They steal candy, spray-paint kids, and take anything that's not nailed down.
Now the mayor...
My Brother Louis Measures Worms
And Other Louis Stories
Language: English
Release Date: February 22, 2011
How is it that Louis has been driving his mother's car around town if he's only eight years old?
Where did the cat go to have her kittens?
Who won the free wedding?
Whether it's costume parades, mysterious paint allergies, or bicycle disasters, there's never a dull moment when the Lawson family is around!
by Nick Robinson, Barbara Speed, Charlie Beckett
Language: English
Release Date: June 15, 2019
Language: English
Release Date: June 15, 2019
We live in a profoundly challenging era for journalists. While the profession has historically taken on the mantle of providing clear, sound information to the public, journalists now face competition from dubious sources online and smear campaigns launched by public figures. In The Power of Journalists,...
by Krystine Donato, Maurice Feldman, Beverley Fedoroff
Language: English
Release Date: December 15, 2008
Language: English
Release Date: December 15, 2008
'A book such as this both demonstrates the progress that has been made over recent years, and will also serve to enhance respect for the human rights of persons with intellectual disabilities in the years to come.' - From the Foreword by Orville Endicott This wide-ranging volume provides a multidisciplinary...
Rosemary Verey
The Life & Lessons of a Legendary Gardener
Language: English
Release Date: August 30, 2012
Rosemary Verey was the last of the great English garden legends. Although she embraced gardening late in life, she quickly achieved international renown. She was the acknowledged apostle of the "English style," on display at her home at Barnsley House, the "must have" adviser to the rich and famous,...
Say It Plain
A Century of Great African American Speeches
Language: English
Release Date: July 4, 2006
A moving portrait of how black Americans have spoken out against injustice—with speeches by Thurgood Marshall, Shirley Chisholm, Jesse Jackson, and more.
In “full-throated public oratory, the kind that can stir the soul”, this unique anthology collects the transcribed speeches of the...
Telling Tales About Dementia
Experiences of Caring
Language: English
Release Date: September 15, 2009
How does it feel when someone you love develops dementia? How do you cope with the shock, the stress and the grief? Can you be sure that you and your family will receive the support you need?
In Telling Tales About Dementia, thirty carers from different backgrounds and in different circumstances...
by Judith Blau, Michael Burawoy, Gerard Delanty
Language: English
Release Date: July 13, 2006
Language: English
Release Date: July 13, 2006
At an earlier time, sociologists C. Wright Mills, W. E. Du Bois, and Jane Addams loudly protested injustices and inequities in American society, provided critiques and analyses of systems of oppression, and challenged sociologists to be responsible critics and constructive commentators. These giants...
Bend in the Road
Reinventing Yourself After the Death of a Loved One
Language: English
Release Date: August 7, 2015
There is no blueprint for grieving. There are not any steps, directions, or instructions to understanding our pain. There are no words of wisdom that can change our situation and no medicine to heal the wound left when our heart breaks. I cannot give you any advice or a recipe on how to grieve, nor...
The Slow Release
Stories about Death from the Flannery O'Connor Award for Short Fiction
Language: English
Release Date: March 1, 2019
Death, that ending of all endings, is the shared concern of these stories, which have been chosen from among the hundreds that have appeared in the prestigious Flannery O’Connor Award for Short Fiction series.
More than seventy volumes, which include approximately eight hundred stories, have...
Connecting Teaching and Learning
History, Evolution, and Case Studies of Teacher Work Sample Methodology
Language: English
Release Date: January 16, 2011
As accountability in education has become an increasingly prominent topic, teacher preparation programs are being asked to provide credible evidence that their teacher candidates can impact student learning.
Teacher Work Samples, first developed 30 years ago, have emerged as an effective method...
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