Gail Smith: 50 books
Our Story Begins
Your Favorite Authors and Illustrators Share Fun, Inspiring, and Occasionally Ridiculous Things They Wrote and Drew as Kids
Language: English
Release Date: July 4, 2017
From award-winning author Elissa Brent Weissman comes a collection of quirky, smart, and vulnerable childhood works by some of today’s foremost children’s authors and illustrators—revealing young talent, the storytellers they would one day become, and the creativity they inspire today.
Everyone’s...
The Chicago Freedom Movement
Martin Luther King Jr. and Civil Rights Activism in the North
Language: English
Release Date: March 23, 2016
Six months after the Selma to Montgomery marches and just weeks after the passage of the Voting Rights Act of 1965, a group from Martin Luther King Jr.'s staff arrived in Chicago, eager to apply his nonviolent approach to social change in a northern city. Once there, King's Southern Christian Leadership...
The Complete Idiot's Guide to Pirates
Fascinating Facts About the World’s Most Infamous Pirates
Language: English
Release Date: April 4, 2006
A view of pirate life-from the crow's nest ...
Pirate lore has captured our fancy for centuries. Here is the first series book that gives readers a comprehensive yet entertaining history of those swashbuckling brigands. It offers portraits of such infamous men and women as Blackbeard, Captain...
The Professional Doctorate
A Practical Guide
Language: English
Release Date: August 21, 2013
Are you interested in studying for a professional doctorate but aren't sure what's involved? This book offers concrete, practical guidance for anyone wishing to study for a professional doctorate degree.Fully up-to-date and based on the latest developments in the field, The Professional Doctorate: -...
The Ultimate Guided Reading How-To Book
Building Literacy Through Small-Group Instruction
Language: English
Release Date: October 20, 2015
Geared towards primary school teachers to understand the foundation for literacy development
Instructional Coaches and the Instructional Leadership Team
A Guide for School-Building Improvement
Language: English
Release Date: August 7, 2012
Supercharge school improvement with instructional coaches!
How can coaches seamlessly integrate themselves into the fabric of a school and help teachers improve their practice from day one? This unique companion provides an inside look at the day-to-day work of an instructional coach and offers...
What Does Your School Data Team Sound Like?
A Framework to Improve the Conversation Around Data
Language: English
Release Date: July 4, 2018
***Inspire the data discussion! ***
Data is a valuable resource for improving education. Unfortunately, many school data teams struggle to make sense of new and often overwhelming data. What Does Your Data Team Sound Like? provides an approach that gets teams talking about and applying data...
Voices of the 21st Century
Women Who Influence, Inspire, and Make a Difference
Language: English
Release Date: October 16, 2018
30 Extraordinary Women Come Together to Celebrate a New Era
We are at a defining moment in history . . .
The world as we know it is shifting from a society based on a predominantly masculine model into a new era, one with women at the forefront as the leaders of the twenty-first century....