Download or read book King and the Dragonflies Scholastic Gold written by Kacen Callender and published by Scholastic Inc.. This book was released on 2020-02-04 with total page 196 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A 2021 Coretta Scott King Honor Book! Winner of the 2020 National Book Award for Young People's Literature! Winner of the 2020 Boston Globe-Horn Book Award for Fiction and Poetry! In a small but turbulent Louisiana town, one boy's grief takes him beyond the bayous of his backyard, to learn that there is no right way to be yourself. FOUR STARRED REVIEWS! Booklist School Library Journal Publishers Weekly The Horn Book Twelve-year-old Kingston James is sure his brother Khalid has turned into a dragonfly. When Khalid unexpectedly passed away, he shed what was his first skin for another to live down by the bayou in their small Louisiana town. Khalid still visits in dreams, and King must keep these secrets to himself as he watches grief transform his family. It would be easier if King could talk with his best friend, Sandy Sanders. But just days before he died, Khalid told King to end their friendship, after overhearing a secret about Sandy-that he thinks he might be gay. "You don't want anyone to think you're gay too, do you?" But when Sandy goes missing, sparking a town-wide search, and King finds his former best friend hiding in a tent in his backyard, he agrees to help Sandy escape from his abusive father, and the two begin an adventure as they build their own private paradise down by the bayou and among the dragonflies. As King's friendship with Sandy is reignited, he's forced to confront questions about himself and the reality of his brother's death. The Thing About Jellyfish meets The Stars Beneath Our Feet in this story about loss, grief, and finding the courage to discover one's identity, from the author of Hurricane Child.

Download or read book The Giver written by Lois Lowry and published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. This book was released on 2014 with total page 257 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Giver, the 1994 Newbery Medal winner, has become one of the most influential novels of our time. The haunting story centers on twelve-year-old Jonas, who lives in a seemingly ideal, if colorless, world of conformity and contentment. Not until he is given his life assignment as the Receiver of Memory does he begin to understand the dark, complex secrets behind his fragile community. This movie tie-in edition features cover art from the movie and exclusive Q&A with members of the cast, including Taylor Swift, Brenton Thwaites and Cameron Monaghan.

Download or read book Mega Homeschool Planner and Organizer Soft Flora written by Homeschool Press and published by . This book was released on 2020-02-07 with total page 227 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Fully Customizable Planner, Organizer, and Record Keeper for Homeschool Families big or Small New For 2020! This Mega Homeschool Planner and Organizer was designed by a Homeschool Mom with the goal of being completely customized and flexible enough to fit the needs of most homeschoolers. Whether you homeschool 1 child or 8, this planner will keep you organized, hold your important records, make planning a breeze, track anything, is portable and conveniently stores away. Features include: Undated Monthly Calender 2 page spread. Months are left blank so this planner starts when your school year starts. Undated weekly lesson planner for 7 subjects Monthly Dashboards to track your monthly goals, important dates, to-dos, as well as a monthly habit tracker. Curriculum and Resources list by subjectAccount Tracker to remember your online resources, track renewal and expiration dates, and costs. Password Tracker Homeschool Connections Reading List Year Ahead Planner - plan your entire year's schedule in a snap. Term Goals Planner - makes planning out your curriculum a breeze. Attendance Tracker - doubles as a habit tracker for those who don't track attendance Student Checklist - Can be used to track grades or anything else that is important to your homeschool family Budget Sheets - Track all your homeschool expenses in one place Year in Review - Build in keepsake to record this year's best memories and space for a collage. Journal Notes - Extra pages to journal about your school year or leave important notes or plan for next year. This planner can be used with most stickers found in craft stores so you can decorate and visually customize each page and add tabs where you need them. At less than $10.00 for all it's features this planner is an incredible deal and makes a wonderful gift for anyone new to homeschooling, has one student or multiple kids, who hasn't found that "perfect" planner yet.

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Download or read book Sustainable Developments by Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning for Renewable Energies written by Krishna Kumar and published by Academic Press. This book was released on 2022-03-18 with total page 418 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Sustainable Developments by Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning for Renewable Energies analyzes the changes in this energy generation shift, including issues of grid stability with variability in renewable energy vs. traditional baseload energy generation. Providing solutions to current critical environmental, economic and social issues, this book comprises various complex nonlinear interactions among different parameters to drive the integration of renewable energy into the grid. It considers how artificial intelligence and machine learning techniques are being developed to produce more reliable energy generation to optimize system performance and provide sustainable development. As the use of artificial intelligence to revolutionize the energy market and harness the potential of renewable energy is essential, this reference provides practical guidance on the application of renewable energy with AI, along with machine learning techniques and capabilities in design, modeling and for forecasting performance predictions for the optimization of renewable energy systems. It is targeted at researchers, academicians and industry professionals working in the field of renewable energy, AI, machine learning, grid Stability and energy generation. - Covers the best-performing methods and approaches for designing renewable energy systems with AI integration in a real-time environment - Gives advanced techniques for monitoring current technologies and how to efficiently utilize the energy grid spectrum - Addresses the advanced field of renewable generation, from research, impact and idea development of new applications

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Download or read book One School s Journey written by Margaret Pastor and published by Independently Published. This book was released on 2021-10-15 with total page 152 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: One School's Journey - Further Down the Path is the continuation of the story started in the award-winning book One School's Journey, about an elementary school in the Maryland suburbs of Washington, D.C. Learning to teach authentically using projects, even virtually, is chronicled by two authors - a teacher and the school's principal. This book includes additional insight and information about teaching authentically and the use of authentic projects with diverse learners at all age levels. The authors' experiences that teaching authentically is the best way to engage and teach students has been re-enforced by the success of the school's staff and students as they travel further down this path.

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Download or read book Congress on Intelligent Systems written by Mukesh Saraswat and published by Springer Nature. This book was released on 2022-06-30 with total page 914 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book is a collection of selected papers presented at the Second Congress on Intelligent Systems (CIS 2021), organized by Soft Computing Research Society and CHRIST (Deemed to be University), Bengaluru, India during September 4 – 5, 2021. It includes novel and innovative work from experts, practitioners, scientists and decision-makers from academia and industry. It covers topics such as Internet of Things, information security, embedded systems, real-time systems, cloud computing, big data analysis, quantum computing, automation systems, bio-inspired intelligence, cognitive systems, cyber physical systems, data analytics, data/web mining, data science, intelligence for security, intelligent decision making systems, intelligent information processing, intelligent transportation, artificial intelligence for machine vision, imaging sensors technology, image segmentation, convolutional neural network, image/video classification, soft computing for machine vision, pattern recognition, human computer interaction, robotic devices and systems, autonomous vehicles, intelligent control systems, human motor control, game playing, evolutionary algorithms, swarm optimization, neural network, deep learning, supervised learning, unsupervised learning, fuzzy logic, rough sets, computational optimization, and neuro fuzzy systems.

Download or read book Ruby Charm Colors Big Book of Color Charts written by Susan Carlson and published by . This book was released on 2021-06-08 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 222 page, 8.5 x 11", spiral bound and tabbed Artist Edition book dedicated to charting and swatching colored pencils, pastel pencils, watercolor pencils, ink, and markers. Book includes 49 pre-labeled charts (with color names and numbers) of the most popular brands. Book also includes blank charts for additional brands and media, and a large number of original line art illustrations that can be colored. This book was designed and illustrated for the adult coloring market by Susan Carlson (aka Ruby Charm Colors).

Download or read book Dancing Dragonfly Quilts written by Sue Beevers and published by C&T Publishing Inc. This book was released on 2010-11-05 with total page 101 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Daring, Dramatic, Dazzling-Dragonfly Quilts! Make 12 stunning contemporary quilts from the traditional Dragonfly block. Expand the design possibilities with 6 variations on the basic block. Learn how to create dramatically different looks by playing with your fabric's colors, textures, and values. Assemble your Dragonflies with traditional piecing, templates, paper piecing, or modified paper piecing. Everything you need to create dazzling new quilts from the traditional Dragonfly block is here in this comprehensive workbook. Try any of the 12 complete quilt projects, or use Sue's design techniques to make your own original Dragonfly designs.

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Download or read book Emerging Research in Computing Information Communication and Applications written by N. R. Shetty and published by Springer Nature. This book was released on 2022-12-12 with total page 1028 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book presents the proceedings of the International Conference on Emerging Research in Computing, Information, Communication and Applications, ERCICA 2022. The conference provides an interdisciplinary forum for researchers, professional engineers and scientists, educators, and technologists to discuss, debate, and promote research and technology in the upcoming areas of computing, information, communication, and their applications. The book discusses these emerging research areas, providing a valuable resource for researchers and practicing engineers alike.

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Download or read book Engineering Autonomous Vehicles and Robots written by Shaoshan Liu and published by John Wiley & Sons. This book was released on 2020-05-11 with total page 214 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Offers a step-by-step guide to building autonomous vehicles and robots, with source code and accompanying videos The first book of its kind on the detailed steps for creating an autonomous vehicle or robot, this book provides an overview of the technology and introduction of the key elements involved in developing autonomous vehicles, and offers an excellent introduction to the basics for someone new to the topic of autonomous vehicles and the innovative, modular-based engineering approach called DragonFly. Engineering Autonomous Vehicles and Robots: The DragonFly Modular-based Approach covers everything that technical professionals need to know about: CAN bus, chassis, sonars, radars, GNSS, computer vision, localization, perception, motion planning, and more. Particularly, it covers Computer Vision for active perception and localization, as well as mapping and motion planning. The book offers several case studies on the building of an autonomous passenger pod, bus, and vending robot. It features a large amount of supplementary material, including the standard protocol and sample codes for chassis, sonar, and radar. GPSD protocol/NMEA protocol and GPS deployment methods are also provided. Most importantly, readers will learn the philosophy behind the DragonFly modular-based design approach, which empowers readers to design and build their own autonomous vehicles and robots with flexibility and affordability. Offers progressive guidance on building autonomous vehicles and robots Provides detailed steps and codes to create an autonomous machine, at affordable cost, and with a modular approach Written by one of the pioneers in the field building autonomous vehicles Includes case studies, source code, and state-of-the art research results Accompanied by a website with supplementary material, including sample code for chassis/sonar/radar; GPS deployment methods; Vision Calibration methods Engineering Autonomous Vehicles and Robots is an excellent book for students, researchers, and practitioners in the field of autonomous vehicles and robots.

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