Download or read book Yara s Tawari Tree written by Yossi Lapid and published by . This book was released on 2019-07 with total page 44 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Yara lives with her Mama in the lush Amazon jungle. She wants to rescue her beloved but increasingly besieged rainforest home. When Yara falls gravely ill, the forest returns the love and saves Yara's life. "A story with a good ecological message and vibrant paintings..." - Kirkus Reviews Written in rhyme and featuring gorgeous watercolor illustrations by Joanna Pasek, this is the first volume in a new series showing children how all living things on our beautiful planet depend on one another. In a faraway jungle, by a big waterfall, Smoke rose in the air, things were not good at all. "They are clearing the forest, they are now very near. This is surely my end!" sighed a seedling with fear. On the bank of the river, in a house made of wood, Close to the place where the scared seedling stood, A hard-working mother and her kindhearted child, Lived freely together, eating food from the wild. "Lapid's story is enchanting, and it is the perfect opening for discussions on the environment..." Reader's Favorite, Jack Magnus Get it now!
Download or read book Teaching Disciplinary Literacy in Grades K 6 written by Sarah M. Lupo and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2021-09-06 with total page 392 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Accessible and engaging, this text provides a comprehensive framework and practical strategies for infusing content-area instruction in math, social studies, and science into literacy instruction for grades K-6. Throughout ten clear thematic chapters, the authors introduce an innovative Content-Driven Integration (CDI) model and a roadmap to apply it in the classroom. Each chapter provides invaluable tools and techniques for pre-service classroom teachers to create a quality integrated thematic unit from start to finish. Features include Chapter Previews, Anticipation Guides, Questions to Ponder, Teacher Spotlights, "Now You Try it" sections, and more. Using authentic examples to highlight actual challenges and teacher experiences, this text illustrates what integrating high-quality, rich content-infused literacy looks like in the real world. Celebrating student diversity, this book discusses how to meet a wide variety of students’ needs, with a focus on English Language Learners, culturally and linguistically diverse students, and students with reading and writing difficulties. A thorough guide to disciplinary integration, this book is an essential text for courses on disciplinary literacy, elementary/primary literacy, and English Language Arts (ELA) methods, and is ideal for pre-service and in-service ELA and literacy teachers, as well as consultants, literacy scholars, and curriculum specialists.
Download or read book Rise of the Jumbies written by Tracey Baptiste and published by Algonquin Books. This book was released on 2017-09-19 with total page 273 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Deep beneath the waves, a great enemy awakens . . . Corinne LaMer defeated the wicked jumbie Severine months ago, but things haven’t exactly gone back to normal in her Caribbean island home. Everyone knows Corinne is half-jumbie, and many of her neighbors treat her with mistrust. When local children begin to go missing, snatched from the beach and vanishing into wells, suspicious eyes turn to Corinne. To rescue the missing children and clear her own name, Corinne goes deep into the ocean to find Mama D’Leau, the dangerous jumbie who rules the sea. But Mama D’Leau’s help comes with a price. Corinne and her friends Dru, Bouki, and Malik must travel with mermaids across the ocean to fetch a powerful object for Mama D’Leau. The only thing more perilous than Corinne’s adventures across the sea is the jumbie that waits for her back home. With action-packed storytelling and inventive twists on Caribbean and West African mythology and fairy tales, Rise of the Jumbies is a breathlessly exciting tale of courage and friendship. An NPR Best Book of 2017 A Kirkus Reviews Best Book of 2017 A School Library Journal Best Book of 2017
Download or read book An Inquiry Into the Ethnography of Afghanistan written by Henry Walter Bellew and published by . This book was released on 1891 with total page 224 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Tuki and Moka written by Judy Young and published by Sleeping Bear Press. This book was released on 2013-08-01 with total page 36 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Eduardo and his family live in a small town in Ecuador, not far from the Amazon rainforest. The rainforest is an important part of their lives. Each month Eduardo and his father travel by river from their town to the rainforest. There, using just a basket and a machete, they gather Brazil nuts. They are castañeros and this is how they earn their living. But the rainforest is not only important to the castañeros; it is home to many exotic species of plants, birds, and mammals, including two playful tamarins that Eduardo has named Tuki and Moka. So although it is difficult work being a castañero, Eduardo looks forward to his visits to the rainforest so he can play with his two friends. But one night, the peace of the forest is threatened by poachers, animal traffickers who illegally capture and then try to sell some of the birds and animals. Can Eduardo save his friends?
Download or read book Bread Bread Bread written by Ann Morris and published by Harper Collins. This book was released on 1993-05-21 with total page 36 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: What kind of bread do you eat? A bagel? A tortilla? A baguette? All over the world, wherever there are human beings, someone is eating bread. Ann Morris's simple text and Ken Heyman's dazzling full-color photographs reveal for young readers how people eat -- and how people live -- the world over.
Download or read book Explore My World Rain Forests written by Marfe Ferguson Delano and published by Disney Electronic Content. This book was released on 2017-07-18 with total page 36 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Drip, drop. Rain falls softly on the forest canopy. You peer into the mist. What wild creatures emerge? In this charming picture book, curious kids will learn all about the majesty of the rain forest, from jungle predators to colorful treetop birds to plants that thrive in this lush landscape.
Download or read book Over in the Jungle written by Marianne Berkes and published by Sourcebooks, Inc.. This book was released on 2007-03-01 with total page 35 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Learning is fun while discovering one of the most beautiful ecosystems in the world! Begin to appreciate the adorable baby animals in and around jungles like butterflies that flit, parrots that squawk, and sloths that creep. Explore the world around you, and inspire a bond with nature through curiosity and wonder! Parents, teachers and gift givers will find: a book filled with baby animals from jungle habitats. educational backmatter about this habitat and the animals that live there. a nature book to explore new and beautiful habitats! The creative art will inspire many projects at home and at school! Kids will explore the jungle habitat and learn about baby animals like boas, dart frogs, and more creatures around the jungle habitat in this bestselling book for young explorers!
Download or read book Somewhere in the World Right Now written by Stacey Schuett and published by Paw Prints. This book was released on 2009-05-21 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Shows what might be happening at the exact same moment in different parts of the world, from Boston to Australia, in an introduction to time zones
Download or read book Zonia s Rain Forest written by Juana Martinez-Neal and published by Candlewick. This book was released on 2021-03-30 with total page 41 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A heartfelt, visually stunning picture book from Caldecott Honor and Robert F. Sibert Medal winner Juana Martinez-Neal illuminates a young girl’s day of play and adventure in the lush rain forest of Peru. Zonia’s home is the Amazon rain forest, where it is always green and full of life. Every morning, the rain forest calls to Zonia, and every morning, she answers. She visits the sloth family, greets the giant anteater, and runs with the speedy jaguar. But one morning, the rain forest calls to her in a troubled voice. How will Zonia answer? Acclaimed author-illustrator Juana Martinez-Neal explores the wonders of the rain forest with Zonia, an Asháninka girl, in her joyful outdoor adventures. The engaging text emphasizes Zonia’s empowering bond with her home, while the illustrations—created on paper made from banana bark—burst with luxuriant greens and delicate details. Illuminating back matter includes a translation of the story in Asháninka, information on the Asháninka community, and resources on the Amazon rain forest and its wildlife.
Download or read book Orangutan A Day in the Rainforest Canopy written by Rita Goldner and published by . This book was released on 2020-04-30 with total page 34 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Foodborne Diseases written by Dean O. Cliver and published by Gulf Professional Publishing. This book was released on 2002-11 with total page 442 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Publisher Description
Download or read book Apple in the Middle written by Dawn Quigley and published by . This book was released on 2020-06-22 with total page 264 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Young Adult Native American NovelApple Starkington turned her back on her Native American heritage the moment she was called a racial slur for someone of white and Indian descent, not that she really even knew how to be an Indian. Too bad the white world doesn't accept her either. And so begins her quirky habits to gain acceptance. Apple's name, chosen by her Indian mother on her deathbed, has a double meaning: treasured apple of my eye, but also the negative connotation-a person who is red, or Indian, on the outside, but white on the inside.After her wealthy father gives her the boot one summer, Apple reluctantly agrees to visit her Native American relatives on the Turtle Mountain Indian Reservation in North Dakota for the first time. Apple learns to deal with the culture shock of Indian customs and the Native Michif language, while she tries to deal with a vengeful Indian man who loved her mother in high school but now hates Apple because her mom married a white man.As Apple meets her Indian relatives, she shatters Indian stereotypes and learns what it means to find her place in a world divided by color.
Download or read book The Verbal Piece in Ebira written by John R. Adive and published by Sil International, Global Publishing. This book was released on 1989 with total page 192 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Describes the verbal piece of Ebira (a Nigerian language), the most complex unit in the language from the mother tongue speaker's point of view.
Download or read book The ABC s of Positivity written by Laura Lynn Doyle and published by Desire for Higher Incorporated. This book was released on 2019-09-19 with total page 34 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The ABC's of Positivity is a delightful rhyming picture book full of powerful, and positive affirming messages to help children develop a positive attitude towards themselves, others and life; while having fun learning at the same time.
Download or read book Dinosaurs Big and Small written by Kathleen Weidner Zoehfeld and published by Harper Collins. This book was released on 2002-05-07 with total page 44 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Some dinosaurs were big. How big? As long as four school buses in a row, as heavy as sixteen elephants. Some dinosaurs were small. How small? Read and find out!
Download or read book My Snowman Paul written by Yossi Laipid and published by . This book was released on 2018-05-04 with total page 42 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Snowman Paul is a charming snowman who loves playing games and going on adventures with friends. In this book, Snowman Paul meets Dan for the first time, and they become best friends in an adventure-filled winter wonderland. This book teaches children the valuable lessons of true friendship and being comfortable with who they are. Fast paced and stunningly illustrated with full-page watercolors, it will delight children and parents alike. It is a great bedtime story, and it is ideal for beginner readers. It makes a beautiful gift, and it will show you how much fun winter can be if you embrace your imagination. Ready to experience fantastic fun on cold winter nights or hot summer days? Join Dan and Snowman Paul in their imaginative and whimsical adventures.
