Author: Mary-Rose MacColl Publisher: Univ. of Queensland Press ISBN: 0702251720 Category : Fiction Languages : en Pages : 211
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Essential reading for every woman who is or may one day become a mother. Women are told they have pregnancy and birth care choices. But their only real choice is which side to take in the birth wars. Each day battles are waged in hospitals and clinics around Australia: between those who view birth as natural and those who view birth as medical. Both sides care deeply about women and babies and, driven by deeply held beliefs, both sides claim they should manage birth for women. They are the doctors and midwives, or 'mechanics' and 'organics', vying for power in The Birth Wars. Based.
Author: Anne Malewski Publisher: John Benjamins Publishing Company ISBN: 9027258406 Category : Literary Criticism Languages : en Pages : 243
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This volume examines changing boundaries between childhood and adulthood in British society and culture at the beginning of the twenty-first century − where these age boundaries are widely debated, policed, and contested − to investigate alternatives to conventional ideas of growing up. Building on observations, especially in children’s literature criticism, that human growth is shaped by a grand narrative that privileges adulthood, and on terminologies of non-normative growth, particularly in queer theory, this monograph develops growing sideways as a concept that queers this grand narrative by destabilising childhood and adulthood, and the boundaries between them. The concept is refined through close readings of twenty-first century British children’s literature, television series, film, and participatory events, troubling age boundaries via specific strategies in three conceptual areas: appearance, play, and space. Exploring power structures around age and gender, this monograph traces growing sideways as a distinct and important alternative discourse of human growth.
Author: Simon James Publisher: ISBN: 9781406313383 Category : Children's stories Languages : en Pages : 24
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Everyone knows that Baby Brains is the smartest baby in the whole world. He's certainly clever enough to see how tired his Mum and Dad seem to be at the end of the day, In spite of his brilliant invention of a remote-controlled self-rocking cradle and a fully motorized baby buggy, he invents RoboMum. She takes over all the household chores, until she too suffers overload, and things start to get a little mixed up. The final indignity is RoboMum washing Baby Brains in the kitchen sink with the dishes and pegging him out to dry on the line. At this Baby Brains does what any normal baby would do and wails, “I want my mummy!” and warns his mother just before RoboMum explodes. Does this put Baby Brains off inventing? No, but RoboMum 2 is much smaller, and presumably easier to control.
Author: Rachel Sparks Linfield Publisher: Andrews UK Limited ISBN: 1909101281 Category : Education Languages : en Pages : 53
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Planning for Learning through ICT aims to introduce young children to what ICT is, and provides over six weeks worth of activities that explore a range of technologies suitable for children 3-5. The book provides ideas for helping children learn about the different purposes of ICT and explores how to use ICT to create, to find information, to play, to shop. The book focuses in particular on how to use ICT creatively as well as outdoors. Whatever your daily learning, this book aims to show how ICT can be easily and appropriately included in your everyday play and learning.
Author: Simon James Publisher: National Geographic Books ISBN: 0763681776 Category : Juvenile Fiction Languages : en Pages : 0
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Simon James's story about the smartest baby in the world will have little ones howling with laughter and may have big ones smiling wryly with self-recognition. It's never too early to start bringing up the smartest baby in the whole world. So thinks the expectant Mrs. Brains, who reads to the baby inside her tummy every night and plays music and language tapes to her baby during the day. And soon enough, Mr. and Mrs. Brains have their very own Baby Brains! He reads the paper, fixes the family car, and works as a doctor in the local hospital. Now even the space program is calling on him. Is there anything Baby Brains can't do?
Author: Chris Riddell Publisher: Pan Macmillan ISBN: 1447263189 Category : Juvenile Fiction Languages : en Pages : 0
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If his inventions go wrong, Wendel just throws them away and starts again. So when Clunk, his robot assistant, fills the sock drawer with cups and saucers and makes tea in a Wellington boot, Wendel throws him on the scrapheap and makes himself a new assistant: the Wendelbot. But he gets more than he bargained for, and soon Wendel finds himself on the scrapheap. Can he win back his workshop from the mighty Wendelbot? Let the robot battle commence! Wendel's Workshop is a very funny adventure full of crazy inventions and magnificent robots from award-winning author and illustrator Chris Riddell - with a subtle environmental message.
Author: Simon James Publisher: ISBN: 9781406383157 Category : Languages : en Pages : 32
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The heart-warming story of a little boy who misses his mum from award-winning author-illustrator Simon James. The day that Stanley's mum had to go away, he decided to go to Mars. In his place, a not-very-well-behaved Martian arrived. He looked just like Stanley, but he wouldn't eat his vegetables, he wouldn't clean his teeth and he certainly didn't play nicely in the playground. Dad's not sure what Mum will think when she gets back. Will the martian still be there, or will the real Stanley get back in time? Simon James's gentle watercolour illustrations add depth and warmth to this charming story of Stanley who misses his mum. From award-winning author-illustrator Simon James, whose books for Walker include Dear Greenpeace and Rex. A charming and funny story that also subtly explores family relationships
Author: Simon James Publisher: ISBN: 9780744582888 Category : Children's stories Languages : en Pages : 24
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A heartwarming story about a little girl who learns an important environmental lesson. When Sally pulls a limpet off a rock at the beach, it sticks to her finger - and nothing she or her family or her friends do can unstick it. Sally's teacher says that limpets live on the same rock for twenty years. So will Sally ever get the limpet off her finger?
Author: Mary-Rose MacColl
Author: Anne Malewski
Author: Simon James
Author: Rachel Sparks Linfield
Author: Simon James
Author: Simon James
Author: Simon James
Author: Chris Riddell
Author: Simon James
Author: Simon James