Author: Leigh A. Bortins Publisher: ISBN: 9780979833304 Category : Classical education Languages : en Pages : 124
Book Description
Children are natural learners, and building a core foundation at an early age is critical to their success both educationally and in life. In this book, education expert and author Leigh A. bortins incorporates the best ideas from the ancients and gives parents the tools to revive classical learning.
Author: Lauren Wolk Publisher: Penguin ISBN: 0525555587 Category : Juvenile Fiction Languages : en Pages : 370
Book Description
★ “Historical fiction at its finest.” –The Horn Book “There has never been a better time to read about healing, of both the body and the heart.” –The New York Times Book Review Echo Mountain is an acclaimed best book of 2020! An NPR Best Book of the Year • A Horn Book Fanfare Selection • A Kirkus Best Book of the Year • A Publishers Weekly Best Book of the Year • A School Library Journal Best Book of the Year • A Chicago Public Library Best Book of the Year After losing almost everything in the Great Depression, Ellie’s family is forced to leave their home in town and start over in the untamed wilderness of nearby Echo Mountain. Ellie has found a welcome freedom, and a love of the natural world, in her new life on the mountain. But there is little joy after a terrible accident leaves her father in a coma. An accident unfairly blamed on Ellie. Ellie is a girl who takes matters into her own hands, and determined to help her father she will make her way to the top of the mountain in search of the healing secrets of a woman known only as “the hag.” But the hag, and the mountain, still have many untold stories left to reveal. Historical fiction at its finest, Echo Mountain is celebration of finding your own path and becoming your truest self. Lauren Wolk, the Newbery Honor– and Scott O'Dell Award–winning author of Wolf Hollow and Beyond the Bright Sea, weaves a stunning tale of resilience, persistence, and friendship across three generations of families. “Soothing and exquisitely written.” –People “This is a book that will soothe readers like a healing balm.” –The Wall Street Journal “Brilliant.” –Lynda Mullaly Hunt, bestselling author of Fish in a Tree
Author: Robert J. Myers Publisher: Doubleday Books ISBN: Category : Social Science Languages : en Pages : 424
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Cultural and historical background and traditions of forty-five major American holidays, both secular and religious, Christian and Jewish.
Author: Elsa Knight Bruno Publisher: Henry Holt and Company (BYR) ISBN: 1466821892 Category : Juvenile Nonfiction Languages : en Pages : 36
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Can learning about punctuation really be fun? You bet--in Elsa Knight Bruno's Punctuation Celebration, featuring illlustrations by Jenny Whitehead Punctuation marks come alive in this clever picture book featuring fourteen playful poems. Periods stop sentences in a baker's shop, commas help a train slow down, quotation marks tell people what to do, and colons stubbornly introduce lists. This appealing primer is a surefire way to make punctuation both accessible and fun for kids.
Author: Leigh A. Bortins Publisher: Macmillan ISBN: 023010035X Category : Education Languages : en Pages : 255
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The Core is an important resource that helps parents create ways to incorporate study into daily routines involving the entire family. --Book Jacket.
Author: Alyssa Satin Capucilli Publisher: Harper Collins ISBN: 0061625140 Category : Juvenile Fiction Languages : en Pages : 27
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It's Earth Day! Join Biscuit as he helps take care of our green world. From planting seeds to cleaning up, Biscuit's celebration is an exciting adventure for Earth Day and for every day! Woof! Have more fun with Biscuit!
Author: Adrienne Keith Publisher: ISBN: 9781883672232 Category : Juvenile Nonfiction Languages : en Pages : 40
Book Description
Greet the seasons with fairy games and crafts and party ideas that will delight kids--and grown-ups, too. Gorgeous illustrations and playful couplets, plus an all-new Fairy Box that turns into a little fairy house, have been dreamed up with enchantment in mind.
Author: Classical Conversations MultiMedia Publisher: ISBN: 9780985170127 Category : Classical education Languages : en Pages : 224
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In The Question, the author shows parents and teachers how to ask questions that generate discussion, spark curiousity, and build strong parent-child relationships. This follow-up book to Bortins' The Core, gives parents the confidence they need to guide their children's education through middle school and beyond.
Author: Leigh A. Bortins
Author: Lauren Wolk
Author: Robert J. Myers
Author: Elsa Knight Bruno
Author: Leigh A. Bortins
Author: Classical Conversations MultiMedia
Author: Alyssa Satin Capucilli
Author: Harriet Evans
Author: Adrienne Keith
Author: Classical Conversations MultiMedia