Author: Alan Philps
Publisher: Macmillan + ORM
ISBN: 1429958103
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 306
Book Description
In 1990, a young boy afflicted with cerebral palsy was born, prematurely, in Russia. His name was Vanya. His mother abandoned him to the state childcare system and he was sent to a bleak orphanage called Baby House 10. Once there, he entered a nightmare world he was not to leave for more than eight years. Housed in a ward with a group of other children, he was clothed in rags, ignored by most of the staff and given little, if any, medical treatment. He was finally, and cruelly, confined for a time to a mental asylum where he lived, almost caged, lying in a pool of his own waste on a locked ward surrounded by psychotic adults. But, that didn't stop Vanya. Even in these harsh conditions, he grew into a smart and persistent young boy who reached out to everyone around him. Two of those he reached out to—Sarah Philps, the wife of a British journalist, and Vika, a young Russian woman—realized that Vanya was no ordinary child and they began a campaign to find him a home. After many twists and turns, Vanya came to the attention of a single woman living in the United States named Paula Lahutsky. After a lot of red tape and more than one miracle, Paula adopted Vanya and brought him to the U.S. where he is now known as John Lahutsky, an honors student at Freedom High School in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania and a member of the Boy Scouts of America Order of the Arrow. In The Boy From Baby House 10, Sarah's hus band, Alan Philps, helps John Lahutsky bring this inspiring true-life story of a small boy with a big heart and an unquenchable will to readers everywhere.
The Boy from Baby House 10
Booktalking Nonfiction
Author: Jennifer Bromann-Bender
Publisher: Scarecrow Press
ISBN: 0810888092
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
Languages : en
Pages : 169
Book Description
Booktalking Nonfiction: 200 Sure-Fire Winners for Middle and High School Readers will provide an introduction to selecting and writing booktalks for nonfiction books with a focus on unique informational texts and biographies and autobiographies. A booktalk is a summary of a book presented in a way that would interest someone in reading the book described. Why non-fiction? Because the Common Core Standards Initiative, which most states have adopted, requires that 70% of the materials students read be from the category of informational texts it is especially important to focus on nonfiction when sharing books with students. Here’s everything you need to do just that. Chapters cover selecting, writing, preparing, and presenting booktalks, special tips for high-interest, low-level books, and using non-fiction in the library and the classroom. Two hundred ready-to-present booktalks arranged by genre are also included. Genres include animals, famous people, sports, crime and serial killers, movies and television, religion, war, history, and the supernatural.
Publisher: Scarecrow Press
ISBN: 0810888092
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
Languages : en
Pages : 169
Book Description
Booktalking Nonfiction: 200 Sure-Fire Winners for Middle and High School Readers will provide an introduction to selecting and writing booktalks for nonfiction books with a focus on unique informational texts and biographies and autobiographies. A booktalk is a summary of a book presented in a way that would interest someone in reading the book described. Why non-fiction? Because the Common Core Standards Initiative, which most states have adopted, requires that 70% of the materials students read be from the category of informational texts it is especially important to focus on nonfiction when sharing books with students. Here’s everything you need to do just that. Chapters cover selecting, writing, preparing, and presenting booktalks, special tips for high-interest, low-level books, and using non-fiction in the library and the classroom. Two hundred ready-to-present booktalks arranged by genre are also included. Genres include animals, famous people, sports, crime and serial killers, movies and television, religion, war, history, and the supernatural.
A Group Test of Home Environment
Author: Edith Marie Burdick
Publisher:
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Category : Child development
Languages : en
Pages : 124
Book Description
Publisher:
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Category : Child development
Languages : en
Pages : 124
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Archives of Psychology
Author: Robert Sessions Woodworth
Publisher:
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Category : Psychology
Languages : en
Pages : 480
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Category : Psychology
Languages : en
Pages : 480
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Journal of Infectious Diseases
The Journal of Infectious Diseases
Author:
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Category : Communicable diseases
Languages : en
Pages : 780
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Publisher:
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Category : Communicable diseases
Languages : en
Pages : 780
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Perfect Jewels
Records of the Proceedings and Printed Papers of the Parliament
Author: Australia. Parliament
Publisher:
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Languages : en
Pages : 1938
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Languages : en
Pages : 1938
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Poverty
Author: Benjamin Seebohm Rowntree
Publisher:
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Category : Poor
Languages : en
Pages : 464
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Publisher:
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Category : Poor
Languages : en
Pages : 464
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A Study of Association in Insanity
Author: Grace Helen Kent
Publisher:
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Category : Association of ideas
Languages : en
Pages : 152
Book Description
Publisher:
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Category : Association of ideas
Languages : en
Pages : 152
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