Aleutian Sparrow

Publisher : Simon and Schuster
Release Date : 2010-05-11
ISBN : 9781439131831
Pages : 160 pages
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Download or read book Aleutian Sparrow written by Karen Hesse and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2010-05-11 with total page 160 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In June 1942, seven months after attacking Pearl Harbor, the Japanese navy invaded Alaska's Aleutian Islands. For nine thousand years the Aleut people had lived and thrived on these treeless, windswept lands. Within days of the first attack, the entire native population living west of Unimak Island was gathered up and evacuated to relocation centers in the dense forests of Alaska's Southeast. With resilience, compassion, and humor, the Aleuts responded to the sorrows of upheaval and dislocation. This is the story of Vera, a young Aleut caught up in the turmoil of war. It chronicles her struggles to survive and to keep community and heritage intact despite harsh conditions in an alien environment.

Karen Hesse

by Rosemary Oliphant-Ingham

Publisher : Scarecrow Press
Release Date : 2005
ISBN : 9780810853911
Pages : 120 pages
Rating Book: 4.5/5 (853 users)

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Download or read book Karen Hesse written by Rosemary Oliphant-Ingham and published by Scarecrow Press. This book was released on 2005 with total page 120 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Works examined include Out of the Dust, The Music of Dolphins, Letters from Rifka, A Light in the Storm, The Civil War Diary of Amelia Martin, and A Time of Angels. Each book involves issues of family; challenges and decisions; difficulties of life; strong, independent female characters; differences in people; and writing and the use of language. Teachers, librarians and teen readers will find this an intriguing look into the writing of Karen Hesse."--Jacket.

A Companion to Children's Literature

by Karen Coats

Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
Release Date : 2022-06-06
ISBN : 1119038251
Pages : 496 pages
Rating Book: 4.1/5 (119 users)

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Download or read book A Companion to Children's Literature written by Karen Coats and published by John Wiley & Sons. This book was released on 2022-06-06 with total page 496 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A COMPANION TO CHILDREN’S LITERATURE A collection of international, up-to-date, and diverse perspectives on children’s literary criticism A Companion to Children’s Literature offers students and scholars studying children’s literature, education, and youth librarianship an incisive and expansive collection of essays that discuss key debates within children’s literature criticism. The thirty-four works included demonstrate a diverse array of perspectives from around the world, introduce emerging scholars to the field of children’s literature criticism, and meaningfully contribute to the scholarly conversation. The essays selected by the editors present a view of children’s literature that encompasses poetry, fiction, folklore, nonfiction, dramatic stage and screen performances, picturebooks, and interactive and digital media. They range from historical overviews to of-the-moment critical theory about children’s books from across the globe. A Companion to Children’s Literature explores some of the earliest works in children’s literature, key developments in the genre from the 20th century, and the latest trends and texts in children’s information books, postmodern fairytales, theatre, plays, and more. This collection also discusses methods for reading children’s literature, from social justice critiques of popular stories to Black critical theory in the context of children’s literary analysis.

Peterson Reference Guide to Sparrows of North America

by Rick Wright

Publisher : Peterson Reference Guides
Release Date : 2019-03-19
ISBN : 0547973160
Pages : 453 pages
Rating Book: 4.4/5 (547 users)

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Download or read book Peterson Reference Guide to Sparrows of North America written by Rick Wright and published by Peterson Reference Guides. This book was released on 2019-03-19 with total page 453 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Sparrows are as complicated as they are common. This is an essential guide to identifying 76 kinds, along with a fascinating history of human interactions with them. What, exactly, is a sparrow? All birders (and many non‑birders) have essentially the same mental image of a pelican, a duck, or a flamingo, and a guide dedicated to waxwings or kingfishers would need nothing more than a sketch and a single sentence to satisfactorily identify its subject. Sparrows are harder to pin down. This book covers one family (Passerellidae), which includes towhees and juncos, and 76 members of the sparrow clan. Birds have a human history, too, beginning with their significance to native cultures and continuing through their discovery by science, their taxonomic fortunes and misfortunes, and their prospects for survival in a world with ever less space for wild creatures. This book includes not just facts and measurements, but stories--of how birds got their names and how they were discovered--of their entanglement with human history.

Knowing Their Place? Identity and Space in Children’s Literature

by Terri Doughty

Publisher : Cambridge Scholars Publishing
Release Date : 2011-12-14
ISBN : 1443836192
Pages : 210 pages
Rating Book: 4.4/5 (443 users)

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Download or read book Knowing Their Place? Identity and Space in Children’s Literature written by Terri Doughty and published by Cambridge Scholars Publishing. This book was released on 2011-12-14 with total page 210 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Traditionally in the West, children were expected to “know their place,” but what does this comprise in a contemporary, globalized world? Does it mean to continue to accept subordination to those larger and more powerful? Does it mean to espouse unthinkingly a notion of national identity? Or is it about gaining an awareness of the ways in which identity is derived from a sense of place? Where individuals are situated matters as much if not more than it ever has. In children’s literature, the physical places and psychological spaces inhabited by children and young adults are also key elements in the developing identity formation of characters and, through engagement, of readers too. The contributors to this collection map a broad range of historical and present-day workings of this process: exploring indigeneity and place, tracing the intertwining of place and identity in diasporic literature, analyzing the relationship of the child to the natural world, and studying the role of fantastic spaces in children’s construction of the self. They address fresh topics and texts, ranging from the indigenization of the Gothic by Canadian mixed-blood Anishinabe writer Drew Hayden Taylor to the lesser-known children’s books of George Mackay Brown, to eco-feminist analysis of contemporary verse novels. The essays on more canonical texts, such as Peter Pan and the Harry Potter series, provide new angles from which to revision them. Readers of this collection will gain understanding of the complex interactions of place, space, and identity in children’s literature. Essays in this book will appeal to those interested in Children’s Literature, Aboriginal Studies, Environmentalism and literature, and Fantasy literature.

Report Upon Natural History Collections Made in Alaska Between the Years 1877 and 1881

by Edward William Nelson

Publisher :
Release Date : 1887
ISBN :
Pages : 380 pages
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Download or read book Report Upon Natural History Collections Made in Alaska Between the Years 1877 and 1881 written by Edward William Nelson and published by . This book was released on 1887 with total page 380 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Birds, mammals, fishes, lepidoptera.

Download Book Report of the International Polar Expedition to Point Barrow, Alaska: Ethnographic sketch of the natives of Point Barrow, by Lieut. P.H. Ray: 1. Sketch. 2. Approximate census of Eskimos at the Cape Smythe village. 3. Vocabulary collected among the Eskimos of Point Barrow and Cape Smythe. 4. Catalogue of ethnological specimens collected by the Point Barrow expedition, prepared by John Murdoch Full in PDF

Report of the International Polar Expedition to Point Barrow, Alaska: Ethnographic sketch of the natives of Point Barrow, by Lieut. P.H. Ray: 1. Sketch. 2. Approximate census of Eskimos at the Cape Smythe village. 3. Vocabulary collected among the Eskimos of Point Barrow and Cape Smythe. 4. Catalogue of ethnological specimens collected by the Point Barrow expedition, prepared by John Murdoch

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Release Date : 1887
ISBN :
Pages : 432 pages
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Download or read book Report of the International Polar Expedition to Point Barrow, Alaska: Ethnographic sketch of the natives of Point Barrow, by Lieut. P.H. Ray: 1. Sketch. 2. Approximate census of Eskimos at the Cape Smythe village. 3. Vocabulary collected among the Eskimos of Point Barrow and Cape Smythe. 4. Catalogue of ethnological specimens collected by the Point Barrow expedition, prepared by John Murdoch written by and published by . This book was released on 1887 with total page 432 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

The Verse Novel in Young Adult Literature

by Brenna Friesner

Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
Release Date : 2016-11-16
ISBN : 1442272457
Pages : 234 pages
Rating Book: 4.4/5 (442 users)

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Download or read book The Verse Novel in Young Adult Literature written by Brenna Friesner and published by Rowman & Littlefield. This book was released on 2016-11-16 with total page 234 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Examining more than 120 titles, this book discusses the history of verse novels, analyzes key works, and considers how this increasingly popular sub-genre of young adult fiction can grapple with content that distinguishes it from traditional fiction for teens.

Bulletin

by United States. Bureau of Entomology

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Release Date : 1910
ISBN :
Pages : 820 pages
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Bulletin

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Release Date : 1912
ISBN :
Pages : pages
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Fumigation of Apples for the San Jose Scale

by Altus Lacy Quaintance

Publisher :
Release Date : 1909
ISBN :
Pages : 752 pages
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Entomology Bulletin - New Series

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Release Date : 1909
ISBN :
Pages : pages
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Compelling Stories for English Language Learners

by Janice Bland

Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
Release Date : 2022-10-06
ISBN : 1350190004
Pages : 552 pages
Rating Book: 4.5/5 (35 users)

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Download or read book Compelling Stories for English Language Learners written by Janice Bland and published by Bloomsbury Publishing. This book was released on 2022-10-06 with total page 552 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book is a comprehensive and thorough introduction to children's and young adult literature in English language education. Reading is promoted as central to language education in order to experience perspectives from around the world, and the book demonstrates the many opportunities for teaching with compelling story, encouraging an active and engaged community of second language readers through challenging picturebooks, motivating graphic novels, dynamic plays, enchanting verse novels and compelling young adult fiction. Using many examples of literary texts that are well suited to the primary or secondary classroom, the book focuses on the advantages of deep reading and the vital importance of in-depth learning. In-depth learning is an approach that involves the students as motivated participants, working collaboratively and with empathy while preparing for and confronting the challenges of the 21st century. Illustrating the approach with a Deep Reading Framework based in research and theory, Janice Bland guides the reader to discover and learn how to make use of literary texts in a way that challenges students to become involved in interculturality, creativity and critical literacy. Throughout the book the emphasis is on an approach that puts the reader and language learner in the centre – not a study of literature but a study of how readers learn through compelling story.

The Library Media Specialist In the Writing Process

by Marge Cox

Publisher : ABC-CLIO
Release Date : 2007-02-19
ISBN : 158683214X
Pages : 120 pages
Rating Book: 4.8/5 (586 users)

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Download or read book The Library Media Specialist In the Writing Process written by Marge Cox and published by ABC-CLIO. This book was released on 2007-02-19 with total page 120 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Provides lessons and activities to help librarians to teach writing through the process method and collaboration with classroom teachers.

Poetry in Literature for Youth

by Angela Leeper

Publisher : Scarecrow Press
Release Date : 2006-03-28
ISBN : 1461670551
Pages : 316 pages
Rating Book: 4.6/5 (461 users)

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Download or read book Poetry in Literature for Youth written by Angela Leeper and published by Scarecrow Press. This book was released on 2006-03-28 with total page 316 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Poetry in Literature for Youth offers teachers, librarians, parents, and students with an instrumental guide for incorporating all forms of poetry into the curriculum. More than 900 annotated entries provide descriptions of books and other resources, including anthologies, classics, various poetry formats, poetry novels, multicultural poetry, performance poetry, teen poetry, poet biographies, and curriculum connections. Lists for building a core poetry collection, along with resources for teaching poetry criticism and writing, electronic poetry resources, booktalks, classroom activities, and lesson plans complement this guide. For anyone interested in knowing about poetry in literature, this is an indispensable guide.

Experiencing America’s Story through Fiction

by Hilary Susan Crew

Publisher : American Library Association
Release Date : 2014-07-11
ISBN : 0838912257
Pages : 208 pages
Rating Book: 4.3/5 (838 users)

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Download or read book Experiencing America’s Story through Fiction written by Hilary Susan Crew and published by American Library Association. This book was released on 2014-07-11 with total page 208 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Historical fiction helps young adults imagine the past through the lives and relationships of its protagonists, putting them at the center of fascinating times and places--and the new Common Core Standards allow for use of novels alongside textbooks for teaching history. Perfect for classroom use and YA readers’ advisory, Crew’s book highlights more than 150 titles of historical fiction published since 2000 that are appropriate for seventh to twelfth graders. Choosing award-winners as well as novels which have been well-reviewed in Booklist, The Horn Book,Multicultural Review, History Teach, Journal of American History, and other periodicals, this resource assists librarians and educators bySpotlighting novels with a multiplicity of voices from different cultures, races, and ethnicitiesFeaturing both YA novels and novels written for adults that are appropriate for teensOffering thorough annotations, with an examination of each novel’s historical contentProviding discussion questions and online resources for classroom use that encourage students to think critically about the book and compare ideas and events in the story to actual historyThis book will help teachers of history as well as school and public librarians who work with youth to promote a more inclusive understanding of America’s story through historical fiction.

Teaching Young Adult Literature Today

by Judith A. Hayn

Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
Release Date : 2016-11-02
ISBN : 1475829485
Pages : 354 pages
Rating Book: 4.7/5 (475 users)

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Download or read book Teaching Young Adult Literature Today written by Judith A. Hayn and published by Rowman & Littlefield. This book was released on 2016-11-02 with total page 354 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book introduces the reader to what is current and relevant in the plethora of good books available for adolescents. Literary experts illustrate how teachers everywhere can help their students become lifelong readers by simply introducing them to great reads—smart, insightful, and engaging books that are specifically written for adolescents.