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Summary: An older sister can't understand why her little sister, Keisha, won't play with her. The family finds out that Keisha has autism and goes to see a therapist to understand what autism means to them. This fully color illustrated, bilingual (English and Spanish) children's book is written for young readers, parents, siblings, family members, and professionals who work with children diagnosed with Autism Spectrum Disorders. Recipient of the 2006 Benjamin Franklin Silver Seal for Best First Book..
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Every reader can name at least one book that changed his or her life—and many more beloved titles will surely come to mind as well. In The Book That Changed My Life, fifteen of America’s most influential authors discuss their own special literary choices. These unique interviews with National Book Award winners and finalists offer new insights into the many ways in which the experience of reading shapes the act of writing. Robert Stone on Joseph Conrad’s Victory, Cynthia Ozick on Henry James’s Washington Square, Charles Johnson on Jack London’s The Sea-Wolf—each approaches the question of literary influence, while offering rich and wonderful revelations about his or her own writing career. James Carroll, Don DeLillo, E. L. Doctorow, Diane Johnson, Philip Levine, David Levering Lewis, Barry Lopez, David McCullough, Alice McDermott, Grace Paley, Linda Pastan, and Katherine Paterson are the other distinguished contributors to this collection of informed, insightful interviews..
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Nautilus Book Award Finalist (Saving the World One Book at a Time) as well as the Moonbeam Book Award "Kids for Saving Earth." An introduction to organic foods and sustainable agriculture for 8- to 12-year-olds. An unexpected visitor from another planet refuses to eat Jen's Favorite snack, calling it "Not Food." He won't even taste her Halloween candy! What could explain this strange behavior? Find out by joining this fun, food-finding adventure. Using alien technology (and common sense), dodging ray beams (and misunderstandings), deflecting dangerous chemicals (and ignorance), we are led to the ineveitable truth: What you eat not only affects your health, but the health of the entire planet!.
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This second edition is an indispensable source of advice and encouragement for the small church pastor, including how to formulate a mission while understanding the cultures of the community and the church. Chapter-by-chapter suggestions and several appendixes of helpful assessment tools help pastors and lay leadership work through the book together..
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The Poynter Institute once again brings you the year's best newswriting and community service photojournalism, showcasing the winners and finalists of the American Society of Newspaper Editors annual competition. The perfect reader for aspiring journalists, Best Newspaper Writing, 2006-2007 Edition, offers a wide array of exemplary writing and photojournalism, providing quality models students can analyze and emulate.

In addition to the interviews, assignments, and x-ray readings you have come to expect from this trusted collection, Poynter faculty have added two new features to this annual edition. In "Conversations about Convergence," Poynter faculty explores the collaborative nature of multimedia writing and reporting through interviews with online editors and photojournalists. And to better understand the challenges of reporting a natural disaster of the magnitude of Katrina, a dedicated section on hurricane coverage--from deadline reporting to column and editorial writing--serves as a unique teaching case..
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Features ten stories selected as finalists for the 2008 Wordstock Short Fiction Competition: Calendar Girl Arrested, Freed, by Kurt Rheinheimer; The Sunbather, by Brendan Kerr; Buried Dinner, by Gregory Loselle; Zagharoot, by Linda Barnhart; Looks Like Newsprint, by Danya Bush; My Father Moves Through Time Like a Dirigible, by Gregg Cusick; You Must Remember This, by Norman Girault; Voices of the Doomed, by James Gish, Jr.; The Albatross, by Jendi Reiter; The Way Home, by Lones Seiber.
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Tre Barringer is under suspicion after a close friend of his, Flip, is nearly killed while playing a full-immersion video game with his log-on. Before he can be questioned by authorities, he receives word that his estranged grandfather has died on the moon. Tre must present himself to the board of his grandfather's company, or he will loose his inheritance. On the run from federal agents and being pursued by hired cyber assassins, Tre must use all his gifting to reach the moon alive. Along the way, the fates of five individuals become entwined, as circumstances began to herd them together for a climactic cyber show-down. Future Freaks plays out in a highly futuristic, cyber-suffused, world that’s been both benefited and corrupted by extremely advanced genetic engineering and neural networking that allow for the creation of inner-scapes and fantasies-into-action that go beyond anything computer-“virtual” imaginable today.
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The beloved Caldecott Honor artist now recounts a tale of vastly different kind -- her own achingly potent memoir of a childhood of flight, imprisonment, and uncommon bravery in Nazi-occupied Poland. Anita Lobel was barely five when the war began and sixteen by the time she came to America from Sweden, where she had been sent to recover at the end of the war. This haunting book, illustrated with the author's archival photographs, is the remarkable account of her life during those years. Poised, forthright, and always ready to embrace life, Anita Lobel is the main character in the most personal story she will ever tell.The beloved Caldecott Honor artist now recounts a tale of vastly different kind -- her own achingly potent memoir of a childhood of flight, imprisonment, and uncommon bravery in Nazi-occupied Poland. Anita Lobel was barely five when the war began and sixteen by the time she came to America from Sweden, where she had been sent to recover at the end of the war. This haunting book, illustrated with the author's archival photographs, is the remarkable account of her life during those years.Poised, forthright, and always ready to embrace life, Anita Lobel is the main character in the most personal story she will ever tell.

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