TIME Magazine Collection, October 2006
• My Right Hand - In his book Blood Brothers, TIME senior correspondent Michael Weisskopf weaves his own tale of losing a hand in Iraq with the stories of three soldiers who also spent time at Amputee Alley, Ward 57 of Walter Reed Army Medical Center in Washington
• What Makes Us Different? - Not very much, when you look at our DNA. But those few tiny changes made all the difference in the world
•The End of a Revolution - Sex, lies and power games are just the latest symptoms of a Republican Party that has strayed from its ideals
• The Fresh Face (The Democrats' New Face) - First-term Senator Barack Obama has the charisma and the ambition to run for President. But, says Joe Klein, he's not quite ready to answer the tough questions
• America By the Numbers - At the beginning of its fourth century, America is more colorful, still uncrowded, purple in its politics and complicated in its beliefs. An illustrated guide to the nation's essential truths

Stories can play an important and potent role in therapy with children and adolescents–helping them develop the skills to cope with and survive a myriad of life situations. In many cases, stories provide the most effective means of communicating what kids and teens might not want to discuss directly.

101 Healing Stories for Kids and Teens provides straightforward advice on using storytelling and metaphors in a variety of therapeutic settings.

Computer Fun Math
By Lisa Trumbauer
Grade 3-5-These interactive activity books have brightly colored pages and lively text and illustrations that will appeal to youngsters. Math includes activities to create simple graphs and charts, make and use measuring tools, understand fractions, and design games. Science teaches students to collect and record data, track the weather, identify parts of an insect, and set up simple experiments. Each book starts with computer basics such as becoming familiar with the keyboard, monitor, and mouse but there are no diagrams or pictures of computer screens illustrating the functions described. Pages have numbered, step-by-step directions

enclosed in colored boxes that are sometimes difficult to read. The books are written in an informal style, with chatty remarks such as "duh-you knew that!" or "...old news, right?" While the subject matter is very elementary, the "how to" directions for following the computer activities require a more sophisticated

reading level. Most children won't have the skill or patience to read all of the directions on their own.
Kristina Aaronson, Bethel Elementary School Library, VT Copyright 1999 Reed Business Information, Inc.

Card catalog description
Explains how to use a personal computer to complete activities that explore math, reading, geography, and science. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.