While the other field mice work to gather grain and nuts for winter, Frederick sits on a sunny rock by himself. “I gather sun rays for the cold dark winter days,” he tells them. Another day he gathers “colors,” and then “words.” And when the food runs out, it is Frederick, the dreamer and poet, whose endless store of supplies warms the hearts of his fellow mice, and feeds their spirits during the darkest winter days. Frederick’s story will warm readers as well in this Caldecott Honor winning fable.
The Pitbull of Personal Development? and New York Times best-selling author is back with advice on the dumb things people do to sabotage their success.
What do people really want? They want what they've got. It's a simple formula. You have what you want because your actions produced your results. Not your words, and certainly not your wants.
The Listening and Speaking Activities booklets consists of five pages of teacher notes and twenty-three activity pages. Teacher notes discuss the speaking and listening principles involved in each activity. They provide practical guidelines for conducting the activity and for evaluating students' answers to questions. Activity pages include practical tips and suggestions for performing the activity and questions to help students evaluate the effectiveness of their own and their peers' participation.
The Trivia Lover's Guide to the World: Geography for the Lost and Found
Gary Fuller’s entertaining and engaging guide enhances geographic know-how with good, old-fashioned fun, using trivia to open up new worlds of knowledge for all readers. Often dismissed as unimportant, trivia here highlights issues that are far from trivial, pondering, for example, what peaceful country requires citizens to keep guns in their homes? what continent contains at least 75 percent of the world’s fresh water? and why aren't New York, Los Angeles, Chicago, and Philadelphia the capitals of their respective states?
Castle: A History of the Buildings That Shaped Medieval Britain
Beginning with their introduction in the eleventh century, and ending with their widespread abandonment in the seventeenth, Marc Morris explores many of the country's most famous castles, as well as some spectacular lesser-known examples.
