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CATCH; Nader, Phillip R.; Bachman, Kathryn J.; Williston, Jean G.; Zive, Michelle; McKenzie, Thomas: Breaking Through Barriers 5th Grade Curriculum (Go for Health Series) United States FlagHouse Inc. 2002 ; weicher Einband / soft cover ISBN: 1932032037
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Good. Breaking Through Barriers 5th Grade Curriculum (Go for Health Series) By CATCH; Nader, Phillip R.; Bachman, Kathryn J.; Williston, Jean G.; Zive, Michelle; McKenzie, Thomas Product Description Teacher Guide A 16-session curriculum in which Tillie Tellstar is back to help students overcome barriers to a healthier lifestyle. Students are introduced to the Food Guide Pyramid, pulse taking and measuring and problem-solving activities. Product Details Paperback Publisher: FlagHouse Inc. (2002) Language: English ISBN-10: 1932032037 ISBN-13: 978-1932032031 Soft cover Book

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Johnson, Ann Donegan: The Value of Boldness: The Story of Captain Cook, San Diego, California, U.S.A. Value Communications 1986 ; Schutzumschlag / dust cover ISBN: 0717281884
0717281884 Good

Hard Cover. Type: Hard Cover Type: USED In this installment of the ValueTales series, Ann Donegan Johnson teaches us the value of boldness in the life of James Cook (1723-1779). The book tells us about James Cook, a young English boy who dreamed of growing up and going to see on a large sailing ship. He wanted to go to parts of the world that his country did not know much about and bring back news, stories and trade goods. James worked for a cal ship owner for many years before he had learned enough to go to sea. He was such a good navigator that he was chosen to lead a scientific expedition to Tahiti. On his most famous voyage, Captain Cook took his ship, the Endeavor, all the way around the world. It took nearly three years! Like other books in the ValueTales series, this book uses a real-life person to exemplify an important value. It is suitable for reading by children in the later elementary school grades. A "Historical Facts" section at the book's end summarizes Cook's lifeFirst Edition First - First Edition No Jacket Hard Cover; First - First Edition

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Kraft, Eric: The Personal History, Adventures, Experiences & Observations of Peter Leroy - A Serial Novel - Number 7 - Take the Long Way Home, Cambridge, MA Apple-wood Books 1984 ; weicher Einband / soft cover; sig.; 1. Ed. ISBN: 0-918222-61-3
0-918222-61-3 Fine Cover Design and Illustration By Armen Kojoyian

First printing of the Applewood trade paperback original edition [full number line on copyright page]. Seventh book in the 'Peter Leroy' serial novel published in 8 individual paperback parts every few months between 1982 and 1985 and collected [with the previously unpublished part 9] in the 1992 hardcover edition 'Little Follies'. 96pp. Pictorial card covers. Cover price 4.95. Signed by Kraft to title page. Book appears in fine, unread condition. " 'The Personal History' is one large work of fiction composed of many interconnected parts. Its parts are the memoirs and collected works of a fictional character, Peter Leroy, who tells an alternative version of his life story; explores the effect of imagination on perception, memory, hope, and fear; holds a fun-house mirror to scenes of life in the United States; ruminates upon the nature of the universe and the role of human consciousness within it; and prods and probes the painful world of time and place in search of the niches where hilarity hides. Like the ingredients in a good clam chowder, each piece of this work is intended to contribute its individual flavor and texture to a single savory dish. In a chowder, there will be clams, tomatoes, potatoes, carrots, celery, onions, some bits of bacon or salt pork, herbs, spices, and (if you've used good fresh clams) some dark, gritty bits at the bottom - with a rich broth to hold the whole thing together and distribute the combined essence of all the flavors throughout the bowl. Similarly, each of the books has its own texture and tang, and Peter Leroy's personal history, adventures, experiences, and observations (and Kraft's) are distributed throughout the bowl to hold the whole concoction together and flavor each bite with his imagination, voice, and style (and Kraft's)." - Eric Kraft web-site. "Although the work of Eric Kraft has received the recognition of the discriminating, he is not widely known. He is a literate author but the perception of him as a comic writer has distracted readers from his distinctive qualities. As an author of a series he has incurred an additional handicap since the reading of several books represents a challenging investment of time. In 1962 Kraft first conceived the character Peter Leroy. He speaks of it as a meeting but he only began writing around the edges of Peter's world in 1967 or 1968. Kraft probes the nature of reality and Peter Leroy is the instrument with which he does so. In Peter's world we encounter many of the same events and institutions that we know in what we call - for want of a better name - reality. But, while the big facts stay in place, the details are skewed in ways that call in question the nature of our reality and emphasize the text as text. As a way of underlining the latter, Kraft, credited appropriately with the design of many of his books, has inserted fictitious illustrations. These are comic inventions but they are multifunctional and textually subversive. The nine novellas of 'Little Follies' describe the boyhood and early adolescence of Peter. Later books provide a more extended background of this same material. 'Herb 'n' Lorna' is the life story of Peter's maternal grandparents, a work in which Peter plays only a small part. 'Reservations Recommended' has even less of Peter. It is a very dark book the protagonist of which has a twisted and troubled nature. Although not a favorite among Kraft readers, its exceptional vividness and sustained power mark it as durable. 'Where Do You Stop?' reverts to the history of young Peter and thus belongs to the 'Little Follies' area of Kraft's novels. 'What a Piece of Work I Am' is another dark book and Peter's involvement in it is less dynamic than in the previous books in the series. It has virtues but it has unsolved problems that mar its total effectiveness. 'At Home with the Glynns' is a novel lighter in mood and gayer in spirit, another novel of the 'Little Follies' type. 'Leaving Small's Hotel 'has density and complexity of structure and aim that sets it apart from many of Kraft's novels. Although based on the earlier works, it is the best introduction for the new reader. It is one of the major novels. 'Inflating a Dog' is a transitional novel. It involves the youthful Peter but it demonstrates the relationships of that Peter to an older self. The novel bristles with digressions and shows very strongly the influence of Proust. It is in fact Kraft's equivalent of 'The Past Recaptured' and strongly reflects the influence that Proust has had upon his work. Kraft has received little critical attention although among Spanish critics his work has been noted with care and approval. - Bob Williams. In the seventh novella Peter Leroy returns in memory to the fifth grade, where he finds himself gazing at Veronica McCall across the Gulf of Puberty. Remembering Veronica, the hottest little number in Babbington's elementary grades at that time, inevitably leads him to reflect on the many varieties of love and lust to which the human animal is subject; to consider the roots of the animosity between Babbington's clamdiggers and chicken-farmers; to recall the occasion of his first meeting Porky White, who was to become the brains behind the Kap'n Klam chain of bivalve-based fast-food restaurants; and forces him to recreate his attempt to skate on ice. Reviewing 'Take the Long Way Home' in Baltimore's City Paper on January 11, 1985, John Strausbaugh wrote: "Kraft has constructed a complete comic universe, an American Macondo. He calls it Babbington, a seaside community on "Bolotomy Bay," somewhere on Long Island. . . . By Take the Long Way Home, Peter has reached the [fifth] grade. He faces one of those crucial dilemmas of young manhood - whether to take a girl to the roller rink or spend the money on a gas-powered model airplane. . . . He resolves the conflict by a strategem so complex and dumb it works. Gentle irony, deadpan understatement and a wistful but self-mocking sentimentality are the hallmarks of Kraft's humor. The people and institutions of Babbington are all finally ludicrous - the Babbington Clam Council, the Babbington Central Upper Elementary School, and every dad's favorite magazine, Impractical Craftsman. . . . Kraft never provokes savage mockery or brutal sneers, but quiet, sweetly melancholy smiles of recognition. . . .One suspects and hopes that the Peter Leroy saga will amble on at its own pace for several years to come. You can leap into it at any time, or go back and read from the beginning. Each [novella] takes about an hour to zip through and they're addictive as salted peanuts." Signed by Author First Edition Paperback 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall; First Edition

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Prelutsky, Jack (Compiler): READ-ALOUD RHYMES FOR THE VERY YOUNG, New York Knopf Books for Young Readers 1986
ISBN: 0-394-87218-5 Very good Condition

Poems about picnics, pretending, and puppies make this book the book to introduce little ones to poetry about the world around them. Jack Prelutsky, one of today's most respected children's poets, has selected more than 200 short poems--old favorites, traditional rhymes, and humorous verses--that will delight young listeners. The poems cover a wide range of experiences in a young child's life, from everyday events to special days to the world of the imagination. Marc Brown, author and illustrator of the popular Arthur series, uses colored-pencil illustrations and borders to unify the poems, helping to create a pleasing, lively collection to carry children from their preschool years into the early elementary grades. As Jim Trelease tells us in his introduction to the book, "Unlike the toys we buy our children, poems cannot break." (Ages 2 to 7) From Publishers Weekly More than 200 poems and rhymes have been assembled by Prelutsky in this large, satisfying volume. An obvious love for all things childlike is present in selections by Myra Cohn Livingston, Ogden Nash, A. A. Milne, Else Holmelund Minarik, Karen Gundersheimer, George MacDonald, Robert Louis Stevenson and many, many others. Brown's pictures spill over with robust children, woeful or willful animals, and not-very-scary monsterswearing sometimes sheepish, other times exuberant expressions. Page after page of winter rhymes, pet poems and bedtime fancieshere is a book that could inspire a lifetime love of the lilting tones of favorite poets. An introduction by Jim Trelease makes the case for reading aloud; one need go no further than this volume to be convinced. Published at twenty dollars. Hardcover 11.8 x 9.3 x 0.5 inches

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