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  Kindergarten - A Teacher Her...

  Julie Diamond

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  “[Diamond] has captured the world of the class—at times chaotic, always busy, usually inspired”— Essential reading for parents and teachers alike (Los Angeles Times).   Hailed by renowned educator Deborah Meier as “a rare and special pleasure to read,” Kindergarten explores a year in the life of a kindergarten classroom through the eyes of the gifted veteran teacher and author Julie Diamond. In this lyrical, beautifully written first-person account, Diamond explains the logic behind the routines and rituals children need to thrive. As she guides us through all aspects of classroom life—the organization, curriculum, and relationships that create a unique class environment—we begin to understand what kindergarten can and should be: a culture that builds children’s desire to understand the world and lays the foundation for lifelong learning.  Kindergarten makes a compelling case for an expansive definition of teaching and learning, one that supports academic achievement without sacrificing students’ curiosity, creativity, or development of social values. Diamond’s celebration of the possibilities of classroom life is a welcome antidote to today’s test-driven climate. Written for parents and teachers alike, Kindergarten offers a rare glimpse into what’s really going on behind the apparent chaos of a busy kindergarten classroom, sharing much-needed insights into how our children can have the best possible early school experiences.   “As a classroom insider, Diamond pulls back the curtain and allows parents and others a view of how an effective classroom actually works.” —Library Journal   “An extraordinary resource for parents and teachers at all stages. It is honest and masterful, engrossing and unique. And it is utterly real.” —Ruth Sidney Charney, author of Teaching Children to Care

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  Wild Irish Roses - Tales of...

  Trina Robbins

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  A look at the wild Irish women throughout history from the ancient warrior queens Morrigan, Macha, and Badbh, to the labor-movement maven Mother Jones. 
   
  The women in Wild Irish Roses are not always nice girls or even good girls. However, they are women with backbones of steel who know how to get things done, whether on the battlefield or in the bedroom. These are women who preserved and handed down the old stories. They are women who fought in revolutions with either gun or pen, wrote books, starred in books others wrote, and stormed heaven itself. 
   
  Author Trina Robbins is an impeccable researcher whose knack for telling stories and embellishing them with engaging illustrations and photos, brings each of these Wild Irish Roses to life, including:Maeve and six other warrior queensGrania and Deirdre, who ran away from kings for the love of younger menFive women who turned themselves into birds to get the job done rightSaint Brigit and the saintly Kathleen O’SheaCultural revivalist Maude Gonne and friendsIrish American beauty roses, including Scarlett O’HaraAnd warriors in their own right, such as Mother Jones and company 
   
  Wild Irish Roses is a celebration of tough, independent, beautiful Irish women from myth to modernity. It’s a book that is sure to entertain, inform, and inspire readers of every background to find the Irish rose in themselves—to discover what they want and have the courage to go out and get it.

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  On The Way - An Australian...

  Michael Babbage

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  Tribal chiefs, living in remote villages, high in the unreached mountains of Yemen. An ordinary Sydney doctor, lacking confidence in his own abilities, yet with a message to share. What God does is exceptional.  
  Michael Babbage’s story of being led, protected and provided for, together with his family, in their missionary travels to Yemen and Pakistan makes gripping reading. You’ll be inspired to trust God more fully, be faithful in prayer and be thankful for every blessing. Most of all, you’ll learn of God at work all across the world, even in seemingly impossible situations.

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  Amazing Surfing Stories - Tales...

  Alex Wade

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  This eclectic mix of surfing stories has something for everyone, from classic tales of monster waves and epic battles to stories of when life among the breakers goes wrong. There are accounts of death and disaster, as well as bravery and triumph. The bizarre and the extreme rub shoulders with perfect breaks and beautiful beaches. Be thrilled by legendary surfers, as well as learning about local heroes who never made the headlines. Each compelling tale has been chosen to stoke the fire of armchair surfers and hardcore wave-riders alike, and many are illustrated with colour photographs.

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  The Uncrowned Queen Reclaims Her...

  Dr. Rev. Ahmondra McClendon

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  The Uncrowned Queen Reclaims Her Throne:  When A Black Woman Breaks the Silence 
   
  In her new book Dr. Ahmondra McClendon reveals how The Legacy of Silence, a generational pattern of behavior, has tarnished Black Women's identities, stolen their power, dimmed their voices, and impacted their well-being. 
   
  Black women have been taught to be silent for generations. This silence has been passed down from mother to daughter, profoundly impacting Black Women's worldview. 
   
  Dr. Ahmondra's book delivers a powerful and moving account of her journey to break The Legacy of silence and reclaim her power. It is a must-read for Black Women of all ages seeking to better understand themselves and their ancestral heritage. It is also a valuable resource for those who work with Black Women or are interested in learning more about their challenges. 
   
  Following her journey, readers witness the strength, courage, and resiliency Black Women exhibit while keeping painful secrets of childhood trauma, domestic violence, drug addiction, and paralyzing grief hidden deep within. 
   
  The Uncrowned Queen is a must-read for Black Women of all ages seeking to better understand themselves and their ancestral heritage. It is also a valuable resource for those who work with Black Women or are interested in learning more about their challenges. 
   
  Dr. Ahmondra's passion for empowering Black Women led her to create The Original Queens Sacred Community. It is a safe space for "US TOO" to gather in Sistahood, speak truths, recognize triumphs, and begin generational healing within the new Black Women's liberation movement of "US TOO." 
  Contact Dr. Ahmondra directly at DrAhmondra.Com or ucqueen.com

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  Great Inventors and Their...

  Frank Puterbaugh Bachman

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  This book is about Great inventors and what they created. It has different stories like Alexander Bell, Wrights, Morse, Gutenberg, and Edison. ON August 17, 1807, a curious crowd of people in New York gathered at a boat landing. Tied to the dock was a strange-looking craft. A smokestack rose above the deck. From the sides of the boat, there stood out queer shaped paddle wheels. Of a sudden, the clouds of smoke from the smokestack grew larger, the paddle wheels turned, and the boat, to the astonishment of all, moved. It was "Fulton's Folly," the Clermont, on her first trip to Albany.The first boat used by man was probably the trunk of a fallen tree, moved about by means of a broken branch or pole. Then some savage saw that a better boat could be made by tying a number of logs together to make a raft. But rafts are hard to move, so the heart of a log was hollowed out by means of a stone ax or fire, to make a still better boat, or strips of birch bark were skillfully fastened together to form a graceful canoe. Boats were constructed also of rough-hewn boards. With such primitive craft, voyages of hundreds of miles were made up and down great rivers like the Mississippi, or along the shores of inland seas like the Great Lakes. The Phœnicians were the first great sailors. Their boats, called galleys, were sometimes two to three hundred feet long. These were of two kinds, merchantmen and war vessels. The merchantmen were propelled partly by sails and partly by oars, but on the war vessels, when in battle, oars only were used. On a single boat there were often several hundred oarsmen or galley slaves. These galley slaves were as a rule prisoners of war. They were chained to the oar benches, and to force them to row, they were often beaten within an inch of their lives. In enormous sail-and-oar vessels the Phœnicians crossed the Mediterranean in every direction, pushed out into the Atlantic Ocean, and went as far north as England. The chief improvement in boat making, from the time of the Phœnicians until the first trip of the Clermont, was to do away with oars and to use sails only.  - Summary by Elijah Fisher

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