From a true-life Survivor Island tale to the women who flew fighters and bombers for the Allies in World War II, Ed Butts invites you to meet twelve women who dared to live their lives on a tightrope.

She Dared: Heroines, Scoundrels, And Renegades

Children's Books

Butts, Ed

Biographies

Demco Media

From a true-life “Survivor Island” tale to the women who flew fighters and bombers for the Allies in World War II, Ed Butts invites you to meet twelve women who dared to live their lives on a tightrope. She Dared takes the reader to the Far North, where a single Native woman put an end to a ruinous war. There’s Molly Brant, who stepped out of the shadow of her famous brother Joseph to make her own mark, and Dr. “James Barry,” a prominent army physician whose true identity remained a secret until the day “he” died. These are the stories of women who took up challenges that society felt could be met only by men: Mina Hubbard’s incredible journey across Labrador; Martha Black’s adventures in the Yukon; Sara Emma Edmonds’s perilous missions as a Yankee spy in the Civil War. While some of these women achieved legitimate fame, others gained notoriety. Pearl Hart became a Wild West desperado. Cassie Chadwick fleeced bankers for a fortune in one of the most brazen con games ever played. Famous or infamous, the women in Ed Butt’s fascinating book are sure to intrigue readers.

She Dared: True Stories of Heroines, Scoundrels, and Renegades

Teen & Young Adult

Tundra Books

Everyone’s life is touched at some time by disaster. But some disasters loom so large they are international events. The stories of those who live through such devastating events such as earthquakes, tsunamis, hurricanes, fires, and floods are both heartbreaking and compelling. Often they are inspiring and uplifting. SOS: Stories of Survival tells the tales of young survivors of such disasters — teenage coal miners trapped deep below the surface of the earth in Springhill, Nova Scotia; children who ran to escape the poisonous exploding gases spewing from Mont Pelee on Martinique; teens who rode the roofs of their homes in Pennsylvania’s roaring Johnstown Flood; and youngsters who survived, but still suffer from, the nuclear accident in Chernobyl. Archival photos document these astounding sagas.

SOS: Stories of Survival

History

Anyone who has fantasized about becoming fabulously rich overnight can relate to this collection of treasure hunt stories — tales of buried pirate gold, of hidden outlaw loot, of wrecked ships loaded with valuable coins and jewels, and of “lost” gold mines. Some of the stories are tall tales based on little evidence. Many a dreamer wasted money, energy, and perhaps even a lifetime chasing after a pot of gold that did not exist. But some hidden treasures are real, even if the stories about them are exaggerated. Many of the stories came down to us from an age in which pirates were said to be in league with the devil and supposedly used black magic to protect their hidden plunder. Ed Butts’s tales of adventure, of shattered hopes, and, occasionally, of dreams come true expose the greed and the challenges that motivated the searchers. A few of them got lucky. But X didn’t mark the spot for most of these adventurers — and that means undiscovered treasures still lie ready to ignite the imagination.

X Doesn't Mark the Spot: Tales of Pirate Gold, Buried Treasure, and Lost Riches

Education & Reference

Can a verb complain about being irregular? Can the pronoun it suffer an identity crisis? Can a proper noun be an insufferable snob? 
Should grammar be delightfully funny? 
You bet! 
Idioms for Aliens is the perfect tool for taking stuffy preconceptions out of the teaching of grammar. ESOL, struggling students, or anyone that needs a light-hearted look at the sometimes baffling rules of English will love this supplement to daily grammar instruction. 
Produce these plays informally in your classroom, or stage them for your school. Students may forget they’re learning as they enjoy the off-beat humor and memorable characters. Everyone will find something appealing (and informative) in these twenty-five plays and verses. 
Includes a CD of Microsoft Word® files—so you can customize the scripts for your classroom—and audio recordings of three plays that you can use as models.

Idioms for Aliens: A Grammar Revue of Plays and Verse

Reference

Butts, Edward

Dictionaries & Thesauruses

Maupin House Publishing

Great for beginning readers! The audio/book kit features fourteen upbeat songs using the Synthetic Phonics approach to teach short vowels, high-frequency consonants (s, m, h, p, b, t, d, f, l and hard c) and blends. Music accompaniment tracks make class performances a snap! Lyrics/activity book included.

Funky Phonics: Learn to Read (Songs That Teach Phonics)

Arts, Music & Photography

Sara Jordan Pub

This learning kit (book with accompanying audio CD) helps children learn to read with thirteen fun and energetic lessons/songs teaching r-controlled vowels ar, or, er, ir and ur and blends ck, sp, st, sm, sn, sc, sk, sl, sw, bl, cl, fl, pl, br, cr, gr, tr, dr and pr. Also included on the CD are 13 musical accompaniment tracks that are great for boosting literacy by allowing students to perform karaoke style while reading along.

Funky Phonics: Learn to Read (Vol. 3)

The volume 4 audio/book kit wraps up reading with 13 fun and energetic songs teaching r-controlled vowels ar, or, er, ir, and ur and blends ck, sp, st, sm, sn, sc, sk, sl, sw, bl, cl, fl, pl, br, cr, gr, tr, dr and pr. The complement of music accompaniment tracks can be used for class performances. Lyrics book may be photocopied by the teacher.

When learning to read, children must be able to quickly identify Dolch words, often referred to as high-frequency or sight words. Building on and incorporating the vocabulary taught in volumes 1 and 2, this volume provides an invaluable resource for children learning to read. The reproducible resource book, which includes lyrics for all the songs, provides a crucial link between the music and the written language.

Sing & Learn Sight Words

Sara Jordan Publishing

Bodyguards!: From Gladitors to the Secret Service

Meet the heroes, villains, and bunglers hired to protect others. We might think of bodyguards as a modern concept, but they’ve been around since ancient times. The rich, the powerful, the famous, and the infamous have all placed their safety in the hands of bodyguards. From Caesar’s Praetorian Guard to Japanese samurai warriors to Wild West outlaws, bodyguards have played a vital role. They’ve even changed the course of history. There are notorious bodyguards who protect gangsters from the police and those who are paid to shield celebrities from the paparazzi, while others escort children in danger of being kidnapped. In Bodyguards! you’ll meet both heroes (like the quick-thinking guard whose spear saved the life of Alexander the Great) and villains (like the elite Hitler Bodyguard, later tried as war criminals), and even some bodyguards who have failed in their job to protect. Brimming with vibrant action-packed illustrations in graphic-novel style, Bodyguards! opens the window on the fascinating stories of those entrusted to protect people’s lives.

Annick Press

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She Dared: Heroines, Scoundrels, And Renegades

She Dared: True Stories of Heroines, Scoundrels, and Renegades

SOS: Stories of Survival

X Doesn't Mark the Spot: Tales of Pirate Gold, Buried Treasure, and Lost Riches

Idioms for Aliens: A Grammar Revue of Plays and Verse

Funky Phonics: Learn to Read (Songs That Teach Phonics)

Funky Phonics: Learn to Read (Vol. 3)

Funky Phonics: Learn to Read (Songs That Teach Phonics)

Sing & Learn Sight Words

Bodyguards!: From Gladitors to the Secret Service