Teachers Are Special

A TRIBUTE TO THOSE WHO EDUCATE, ENCOURAGE, AND INSPIREAll of us can recall a certain teacher—a very special someone—who inspired us to learn.  This person is usually a school teacher, but may also be a coach, mentor, parent or friend.Teachers come in many shapes and sizes, but what is it that makes one great?  This book gives many answers to this question, from many sources. It includes quotes from famous thinkers, leaders and speakers, as well as letters from little known—yet highly insightful—students and teachers.  You will find these comments fun, inspirational and even powerful!This tribute  to and for teachers celebrates the special, and often heroic, role they play in their students' lives.  Teachers work for love, not money.  Yet they often receive too little reimbursement in the form of our gratitude.  Teachers are Special is created as a simple way of saying "Thank you" to our most inspiring teachers.  Offer it as a gift to a special educator, or read it to remind yourself of the value of learning.

Education & Teaching

Nancy Burke

Schools & Teaching

Random House, Inc.

<p>Hiding in the woods from the Soviet deporters and then escaping by sheer luck and pluck from the rapid takeover of their country, Estonia, Imbi and her mother traveled during the last days of the Second World War through Poland and Germany, finally ending up in the United States as displaced persons. Imbi's story, as told by Nancy Burke, is one of courage and perseverance that reminds us today that human spirit in the face of great odds can and will triumph.</p>

If I Could Paint the Moon Black: Imbi Peebo's Wartime Journey from Estonia to America

Lakeshore Press

<p>It wasn't the volcano's increasingly violent fiery explosions that drove New Yorkers Nancy and Richard out of their beloved Montserrat. It wasn't the swift, incinerating pyroclastic flows that killed every living thing in their path. It wasn't even the hot rocks hurtling onto the roof of their house. It was the ash. It was the thick blanket of ash that covered everything inches deep, it was the film that grimed every surface, it was the powder that crept through every crack, squeezed into each sealed plastic bag, burrowed down to the skin of each bedraggled furry creature. The misery and endangered health of their pets played a large part in the couple's decision to leave their home. But there were no planes flying and no boats willing to turn Noah's Ark, until the skipper of the M V Abiding Love came to the rescue. Or did he?</p>

And the Sirens Still Wail (Macmillan Caribbean Writers)

B & W Pub

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Teachers Are Special

If I Could Paint the Moon Black: Imbi Peebo's Wartime Journey from Estonia to America

And the Sirens Still Wail (Macmillan Caribbean Writers)