"For years," Charlotte Huck points out, teachers and librarians have been struggling to "find the right book for the right child at the right time." But how do you do that for the new reader? This text - one of the very few on the subject - will show you how. Literary Pathways looks at a broad sweep of books - from "little books" with patterned sentences to small, illustrated chapter books. It integrates discussions of nearly two hundred different - and not so different - books, sorted along a gradient of difficulty, beginning with Reading Recovery levels and extending to a framework for evaluating more complex texts . . . the challenges and supports they provide readers . . . and the responses of readers to those books. Along the way, the book answers such questions as: What, exactly, makes a book easy or difficult for new readers? How do you select the right book for the right child at the right time? Besides readability levels, what other factors must be considered? Literary Pathways is an extension of Barbara Peterson's groundbreaking research on the features of texts that support beginning reading. "It is important to select books that children can read," but Peterson emphasizes that "selecting books only by readability level is not enough. We need to put books in children's hands that will help them develop 'literary pathways' that will build foundations for their enjoyment of more complex literature later on." Literary Pathways will help you lead the way.

Literary Pathways: Selecting Books to Support New Readers

Literature & Fiction

Peterson, Barbara

History & Criticism

Heinemann

The story of a woman seduced and torn apart by a man with no thought other than himself and the sociopathic game of control and manipulation.

Tin Man: Memoirs of a Sociopath

Mystery, Thriller & Suspense

Mystery

lulu.com

Examining and Facilitating Reflection to Improve Professional Practice

Examining and Facilitating Reflection to Improve Professional Practice is specifically designed and organized to be used throughout a teacher-education program from an introductory foundations course, continuing through content-specific methods classes to graduate-level theory seminars, and, ultimately onto professional development workshops. Harris and her co-authors provide a method for directly instructing students on the practice of reflection and the understanding and identification of the developmental phases of reflection, supported by theory drawn from research. By moving students beyond their commonly held belief that reflection is simply keeping a journal or summarizing the days' activities, Examining and Facilitating Reflection to Improve Professional Practice enables them to use increasingly sophisticated reflection practices that help them grow in their reflective process, ultimately improving their instructional practice. Closely aligned with the reflections standards set by INTASC, NCATE, and NBPST, this book is essential as universities and colleges seek to have reflection as a standard skill set for classroom teachers and educational administrators. Using this text as an easily accessible resource, a discussion and activities guide, and a support for professional development, Education Departments' reflection goals and objectives are met and students enter the classroom confidant in their ability to think in diverse ways, meet the challenges of the classroom, and respond to changing educational environments.

Education & Teaching

Harris, Ann Shelby

Bruster, Benita

Shutt, Tammy

Higher & Continuing Education

Rowman & Littlefield Publishers

Blue Streak: Inside jetBlue, the Upstart that Rocked an Industry

Describes the evolution of JetBlue from an upstart underdog into a revolutionary company that has transformed the aviation business, offering a behind-the-scenes look at the company's unusual corporate culture, its leadership and management principles, and innovative approach to business. 50,000 first printing.

Business & Money

Biography & History

Portfolio Hardcover

Describes the evolution of JetBlue from an upstart underdog into a revolutionary company that has transformed the aviation business, offering a behind-the-scenes look at the company's unusual corporate culture, its leadership and management principles, and innovative approach to business. Reprint.

Portfolio Trade

It's time to reclaim our power!
This book shows how today's Resistance can engage in full-scale, strategic acts of nonviolent noncompliance and other methods in order to force Trump and the GOP to either step down or radically alter their policies.
Authoritarianism is one of the biggest challenges facing people around the world today. The U.S. has joined this trend. Trump adulates dictators and criticizes democratic leaders. Our government is testing the limits of what its people will tolerate. Trump and his aides' war on truth is dangerously close to creating an Orwellian "doublespeak" where citizens are being conditioned to accept the government's version of reality over what they personally witness and experience. 
 This growing threat can no longer be tolerated. The Resistance must take immediate steps to force this train wreck oﬀ the tracks by following the steps outlined in this book. While our current Resistance has made and continues to make impressive gains, it must become far more organized to successfully defeat Trump and the increasing threat of authoritarianism in our country and around the globe. 
 No government can eﬀectively rule their country if the people refuse to comply with their demands. This book shows how today's Resistance can engage in full-scale, strategic acts of nonviolent noncompliance and other methods in order to force Trump and the GOP to either step down or radically alter their policies. Drawing on theories of nonviolent action used by Gandhi, King, and Sharp, this book provides historical evidence and theoretical support to provide today's Resistance with concrete practical advice in becoming far more eﬀ ective in ending crony capitalism, religious intolerance, white supremacy, and environmental destruction. 
Barbara Peterson is a veteran activist for social justice. Some of her works includes joining NH Peace Action to combat nuclear proliferation, supporting AFSC's fight for fair banking practices and their opposition to the death penalty, and working with local groups to protest the Iraq War. In graduate school, she became interested in the history, theories, and methods of nonviolent action written extensively about by Gene Sharp from the Albert Einstein Institute. Her doctoral work at UNH involved researching, writing, and publishing about peace education, and as a high school teacher, she created and taught a Peace Studies course. Since earning her Ph.D., she writes and publishes in the area of nonviolent citizen action, and she continues her work as an activist, joining several Resistance groups to protect democracy against the rise in oppression and authoritarianism.

Reclaiming Power: Building a Stronger Resistance in the Age of Trump

Politics & Social Sciences

Politics & Government

Piscataqua Press

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