Camping Chaos

Camping Chaos
Author: Franklin W. Dixon
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
Total Pages: 96
Release: 2014-12-02
Genre: Juvenile Fiction
ISBN: 1442490500

Frank and Joe do their best to avoid a camping catastrophe in this Hardy Brothers Secret Files adventure. Frank and Joe are excited to go camping with their friends in Bayport State Park for the annual “Fun With Camping” event. They are ready for hiking, bonfires, and s’mores—and especially for the tent decorating competition, which the boys are determined to win. But just a few nights into the trip, decorations start to go missing. First Frank and Joe hear strange noises outside their tent. Then they see a set of unique footprints at the campsite. It seems like someone—or something—is out to sabotage the decorating contest. Can Joe and Frank figure out who the campsite culprit could be?

Camping Chaos

Camping Chaos
Author: L. M. Nicodemo
Publisher: Formac Publishing Company
Total Pages: 98
Release: 2021-02-02
Genre: Juvenile Fiction
ISBN: 1459505832

Meet Maximus Todd! He's the kid who can't sit still. Max and his friends are on a camping trip at Camp Friendly Pines when he's stung by a wasp. Max gets a case of the Super Fidgets and devises a counting game to distract himself. If he loses, he will have to forfeit his campfire treats! It's not easy being a kid. And Max discovers that his games don't always work out the way he wants them to. But no matter what, he has the love and understanding of his friends.

Krystal Key & the Camping Chaos

Krystal Key & the Camping Chaos
Author: Cally Dixon
Publisher: Page Publishing Inc
Total Pages: 59
Release: 2022-02-07
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 1662446403

Krystal Key is a superhero who shows up on the scenes of bullying. Her smart watch alerts her when someone is being bullied. Wherever her boots of peace take her, she helps bully victims realize they have the crystal key to seek help (even when they feel helpless and that there is no hope). She sends every bully to the crystal bubble shield to have the crystal key of knowledge unleashed to them. In every situation, bullying is eliminated. The evidence that Krystal Key was on the scene is her signature crystal key souvenir for all. Krystal key has the victims face off with their bullies (after the bullies learn the lessons of empathy—how to treat others like they want to be treated). The victims get to serve their bullies notice that they, the bullies, will not, cannot, and shall not win. The victims walk away with the message to themselves: “You win.”

Max Todd’s Camping Chaos

Max Todd’s Camping Chaos
Author: L. M. NICODEMO
Publisher: Formac Publishing Company
Total Pages: 98
Release: 2024-09-18
Genre: Juvenile Fiction
ISBN: 1459507576

Max can’t wait to take his best friend Shiv camping for the first time. But disaster strikes when a wasp sting causes a case of the Super Fidgets, and a rainstorm leaves Max and his friends stuck inside their tent. Determined to show Shiv how great camping is, Max invents a counting game to help keep his Super Fidgets under control. Full colour illustrations and fun typography bring Max to life and make this book accessible to readers of all levels.

A Fin-tastic Finish

A Fin-tastic Finish
Author: Davy Ocean
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
Total Pages: 160
Release: 2015-05-19
Genre: Juvenile Fiction
ISBN: 1481406930

Harry Hammer wants to befriend a tiger shark and become a sports legend at Shark Point Scout Camp in this fifth Shark School (mis)adventure. Harry Hammer has a new hero: Turbo Tex, a gold-medal-winning tiger shark. Maybe Harry can be just like him at Shark Point Scout Camp! Tony, another tiger shark, joins the group right in time for their annual sports camp, and Harry is over the moon. But Tony doesn’t seem to want to be friends. How can Harry change Tony’s mind and make his sporting dreams come true?

Betsy Ross's Star

Betsy Ross's Star
Author: Stacia Deutsch
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
Total Pages: 128
Release: 2015-06-02
Genre: Juvenile Fiction
ISBN: 1442493496

Get ready for a Stars and Stripes surprise! When Mr. C tells the class they’ll be learning about Betsy Ross, Abigail is confused. What could the “what-if” question be? Turns out that no one knows for sure if Betsy Ross sewed the first American flag! But whether she did or not, the kids have a job to do—Babs Magee is up to her old tricks and plans to take credit for sewing the flag. Abigail and the boys see this as their chance not only to stop Babs, but also to set history straight. But once they start trying to figure out the truth, what they discover surprises them all...

Aussie Stem Stars: John Long

Aussie Stem Stars: John Long
Author: Danielle Clode
Publisher: Wild Dingo Press
Total Pages: 124
Release: 2021-10-01
Genre: Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN: 1925893626

Age range 9+ John Albert Long is an Australian paleontologist who is currently Strategic Professor in Palaeontology at Flinders University in Adelaide, South Australia. He was previously the Vice President of Research and Collections at the Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County. He is also an author of popular science books. His main area of research is on the fossil fish of the Late Devonian Gogo Formation from northern Western Australia. It has yielded many important insights into fish evolution, such as Gogonasus and Materpiscis, the later specimen being crucial to our understanding of the origins of vertebrate reproduction. His love of fossil collecting began at age 7 and he graduated with PhD from Monash University in 1984, specialising in Palaeozoic fish evolution. He held postdoctoral positions at the Australian National University, The University of Western Australia and The University of Tasmania before taking up a position as Curator in Vertebrate Palaeontology at the Western Australian Museum and then as Head of Sciences at Museum Victoria.

Disruptive Tourism and its Untidy Guests

Disruptive Tourism and its Untidy Guests
Author: S. Veijola
Publisher: Springer
Total Pages: 141
Release: 2014-09-30
Genre: Sports & Recreation
ISBN: 1137399503

This book invokes the radical potentialities of 'untidiness' to envision alternative arrangements of social life and hospitality. Instead of trying to manage sustainability or tidy up tourist situations, the authors embrace the messiness of human relations and argue for more creative, embodied and ethical ontologies of tourism and mobility.

Learners on the Autism Spectrum

Learners on the Autism Spectrum
Author: Pamela Wolfberg
Publisher: Taylor & Francis
Total Pages: 516
Release: 2023-10-17
Genre: Education
ISBN: 1000959767

This third edition is a foundational text that has been updated and expanded to prepare educators, therapists, and other care providers with vital knowledge and practical skills to support diverse learners on the autism spectrum. Covering an expanse of fundamental topics, this edited volume features new directions in research and practice that are essential to understanding the ever-changing field of autism. Along with new chapters from leading experts (including those who identify as autistic), this revision places greater emphasis on the intersection of neurodevelopmental differences with ethnicity, race, culture, language, gender expression, and socioeconomic experiences. The diverse disciplines and perspectives presented provide a foundation on how these students learn and how best to provide them with effective teaching, therapy, and social supports. This book equips readers with knowledge and skill to competently apply reflective and humanistic practices that prioritize the preferences, strengths, and values of autistic learners from all walks of life.

Educate the Heart

Educate the Heart
Author: Jennifer Lee Quattrucci
Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield
Total Pages: 225
Release: 2019-08-21
Genre: Education
ISBN: 1475851863

In a world where children are rushed from place to place, often on devices, teachers need to create an environment where they are given time and allowed to focus, to think, to create, and to learn. This book provides over 100-screen free ideas and activities to help teachers of students in preK-Grade 6 inspire authentic learning in their classroom. Teachers will learn how to promote peace all day by empowering students to handle conflict through kindness. They will see how effectively implementing collaborative work space can transform the classroom into a respectful learning community. There are literature –based lesson plans which cover a great variety of subjects and skills, such as reading, writing, language arts, mathematical discourse, movement, and cooking. Teachers will find ways to engage students in collaborative work, critical thinking skills, and find out how to encourage innovative ways to solve problems through creativity with STEM challenges and meaningful curriculum based art projects. Teachers will discover ways to build community with a growth mindset approach to classroom discipline. The ideas and activities in this book are designed with the whole child in mind, catering to providing the best possible environment and activities to allow students to feel valued and be nurtured in a way that inspires them to reach their true potential.