My Dad Thinks Snakes Are Scary

My Dad Thinks Snakes Are Scary
Author: Veronika Ross
Publisher:
Total Pages: 32
Release: 2020-12-03
Genre:
ISBN: 9780648972709

In my work as a snake catcher and educator I see an enormous amount of anxiety, fear and misinformation about snakes that hampers people's ability to enjoy the beautiful environment around them, and that leads to people making inappropriate and sometimes dangerous decisions around snakes.Kids are naturally curious and many are determined to take snakes home in backpacks, or stuff them in lunchboxes to impress their friends or scare their siblings. Sometimes they just want to see what snakes feel like. Yes, these are all things we have heard out of children's mouths!I started writing this book about six years ago as a way to support the community education we do about snakes. A book sitting on a shelf or beside the bed 24/7 can educate kids about snakes in an entertaining way. I want the book to be pulled out and read over and over again. I want more than a rushed few minutes talking with kids at the school fair.This book gives kids and grownups a shared opportunity to bust all the fear, all the lies and all the myths surrounding these stunningly beautiful and amazingly adapted animals.Much love,Veronika

I'm Not Afraid of Snakes

I'm Not Afraid of Snakes
Author: Gin Ferrara
Publisher: Lulu.com
Total Pages: 41
Release: 2009-11-29
Genre: Juvenile Fiction
ISBN: 0557159792

Jenny grows up in a place filled with stories, some scary, some sad, and some beautiful. Overcoming her fear of snakes, and learning some things are not as scary as they seem, gives her courage and appreciation for her life. This full-color, fully illustrated book is written for young folks, but maybe best appreciated by older ones.

Heads, You Lose! (Goosebumps HorrorLand #15)

Heads, You Lose! (Goosebumps HorrorLand #15)
Author: R. L. Stine
Publisher: Scholastic Inc.
Total Pages: 162
Release: 2015-03-31
Genre: Juvenile Fiction
ISBN: 0545301203

Goosebumps now on Disney+! Jessica and her best friend, Ryan, really enjoy magic tricks. They find the perfect HorrorLand souvenir in Jonathan Chiller's gift shop--a two-headed coin with mysteriously dark powers.After an unlucky flip of the coin, Jessica and Ryan find themselves in a strange land being chased down by angry guards. HorrorLand was scary but this is much worse. Will they be able to escape with their heads still attached?

Teaching Reading

Teaching Reading
Author: Rachel L. McCormack
Publisher: Guilford Press
Total Pages: 353
Release: 2009-12-09
Genre: Education
ISBN: 1609180348

Elementary teachers of reading have one essential goal—to prepare diverse children to be independent, strategic readers in real life. This innovative text helps preservice and inservice teachers achieve this goal by providing knowledge and research-based strategies for teaching phonemic awareness, phonics, fluency, vocabulary, all aspects of comprehension, and writing in response to literature. Special features include sample lessons and photographs of literacy-rich classrooms. Uniquely interactive, the text is complete with pencil-and-paper exercises and reproducibles that facilitate learning, making it ideal for course use. Readers are invited to respond to reflection questions, design lessons, and start constructing a professional teaching portfolio.

Amalee

Amalee
Author: Dar Williams
Publisher: Scholastic Inc.
Total Pages: 181
Release: 2012-10-01
Genre: Juvenile Fiction
ISBN: 054531111X

This sparkling fiction debut from singer-songwriter Dar Williams introduces an endearing new character to middle-grade literature.Amalee's world is all out of order. She's used to chaos, because of the frequent presence of her father's bantering, bickering group of fun friends. But when Amalee's dad becomes seriously ill, the chaos takes new forms -- and the ways of coping come from some very unexpected places. With clear-eyed, tender, funny prose, Dar Williams gives us a child's-eye view of a world under pressure, with everyone rising to the occasion in his or her own unique way. Both moving and wise, this marks the debut of a major middle-grade talent.

Plain Jane

Plain Jane
Author: Jane Coma
Publisher: Trafford Publishing
Total Pages: 209
Release: 2012-02-11
Genre: Biography & Autobiography
ISBN: 1466913754

All my life, I have loved to draw. When I was in grammar school, my teacher used to pin up my artwork all over the classroom. One of my favorite things to draw was flower. As far back as I can remember, I used to draw this emblem. I feel it is my logo. I drew it on paper, drew it in the sand and mud as a child. In one of my jobs, I was responsible for clearing some glass. I used to draw this flower with glass cleaning foam on the vending machines, and people didnt want me to wipe it off. It seemed to make them happy, and It makes me happy too.

The Heart Is the Strongest Muscle

The Heart Is the Strongest Muscle
Author: Tia Toomey
Publisher: Rodale Books
Total Pages: 194
Release: 2024-02-13
Genre: Self-Help
ISBN: 0593579623

The legendary six-time CrossFit Games champion and Olympic athlete shares lessons from her inspiring story of leveling up her performance, embracing failure, and fiercely taking on impossible goals. “Champions are built in the mind first, and Tia Toomey understands exactly how to do that.”—Andy Frisella, entrepreneur, creator of 75 Hard and Real AF podcast Tia Toomey, the world’s fittest woman, has won the CrossFit Games an incredible six years in a row and is undeniably a true warrior. She has also trained for the Winter Olympics in bobsledding, competed in the Summer Olympics in weightlifting, and was a Commonwealth Games gold medalist. She is, in short, one of the most accomplished and dominant athletes in human history. But for Tia physical fitness is only a small part of overall strength. More important is building mental toughness. In The Heart Is the Strongest Muscle, Tia shows how she reached elite levels by focusing on her “why.” By always having a clear picture of her purpose—what drives her heart—she can push through even the toughest challenges. From the early days of her fitness journey to the peak performance that has put her atop the podium in the CrossFit Games, Tia also reveals the secrets, struggles, and successes that have made her a killer competitor. Nothing comes easy, but in The Heart Is the Strongest Muscle, Tia hopes to show you how to build your own unstoppable mindset. Whether you are already a serious athlete or someone looking to conquer a new challenge, you’ll be able to use her methods to keep winning.

Legacy

Legacy
Author: Wendy Soria
Publisher: Xlibris Corporation
Total Pages: 302
Release: 2008-11-26
Genre: Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN: 1469103036

Legacy: A Journal for Youth is a prompt-journal for children old enough to read, write, and think. The topic is of vital importance because it is the opinion of the journals owner. The categories range from vital statistics and family to friends, values, religion, politics, and everything in between. Parents or adults assistance is needed to provide information that a child might not know. This journal is intended to give a child the desire to choose a worthy legacy and to select values that will provide a life of happiness and joy. For more information, please visit www.wendysoria.com

Realm of Lost Souls

Realm of Lost Souls
Author: JM Hart
Publisher: JM Hart
Total Pages: 177
Release: 2020-03-01
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 0648558096

She helped save the world. But to keep her father alive, she’ll have to bring down a demon all on her own… Jade is bone-tired from battling a shape-shifting plague. While the 16-year-old knows she was chosen to protect the world, she wonders if she’s the weakest of all her heroic friends. But when she receives nightmarish visions of her demon-possessed father, she’s convinced that only she can save his soul. Enlisting the help of her portal-master friend Kevin, she’s terrified to discover her dark hallucinations are all too real. Now her only hope of banishing the life-draining demon is to unlock her native ancestors’ secrets and enter the treacherous Realm of Souls. If she can’t conjure the full force of her abilities in time, she’ll lose her father and unleash a new host of horrors upon the world. Can Jade trust her spirit to outwit a demon before she loses everything she loves? Realm of Lost Souls is the first book in the Chronicles of the Supernatural an occult supernatural fantasy series, a standalone spinoff of The Emerald Tablet collection. If you like steadfast heroines, dystopian settings, and a dash of blood-curdling horror, then you’ll love this riveting tale.

Something in These Hills

Something in These Hills
Author: John M. Coggeshall
Publisher: UNC Press Books
Total Pages: 239
Release: 2022-09-07
Genre: Social Science
ISBN: 1469670267

What is the "something in these hills" that ties mountain families to family land in the southern Appalachians? This ethnographic examination challenges contemporary theory and explores two interrelated themes: the duality of the southern Appalachians as both a menacing and majestic landscape and the emotional relationship to family land characteristic of long-term residents of these mountains. To most outsiders, the area conjures images of a beautiful yet dangerous place, typified by the movie Deliverance. To long-term residents, these mountains have a fundamental emotional hold so powerful that many mourn the sale or loss of family land as if it were a deceased relative. How can the same geographical space be both? Using a carefully crafted cultural lens, John M. Coggeshall explains how family land anthropomorphizes, metaphorically becoming another member of kin groups. He establishes that this emotional sense of place existed prior to recent land losses, contrary to some contemporary scholars. Utilizing the voices and perspectives of long-term residents, the book provides readers with a more fundamental understanding of the "something in these hills" that holds people in place.