Francis, the Earthquake Dog

Francis, the Earthquake Dog
Author: Judith Ross Enderle
Publisher: Chronicle Books (CA)
Total Pages: 44
Release: 1996
Genre: Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN: 9780811806305

In 1906, in the aftermath of the San Francisco earthquake, Edward searches for the mischievous stray dog with which he has fallen in love.

Earthquakes

Earthquakes
Author: Michael Woods
Publisher: LernerClassroom
Total Pages: 68
Release: 2007-01-01
Genre: Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN: 0822566761

Earthquakes are difficult to predict. One minute, everything is normal. The next, the ground rumbles enough to rattle dishes in the cupboard or shakes so violently that buildings collapse. There's an earthquake somewhere on earth every day. Big quakes can topple buildings, crumble homes, and threaten the lives of thousands of people. With dramatic images and first-hand survivor stories plus the latest facts and figures this book takes you up close with some of the world's biggest earthquake disasters.

Effects of and Interventions for Childhood Trauma from Infancy Through Adolescence

Effects of and Interventions for Childhood Trauma from Infancy Through Adolescence
Author: Sandra B. Hutchison
Publisher: Routledge
Total Pages: 192
Release: 2005
Genre: Family & Relationships
ISBN: 0789008564

Hutchison, a child therapist, explores trauma-related topics pertaining to children of all ages from a variety of cultures and countries, in this reference for professional and nonprofessional caregivers of children who have been traumatized.

20 Terrific Mini-Plays That Build Reading Skills

20 Terrific Mini-Plays That Build Reading Skills
Author: Tracey West
Publisher: Scholastic Inc.
Total Pages: 132
Release: 2001-12
Genre: Education
ISBN: 9780439201049

Build fluency and foster reading skills with these fast and fun read-aloud plays on favorite topics you teach. Topics include the 50 States, the Underground Railroad, Thanksgiving, Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., Nellie Bly, tornado chasers, space, and more. Each play comes with background information, a discussion question, writing prompt, book and Internet links, and a fun, cross-curricular activity. For use with Grades 2-4.

Wild Horses

Wild Horses
Author: Dick Francis
Publisher: Penguin
Total Pages: 356
Release: 2008-05-06
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 1440639515

From acclaimed master of mystery Dick Francis comes a thrilling novel about the illusion of film and the reality of murder—a New York Times notable book. Thomas Lyon has finally been given the chance to direct a potential blockbuster, based on the true story of an unsolved crime that rocked the horseracing world twenty-six years ago. But a cryptic deathbed confession, an assault on an elderly woman, and a frightening threat lead Lyon to pick up the thread of this unfinished tale—and follow it through to its perilous end...

Effects of and Interventions for Childhood Trauma from Infancy Through Adolescence

Effects of and Interventions for Childhood Trauma from Infancy Through Adolescence
Author: Sandra Hutchison
Publisher: Routledge
Total Pages: 191
Release: 2012-12-06
Genre: Family & Relationships
ISBN: 1136387404

Successfully reach out and help children through the worst times of their young lives! Effects of and Interventions for Childhood Trauma from Infancy Through Adolescence: Pain Unspeakable explores an array of trauma-related topics pertaining to children of all ages from a variety of cultures and countries. This book covers the various ego stages of child development and addresses how each one is affected by traumatic experiences. This easy-to-read resource serves as a readily available reference for caregivers—professional or otherwise—who work with or encounter a child who has been traumatized. In Effects of and Interventions for Childhood Trauma from Infancy Through Adolescence, you’ll find actual accounts of traumatic incidents throughout the world, focused specifically on those incidents that have the most devastating impact on large groups of children. This book reviews the research on post-traumatic stress disorder and stress-response related symptoms with brief descriptions of treatments for you to use with children who suffer from posttraumatic stress. Special features of this important tool consist of with an extensive list of organizations and crisis hotline numbers as well as recommended reading, video, and curricula resources. Effects of and Interventions for Childhood Trauma from Infancy Through Adolescence examines traumatic situations from many angles, including: the many faces of trauma—accidents, fire, natural disasters developmental considerations, including ego development, memory development, and the development of fears and responses the way children respond to traumatic incidents the types of interventions—individual, group, family, pharmacological, and school-based cultural considerations from around the globe how to establish a school-based Trauma Response Team Effects of and Interventions for Childhood Trauma from Infancy Through Adolescence includes real case studies, fictional sample cases, and suggestions that walk you step-by-step through the possible scenarios that can occur with children during or after a traumatic event. Each section of the book ends with a helpful summary highlighting the most important information.

How to Fly a Horse

How to Fly a Horse
Author: Kevin Ashton
Publisher: Anchor
Total Pages: 336
Release: 2015-01-20
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 038553860X

As a technology pioneer at MIT and as the leader of three successful start-ups, Kevin Ashton experienced firsthand the all-consuming challenge of creating something new. Now, in a tour-de-force narrative twenty years in the making, Ashton leads us on a journey through humanity’s greatest creations to uncover the surprising truth behind who creates and how they do it. From the crystallographer’s laboratory where the secrets of DNA were first revealed by a long forgotten woman, to the electromagnetic chamber where the stealth bomber was born on a twenty-five-cent bet, to the Ohio bicycle shop where the Wright brothers set out to “fly a horse,” Ashton showcases the seemingly unremarkable individuals, gradual steps, multiple failures, and countless ordinary and usually uncredited acts that lead to our most astounding breakthroughs. Creators, he shows, apply in particular ways the everyday, ordinary thinking of which we are all capable, taking thousands of small steps and working in an endless loop of problem and solution. He examines why innovators meet resistance and how they overcome it, why most organizations stifle creative people, and how the most creative organizations work. Drawing on examples from art, science, business, and invention, from Mozart to the Muppets, Archimedes to Apple, Kandinsky to a can of Coke, How to Fly a Horse is a passionate and immensely rewarding exploration of how “new” comes to be.

Instructor

Instructor
Author:
Publisher:
Total Pages: 692
Release: 1999
Genre: Activity programs in education
ISBN:

The Road

The Road
Author: Cormac McCarthy
Publisher: Vintage Books
Total Pages: 297
Release: 2007
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 0307386457

In a novel set in an indefinite, futuristic, post-apocalyptic world, a father and his young son make their way through the ruins of a devastated American landscape, struggling to survive and preserve the last remnants of their own humanity