English as a Second Language

English as a Second Language
Author: Zandrea Banton
Publisher:
Total Pages: 170
Release: 2017-01-23
Genre:
ISBN: 9781542731775

This text is designed to cater to the ESL learning needs of adult learners who have basic exposure to the English language. This text will assist adult learners to have a better understanding and appreciation for the Phonology (sound systems), Lexicon (vocabulary), Morphology (changes in spelling), Syntax (sentence structure) and Pragmatics (usage) of the target language. Additionally, tutors will appreciate that this text is an easy to use manuscript from which they can instruct and assist their students to grow linguistically.

A Long Walk to Water

A Long Walk to Water
Author: Linda Sue Park
Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Total Pages: 145
Release: 2010
Genre: Juvenile Fiction
ISBN: 0547251270

When the Sudanese civil war reaches his village in 1985, 11-year-old Salva becomes separated from his family and must walk with other Dinka tribe members through southern Sudan, Ethiopia and Kenya in search of safe haven. Based on the life of Salva Dut, who, after emigrating to America in 1996, began a project to dig water wells in Sudan. By a Newbery Medal-winning author.

One Well

One Well
Author: Rochelle Strauss
Publisher: Kids Can Press Ltd
Total Pages: 34
Release: 2007-03-01
Genre: Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN: 1771381604

Every raindrop, lake, underground river and glacier is part of a single global well. Discover the many ways water is used around the world, and what kids can do to protect it.

Look Both Ways

Look Both Ways
Author: Jason Reynolds
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
Total Pages: 240
Release: 2020-10-27
Genre: Juvenile Fiction
ISBN: 1481438298

"A collection of ten short stories that all take place in the same day about kids walking home from school"--

We Are Water Protectors

We Are Water Protectors
Author: Carole Lindstrom
Publisher: Roaring Brook Press
Total Pages: 23
Release: 2020-03-17
Genre: Juvenile Fiction
ISBN: 1250780993

From author Carole Lindstrom and illustrator Michaela Goade comes a New York Times bestselling and Caldecott Medal winning picture book that honors Indigenous-led movements across the world. Powerfully written and gorgeously illustrated, We Are Water Protectors, issues an urgent rallying cry to safeguard the Earth’s water from harm and corruption—inviting young readers everywhere to join the fight. Water is the first medicine. It affects and connects us all . . . When a black snake threatens to destroy the Earth And poison her people’s water, one young water protector Takes a stand to defend Earth’s most sacred resource. The fight continues with Autumn Peltier, Water Warrior, the must-read companion book to We Are Water Protectors. Written by Carole Lindstrom and illustrated by Bridget George, it tells the story of real-life water protectors, Autumn Peltier and her great-aunt Josephine Mandamin, two Indigenous Rights Activists who have inspired a tidal wave of change.