Rabbi Loew shapes a giant man of clay--a golem--and brings him to life to defend the Jews of Prague from their persecutors, revealing the consequences of unleashing power beyond human control.
Zelinsky's retelling of Rapunzel captures the possessiveness, confinement, and separation of a late 17th-century French tale by Mlle. la Force, where a mother powerfully resists her child's inevitable growth.
"When I was twelve years old, I knew what I wanted--to be an artist." So begins My Name is Georgia, Jeanette Winter's lovely picture-book portrait of American artist Georgia O'Keeffe.
Here are over 70 games to help your child learn to read—and love it. Peggy Kaye's Games for Reading helps children read by doing just what kids like best: playing games. Easy to follow and easy to play, these games are ideal for busy, working parents.
Designed to help the volunteer become more self-reliant, this handbook includes: ten specific ways of working with children, with guides and suggestions for each; many book lists, including multicultural titles, at several grade levels; concrete suggestio
Against the background of normal progress, Preventing Reading Difficulties in Young Children examines factors that put children at risk of poor reading.
This handbook is designed to provide volunteer tutors with specific hands-on information about the tutoring process.
"In an era of decreasing commitment to literacy . . .
Parents and teachers of learning disabled children have turned to Sally Smith's No Easy Answers for information, advice, and comfort for more than fifteen years.
Newly available in paperback, this revised and updated third edition of Betsy Hearne's classic guide stands as the lodestar for navigating through the bewildering array of books for young readers.