Language Arts & Disciplines

This book addresses the preservice educators who are in preparation for their journey as dual language teachers in credential programs or certification courses and in-service teachers who want to achieve a higher level of knowledge and expertise in teaching Spanish language and literacy.Author: Jill...

SAT Vocabulary: A New Approach covers key vocabulary for the Reading test, Writing and Language test, and Essay of the redesigned (2016) SAT. Written by two leading test-prep authors, this book offers an approach that is aligned with the new SAT's focus on vocabulary...

Poetry as Knowledge in Librarianship draws on poetry to illustrate its role in library and information science professionals' intertwined personal and professional streams of life journeys. The edited collection explores the power of poetry as a "voice" in transforming librarians' lives and shaping their...

Learning Centers for School Libraries presents innovative, engaging, and fun ideas to target the AASL National School Library Standards and content-area standards. It contains almost everything needed to set up learning centers in a school library. The ideas are flexible and can fit different grade levels and...

A sweeping history of America's first media revolution: the rise of the newspaper, and the transformation of a fledgling republic into the world's first information superpower. "Takes us beyond the familiar New York papers and editors to a whole continent bursting with the thirst...

The Brilliant Activities for Creative Writing series of books provides a flexible, but structured resource for developing writing skills, which both you and your pupils will enjoy. The activities address many of the Programmes of Study for writing composition in the 2014 National Curriculum...

As its sister title, A Californian's Guide to the Trees Among Us, did for arboreal varieties, this new guidebook introduces casual birders to 120 of California's most easily seen bird species--native and exotic alike--as found in a mix of urban, suburban, and traditionally natural...

Thinking Critically About What Matters lays out an original perspective on critical thinking, defined as the values-based decision-making process of (i) making up our own minds about what matters in life and (ii) making choices in the real world based on our own authentically...

Everything you need to learn Japanese quickly! Learning Japanese is a complete language learning package designed for people who want to learn to communicate in Japanese quickly and easily--whether on your own or with a teacher. The book introduces all the basics of the...

A history of the rich culture of the Gullah people-a story of upheaval, endurance, and survival in the Lowcountry of the American South.Gullah Culture in America chronicles the history and culture of the Gullah people, African Americans who live in the Lowcountry region of...

'The most honest account of addiction I have read. This is an invaluable book'. - Tony Adams. What is an addict? Who is susceptible, and why? How can I recover from addiction? Growing up in a fractious and dysfunctional family, life wasn't easy for...

Daily Handwriting Practice, Modern Manuscript is more than just a handwriting book; it is a learning tool that helps developing young minds practice basic skills in an interesting and unique way.For example, as students learn to clearly write, "The gray ant is in third...

Dennis Bouvard's Anthropomorphics is the inauguration of a meta-discipline: a strategy for entering and transforming the secular disciplines.Where challenges to liberalism often accept some degree of the liberal frame, Bouvard strikes at the very root. Starting with the signifying center rather than agents alienated...

50 Instructional Routines to Develop Content Literacy, 3/e helps adolescents read more and read better. Middle and high school teachers can immediately put to use its practical information and classroom examples from science, social studies, English, math, the visual and performing arts, and core...

Create the novel of your nightmares with this horror writing workbook! Abandoned places! Final girl! Ghostly hitchhickers! Horror fans and writers-to-be can build their own worlds, craft their own characters, and spin their own gripping stories with these engaging and thought-provoking writing prompts, making...

Walt Whitman's short stint in New Orleans during the spring of 1848 was a crucial moment of literary and personal development, with many celebrated poems from Leaves of Grass showing its influence. Walt Whitman's New Orleans is the first book dedicated to republishing his...

Your world deserves the best magic system you can dream of. A quality magic system can transform your story from average to unforgettable. Let's face it, you've spent countless hours dreaming of the perfect magic system that not only enhances your stories, helps define...

The Summer of ReadWorks is a series of non-fiction, educational articles with reflection writing prompts for children entering 2nd, 3rd and 4th grades.Make it a summer of ReadWorks for your child entering 4th grade, because summer reading doesn't need to be stressful to be...

Build your English skills with this bestselling guide to English verbs!Knowing when and why to use certain verbs can be confusing. This easy-to-use book explains everything you need to know to develop a solid understanding of English verbs. There are plenty of clear examples...

Author: Danny CainePublisher: Microcosm PublishingPublished: 06/02/2026Pages: 192Binding Type: PaperbackWeight: 0.41lbsSize: 6.90h x 5.60w x 0.64dISBN: 9781648414084Review Citation(s): Publishers Weekly 06/01/2026About the AuthorDanny Caine is the author most recently of Jewish American Dream, winner of the inaugural Sarabande Chapbook Prize. He's also written four poetry...