Write About Your Best Teacher - April 2024

Teach Your Child to Read in 100 Easy Lessons

Is your child halfway through first grade and still unable to read? Is your preschooler bored with coloring and ready for reading? Do you want to help your child read, but are afraid you'll do something wrong? RAs DISTARreg; is the most successful beginning reading program available to schools across the country. Research has proven that children taught by the DISTARreg; method outperform their peers who receive instruction from other programs. Now for the first time, this program has been adapted for parent and child to use at home. Teach Your Child to Read in 100 Easy Lessons is a complete, ... [Read More]

• ASIN: 0671631985
• ASIN: 0671631985
• ISBN: 0671631985
• Brand: Touchstone
• Manufacturer: Touchstone

How to Read Literature Like a Professor: A Lively and Entertaining Guide to Reading Between the Lines, Revised Edition

A thoroughly revised and updated edition of Thomas C. Foster’s classic guide—a lively and entertaining introduction to literature and literary basics, including symbols, themes and contexts, that shows you how to make your everyday reading experience more rewarding and enjoyable.While many books can be enjoyed for their basic stories, there are often deeper literary meanings interwoven in these texts. How to Read Literature Like a Professor helps us to discover those hidden truths by looking at literature with the eyes—and the literary codes-of the ultimate professional reader, the colle... [Read More]

• ASIN: 0062301675
• ASIN: 0062301675
• ISBN: 9780062301673
• Brand: Harper Perennial
• Manufacturer: Perennial

Oh, the Places You'll Go!  

• ASIN: 0679805273
• UPC: 038332154085
• ASIN: 0679805273
• ISBN: 9780679805274
• Brand: Random House
• Manufacturer: Random House Books for Young Readers

Thank You for Arguing, Third Edition: What Aristotle, Lincoln, and Homer Simpson Can Teach Us About the Art of Persuasion

A master class in the art of persuasion, as taught by professors ranging from Bart Simpson to Winston Churchill, newly revised and updated. The time-tested secrets taught in this book include Cicero's three-step strategy for moving an audience to action, and Honest Abe's Shameless Trick for lowering an audience's expectations. And it's also replete with contemporary techniques such as politicians' use of code language to appeal to specfic groups and an eye-opening assortment of persuasive tricks, including the Eddie Haskell Ploy, the Belushi Paradigm, Stalin's Timing Secret, and the Yoda Techn... [Read More]

• ASIN: 0804189935
• ASIN: 0804189935
• ISBN: 0804189935
• Brand: THREE RIVERS
• Manufacturer: Three Rivers Press

A New Earth: Awakening to Your Life's Purpose (Oprah's Book Club, Selection 61)

“A wake-up call for the entire planet . . . [A New Earth] helps us to stop creating our own suffering and obsessing over the past and what the future might be, and to put ourselves in the now.” —Oprah Winfrey With his bestselling spiritual guide The Power of Now, Eckhart Tolle inspired millions of readers to discover the freedom and joy of a life lived “in the now.” In A New Earth, Tolle expands on these powerful ideas to show how transcending our ego-based state of consciousness is not only essential to personal happiness, but also the key to ending conflict and suffering throughou... [Read More]

• ASIN: 0452289963
• ASIN: 0452289963
• ISBN: 9780452289963
• Brand: Unknown
• Manufacturer: Penguin

The Whole-Brain Child: 12 Revolutionary Strategies to Nurture Your Child's Developing Mind

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • The authors of No-Drama Discipline and The Yes Brain explain the new science of how a child’s brain is wired and how it matures in this pioneering, practical book. “Simple, smart, and effective solutions to your child’s struggles.”—Harvey Karp, M.D. In this pioneering, practical book, Daniel J. Siegel, neuropsychiatrist and author of the bestselling Mindsight, and parenting expert Tina Payne Bryson offer a revolutionary approach to child rearing with twelve key strategies that foster healthy brain development, leading to calmer, happier children. The a... [Read More]

• ASIN: 0553386697
• ASIN: 0553386697
• ISBN: 9780553386691
• Brand: Bantam
• Manufacturer: Bantam

I Will Always Write Back: How One Letter Changed Two Lives

The New York Times bestselling true story of an all-American girl and a boy from Zimbabwe and the letter that changed both of their lives forever.It started as an assignment. Everyone in Caitlin's class wrote to an unknown student somewhere in a distant place. Martin was lucky to even receive a pen-pal letter. There were only ten letters, and fifty kids in his class. But he was the top student, so he got the first one.That letter was the beginning of a correspondence that spanned six years and changed two lives.In this compelling dual memoir, Caitlin and Martin recount how they became best fri... [Read More]

• ASIN: 0316241334
• ASIN: 0316241334
• ISBN: 0316241334
• Brand: Little Brown Books for Young Readers
• Manufacturer: Little, Brown Books for Young Readers

A course in Miracles : Combined Volume

It is important for you to know that this is the only complete original edition of A Course in Miracles that the Scribe, Dr. Helen Schucman, authorized to be published by the Foundation for Inner Peace in 1975.Other books with titles such as "The Original Edition" or the "Unedited Edition" contain unsanctioned material from a first or second draft of the Course which Dr. Schucman deleted since it was not meant to be part of the published Course. Only this edition from the Foundation for Inner Peace includes the following copyrighted material: the " Preface", "the Clarification of Terms", and "... [Read More]

• ASIN: 1883360269
• ASIN: 1883360269
• ISBN: 1883360269
• Brand: Foundation for Inner Peace
• Manufacturer: Foundation for Inner Peace

The Wonderful Things You Will Be

The New York Times bestseller that celebrates the dreams, acceptance, and love that parents have for their children . . . now and forever!  From brave and bold to creative and clever, Emily Winfield Martin's rhythmic rhyme expresses all the loving things that parents think of when they look at their children. With beautiful, and sometimes humorous, illustrations, and a clever gatefold with kids in costumes, this is a book grown-ups will love reading over and over to kids-both young and old. A great gift for any occasion, but a special stand-out for baby showers, birthdays, and graduation. The... [Read More]

• ASIN: 0385376715
• UPC: 884871130611
• ASIN: 0385376715
• ISBN: 0385376715
• Brand: Random House Books for Young Readers
• Manufacturer: Random House Books for Young Readers

Quiet: The Power of Introverts in a World That Can't Stop Talking

The book that started the Quiet RevolutionAt least one-third of the people we know are introverts. They are the ones who prefer listening to speaking; who innovate and create but dislike self-promotion; who favor working on their own over working in teams. It is to introverts—Rosa Parks, Chopin, Dr. Seuss, Steve Wozniak—that we owe many of the great contributions to society. In Quiet, Susan Cain argues that we dramatically undervalue introverts and shows how much we lose in doing so. She charts the rise of the Extrovert Ideal throughout the twentieth century and explores how deeply it has... [Read More]

• ASIN: 0307352153
• ASIN: 0307352153
• ISBN: 9780307352156
• Brand: Cain, Susan
• Manufacturer: Broadway Books

180 DAYS: Two Teachers and the Quest to Engage and Empower Adolescents

"Teaching is art-creation-and a curriculum map is only as good as the teacher who considers it, who questions it, and who revises it to meet the needs of each year's students." -Kelly Gallagher and Penny Kittle Two teachers. Two classrooms. One school year. 180 Days represents the collaboration of two master teachers-Kelly Gallagher and Penny Kittle-over an entire school year: planning, teaching, and reflecting within their own and each other's classrooms in California and New Hampshire. Inspired by a teacher's question, "How do you fit it all in?" they identified and prioritized the daily, es... [Read More]

• ASIN: 0325081131
• ASIN: 0325081131
• ISBN: 0325081131
• Manufacturer: Heinemann

Lies My Teacher Told Me: Everything Your American History Textbook Got Wrong

“Every teacher, every student of history, every citizen should read this book. It is both a refreshing antidote to what has passed for history in our educational system and a one-volume education in itself.”—Howard Zinn A new edition of the national bestseller and American Book Award winner, with a new preface by the author Since its first publication in 1995, Lies My Teacher Told Me has become one of the most important—and successful—history books of our time. Having sold nearly two million copies, the book also won an American Book Award and the Oliver Cromwell Cox Award for Distin... [Read More]

• ASIN: 1620973928
• ASIN: 1620973928
• ISBN: 1620973928
• Manufacturer: The New Press

Braiding Sweetgrass: Indigenous Wisdom, Scientific Knowledge and the Teachings of Plants

As a botanist, Robin Wall Kimmerer has been trained to ask questions of nature with the tools of science. As a member of the Citizen Potawatomi Nation, she embraces the notion that plants and animals are our oldest teachers. In Braiding Sweetgrass, Kimmerer brings these two lenses of knowledge together to take us on “a journey that is every bit as mythic as it is scientific, as sacred as it is historical, as clever as it is wise” (Elizabeth Gilbert). Drawing on her life as an indigenous scientist, and as a woman, Kimmerer shows how other living beings―asters and goldenrod, strawberries a... [Read More]

• ASIN: 1571313567
• UPC: 884852638297
• ASIN: 1571313567
• ISBN: 1571313567
• Brand: Ingramcontent
• Manufacturer: Milkweed Editions

What Should Danny Do? (The Power to Choose Series)

THE "MUST-HAVE" BOOK OF THE YEAR IS BACK IN STOCK!9 Stories in 1! What Should Danny Do? is an innovative, interactive book that empowers kids with the understanding that their choices will shape their days, and ultimately their lives into what they will be. Written in a "Choose Your Own Story" style, the book follows Danny, a Superhero-in-Training, through his day as he encounters choices that kids face on a daily basis. As your children navigate through the different story lines, they will begin to realize that their choices for Danny shaped his day into what it became. And in turn, their cho... [Read More]

• ASIN: 069284838X
• ASIN: 069284838X
• ISBN: 069284838X
• Manufacturer: Elon Books

Summer Bridge Activities - Grades 5 - 6, Workbook for Summer Learning Loss, Math, Reading, Writing and More with Flash Cards

AWARD-WINNING WORKBOOK: Summer Bridge Activities is the recipient of the 2018 Kids' Product of the Year Award and Travel Fun of the Year Award from "Creative Child Magazine." This workbook was designed to prevent summer learning loss and help your child get a headstart on the next year. INCLUDES: One Summer Bridge Activities workbook for 5th to 6th grade. This workbook focuses on all subjects - math, writing, reading, science, social studies, fitness and character building. It also includes bonus flash cards for studying. 15 MINUTES A DAY: These best-selling summer activity books are designed ... [Read More]

• ASIN: 1483815854
• UPC: 044222242701
• ASIN: 1483815854
• ISBN: 1483815854
• Brand: Carson-Dellosa
• Manufacturer: Summer Bridge Activities

The Best Teacher in Second Grade

The lively characters from "The Best Seat in Second Grade" return for this endearing story filled with moons, comets, and second-grade stars. full

• UPC: 5378160
• Rating: 5.0

Follow-The-Directions Draw & Write Activities : Step-By-Step Directions and Writing Prompts That Guide Children to Draw Pictures and Write Stories about Them

Help kids learn to follow directions and build fine-motor skills with 35 reproducible draw & write activities that they can complete independently! Each activity features step-by-step directions for drawing adorable pictures, plus creative writing prompts

• UPC: 3899865

642 Big Things to Write About: Young Writer's Edition

This new oversized journal is packed with peculiar and provocative prompts that encourage young writers to think BIG. Whether imagining big objects or pondering big ideas, budding writers will find this HUGELY entertaining book of

• UPC: 51797455

Kid's Trip Diary : Kids! Write about your own adventures. Have fun while you travel!

With easy to use interactive pages, kids can quietly spend many happy hours writing about their very own travel adventures. Not a blank book, this educator-developed travel diary is divided into three parts: before you

• UPC: 317897372

What the Best College Teachers Do

What makes a great teacher great? Which professors do students remember long after graduation? This book, based on a 15-year study of nearly 100 college teachers, offers answers for all educators. Bain provides humorous and

• UPC: 2487356
• Rating: 4.0

A Smart Girl's Guide: Middle School: Everything You Need to Know about Juggling More Homework, More Teachers, and More Friends!

"Starting middle school can be scary. But knowing what to expect will make you feel more confident. Packed with tips and fun quizzes, here's the inside scoop on topics like classes, lockers, homework, and getting

• UPC: 28979478
• Rating: 5.0

Chicken Soup for the Soul: Inspiration for Teachers : 101 Stories about How You Make a Difference

"New teachers, experienced teacher, retired teachers. They'll all be inspired and re-energized by these 101 stories about what matters most -knowing that they make a difference. You'll laugh along with their adventures, tear up over

• UPC: 55216180

All about Marvelous Me! : A Draw and Write Journal

Loaded with fun pursuits from fill-in-the-blanks to journaling, this book inspires kids to write and illustrate details of their lives and thoughts. Activities include taking personality quizzes, imagining the perfect job, and

• UPC: 43152684

Chicken Soup for the Pet Lover's Soul : Stories About Pets as Teachers, Healers, Heroes and Friends

Animals bring out the goodness, humanity and optimism in people and speak directly to our souls. This joyous, inspiring and entertaining Chicken Soup collection relates the unique bonds between animals and the people whose lives

• UPC: 21627253

Teenagers 101 : What a Top Teacher Wishes You Knew about Helping Your Kid Succeed

Encourages parents to help their teenagers be self-motivated, take responsibility for their learning, work through their problems, become their own advocate, and present themselves

• UPC: 38656736
• Rating: 4.5