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In 1907, Laura Beatrice Berton, a 29-year-old kindergarten teacher, left her comfortable life in Toronto to teach in a Yukon mining town. She fell in love with the North - and with a northerner - and made Dawson City her home for the next 25 years. I Married the Klondike is her memoir." "When she first arrived by steamboat in Dawson City, Berton expected to find a rough mining town full of grizzled miners, scarlet-clad Mounties and dance-hall girls....
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Square crackers are a tasty snack. A square pillow is a perfect place to rest a head. It might not always occur to us, but our world is full of shapes. This book will hone young readers into recognizing the square, an essential standard of Common Core mathematics. Colorful photographs accompany comprehensible text, supporting readers' budding vocabulary and making this text achievable as well as entertaining.
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This book will instill readers with an understanding of the rewarding nature of helping family members. Observing the narrator's actions as he reads the paper aloud, walks the dog, and does the dishes, readers will be inspired to be proactive about offering assistance. Delightful illustrations will catch the fancy of beginning readers. A pictorial glossary of words to know is included to strengthen growing vocabularies.
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There are all sorts of triangles hidden in our world. This book will guide readers into seeing this shape in commonplace objects as well as help them distinguish triangles from other geometric figures. These simple exercises will encourage young mathematicians to practice identifying shapes in their own lives, reinforcing an important standard of elementary mathematics curricula.
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Diamonds are similar to squares, but they look a bit "squashed." Readers will recognize this special shape in the many bright photographs of this accessible text, which also, encourages them to build new vocabulary. They'll see diamond-shaped kites, cookies, and signs, and learn to spot diamonds in patterns as well. As they develop their knowledge of this elementary geometry concept, they'll understand how this aspect of math applies to real life....
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Ovals aren't the easiest shape for young learners to spot, but this fun book will give them plenty of practice. They'll see ovals in mirrors, eggs, and bathtubs, among other recognizable shapes. Vibrant images are, coupled with text that features vocabulary accessible to the beginning reader. A final activity asks readers to identify an oval among other shapes, providing a final assessment opportunity.
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The Arthur of history was engaged in a life-long struggle with an enemy that threatened to rob his people of home, of country, and of freedom; in the stories, the king and his knights, like Richard Coeur-de-Lion, sought adventure for adventure's sake, or, as in the case of Sir Peredur, took fantastic vows for the love of a lady. The Knights of the Round Table are sheathed from head to foot in plate armour, although the real Arthur's warriors probably...
11) We Love Circles!
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Pizzas, cookies, Frisbees, some of the best things in life are circles. In the bright pages of this volume, readers will recognize circles in their everyday life. Achievable text is, accompanied by carefully chosen photographs, which aid in acquisition of new vocabulary and practice in fluency. Readers are also asked to identify a circle in a concluding activity, a fun assessment of what they've learned.
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From an acclaimed and powerful talent in historical fiction, a literary historical novel set in a bohemian enclave of Vienna about love, freedom, and what constitutes a family
Set in Vienna from 1910 to 1946, All of You Every Single One is an atmospheric, original, and deeply moving novel about family, freedom, and how true love might survive impossible odds. Julia Lindqvist, a woman unhappily married to a famous Swedish playwright, leaves her husband...
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Memories. Some memories are elusive, fleeting, like a butterfly that touches down and is free until it is caught. Others are haunting. You'd rather forget them, but they won't be forgotten. And some are always there. No matter where you are, they are there, too.
In this moving story of legacy and reclamation, two young sisters are taken from their home and family. Powerless in a broken system, April and Cheryl are separated and placed in different...
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After decades of concealing the full account of her experiences, Holocaust survivor Beatrice Sonders (Basia Gadzuik) writes her story of survival and courage in the face of the ultimate horrors.
Born in 1924 and growing up in the small town of David-Horodok, a village in eastern Poland, Basia spent her childhood surrounded by family, traditions, and a Jewish education that rebirthed the Hebrew language. But when the Germans and Ukrainians obliterated...
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This appealing teen read tells the story of Katie, a teen from an abused home, and her journey through foster care. Katie is always surrounded by wealth, but feels terribly alone because of the secret horror of her angry, abusive father. When she's thrown out of her house and put into foster care, it seems like the end of the world. But as she moves through the foster care system, she begins to realize that she can help others. Can she, at last, find...
16) Blizzards
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Once the snow starts falling in winter, the word “blizzard” is often thrown around in conversation. But meteorologists will only use this term for specific weather conditions. Readers of this accessible book, full of essential earth-science concepts, will
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La colección de Fogata es una guía de referencia escrita por facilitadores profesionales que brinda respuestas a preguntas que los facilitadores de grupos necesitan plantear ● Competencias de facilitación, desafíos y herramientas ● Reuniones y cómo hacerlas menos aburridas, más productivas ● Procesos participativos para incluir a todos los que están en la sala ● Conflicto – formas de reconocerlo y responder a sus muchas facetas ●...