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Jessie and her mum have been shopping for hours! Jessie is bored, so she amuses herself by hiding among the clothers. But when she emerges, tired of her game, Mum has disappeared.
"When Tom arrives home from school one day, he learns that something very sad has happened - his grandfather has died. His family try to answer all his questions, but no one seems able to tell him where Grandad is. But Tom wants to find him, to tell him what has happened to him..."--Back Cover.
Everyday a young boy is forced to pay his dinner money to school bullies. This story follows his dilemma as to whether to bite back or tell his parents and teachers. It is one of a series which is intended to help children understand emotions felt in difficult situations.
When Kate goes to stay with her cousin Sophie, she does not want to admit she is afraid of the dark because Sophie is not afraid of anything.
Jessie and her mom have been shopping for hours! Jessie is bored, so she hides among the clothes. But when she emerges, Mom is gone. And Jessie can't find her anywhere!
This title is part of a series which deals with dramatic and significant events in the lives of young children. Rosie goes into hospital for a heart operation. She has to get used to all kinds of treatments, and can't get out of bed, but the doctors and nurses explain what is happening.
This course seeks to raise self-esteem and confidence, tackling issues that are relevant to everyday life in a sensitive way. The modules can be used as a complete course for KS2 pupils, or selected at the teacher's discretion.
Along with bar rooms and bordellos, there has hardly been a more male-focused institution in Texas history than the Texas Legislature. Yet the eighty-six women who have served there have made a mark on the institution through the legislation they have passed, much of which addresses their concerns as citizens who have been inadequately represented by male lawmakers. This first complete record of the women of the Texas Legislature places such well-known figures as Kay Bailey Hutchison, Sissy Farenthold, Barbara Jordan, Irma Rangel, Eddie Bernice Johnson, Susan Combs, and Judith Zaffirini in the context of their times and among the women and men with whom they served. Drawing on years of prima...
This landmark volume is the first to bring together leading scholarship on children’s and young adult literature from three intersecting disciplines: Education, English, and Library and Information Science. Distinguished by its multidisciplinary approach, it describes and analyzes the different aspects of literary reading, texts, and contexts to illuminate how the book is transformed within and across different academic figurations of reading and interpreting children’s literature. Part one considers perspectives on readers and reading literature in home, school, library, and community settings. Part two introduces analytic frames for studying young adult novels, picturebooks, indigenous...