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Finding a Family for Tommy
Aimed at pre-school children (aged 18 months to five years), Finding a Family for Tommy provides carers and social workers with an opportunity to discuss the meaning of family and belonging. The book can be read in preparation for a move from foster care and during introductions to permanent carers or adopters, helping to reassure children at every stage of the process. It is also designed to be used post-adoption to remind children that they were chosen for a family and that their family was specially chosen for them.
Dennis Duckling
The story of Dennis Duckling has been used by carers and childcare professionals for over 25 years. This newly illustrated edition is ideal for very young children who are leaving their birth families for the first time to be cared for by foster carers. Dennis is sad because his parents can no longer look after him. He goes to live on a river where he makes new friends and is cared for by other grown-up ducks. Through Dennis' story, this colourful picture book allows children to express some of the emotions they are feeling when faced with upsetting and confusing events.
Dennis and the Big Decisions
This brightly illustrated picture book, sequel to our popular Dennis Duckling, follows Dennis as his care story continues and important decisions are made about where he should live and who with.
The Teazles' Baby Bunny
Mr and Mrs Teazle live happily in Foxaway Hollow. The only thing missing from their lives is a baby bunny of their own. They turn to Mr McBadger for help, and are delighted to learn there's a baby bunny looking for parents just like them. Together they prepare their home and welcome the baby into their family. This simple tale provides a gentle introduction to adoption, and paves the way for future discussions between parents, carers, social workers and children. It will also make other children aware that there are different ways to build a family.
Dennis Lives with Grandma and Grandpa
This brightly illustrated picture book, ideally suited to young children (aged 2-7) who are living in foster care, is the latest instalment in the Dennis the Duckling series. When their mum and dad struggled to look after them and keep them safe, Dennis and his sister Donna went to live with a family of foster ducks on a nearby river. All the grown-up ducks in the family come together to discuss what's best and, helped by a wise owl, they decide that Dennis and his sister should go to live with their Grandma and Grandpa.
The Renewal of Pagan Antiquity
A collection of essays by the art historian Aby Warburg, these essays look beyond iconography to more psychological aspects of artistic creation: the conditions under which art was practised; its social and cultural contexts; and its conceivable historical meaning.
The Story Cure
The stories that shape our children's lives are too important to be left to chance. With The Story Cure, bibliotherapists Ella Berthoud and Susan Elderkin have put together the perfect manual for grown-ups who want to initiate young readers into one of life's greatest pleasures. There's a remedy for every hiccup and heartache, whether it's between the covers of a picture book, a pop-up book, or a YA novel. You'll find old favourites like The Borrowers and The Secret Garden alongside modern soon-to-be classics by Michael Morpurgo, Malorie Blackman and Frank Cottrell-Boyce, as well as helpful lists of the right reads to fuel any obsession - from dogs or dinosaurs, space or spies. Wise and witty, The Story Cure will help any small person you know through the trials and tribulations of growing up, and help you fill their bookshelves with adventure, insight and a lifetime of fun.
Where Is Poppy's Panda?
Poppy's panda has always been with her - but now he is lost! Is he in the toy box? Is he underneath the bed? Is he in the wardrobe? Follow Poppy's story as she remembers all the times her panda has been with her. Will she find him again? A beautifully illustrated story for young children about transition, loss and change, and helping to keep continuity in a child's life.
The Chapel of the Magi in Palazzo Medici
The Chapel of the Magi in Palazzo Medici is one of those places in Italy in which history and art combine to bear witness to the past in a way that is absolutely exceptional. In this case it is a period in the past that has been extraordinarily celebrated, studied and loved, so as to achieve an almost mythic status: the age of the
Recent Advances in Big Data and Deep Learning
This book presents the original articles that have been accepted in the 2019 INNS Big Data and Deep Learning (INNS BDDL) international conference, a major event for researchers in the field of artificial neural networks, big data and related topics, organized by the International Neural Network Society and hosted by the University of Genoa. In 2019 INNS BDDL has been held in Sestri Levante (Italy) from April 16 to April 18. More than 80 researchers from 20 countries participated in the INNS BDDL in April 2019. In addition to regular sessions, INNS BDDL welcomed around 40 oral communications, 6 tutorials have been presented together with 4 invited plenary speakers. This book covers a broad range of topics in big data and deep learning, from theoretical aspects to state-of-the-art applications. This book is directed to both Ph.D. students and Researchers in the field in order to provide a general picture of the state-of-the-art on the topics addressed by the conference.
