Gail the Snail: Snailing Around


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"Gail the Snail, Snailing Around" Moving can be a frightening event for both young and old alike. In fact, any general change in our everyday life can be considered monumental to some of us. In this story Gail is able to walk a friend through one of those changes in his life. By doing that she gives a great example to youngsters everywhere about change and that it is not always a bad thing. Gail and her friend show us that moving is often a very good experience. Golden Gram has always enjoyed reading stories. She is an average grandmother who has decided to write a collection of her favorite stories to share with children everywhere. In her own words: "Busy parents these days, with both moms and dads working full time don't have enough hours in the day or they just don't get the opportunity to go over these little life lessons with their preschoolers. My mission is to give these active parents an easy way to teach them thus giving the children a fun way to learn Quality time for all. Hopefully Gail the Snail can help get the word out " Golden Gram lives in sunny Florida with her husband. They have four grown children and three grandchildren, all of whom are her best critics Golden Gram writes for sheer enjoyment with the hope that parents and teachers of preschoolers in the world today may find a place for her books in their home and/or school libraries.




Gail the Snail


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Gail the Snail "Night Owl" In this story you will follow Gail through a night time adventure and she will keep you guessing Though the examples are exaggerated and there are many laughs along the way, once again Gail gets to the root of the problem. Hopefully, she will be encouraging to youngsters in a fun and easy going story about the challenge encountered with having to begin to wear glasses. Gail now has two, very cool friends who wear them Golden Gram has always enjoyed reading stories. She is an average grandmother who has decided to write a collection of her favorite stories to share with children everywhere. In her own words: "Busy parents these days, with both moms and dads working full time don't have enough hours in the day or they just don't get the opportunity to go over these little life lessons with their children. My mission is to give these active parents an easy way to teach them thus giving the children a fun way to learn Quality time for all. Hopefully Gail the Snail can help get the word out " Golden Gram lives in sunny Florida with her husband. They have four grown children and four grandchildren, all of whom are her best critics Golden Gram writes for sheer enjoyment with the hope that parents and teachers may find a place for her books in their home and/or school libraries. Golden Gram writes for sheer enjoyment with the hope that parents and teachers may find a place for her books in their home and/or school libraries.




Gail the Snail: Goes on Vacation


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Gail the Snail "Goes on Vacation" Life is full of choices, even for Gail the Snail. In this story Gail is forced to make a choice about whether or not to go along with the crowd or stand up and do the right thing. Adding to the problem are mischievous playmates and they are far from helpful to our little friend. They are more like a fuel to the fire within her. This kind of temptation is what so many of our children are faced with on any given day. As Gail finds herself in the middle of this huge dilemma she is forced to make some major decisions completely on her own. The right choices made by Gail will build good character and will serve as an example of how and why we should always choose to do the right thing. Golden Gram has always enjoyed reading stories. She is an average grandmother who has decided to write a collection of her favorite stories to share with children everywhere. In her own words: "Busy parents these days, with both moms and dads working full time don't have enough hours in the day or they just don't get the opportunity to go over these little life lessons with their children. My mission is to give these active parents an easy way to teach them thus giving the children a fun way to learn Quality time for all. Hopefully Gail the Snail can help get the word out " Golden Gram lives in sunny Florida with her husband. They have four grown children and four grandchildren, all of whom are her best critics Golden Gram writes for sheer enjoyment with the hope that parents and teachers may find a place for her books in their home and/or school libraries. Golden Gram writes for sheer enjoyment with the hope that parents and teachers may find a place for her books in their home and/or school libraries.




Snail Mail


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A long, long time ago, before email and texting, the mail was delivered in a much slower way-it was called Snail Mail (because some thought it was delivered by a snail). Although it took much longer, everyone agreed that letters were a little more special when they were delivered by Snail Mail. They might be handwritten. They might include a drawing. They might even contain a surprise inside! One such letter was sent by a Girl to the Boy she loved, and it was up to four special snails to deliver her card across the country. The snails trek across the country-through desert heat and dangerous blizzards, across mountains and plains, through cities and forests-and along the way, they find that taking time to slow down and look around makes the journey all the more beautiful. Snail Mail's playful and educational story encourages kids to have slow living, and to approach life with determination and wonder. Julia Patton's rich illustrations showcase America's diverse terrain and national monuments from coast to coast. Kids and parents alike will delight in this celebration of America's beauty and the power of a simple handwritten letter.




Corcoran Gallery of Art


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This authoritative catalogue of the Corcoran Gallery of Art's renowned collection of pre-1945 American paintings will greatly enhance scholarly and public understanding of one of the finest and most important collections of historic American art in the world. Composed of more than 600 objects dating from 1740 to 1945.




Artful Teaching


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The authors in this volume share exemplary arts-integration practices across the K–8 curriculum. Rather than providing formulas or scripts to be followed, they carefully describe how the arts offer an entry point for gaining insight into why and how students learn. The book includes rich and lively examples of public school teachers integrating visual arts, music, drama, and dance with subject matter, including English, social studies, science, and mathematics. Readers will come away with a deeper understanding of why and how to use the arts every day, in every school, to reach every child. Both a practitioner’s guide and a school reform model, this important book: Explains how arts integration across the K–8 curriculum contributes to student learning.Features examples of how integrated arts education functions in classrooms when it is done well. Explores intensive teacher-education and principal-training programs now underway in several higher education institutions. Offers concrete ideas for educators who are looking to strengthen their own skills and improve student opportunities for learning. “Educators are increasingly taking heart and taking hold of arts integration in the ways described in this wonderful volume.” —From the Foreword by Cyrus E. Driver, The Ford Foundation “I find the result of these authors’ efforts stunning.” —From the Afterword by Lois Hetland, Massachusetts College of Art







Just Before Bretton Woods


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The Bretton Woods, New Hampshire conference that established the International Monetary Fund and the World Bank in 1944 was highly publicized then and remains well known today. The secretive Atlantic City, New Jersey conference that occurred immediately before Bretton Woods and laid the groundwork for it has never received much attention. The conference was notable for the presence of John Maynard Keynes, the most famous economist of the 20th century, as leader of the British delegation, and Harry Dexter White, later revealed to have passed secrets to the Soviet Union, as leader of the American delegation. Kurt Schuler and Gabrielle Canning have collected the conference minutes and related documents, and have added an introduction, annotations, and commentary to make them readily understandable.




The Greatest Generation Speaks


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NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • A heartwarming gift for the holidays—a powerful selection of the letters Tom Brokaw received in response to his towering #1 bestseller The Greatest Generation. “When I wrote about the men and women who came out of the Depression, who won great victories and made lasting sacrifices in World War II and then returned home to begin building the world we have today—the people I called the Greatest Generation—it was my way of saying thank you. But I was not prepared for the avalanche of letters and responses touched off by that book. I had written a book about America, and now America was writing back.”—Tom Brokaw In the phenomenal bestseller The Greatest Generation, Tom Brokaw paid affecting tribute to those who gave the world so much—and who left an enduring legacy of courage and conviction. The Greatest Generation Speaks collects the vast outpouring of letters Brokaw received from men and women eager to share their intensely personal stories of a momentous time in America’s history. Some letters tell of the front during the war, others recall loved ones in harm’s way in distant places. They offer first-hand accounts of battles, poignant reflections on loneliness, exuberant expressions of love, and somber feelings of loss. As Brokaw notes, “If we are to heed the past to prepare for the future, we should listen to these quiet voices of a generation that speaks to us of duty and honor, sacrifice and accomplishment. I hope more of their stories will be preserved and cherished as reminders of all that we owe them and all that we can learn from them.”




College of Charleston


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The eleventh-oldest college in the nation, the College of Charleston stands as one of the country's most historic academic institutions. Over the past few centuries, the College has provided education and opportunity for students, faculty, and local Charlestonians against a rare Southern backdrop, with a campus that mirrors the architectural charm and elegance of the peninsula city. This volume, with over 200 black-and-white photographs, transports readers on an incredible visual journey across an nineteenth- and twentieth-century landscape of Charleston, a time and place unique in the city's and school's history. Documenting the school's antebellum days as the first municipal college in 1837, the turbulent years of the Civil War, the campus's growth and evolution in the earlier part of the twentieth century, and the traditions that continue today, this pictorial retrospective explores the many elements of the Cougar experience: the College's student life, the development and preservation of its buildings, its athletic teams and events, and the many diverse student-run organizations.