The Not-So-Scary Scarecrow


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Jack, the Scarecrow, believes he has to be scary because he's a scarecrow. Until one day he realizes that just because he is a scarecrow doesn't mean he has to act like one. Read about Jack as he makes a few unlikely friendships and realizes that being kind is exactly how he likes to be.




Down and Dirty!


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Provides more than forty projects for novice gardeners, including an introduction to potting flowers, drawing in hummingbirds, and picking out cat-friendsly plants.




The Not-So-Scary Scarecrow


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A farmer makes a scarecrow to scare birds away so that the birds stop eating his corn. He then notices that the expression on the scarecrow's face is also scaring people that pass by. The farmer doesn't want to scare people. So he makes some changes to make the scarecrow not-so-scary. Large type.










Toto


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The true hero of The Wizard of Oz takes center stage in this brilliant, delightfully snarky reimagining from the author of The Library of the Unwritten. I was mostly a Good Dog until they sold me out to animal control, okay? But if it’s a choice between Oz, with its creepy little singing dudes, and being behind bars in gray old Kansas, I’ll choose the place where animals talk and run the show for now, thanks. It’s not my fault that the kid is stuck here too, or that she stumbled into a tug-of-war over a pair of slippers that don’t even taste good. Now one witch in good eyeliner calls her pretty and we’re off on a quest? Teenagers. I try to tell her she’s falling in with the wrong crowd when she befriends a freaking hedge wizard made of straw, that blue jay with revolutionary aspirations, and the walking tin can. Still, I’m not one to judge when there’s the small matter of a coup in the Forest Kingdom.... Look, something really stinks in Oz, and this Wizard guy and the witches positively reek of it. As usual, it’s going to be up to a sensible little dog to do a big dog’s job and get to the bottom of it. And trust me: Little dogs can get away with anything.




Spinegrinder


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First came video and more recently high definition home entertainment, through to the internet with its streaming videos and not strictly legal peer-to-peer capabilities. With so many sources available, today’s fan of horror and exploitation movies isn’t necessarily educated on paths well-trodden — Universal classics, 1950s monster movies, Hammer — as once they were. They may not even be born and bred on DAWN OF THE DEAD. In fact, anyone with a bit of technical savvy (quickly becoming second nature for the born-clicking generation) may be viewing MYSTICS IN BALI and S.S. EXPERIMENT CAMP long before ever hearing of Bela Lugosi or watching a movie directed by Dario Argento. In this world, H.G. Lewis, so-called “godfather of gore,” carries the same stripes as Alfred Hitchcock, “master of suspense.” SPINEGRINDER is one man’s ambitious, exhaustive and utterly obsessive attempt to make sense of over a century of exploitation and cult cinema, of a sort that most critics won’t care to write about. One opinion; 8,000 reviews (or thereabouts.







Dear Teacher


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The key to authentic learning is capitalizing on teachable moments in the classroom. Learn to look for and create these tremendous learning opportunities as you teach your curriculum. This resource guides the user in a friendly fashion through a variety of units that address standards, multiple intelligences, and the content areas. Liberally sprinkled with practical projects, poetry, music, and assessment strategies, a grid is included at the end of each unit that demonstrates the interconnectedness of the hundreds of activities.