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Through case studies of individual students and lively portraits of elementary classrooms, editor Diane Stephens and colleagues explore how artful preK-5 teachers come to know their students through assessment and use that knowledge to customize reading instruction.
Throughout the book, the educators profiled-classroom teachers, reading specialists, and literacy coaches-work together to take personal and professional responsibility for knowing their...
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Teaching Illustration is a must-have for any college-level art instructor. Packed with a wealth of illustration course syllabi from leading art and design schools across the U.S. and Europe, it offers exciting ideas on topics from editorial illustration to animation, books, and the Internet. Each syllabus includes an introduction, course requirements, a weekly breakdown, suggestions for projects, and selected readings-a comprehensive array of topics,...
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This engaging summary presents an analysis of Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban by J.K. Rowling, which follows the Boy Who Lived during his third year at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry. This year, the school is guarded by Dementors, sinister hooded creatures sent by the Ministry of Magic as a defense against the escaped murderer Sirius Black who is pursuing Harry. Assisted by Hermione, Ron and the new Defense Against the Dark Arts...
4) The Snail
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Award-winning illustrator Emily Hughes offers a luminous picture book about the life of renowned Japanese American artist Isamu Noguchi.
Isamu Noguchi is one of the most important sculptors of all time. His Akari lamps changed the way modern buildings light their space. But before he was important, he was a kid. This is his story.
Noguchi was a Japanese American artist who gave the world light. The world, however, was not always so giving in return....
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It was a third-grade teacher who recognized Vicky Howard's talent and encouraged her on the path to becoming a successful artist. That makes The Art of Teaching, Howard's tribute to teachers everywhere, just that more appropriate as the keepsake gift book that it is.
From heartfelt to lighthearted, Howard's illustrations are filled with intricate detail, warmth, and charm. Her design's rich colors perfectly capture the essence of all things related...