Author: Michael Dahl
Publisher: Capstone
ISBN: 9781404803701
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 28
Book Description
Introduces a variety of sounds that are made by animals.
Do Bears Buzz?
Author: Michael Dahl
Publisher: Capstone
ISBN: 9781404803701
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 28
Book Description
Introduces a variety of sounds that are made by animals.
Publisher: Capstone
ISBN: 9781404803701
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 28
Book Description
Introduces a variety of sounds that are made by animals.
Do Whales Have Wings?
Author: Michael Dahl
Publisher: Capstone
ISBN: 9781404801035
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 28
Book Description
Learn which animals have paws and which have claws in this exciting and colorful exploration of animal bodies.
Publisher: Capstone
ISBN: 9781404801035
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 28
Book Description
Learn which animals have paws and which have claws in this exciting and colorful exploration of animal bodies.
The Counterfeit Tackle
Author: Matt Christopher
Publisher: Little, Brown Books for Young Readers
ISBN: 0316095923
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 67
Book Description
Identical twins learn to accept the fact that they have different interests and abilities.
Publisher: Little, Brown Books for Young Readers
ISBN: 0316095923
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 67
Book Description
Identical twins learn to accept the fact that they have different interests and abilities.
Do Polar Bears Snooze in Hollow Trees?
Author: Laura Purdie Salas
Publisher: Capstone
ISBN: 1404822313
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 14
Book Description
Discusses the many ways that different animals hibernate.
Publisher: Capstone
ISBN: 1404822313
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 14
Book Description
Discusses the many ways that different animals hibernate.
Do Goldfish Gallop?
Author: Michael Dahl
Publisher: Capstone
ISBN: 9781404803756
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 28
Book Description
Describes how different animals get from one place to another.
Publisher: Capstone
ISBN: 9781404803756
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 28
Book Description
Describes how different animals get from one place to another.
Engaging Humor
Author: Elliott Oring
Publisher: University of Illinois Press
ISBN: 0252092058
Category : Humor
Languages : en
Pages : 226
Book Description
Exploring the structure, motives, and meanings of humor in everyday life In Engaging Humor, Elliott Oring asks essential questions concerning humorous expression in contemporary society, examining how humor works, why it is employed, and what its messages might be. This provocative book is filled with examples of jokes and riddles that reveal humor to be a meaningful--even significant--form of expression. Oring scrutinizes classic Jewish jokes, frontier humor, racist cartoons, blonde jokes, and Internet humor. He provides alternate ways of thinking about humorous expressions by examining their contexts--not just their contents. He also shows how the incongruity and absurdity essential to the production of laughter can serve serious communicative ends. Engaging Humor examines the thoughts that underlie jokes, the question of racist motivation in ethnic humor, and the use of humor as a commentary on social interaction. The book also explores the relationship between humor and sentimentality and the role of humor in forging national identity. Engaging Humor demonstrates that when analyzed contextually and comparatively, humorous expressions emerge as communications that are startling, intriguing, and profound.
Publisher: University of Illinois Press
ISBN: 0252092058
Category : Humor
Languages : en
Pages : 226
Book Description
Exploring the structure, motives, and meanings of humor in everyday life In Engaging Humor, Elliott Oring asks essential questions concerning humorous expression in contemporary society, examining how humor works, why it is employed, and what its messages might be. This provocative book is filled with examples of jokes and riddles that reveal humor to be a meaningful--even significant--form of expression. Oring scrutinizes classic Jewish jokes, frontier humor, racist cartoons, blonde jokes, and Internet humor. He provides alternate ways of thinking about humorous expressions by examining their contexts--not just their contents. He also shows how the incongruity and absurdity essential to the production of laughter can serve serious communicative ends. Engaging Humor examines the thoughts that underlie jokes, the question of racist motivation in ethnic humor, and the use of humor as a commentary on social interaction. The book also explores the relationship between humor and sentimentality and the role of humor in forging national identity. Engaging Humor demonstrates that when analyzed contextually and comparatively, humorous expressions emerge as communications that are startling, intriguing, and profound.
Do Pelicans Sip Nectar?
Author: Laura Purdie Salas
Publisher: Capstone
ISBN: 140482233X
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 14
Book Description
Discusses how different animals eat.
Publisher: Capstone
ISBN: 140482233X
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 14
Book Description
Discusses how different animals eat.
Do Crocodiles Dance?
Author: Laura Purdie Salas
Publisher: Capstone
ISBN: 1404822305
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 14
Book Description
Discusses behaviors of some different animals.
Publisher: Capstone
ISBN: 1404822305
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 14
Book Description
Discusses behaviors of some different animals.
Buzz
Author: Lisa Jean Moore
Publisher: NYU Press
ISBN: 0814763065
Category : Nature
Languages : en
Pages : 251
Book Description
- "A fascinating reminder of the interconnections between humans and animals... In this intrepid and lively tour of beedom, nature is cultural." - Gary Alan Fine, author of Sticky Reputations "A unique, important, and fascinating addition to the literature." - Clinton Sanders, author of Regarding Animals
Publisher: NYU Press
ISBN: 0814763065
Category : Nature
Languages : en
Pages : 251
Book Description
- "A fascinating reminder of the interconnections between humans and animals... In this intrepid and lively tour of beedom, nature is cultural." - Gary Alan Fine, author of Sticky Reputations "A unique, important, and fascinating addition to the literature." - Clinton Sanders, author of Regarding Animals
Bad Guys Don't Have Birthdays
Author: Vivian Gussin Paley
Publisher: University of Chicago Press
ISBN: 022607613X
Category : Education
Languages : en
Pages : 129
Book Description
Bad guys are not allowed to have birthdays, pick blueberries, or disturb the baby. So say the four-year-olds who announce life's risks and dangers as they play out the school year in Vivian Paley's classroom. Their play is filled with warnings. They invent chaos in order to show that everything is under control. They portray fear to prove that it can be conquered. No theme is too large or too small for their intense scrutiny. Fantasy play is their ever dependable pathway to knowledge and certainty. " It . . . takes a special teacher to value the young child's communications sufficiently, enter into a meaningful dialogue with the youngster, and thereby stimulate more productivity without overwhelming the child with her own ideas. Vivian Paley is such a teacher."—Maria W. Piers, in the American Journal of Education "[Mrs. Paley's books] should be required reading wherever children are growing. Mrs. Paley does not presume to understand preschool children, or to theorize. Her strength lies equally in knowing that she does not know and in trying to learn. When she cannot help children—because she can neither anticipate nor follow their thinking—she strives not to hinder them. She avoids the arrogance of adult to small child; of teacher to student; or writer to reader."—Penelope Leach, author of Your Baby & Child in the New York Times Book Review "[Paley's] stories and interpretation argue for a new type of early childhood education . . . a form of teaching that builds upon the considerable knowledge children already have and grapple with daily in fantasy play."—Alex Raskin, Los Angeles Times Book Review "Through the 'intuitive language' of fantasy play, Paley believes, children express their deepest concerns. They act out different roles and invent imaginative scenarios to better understand the real world. Fantasy play helps them cope with uncomfortable feelings. . . . In fantasy, any device may be used to draw safe boundaries."—Ruth J. Moss, Psychology Today
Publisher: University of Chicago Press
ISBN: 022607613X
Category : Education
Languages : en
Pages : 129
Book Description
Bad guys are not allowed to have birthdays, pick blueberries, or disturb the baby. So say the four-year-olds who announce life's risks and dangers as they play out the school year in Vivian Paley's classroom. Their play is filled with warnings. They invent chaos in order to show that everything is under control. They portray fear to prove that it can be conquered. No theme is too large or too small for their intense scrutiny. Fantasy play is their ever dependable pathway to knowledge and certainty. " It . . . takes a special teacher to value the young child's communications sufficiently, enter into a meaningful dialogue with the youngster, and thereby stimulate more productivity without overwhelming the child with her own ideas. Vivian Paley is such a teacher."—Maria W. Piers, in the American Journal of Education "[Mrs. Paley's books] should be required reading wherever children are growing. Mrs. Paley does not presume to understand preschool children, or to theorize. Her strength lies equally in knowing that she does not know and in trying to learn. When she cannot help children—because she can neither anticipate nor follow their thinking—she strives not to hinder them. She avoids the arrogance of adult to small child; of teacher to student; or writer to reader."—Penelope Leach, author of Your Baby & Child in the New York Times Book Review "[Paley's] stories and interpretation argue for a new type of early childhood education . . . a form of teaching that builds upon the considerable knowledge children already have and grapple with daily in fantasy play."—Alex Raskin, Los Angeles Times Book Review "Through the 'intuitive language' of fantasy play, Paley believes, children express their deepest concerns. They act out different roles and invent imaginative scenarios to better understand the real world. Fantasy play helps them cope with uncomfortable feelings. . . . In fantasy, any device may be used to draw safe boundaries."—Ruth J. Moss, Psychology Today