Author: John Townsend
Publisher: Heinemann-Raintree Library
ISBN: 9781410918710
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 56
Book Description
What did people write on before paper was invented? What was school like in the 1800s? How have teaching methods changed over the years? Dramatic photos and illustrations, as well as real-life accounts, will give readers a revealing snapshot of education throughout history.
Scary Schools and Horrid Homework
Author: John Townsend
Publisher: Heinemann-Raintree Library
ISBN: 9781410918710
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 56
Book Description
What did people write on before paper was invented? What was school like in the 1800s? How have teaching methods changed over the years? Dramatic photos and illustrations, as well as real-life accounts, will give readers a revealing snapshot of education throughout history.
Publisher: Heinemann-Raintree Library
ISBN: 9781410918710
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 56
Book Description
What did people write on before paper was invented? What was school like in the 1800s? How have teaching methods changed over the years? Dramatic photos and illustrations, as well as real-life accounts, will give readers a revealing snapshot of education throughout history.
Nasty Bugs and Ghastly Medicine
Author: John Townsend
Publisher: Heinemann-Raintree Library
ISBN: 9781410918680
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 56
Book Description
Why did people rub dung into their skin? Why were children asked to chew garlic? What are leeches used for? The treatment of childhood illnesses has changed greatly throughout history as this fascinating, and sometimes icky, book demonstrates. Dramatic photos and illustrations show how far medicine has come from the Middle Ages to modern times.
Publisher: Heinemann-Raintree Library
ISBN: 9781410918680
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 56
Book Description
Why did people rub dung into their skin? Why were children asked to chew garlic? What are leeches used for? The treatment of childhood illnesses has changed greatly throughout history as this fascinating, and sometimes icky, book demonstrates. Dramatic photos and illustrations show how far medicine has come from the Middle Ages to modern times.
The Last Lecture
Author: Randy Pausch
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780340978504
Category : Cancer
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
The author, a computer science professor diagnosed with terminal cancer, explores his life, the lessons that he has learned, how he has worked to achieve his childhood dreams, and the effect of his diagnosis on him and his family.
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780340978504
Category : Cancer
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
The author, a computer science professor diagnosed with terminal cancer, explores his life, the lessons that he has learned, how he has worked to achieve his childhood dreams, and the effect of his diagnosis on him and his family.
The Schools Our Children Deserve
Author: Alfie Kohn
Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
ISBN: 9780618083459
Category : Education
Languages : en
Pages : 356
Book Description
Arguing against the tougher standards rhetoric that marks the current education debate, the author of No Contest and Punished by Rewards writes that such tactics squeeze the pleasure out of learning. Reprint.
Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
ISBN: 9780618083459
Category : Education
Languages : en
Pages : 356
Book Description
Arguing against the tougher standards rhetoric that marks the current education debate, the author of No Contest and Punished by Rewards writes that such tactics squeeze the pleasure out of learning. Reprint.
Fiendish Crimes and Punishing Times
Author: John Townsend
Publisher: Heinemann-Raintree Library
ISBN: 9781410918727
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 74
Book Description
A look at the crimes committed by children and teenagers throughout history and the punishments they received for their digressions.
Publisher: Heinemann-Raintree Library
ISBN: 9781410918727
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 74
Book Description
A look at the crimes committed by children and teenagers throughout history and the punishments they received for their digressions.
Weary Work and Lousy Leisure
Author: John Townsend
Publisher: Heinemann-Raintree Library
ISBN: 9781410918703
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 56
Book Description
An introduction to the history of the use of children as laborers throughout the world.
Publisher: Heinemann-Raintree Library
ISBN: 9781410918703
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 56
Book Description
An introduction to the history of the use of children as laborers throughout the world.
Dreary Dwellings and Frightful Families
Author: John Townsend
Publisher: Heinemann-Raintree Library
ISBN: 9781410918734
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 56
Book Description
Describes the ways average people have lived in various cultures from ancient times through the twentieth century, presenting details on homes, family structures, and daily customs.
Publisher: Heinemann-Raintree Library
ISBN: 9781410918734
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 56
Book Description
Describes the ways average people have lived in various cultures from ancient times through the twentieth century, presenting details on homes, family structures, and daily customs.
Freaky Fashion and Foul Food
Author: John Townsend
Publisher: Heinemann-Raintree Library
ISBN: 9781410918697
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 56
Book Description
Why was foot binding popular in Ancient China? Where can you eat boiled wasp larvae? How has teen fashion changed in the last 50 years? Readers will take a tour through history to learn about some of the stranger aspects of fashion and food. Dramatic photos and illustrations bring these amazing facts and true stories to life.
Publisher: Heinemann-Raintree Library
ISBN: 9781410918697
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 56
Book Description
Why was foot binding popular in Ancient China? Where can you eat boiled wasp larvae? How has teen fashion changed in the last 50 years? Readers will take a tour through history to learn about some of the stranger aspects of fashion and food. Dramatic photos and illustrations bring these amazing facts and true stories to life.
Spooky Schools
Author: Natalie Lunis
Publisher: Bearport Publishing
ISBN: 9781684026050
Category : Ghosts
Languages : en
Pages : 32
Book Description
Most days, schools are filled with students learning in classrooms, studying in libraries, and eating in lunchrooms. Yet what about the reports that something more unusual has been spotted in these buildings? Are they true? According to some, ghostly figures and creepy spirits haunt the hallways of some of Americas most well-known schools, colleges, and universities. Among the 11 spooky schools in this book, children will discover an art institute haunted by a mischievous ghost and a university in Florida where a man with glowing red eyes mysteriously appears. The haunting photographs and chilling nonfiction text will keep children turning the pages to discover more spooky stories.
Publisher: Bearport Publishing
ISBN: 9781684026050
Category : Ghosts
Languages : en
Pages : 32
Book Description
Most days, schools are filled with students learning in classrooms, studying in libraries, and eating in lunchrooms. Yet what about the reports that something more unusual has been spotted in these buildings? Are they true? According to some, ghostly figures and creepy spirits haunt the hallways of some of Americas most well-known schools, colleges, and universities. Among the 11 spooky schools in this book, children will discover an art institute haunted by a mischievous ghost and a university in Florida where a man with glowing red eyes mysteriously appears. The haunting photographs and chilling nonfiction text will keep children turning the pages to discover more spooky stories.
Ghost School
Author: I.M. Strange
Publisher: Hachette UK
ISBN: 1405521104
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 86
Book Description
Brendon is a troublemaker and he's always getting on the wrong side of his terrifying headmaster. When he leaves his unfinished homework at school he knows that if doesn't have it ready for the morning he risks being in detention for ever. When Brendon and his sister go back to school after dark, they get a whole lot more than they bargained for. They find themselves transported back to 16th October 1863: the very day the school burned down. If they can't find a way to escape, they'll burn down with it. Turns out, some things are scarier than detention . . .
Publisher: Hachette UK
ISBN: 1405521104
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 86
Book Description
Brendon is a troublemaker and he's always getting on the wrong side of his terrifying headmaster. When he leaves his unfinished homework at school he knows that if doesn't have it ready for the morning he risks being in detention for ever. When Brendon and his sister go back to school after dark, they get a whole lot more than they bargained for. They find themselves transported back to 16th October 1863: the very day the school burned down. If they can't find a way to escape, they'll burn down with it. Turns out, some things are scarier than detention . . .