Author: Susan Keeble
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781908531001
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
A delightful children's story with an important environmental message. Turtles need to swim free if they are to survive. This is the tale of one who could not. Suffering from "floating syndrome" ever since she mistook a plastic bag for a tasty jellyfish, Tina is doomed to bob around the surface waters of the Arabian Sea. Until rescuers come her way . . .
Tina the Turtle
Author: Susan Keeble
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781908531001
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
A delightful children's story with an important environmental message. Turtles need to swim free if they are to survive. This is the tale of one who could not. Suffering from "floating syndrome" ever since she mistook a plastic bag for a tasty jellyfish, Tina is doomed to bob around the surface waters of the Arabian Sea. Until rescuers come her way . . .
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781908531001
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
A delightful children's story with an important environmental message. Turtles need to swim free if they are to survive. This is the tale of one who could not. Suffering from "floating syndrome" ever since she mistook a plastic bag for a tasty jellyfish, Tina is doomed to bob around the surface waters of the Arabian Sea. Until rescuers come her way . . .
The Great Turtle Race in Kansas
Author: Hank Thatcher
Publisher: Author House
ISBN: 1467877190
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 53
Book Description
"The Great Turtle Race in Kansas" is based on a true story of a 6th grade class in Caldwell, Kansas, who succeeded in their petition to make the Ornate Box turtle the Kansas state reptile. In this fun and instructional children's tale, Hank Thatcher brings to life the workings of state government.
Publisher: Author House
ISBN: 1467877190
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 53
Book Description
"The Great Turtle Race in Kansas" is based on a true story of a 6th grade class in Caldwell, Kansas, who succeeded in their petition to make the Ornate Box turtle the Kansas state reptile. In this fun and instructional children's tale, Hank Thatcher brings to life the workings of state government.
A Safe Place to Grow
Author: Vivienne Roseby
Publisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1317717929
Category : Family & Relationships
Languages : en
Pages : 242
Book Description
Discover the effective group treatment strategies that help your school-aged clients! A child immersed in a conflicted family life may be forced to cope with a multitude of trauma, including violence, abuse, and insecurity. In A Safe Place to Grow: A Group Treatment Manual for Children in Conflicted, Violent, and Separating Homes, highly respected experts give mental health professionals the tools to provide effective group treatment for children scarred by family environments of conflict and abuse. This easy-to-understand, step-by-step manual is a developmentally appropriate treatment curriculum for traumatized school-aged children. Age-appropriate sections separate therapy for big or little kids, focusing on efficacy while presenting a comfortable multi-ethnic, multi-cultural model. A Safe Place to Grow has easy-to-understand descriptions of techniques, with each session in the curriculum containing games and activities that are therapeutic yet flexible enough to be modified whenever the situation warrants. A chapter is included to helpfully troubleshoot problems encountered when in session with either age group of children. Useful illustrations accompany the text, along with a comprehensive bibliography listing additional therapeutic resources for different types of family problems. Appendixes are included for instruction on psycho-educational groups for parents that enhance their sensitivity to their children’s needs, as well as providing an evaluation study of the group model itself. A Safe Place to Grow provides a sequence of activities within the group model aimed at each of these five goals: creating common ground and safety exploring the language and complexity of feeling defining and understanding the self defining and revising roles and relationships restoring a moral order A Safe Place to Grow is an essential resource for social workers, psychologists, family and child therapists, school counselors, and battered women and children’s advocates.
Publisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1317717929
Category : Family & Relationships
Languages : en
Pages : 242
Book Description
Discover the effective group treatment strategies that help your school-aged clients! A child immersed in a conflicted family life may be forced to cope with a multitude of trauma, including violence, abuse, and insecurity. In A Safe Place to Grow: A Group Treatment Manual for Children in Conflicted, Violent, and Separating Homes, highly respected experts give mental health professionals the tools to provide effective group treatment for children scarred by family environments of conflict and abuse. This easy-to-understand, step-by-step manual is a developmentally appropriate treatment curriculum for traumatized school-aged children. Age-appropriate sections separate therapy for big or little kids, focusing on efficacy while presenting a comfortable multi-ethnic, multi-cultural model. A Safe Place to Grow has easy-to-understand descriptions of techniques, with each session in the curriculum containing games and activities that are therapeutic yet flexible enough to be modified whenever the situation warrants. A chapter is included to helpfully troubleshoot problems encountered when in session with either age group of children. Useful illustrations accompany the text, along with a comprehensive bibliography listing additional therapeutic resources for different types of family problems. Appendixes are included for instruction on psycho-educational groups for parents that enhance their sensitivity to their children’s needs, as well as providing an evaluation study of the group model itself. A Safe Place to Grow provides a sequence of activities within the group model aimed at each of these five goals: creating common ground and safety exploring the language and complexity of feeling defining and understanding the self defining and revising roles and relationships restoring a moral order A Safe Place to Grow is an essential resource for social workers, psychologists, family and child therapists, school counselors, and battered women and children’s advocates.
High Conflict Violent and Separating Families
Author: Vivienne Roseby
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
ISBN: 0684827697
Category : Education
Languages : en
Pages : 142
Book Description
Revision of the author's thesis (Ph. D.)--University of Wisconsin.
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
ISBN: 0684827697
Category : Education
Languages : en
Pages : 142
Book Description
Revision of the author's thesis (Ph. D.)--University of Wisconsin.
Missouri Way
Author: Fred Jones
Publisher: Xlibris Corporation
ISBN: 1465326286
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 358
Book Description
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Publisher: Xlibris Corporation
ISBN: 1465326286
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 358
Book Description
There is no available information at this time.
The Turtle and the Monkey
Author: Paul Galdone
Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
ISBN: 9780395544259
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 38
Book Description
Greedy Monkey makes every effort to cheat Turtle out of the bananas that rightfully belong to her.
Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
ISBN: 9780395544259
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 38
Book Description
Greedy Monkey makes every effort to cheat Turtle out of the bananas that rightfully belong to her.
Oceans of Plastic
Author: Tracey Gray
Publisher: CSIRO PUBLISHING
ISBN: 1486312586
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 122
Book Description
Our oceans are amazing! They are filled with wonderful sea creatures and are essential for a healthy planet. But it’s now estimated that there are more pieces of plastic in the ocean than visible stars in the Milky Way. So how can we stop plastic from our homes and cities from ending up floating in oceans far away? By becoming ocean change-makers! Oceans of Plastic explores how ocean systems and swirling currents bring plastics together into massive ocean garbage patches. It also uncovers the floating world of the 'plastisphere' – a mini community of microbes living on ocean plastics – and explains how plastic breaks up, not down, and can even end up on your dinner plate! Oceans of Plastic is packed with great ideas and simple changes that you can make to help our oceans. Become an ocean change-maker in your home, school or community, and inspire others to join you in protecting the future of our oceans. Reading level varies from child to child, but we recommend this book for ages 9 to 12.
Publisher: CSIRO PUBLISHING
ISBN: 1486312586
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 122
Book Description
Our oceans are amazing! They are filled with wonderful sea creatures and are essential for a healthy planet. But it’s now estimated that there are more pieces of plastic in the ocean than visible stars in the Milky Way. So how can we stop plastic from our homes and cities from ending up floating in oceans far away? By becoming ocean change-makers! Oceans of Plastic explores how ocean systems and swirling currents bring plastics together into massive ocean garbage patches. It also uncovers the floating world of the 'plastisphere' – a mini community of microbes living on ocean plastics – and explains how plastic breaks up, not down, and can even end up on your dinner plate! Oceans of Plastic is packed with great ideas and simple changes that you can make to help our oceans. Become an ocean change-maker in your home, school or community, and inspire others to join you in protecting the future of our oceans. Reading level varies from child to child, but we recommend this book for ages 9 to 12.
Scientific American
Author:
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 448
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 448
Book Description
A Home for Nickel
Author: Jim Gamlin
Publisher: iUniverse
ISBN: 0595889743
Category : Nature
Languages : en
Pages : 210
Book Description
Pete the green sea turtle begins his morning floating in the endless, blue ocean. But this day in the warm, life-giving heat of the Florida sun will end in crippling tragedy. A passing boat strikes Pete, and his days of swimming free in the open ocean now appear to be over forever. How will Pete survive the life-threatening injuries he has sustained? A Home for Nickel is the true story of a lovable green sea turtle's struggle for survival and the people who make it happen. After Pete is rescued from impending death, his story stretches across the continent from the Florida Keys to Hawaii, Canada, and Chicago, Illinois. Throughout Pete's journey, Jim Gamlin shares fascinating tidbits about turtles and the people who love them. This rich text is a moving tribute to those who care for nature, and how nature cares for them in return. Join Pete as he begins his life buried under the sand, rushes to the ocean, and launches into his incredible journey. The chain of events that happen next are serendipitous and miraculous. Get ready to be inspired by this amazing shelled survivor.
Publisher: iUniverse
ISBN: 0595889743
Category : Nature
Languages : en
Pages : 210
Book Description
Pete the green sea turtle begins his morning floating in the endless, blue ocean. But this day in the warm, life-giving heat of the Florida sun will end in crippling tragedy. A passing boat strikes Pete, and his days of swimming free in the open ocean now appear to be over forever. How will Pete survive the life-threatening injuries he has sustained? A Home for Nickel is the true story of a lovable green sea turtle's struggle for survival and the people who make it happen. After Pete is rescued from impending death, his story stretches across the continent from the Florida Keys to Hawaii, Canada, and Chicago, Illinois. Throughout Pete's journey, Jim Gamlin shares fascinating tidbits about turtles and the people who love them. This rich text is a moving tribute to those who care for nature, and how nature cares for them in return. Join Pete as he begins his life buried under the sand, rushes to the ocean, and launches into his incredible journey. The chain of events that happen next are serendipitous and miraculous. Get ready to be inspired by this amazing shelled survivor.
Annual Report of the Board of Regents of the Smithsonian Institution
Author: Smithsonian Institution. Board of Regents
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Discoveries in science
Languages : en
Pages : 790
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Discoveries in science
Languages : en
Pages : 790
Book Description