Add rigor to your students' explorations of rich, complex literature as they analyze the life lessons Meg Murry must overcome to complete her dangerous journey to find her missing father. A Wrinkle in Time: An Instructional Guide for Literature provides rigorous, cross-curricular lessons and activities that work in conjunction with the fictional text to teach students how to comprehend complex literature. Students will learn how to analyze story elements in multiple ways, practice close reading and text-based vocabulary, determine meaning through text-dependent questions, and more. Add rigor to your students' explorations of this Newbery Medal-winning novel.

Loving your neighbor isn't just a nice idea--it's one of Jesus's most important commands. Dr. Emily Smith will transform your understanding of this instruction and help you live it out in practical, everyday ways. In recent years, disparities and inequities have come to wider attention--including in the church--that were created by years of oppression, suppression, worldviews, ideologies, politics, and systemic biases. The sheer size of the problem can feel overwhelming, and you may wonder what you can do to make an impact. Join Dr. Emily Smith, global health expert and creator of the popular Facebook page Friendly Neighbor Epidemiologist, as she dives into what loving your neighbor--as illustrated in the biblical parable of the Good Samaritan--truly means. Combining Dr. Smith's expertise as a scientist with her deep Christian faith and drawing from her journey from small-town Texas to a prestigious university, The Science of the Good Samaritan shares fascinating stories of faith at work in the Bible, in Dr. Smith's life, and in the lives of others to show us how to: Find shared values with those who are not like us Reach outside of our immediate circles to bring in those on the margins Redefine our concept of "neighbor" and love them in a more practical and global way Finally bridge the gap of society's disparities and inequities   Change the world by loving your neighbor.

Kaia and Gwinn, unknowingly head out for the adventure of their lifetime. They get lost in the dark forest, avoid creatures who try to charm them to their death, and fight the most evil being on Earth. Or is he? And then, in the midst of things, Gwinn is taken. Who will save her? Who are their friends? Who are their foes? Can they trust the ones they love, or are they leading them to heartbreak and misery? Is this all just a gory, beautiful, LoveHate quest?

Young readers will be fascinated to learn what life was like for the colonists in early America. The detailed images and easy-to-read text explore such topics as Puritans, the Mayflower Compact, House of Burgesses, Navigation Acts, and slavery. Along with brief biographies on colonists and Indians like John Smith, William Penn, Pocahontas, and John Rolfe, this engaging reader explains means of survival and living through farming, colonial crops, and plantations. A table of contents and glossary are provided to enhance readers' understanding of the content and vocabulary.

When Harry's mum tells him they are going to get an au pair, he isn't quite sure what it means. When he finds out it's a girl to help look after him and baby brother, Fred, he feels a bit suspicious. It might just be a good excuse for the school bully to tease him. However, he soon warms to Astrid when she turns up and especially when she gives him an idea that stops the bully from ever bothering him again. All the same, Harry can't help wondering why Astrid's never heard of tin openers or Coke, and how come her suitcase can move around by itself...

Give young students an insight into what life was like for the colonists in early America. This Spanish-translated book explores such topics as Puritans, the Mayflower Compact, House of Burgesses, Navigation Acts, and slavery. Along with brief biographies on colonists and Native Americans such as John Smith, William Penn, Pocahontas, and John Rolfe, this engaging book explains the means of survival and living through farming, colonial crops, and plantations.

When Kora's tongue gets sick of licking yucky stuff and decides to run away - it travels around the world making friends and experiencing lots of amazing new flavours. How will Kora convince her tongue to return and can she promise to stop licking gross things?

The Moulster and Griffiths nursing model is the first developed specifically for learning disability nurses. This book describes the model and offers a solid framework to assess, plan, reflect on and evaluate person-centred care. With approximately 1.5 million people in Britain living with a learning disability and a proven correlation between the use of models of care and the achievements of outcomes for those supported, this book is the perfect tool for learning disability nurses. It ensures that there is a shared vision for learning disability nursing practice, and helps nurses address a wide variety of heath care needs. By providing an in-depth description of the model, the book provides a dedicated structure for learning disability nursing, and remains unique in its transferability to different clinical settings.