Filled with inspiring and sometimes difficult conversations, Teaching for Racial Equity: Becoming Interrupters focuses on discussions between educators of color and their white colleagues. Authors Tonya Perry, Steven Zemelman, and Katy Smith show us how critical love, humility, and reflection enable educators to understand their own perspectives, identify racial issues, and promote equity for their students. By bringing essential perspectives and valuable strategies to the classroom, teachers lead students in learning how to listen and learn about one another's identities and thoughtfully critique the racial inequities all around us.    Inside you will find: Ways to circumvent challenges faced in discussing race with fellow educators Strategies to understand different backgrounds through a racial lens Tools that document systemic inequities in the classroom List of resources for teaching about and interrupting racism in education How to facilitate student-led conversations on racist conditions found nationwide and in their communities

Eleven-year-old Maria Luz and her family live on a small farm. This year their crop is poor, and they may not have enough to eat or to sell for other essentials, such as health care, school uniforms and books. When Maria's father must leave home to find work, she is left in charge of their garden. Then a new teacher comes to Maria's school and introduces her to sustainable farming practices that yield good crops. As Maria begins to use the same methods at home, she too sees improvements, which allow her family to edge their way out of the grip of the greedy middlemen who make profits on the backs of poor farmers.

Inspired by true events, One Hen tells the story of Kojo, a boy from Ghana who turns a small loan into a thriving farm and a livelihood for many. After his father died, Kojo had to quit school to help his mother collect firewood to sell at the market. When his mother receives a loan from some village families, she gives a little money to her son. With this tiny loan, Kojo buys a hen. A year later, Kojo has built up a flock of 25 hens. With his earnings Kojo is able to return to school. Soon Kojo's farm grows to become the largest in the region. Kojo's story is inspired by the life of Kwabena Darko, who as a boy started a tiny poultry farm just like Kojo's, which later grew to be the largest in Ghana, and one of the largest in west Africa. Kwabena also started a trust that gives out small loans to people who cannot get a loan from a bank. One Hen shows what happens when a little help makes a big difference. The final pages of One Hen explain the microloan system and include a list of relevant organizations for children to explore. One Hen is part of CitizenKid: A collection of books that inform children about the world and inspire them to be better global citizens.

In this fictionalized story about a real humanitarian problem facing many countries in the developing world today, readers meet Mimi, an ordinary girl from an ordinary family in Africa. When her younger sister, Nakkissi, gets very sick after drinking unsterilized water from the stream, Mimi learns firsthand how quickly things can go terribly wrong. With no health care provider close by, her whole family must travel on foot to a nearby village to see the one nurse who can provide the medical care her sister desperately needs. Though Mimi is relieved when her sister recovers, she wishes they could get a health clinic in her own village. Several months later, it is Mimi herself who becomes the catalyst to make her wish come true. Author Katie Smith Milway, a former aid worker in Africa, has written the best kind of global education book for children, filled with information that engenders empathy and understanding. The picture-book format with captivating artwork by award-winning illustrator Eugenie Fernandes brings Mimi's story to life. Along with further information, a glossary and a map, an addendum includes suggestions for how young children can get involved, highlighting how inexpensive, easy-to-make improvements can transform people's lives. This terrific book would find many uses in elementary classrooms, including lessons on African culture, African family life and the basic health care needs of people everywhere. Most important, it offers opportunities for inspiring discussions about compassion, volunteerism and making a difference in one's own community and the larger world community.

Set during the Spanish Civil War and its aftermath, Song of the Reapers follows four young people as they experience a country and a generation torn apart by war. Jack is a man yearning to break free of his restrictive father. Will joining a radical political party and leaving home to fight abroad be enough? Maria Angeles is hoping to bring about the changes she believes Spain needs, but her home life may derail her career aspirations. Javier is caught up in a movement he doesn't fully understand and is in love with a woman he can't have. How much is he willing to give up to fight? Pilar is struggling to support her growing family. Can she live with the choices she must make? All of them watch as everything they have ever known crumbles around them. Will they rise from the ashes reborn or be buried beneath?

What could a woman in her thirties, emotionally and financially vulnerable after ending her marriage, possibly gain from sitting around, reminiscing, while drinking wine, sampling chocolates and smoking cigarettes with the slowly dying mother of a best friend? Laughing and crying through her own true stories, Smith reveals why "couch time" sessions with Carolyn empower her to take control of her life and cherish all that she has. Among her life's treasures are her girlfriends, known as the Dunwoody Girls, who have been together since elementary school. Considered an especially tight but gregarious group, they enjoy their reputation as a sweet sisterhood yet happily conjure a little harmless mischief every now and then. Quintessential Southern gals, they also jump into action, delivering prayers, love, wine and casseroles when a fellow DG is down. Throughout, even in the darkest times, they spew hilarious one-liners, spontaneously fall over laughing and realize they can overcome anything together.

Although it had been far from her intention, Arianne Prescott ought to have realized from the start that the removal of Elizabeth Bennet's footprint, along with the addition of her own, would produce profound variations to the story of Pride and Prejudice. But the temptation to enter into that world was too great for her romantic soul. She, therefore, embarked upon the most whimsical adventure of a lifetime - meeting Mr. Darcy, outwitting Miss Bingley, and giving the infamous Mr. Wickham a piece of her mind. All these things we have longed to do ourselves - and through Arianne's eyes - we can.

With differentiated activities all in one book, Allez is a perfect fit for all your students, no matter what their starting point at KS3. Allez avoids needless topic repetition and allows more in-depth study and progression with a clear route through for students following a two or three year course. Allez is packed with activities set in real contexts that are close to students' own interests to maintain motivation. The Student Books provide activities at 3 levels, encouraging every student to progress, and motivating them along the way with fully differentiated interactive activities. The Allez course has a full suite of resources to support your needs: the Student Book, Teacher Handbook, Grammar and Skills Workbook, Audio CDs and next generation Kerboodle. Differentiation is provided throughout the Student Book and via Kerboodle.

*** Winner of ITV Lorraine's Top Tales 2016 *** Lottie and her class are given an end of term project competition called Big and Small. The problem is, class show-off Penelope Pembleton-Puce always wins. But this time, Lottie and Gramps come up with a brilliant idea: to grow a giant pumpkin! With the help of grandad's old vegetable growing tricks, they set about trying to break world records for the biggest vegetable ever. But this pumpkin is fussy, demanding and has a mind of its own, and with Penelope willing to do literally anything to win AGAIN, does Lottie really stand a chance? A beautiful, heart-warming story about friendship, family, and growing confidence ... as well as a large vegetable! A heart-warming story about friendship, family, and growing confidence ... as well as a large vegetable!