A cancer diagnosis can be shocking and overwhelming, to say the least. But what happens when a husband and wife are both diagnosed with cancers that typically have poor prognoses? Richard and Robin Johnson were the pastors of a rural Colorado church where they were both diagnosed with cancers that would change their lives forever.

"We all face 'valley experiences, ' but how we deal with these situations and experiences will determine the outcome for us," Richard says. "We can fall prey to fear, worry and defeat, or we can look to the Lord to help us, to strengthen us, and to become what He desires us to be in the midst of every situation."

Through the Valley will encourage you to trust God and live victoriously in whatever you may be going through in this life, for when Jesus is all we have, Jesus is all we need

Discover all about how students learn to read! This teacher resource examines current research on the science of reading and discusses what it means for classrooms today. From detailed background information to useful classroom tips, authors Jennifer Jump and Robin D. Johnson cover everything teachers need to help students with word recognition. Perfect for professional development, this book includes key words for teacher understanding, teaching checklists, top must-dos, and other features to support teachers as they bring these research-based strategies into their classrooms.

Doctors, nurses, and hospital cleaners, as well as workers providing home care and long-term care have continued to give us often lifesaving care during COVID-19. This book shows how health care workers have met the enormous challenges of the pandemic, at great risk to their own health.

Many of us have been able to stay home to keep safe in the COVID-19 pandemic. This book shows how this would not be possible without food workers continuing to work to farm and produce our food, deliver it by truck, sell it to us in stores, and make sure everything is clean.

This book shows how people have stepped up to volunteer to do necessary work, often without pay, during the COVID-19 pandemic. Volunteers do shopping for seniors and care for the pets of people in the hospital. Businesses have switched over to making things in short supply, such as protective masks and hand sanitizer. Even children have made inspirational signs on sidewalks and in windows.

We see city workers every day. They deliver the mail, collect garbage, clean public places, and teach at school. This book shows how the COVID-19 pandemic made everyone realize just how much we rely on these workers to keep our daily lives running smoothly--and safely!

This captivating title examines the eruption of Mt. Vesuvius that destroyed Pompeii in 79 A.D. and what the remnants of this buried city can teach us today.

Designed to bolster reading comprehension and enhance writing skills, this imaginative title helps children identify and decipher the meaning of similes. Accessible text and engaging examples support a solid understanding of this figurative language form.

Engineers often look to nature to help them solve problems. Read about human technologies that have been inspired by animals and plants.

Lush, moist, and teeming with life, rain forests are one of Earth's biome wonders. Peel back the corners of the rain forest to discover what lives within one of the planet's busiest environments, from wolves and porcupines to monkeys and poison dart frogs. Learn how each organism functions within its rainforest ecosystem and how it survives in one of the most predatory biomes on Earth. Find out, too, how rain forests are found all around the world and what you can do to help protect these precious resources. Teacher's guide available.

From gentle showers to heavy downpours and snow flurries to hail, readers will learn the basic concepts of the water cycle, the features of different kinds of precipitation, and the role temperature has in determining what falls from our clouds.

Engineers build models to help them test how well their solutions will work. Read about how testing small-sized models helps them spot mistakes, make improvements, and create the best solution possible!

Technology has given us new ways to connect and converse with others like never before. In fact, by the time you finish reading this sentence more than 193,000 text messages will have been sent! This innovative book explores the often subtle differences between various forms of communication such as active listening, written, oral, nonverbal, and digital communication. Readers will learn about potential communication roadblocks and strategies to overcome them. Motivating activities and challenges, facts and statistics that have impact, and biographical snapshots show how building effective communication skills is essential in all facets of life in today's complex and connected world.