Every year, more online or technology-enhanced learning experiences are added to the landscape of education, and the number of students taking online courses on residential campuses continues to grow. In addition, new instructional tools are creating environments that are mobile, interactive, and collaborative. These trends present challenges to the online classroom, and this book will help instructors meet those challenges.Jump-Start Your Online Classroom prepares a first-time online inst...

Scrooges unite! In this crime-filled WMG Holiday Spectacular anthology, award-winning editor Kristine Kathryn Rusch offers a darker and more disturbing take on holiday stories to add a bit of mischief and mayhem to the season.From characters fighting corruption to facing moral dilemmas to conducting criminal investigations, this volume offers a refreshing change to the usual holiday fare for those with a bit of darkness in their hearts.Join David H. Hendrickson, Annie Reed ...

Preparing the Next Generation of Oral Historians is an invaluable resource to educators seeking to bring history alive for students at all levels. The anthology opens with chapters on the fundamentals of oral history and its place in the classroom, but its heart lies in nearly two dozen insightful personal essays by educators who have successfully incorporated oral history into their own teaching. Filled with step by step descriptions and positive student feedback, these chapters ...

An empathetic and reassuring picture book about the loaded question that every “new kid” or socially anxious child dreads: “Did you make any new friends today?”A New York Times Best Children’s Books of the Year!Tomasso doesn’t know anyone at his new school and has no one to play with at recess. So, knowing his dad will ask, he resolves to make a few new friends.Each day his crew grows; there’s Roland (a foam ball), Coco (a ...

“The lowdown on what it’s like to be raised by a legend. Frequently funny and consistently intimate. . . . A great read.”—BookPage“Those searching for a moving Father’s Day gift need look no further.”—Publishers WeeklyMen like John Wayne and John Lennon, Nolan Ryan and Bruce Lee, Cesar Chavez, Christopher Reeve, and Miles Davis have touched the lives of millions. But at home, to their children, they were not ...

Learn how to protect and grow your wealth with this commonsense guide to investingYou manage your own money. You understand the basics of investing and diversifying your portfolio. Now it’s time to invest like a pro for greater profits—with investment expert David Stein, host of the popular weekly podcast, “Money for the Rest of Us.” He’s created a unique ten-question template that makes it easy for individual investors like you to:• Invest more confidently...

**Celebrate the beauty and strength of solitude with this poetic observation of the animal kingdom and those who move through it on their very own, in this special bilingual edition.Celebra la belleza y la fuerza de la soledad con esta poética observación del reino animal y de aquellos que prefieren su propia compañía.**This lyrical nonfiction text honors animals who live in solitude, in contrast to others who live in groups. Against a backdrop of the specific names of vari...

Celebrate the beauty and strength of solitude with this poetic observation of the animal kingdom and those who move through it on their very own.That silvery cloud swimming in the sea is actually a school of fish.That splash and crash is a pod of whales, sounding.Behold, a fever of stingrays gliding by.But what do you call a group of octopuses?A tangle of octopuses? A chandelier of octopuses? A mul...

Pull up a chair to the Stranger Things table and enjoy over sixty recipes from the denizens of Hawkins in this first official cookbook from the hugely popular Netflix series.Celebrate the culinary cravings of your favorite Stranger Things characters with Stranger Things: The Official Cookbook, featuring over sixty recipes from all facets of this beloved world, whether it’s ’80s mall food, a weeknight dinner at the Wheelers', or the best Dungeons &...

Is a hot dog a sandwich, or not a sandwich, or . . . something in between? A playful introduction to the concept of “the middle.”Young children often think in extremes—black or white, happy or sad, mean or nice—but what about the in-between? This exploration of the in-between by beloved author Joshua David Stein delves into days that are just so-so, goodbyes that bring mixed emotions, lukewarm baths, and even a platypus, which is “in the middle of – who knows w...

What happens when a child’s favorite packed lunch is met with disparaging comments at the school lunch table?In a classroom of sandwiches, four students stand out with their homemade, culturally-specific lunches. But before they can dig in and enjoy their favorite foods, their lunches are spoiled by scrunched noses and disgusted reactions from their sandwich-eating classmates.Follow each of the four students as they learn to cope with their first “lunch box...

A humorous and loving take on brotherhood, from beloved author Joshua David Stein and award-winning illustrator Christopher Silas Neal.One likes omelettes; the other, French toast.Both think Mom loves them the most.Through loving, rhyming, relatable text, author Joshua David Stein brings his signature warmth and wit as he explores the relationship between two brothers. A series of similarities and differences are depicted in vignett...