When was the last time you tried something new for breakfast? Star Pancake is the tale of a little boy who tried something new for breakfast and loved it! At first, the little boy didn’t know what he wanted, so his grandmother, who always fixed him breakfast, decided to prepare him an unusual meal: a Pancake shaped like a Star! The boy was unsure if he would like it, but he tried and loved it. One morning, his grandmother was too tired to make his breakfast, so both of the little boy’s par...

"This book not only provides a solid foundation for guiding school improvement, but also details an array of very practical tools that can be used to implement tiered instructional options in middle and high school settings."—Donald D. Deshler, Williamson Family Distinguished Professor of Special EducationDirector, Center for Research on LearningUniversity of Kansas"From research-based screenings to evidence-based interventions, the authors address...

Highlights presents Tales from the Shore by Lori Johnson: Take a walk and find stories in nature.

This book is a personal narrative about an event when the writer was thirty-two. The event changed her life most profoundly forever. The protagonist was pregnant with her second child and was excited in anticipation of the birth of her son. By all accounts of her physicians, the pregnancy was healthy, and the medical team was expecting an uncomplicated delivery. The story unfolds in a way that no one could have imagined, changing the lives of her and her husband in ways they never could ha...

In this book, Lori Nel Johnson examines the work of Henry Ossawa Tanner (1859-1937), Meta Warrick Fuller (1877-1968), and F. Holland Day (1864-1933) in relation to the development of modernism during the turn of the century, and the official narratives surrounding this movement.While Tanner and Fuller have been consistently linked in the history of American Art, the Pictorialist photographer and publisher, Day has rarely if ever been discussed with these two artists, despite the fa...

Hard to imagine now, but there have been times and places where just wearing sandals could get you labeled as being in rebellion against established society. Two such places were Berkeley, California in the early 1960s and Millthorpe, England in the 1880s. Millthorpe was home to Edward Carpenter , an English socialist poet, philosopher, and activist who abandoned his upper crust life and university sinecure to grow market vegetables and handcraft sandals for a living. Carpenter’s search fo...

It's easier to be brave with a good dog by your side.Leslie Durant, owner of Pretty Paws, doesn't care that she's always giving all of her time and attention to others: It's worth the joy of helping abandoned animals find loving forever homes. But if she can't find a way to bring more money into the struggling shelter, the sacrifices she's made will all be for nothing...Then her brother leaves her with an inheritance, with two stipulations: She must work wi...

Love and trouble are in the air at a ranch wedding in Texas tornado country in this romance anthology featuring four New York Times–bestselling authors.Opposites attract when a wealthy cattleman and a penniless artist decide to get hitched at a Texas dude ranch in tornado country—and the whirlwind festivities are as filled with surprises as their love . . . especially when the guest list includes: one pretty party crasher on a mission, a sheriff known as t...

This thought-provoking companion to Nikki Grimes' Coretta Scott King Award-winning Bronx Masquerade shows the capacity poetry has to express ideas and feelings, and connect us with ourselves and others. Darrian dreams of writing for the New York Times. To hone his skills and learn more about the power of words, he enrolls in Mr. Ward's class, known for its open-mic poetry readings and boys vs. girls poetry slam. Everyone in class has something important to say, and in sharing their poetry,...

Embracing Queer Students’ Diverse Identities at Historically Black Colleges and Universities: A Primer for Presidents, Administrators, and Faculty is both a call to action and a resource for historically Black college and university (HBCU) leaders and administrators, focusing on historical and contemporary issues related to expanding inclusionary policies and practices for members of HBCU communities who identify as lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and queer (LGBTQ+). The essa...

Debut author Lori Johnson strikes all the right chords in After the Dance -- the delightful story of a budding romance just waiting to blossom. Thirty-something Faye thinks the notion of finding a "Mr. Right" is laughable, and has all but given up on the idea of true love. But Carl, the guy next door, feels otherwise. Little do they know, but soon their lives will take a surprising turn.

It's Her Game . . .Here's my deal--I'm not knocking myself out to find Mr. Right anymore. As far as this thirty-something sistah is concerned, it's now about reciprocity, not romance. A brother doesn't have to whisper promises he won't keep or make me any kind of commitment. All he needs to do is respect my boundaries, rock my world--then step the hell on before anyone gets too attached. That's why the last man I need to be trying to hook-up with is my next door ne...