A high-energy picture book that teaches kids a real line-dance routine to boost their mood, build focus, and get their bodies moving like dinosaursFeeling tired, sluggish, or stuck? Sometimes kids don't need to calm down. They need to power up. Dance and Roar Like a Dinosaur gets kids on their feet with a simple, easy-to-follow line-dance routine set to a steady beat and playful rhythm, complete with stomps, wiggles, and moves that mimic a dinosaur. Every step is d...

A funny picture book that gives anxious kids a proven, real-world method for facing their fears one brave step at a timeWhat if something goes wrong? What then? What's going to happen? Avi the avocado worries about everything, and when fear takes over, he does what a lot of kids do: he avoids. New situations, unfamiliar sounds, anything that feels scary gets added to the "absolutely not" list. But one day, a mysterious THUMP! THUMP! THUD! outside his kitchen window...

"The Kaiser Abdicates: The German Revolution November 1918-August 1919" by S. Miles Bouton delves into a pivotal moment in German history, exploring the tumultuous events that led to the abdication of Kaiser Wilhelm II. This book provides a detailed account of the social and political upheaval that characterized the end of World War I and the subsequent revolution. Bouton examines the various factions involved, including workers' councils and soldiers' councils, and how their struggles for...

Germany's Historical Journey: Seven Must-Reads assembles seven complementary inquiries into the forces that fashioned modern Germany: dynastic ambition, political unification, diplomacy, military power, and the contested meanings of national identity. Moving between memoir-like observation, historical analysis, political commentary, and biographical portraiture, the volume captures both the immediacy of events and their longer historical consequences. Its most compelling passages illuminat...

Audisee® eBooks with Audio combine professional narration and sentence highlighting for an engaging read aloud experience!A high-energy picture book that teaches kids a real line-dance routine to boost their mood, build focus, and get their bodies moving like dinosaursFeeling tired, sluggish, or stuck? Sometimes kids don't need to calm down. They need to power up. Dance and Roar Like a Dinosaur gets kids on their feet with a simple, easy-to-follow line-danc...

Can a gooey little treat help kids feel good about who they are? In this sweet and silly story—it absolutely can!Meet Graham. He is a two-cookie wafer with marshmallow middle and a square of sweetness. And he's a s’more who's feeling a little unsure. Is he too squishy? Too sticky? Not fancy enough? As he reflects on what makes him special, Graham learns a powerful truth: he doesn’t need to be perfect to be enough. He’s already amazing just being himself.

A playful, rhyming picture book that teaches kids a calming technique through fun dinosaur characters they'll loveFeeling frustrated, frenzied, or full of roar? Every little dinosaur has big feelings sometimes, whether it's anger bubbling up, stress taking over, or frustration that just won't quit. Calm Your Roar Like a Dinosaur turns those overwhelming moments into something kids can manage by teaching progressive muscle relaxation, a mind-body technique ...

Developing solid decision-making skills is a fundamental milestone for children as they learn to navigate the world and all the choices in it. Simply said, Waffle Can't Decide is a super relatable and engaging story about making decisions and being decisive.Blue socks! Red socks! Striped socks! Within a swirl of indecisiveness, Waffle just can't decide what to do! And suddenly everything turns into a deciding disaster!Every day we need to all make ...

In "And the Kaiser Abdicates: The German Revolution November 1918-August 1919," S. Miles Bouton meticulously examines the tumultuous period that marked the end of the German Empire and the onset of the Weimar Republic. Employing a blend of narrative history and analytical discourse, Bouton illuminates the complexities of the social, political, and economic upheaval following World War I. The author's deft use of primary sources and contemporary accounts provides a vivid tableau of revoluti...

A playful, reassuring story about big expectations, self-talk, and emotional resilienceTaco tries his best to keep it all together, but being a taco comes with a lot of pressure. Tacos are expected to stay strong without much support, stay open without much room, and never fall apart. As these expectations pile up, Taco starts to doubt himself. What if he can’t do it? What if he fails? When unhelpful thoughts take over, Taco’s shell cracks, his toppings tumble, and...

Based on three decades of fieldwork throughout the developing world, Scars of Partition is the first book to systematically evaluate the long-term implications of French and British styles of colonialism and decolonization for ordinary people throughout the so-called Third World. It pays particular attention to the contemporary legacies of artificial boundaries superimposed by Britain and France that continue to divide indigenous peoples into separate postcolonial states. In so do...

How have different forms of colonialism shaped societies and their politics? William F. S. Miles focuses on the Hausa-speaking people of West Africa whose land is still split by an arbitrary boundary established by Great Britain and France at the turn of the century.In 1983 Miles returned as a Fulbright scholar to the region where he had served as a Peace Corps volunteer in the late 1970s. Already fluent in the Hausa language, he established residence in carefully ...