The excitement of sparks flying from a Wimshurst machine, the mystery of toy spiders crawling down a wall, the temptation to pick up a pig thats only an image, and the sight of overlapping images in Iceland spar all are shown with photographs and accompanying descriptions.
Description of the book: This book which focuses on the childs self-concept (also called self-perspective or self-identity) is a collection of beliefs about oneself that includes elements such as academic performance, gender roles and racial identity.
Here at last is David Novak's popular retelling of the famous folktale, complete with illustrated instructions for forming his original string figures.
Beanie and the Bully :Bullying destroys the development of a successful childhood in school and at home, bullying contributes to low self-esteem, depression, isolatiion and even suicide.
The photos and story share my World Vision visit with a young girl, my sponsored child, Banele, and her family in a small village in Swaziland, Africa.
Printz Award winner Walter Dean Myers deftly draws a compassionate portrait of a boy's odyssey of self-discovery and the acceptance and empathy for others he learns along the way.
