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Teach Like Your Hair's on Fire: The Methods and Madness Inside Room 56
by Rafe Esquith
Staff Pick
Few teachers get the recognition that Rafe Esquith has received during his extraordinary career, but in this case, it is so richly deserved. In a recent poll, over 60 percent of Americans said our country is headed in the "wrong direction." As I read... (read more)

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Dear Genius: The Letters of Ursula Nordstrom
by Leonard S Marcus
Staff Pick
Laura Ingalls Wilder. Crockett Johnson. Margaret Wise Brown. Ruth Krauss. Garth Williams. Maurice Sendak. Russell Hoban. Louise Fitzhugh. What do all of these names have in common? They are brilliant children's authors and illustrators who have been... (read more)

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Stones into Schools: Promoting Peace with Books, Not Bombs, in Afghanistan and Pakistan
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Staff Pick
If you're feeling crushed by the grim news reports of our ongoing, never-ending overseas warfare, replenish your spirit with Stones into Schools. This remarkable book from the author of Three Cups of Tea will pull you out of your seat and send you into... (read more)

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Deconstructing Penguins: Parents, Kids, and the Bond of Reading
by Lawrence Goldston and Nancy Goldstone
Staff Pick
The Goldstones, who have been running parent-child book groups for six years, deliver a fabulous and entertaining book on how to read children's books with children, using examples from a range of reading levels (from second grade, like Charlotte's Web... (read more)

List Price $15.00
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Used - Trade Paper

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