Story for younger readers telling of Max and Maggie Maypole and their hunt for the missing map. Other books by the author include TWombat Stew' and TThere's a Bunyip Under My Bed'.
Joey is sleeping curled up in Mums pouch. Koala is resting on a limb like a couch. Turtle is dreaming far out in the sea. Cockatoo is yawning high up in a tree. Ill stay close-by all through the night. So sleep well, my small one. I love you . . . I love you . . . I love you . . . Sleep tight. Join all the animals as they settle down to rest. A warm story for bedtime sharing.
In this classic Australian picture book, a dingo catches a wombat and wants to cook him in a stew. But all the other bush animals have a plan to save their friend. They trick the dingo into using mud, feathers, flies, bugs and gumnuts in his wombat stew, and the result is-a stew the dingo will never forget!
Rancheros hold a distinct place in the culture and social hierarchy of Mexico, falling between the indigenous (Indian) rural Mexicans and the more educated city-dwelling Mexicans. In addition to making up an estimated twenty percent of the population of Mexico, rancheros may comprise the majority of Mexican immigrants to the United States. Although often mestizo (mixed race), rancheros generally identify as non-indigenous, and many identify primarily with the Spanish side of their heritage. They are active seekers of opportunity, and hence very mobile. Rancheros emphasize progress and a self-assertive individualism that contrasts starkly with the common portrayal of rural Mexicans as communal and publicly deferential to social superiors. Marcia Farr studied, over the course of fifteen years, a transnational community of Mexican ranchero families living both in Chicago and in their village-of-origin in Michoacán, Mexico. For this ethnolinguistic portrait, she focuses on three culturally salient styles of speaking that characterize rancheros: franqueza (candid, frank speech); respeto (respectful speech); and relajo (humorous, disruptive language that allows artful verbal critique of the social order maintained through respeto). She studies the construction of local identity through a community's daily talk, and provides the first book-length examination of language and identity in transnational Mexicans. In addition, Farr includes information on the history of rancheros in Mexico, available for the first time in English, as well as an analysis of the racial discourse of rancheros within the context of the history of race and ethnicity in Mexico and the United States. This work provides groundbreaking insight into the lives of rancheros, particularly as seen from their own perspectives.
An Expert's Guide to Unlocking the Wisdom of Your Subconscious Mind: The Intuition Workbook is a practical, hands-on collection of enjoyable exercises that will strengthen your 'intuitive muscle.' Enabling you to concentrate your mental energies, increase your receptivity to mental imagery, interpret those images, and implement the solutions. Soon, you'll find yourself taking amazing shortcuts to better decisions in every area of your life--business or personal. No longer will you have to wait until all the facts are in, agonizing over the details. Problem-solving anxiety and fear will be replaced by confidence and hope.
Writing is best taught through models. Showing K-8 students how other authors apply the writing-craft skills that you teach is a vital part of writing instruction. This innovative resource matches 24 fundamental writing-craft Target Skills to a wide selection of fiction and non-fiction books, providing a solid set of strong models for writing-craft instruction. Both trade books and texts available only from educational publishers are included. Most of these are picture books, which are particularly engaging for young readers. A Target Skill cross-index helps you reference models and multiple craft skills.
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