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Taking Wing

By: Nancy Price Graff

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Gus never imagined himself a parent at thirteen. But in the war-fraught summer of 1942, while living on his grandparents' Vermont farm, he adopts a clutch of orphaned duck eggs. Gus can relate to the foundlings, as he is apart from, and yearns for, his own family. One day Gus finds a young stranger standing over the incubating eggs. Gus doesn't know what to make of her, with her tattered clothing and strange accent, but soon the girl is helping to care for the newly hatched ducklings, and she and Gus become fast friends. Not everyone shares Gus's high opinion of Louise, whose poverty-stricken French-Canadian family is shunned by the townspeople. His attempt to help his friend and her family has some embarrassing consequences and he must make retribution if he is to keep Louise's friendship. Nancy Price Graff's fluid narrative and exceptional eye for detail follow Gus during a time of food rationing, Victory gardens, watching for enemy planes--and keeping his ducks from harm.

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Houghton Mifflin Harcourt

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0618535918

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Where the River Runs

A Portrait of a Refugee Family

By: Nancy Price Graff

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Where the River Runs

A Portrait of a Refugee Family

By: Nancy Price Graff

Describes the experiences of a family of Cambodian refugees as they learn to adjust to a different way of life in the United States while holding on to their ethnic heritage.

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0590203622

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A Long Way Home

By: Nancy Price Graff

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A Long Way Home

By: Nancy Price Graff

After moving to his mother's small hometown in Vermont, twelve-year-old Riley must reconsider his feelings about war and heroes when he meets a man who refused to fight in Vietnam and makes a discovery about one of his own relatives.

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University of Hawaii Press

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0618120424

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Taking Wing

By: Nancy Price Graff

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Taking Wing

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Runaway Pond

By: Nancy Price Graff

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Runaway Pond

By: Nancy Price Graff

Based on a true story, this tribute to everyday heroism doubles as a lyrical primer on how landscapes evolve. Long Pond--clear, reflective, and bent in the middle like a crooked finger--has been a source of joy and nourishment to a Vermont village for many years. But when a sudden late-summer storm causes the pond to swell and burst its banks, endangering everyone in its path, only one person is fast enough to warn the villagers downstream. Spencer Chamberlain, the long-legged winner of countless foot races, sprints off to cries of "Run, Chamberlain, run!" All survive, thanks to his efforts. But after the storm the glassy pond is gone, leaving the village, and future generations, with something altogether different--and every bit as nourishing. In a gentle tall tale inspired by true events that are explored in the book's afterword, Vermont author Nancy Price Graff reveals the constantly evolving landscapes all around us, while Bagram Ibatoulline's glorious paintings speak to the beauty and inevitability of change.

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Candlewick Press

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1536219983

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Where the River Runs

A Portrait of a Refugee Family

By: Nancy Price Graff

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A Portrait of a Refugee Family

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Describes the experiences of a family of Cambodian refugees as they learn to adjust to a different way of life in the United States while holding on to their ethnic heritage.

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Breeding Better Vermonters

The Eugenics Project in the Green Mountain State

By: Nancy L. Gallagher

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Breeding Better Vermonters

The Eugenics Project in the Green Mountain State

By: Nancy L. Gallagher

The disturbing story of eugenics in Vermont and the dark side of progressive social reform.

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UPNE

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0874519527

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9780874519525

World War II and the Postwar Years in America [2 volumes]

A Historical and Cultural Encyclopedia [2 volumes]

By: William H. Young,Nancy K. Young

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World War II and the Postwar Years in America [2 volumes]

A Historical and Cultural Encyclopedia [2 volumes]

By: William H. Young,Nancy K. Young

More than 150 articles provide a revealing look at one of the most tempestuous decades in recent American history, describing the everyday activities of Americans as they dealt first with war, and then a difficult transition to peace and prosperity. The two-volume World War II and the Postwar Years in America: A Historical and Cultural Encyclopedia contains over 175 articles describing everyday life on the American home front during World War II and the immediate postwar years. Unlike publications about this period that focus mainly on the big picture of the war and subsequent economic conditions, this encyclopedia drills down to the popular culture of the 1940s, bringing the details of the lives of ordinary men, women, and children alive. The work covers a broad range of everyday activities throughout the 1940s, including movies, radio programming, music, the birth of commercial television, advertising, art, bestsellers, and other equally intriguing topics. The decade was divided almost evenly between war (1940-1945) and peace (1946-1950), and the articles point up the continuities and differences between these two periods. Filled with evocative photographs, this unique encyclopedia will serve as an excellent resource for those seeking an overview of life in the United States during a decade that helped shape the modern world.

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Bloomsbury Publishing USA

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031335653X

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9780313356537

To Be One of Us

Cultural Conflict, Creative Democracy, and Education

By: Nancy Bevin Warehime

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To Be One of Us

Cultural Conflict, Creative Democracy, and Education

By: Nancy Bevin Warehime

In the context of the growing debate over the relationship between humanities education and the future of liberal democracy, To Be One of Us surveys in dialectical fashion several contemporary humanist thinkers, and analyzes their diverse philosophical positions in relation to John Dewey's claim that "creative democracy" is the "task before us." The cultural roots of these diverse positions are compared on the basis of their normative conceptions of moral authority. The first section of the text contains analyses of Allan Bloom's conservative platonism, and of several critiques of his discourse of crisis. The second section is an exploration of Rorty's liberal pragmatism and its implications for education and democracy, and of the critique of Rorty which emanates from his political left. Finally, West's "prophetic pragmatism" is examined, and presented as the philosophical position best suited to "creative democracy," given prevailing social, economic, and political realities.

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State University of New York Press

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1438423306

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This Is Balanced Literacy, Grades K-6

By: Douglas Fisher,Nancy Frey,Nancy Akhavan

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This Is Balanced Literacy, Grades K-6

By: Douglas Fisher,Nancy Frey,Nancy Akhavan

This is Balanced Literacy: Grades K-6 Students learn to read and write best when their teachers balance literacy instruction. But how do you strike the right balance of skills and knowledge, reading and writing, small and whole group instruction, and direct and dialogic instruction, so that all students can learn to their maximum potential? The answer lies in the intentional design of learning activities, purposeful selection of instructional materials, evidence-based teaching methods, and in strategic groupings of students based on assessment data. Together, these create the perfect balance of high impact learning experiences that engage and excite learners. In this hands-on essential guide, best-selling authors Douglas Fisher, Nancy Frey, and Nancy Akhavan help you define that balance for your students, lighting the path to implementing balanced literacy in your classroom. Their plan empowers you to integrate evidence-based approaches that include: • Instructional materials comprised of both informational and narrative texts. • The best uses of instructional delivery modes, including direct and dialogic instruction. • Grouping patterns that work best to accomplish learning aims for different learners at different stages. • Instruction in foundational skills and meaning making, including oral language, phonemic awareness, phonics, fluency, vocabulary, comprehension, and writing. • Technology used as a tool for increasing learning of a specific literary process. All the tips and tools you need to realize the goal of balanced literacy learning are included, with classroom videos that show strategies in action. Tap your intuition, collaborate with your peers, and put the research-based strategies embedded in this roadmap to work in your classroom to implement or deepen a strong, successful balanced literacy program. Grow as a reading and writing teacher while leading your students to grow as readers and writers.

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Corwin

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1544386826

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9781544386829

Runaway Pond

By: Nancy Price Graff

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By: Nancy Price Graff

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Candlewick Press

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The Call of the Running Tide

A Portrait of an Island Family

By: Nancy Price Graff

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The Call of the Running Tide

A Portrait of an Island Family

By: Nancy Price Graff

Captures the way of life of the Joyces, a fishing family on Swans Island off the coast of Maine, as they spend their lives harvesting the bounty of the sea.

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Book's by Nancy Price Graff

Taking Wing

Taking Wing

Where the River Runs

Where the River Runs

A Long Way Home

A Long Way Home

Taking Wing

Taking Wing

Runaway Pond

Runaway Pond

Where the River Runs

Where the River Runs

Breeding Better Vermonters

Breeding Better Vermonters

World War II and the Postwar Years in America [2 volumes]

World War II and the Postwar Years in America [2 volumes]

To Be One of Us

To Be One of Us

This Is Balanced Literacy, Grades K-6

This Is Balanced Literacy, Grades K-6

Runaway Pond

Runaway Pond

The Call of the Running Tide

The Call of the Running Tide

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