Understand the important milestones of development in children in five developmental domains: physical and motor, social and emotional, communication and language, cognitive, and approaches to learning. Learn strategies to observe and document children's progress and develop partnerships and establish communication with families. Updated for alignment with state standards.
Updated 2015 American Heart Association CPR & ECC guidelines. Get tips on prevention, advice on when to call paramedics, and crucial step-by-step instructions for a medical emergency. Spiral-bound to quickly find what you need and to stay open in an emergency. Reviewed by medical experts for accuracy.
Sci-fi fan or not, aliens hold a fascination for humans. The mystery of UFOs, the thought they may walk among us without us knowing, the thought they may be watching us all the time... these things ensure that we, as a race, are absorbed with thoughts of 'aliens', however they might show themselves. In giving Thirteen's talented writers a theme like that, it was guaranteed that the stories which came in would cover every possible interpretation of the alien theme that you can imagine, and then some. Walk some strange pathways, read some strange stories, discover some strange aliens...
Look and feel your best with the healthy, delicious recipes in this Smoothie Recipe Book for Weight Loss! Smoothies are a delicious way to get your daily dose of fruits and vegetables and put yourself on track to meet your fitness goals. The Smoothie Recipe Book for Weight Loss shows you how to incorporate 72 healthy and refreshing smoothies into your diet to help you slim down and feel nourished. This recipe book and diet plan includes: 72 easy, vitamin-rich, tasty including: Spicy Apple Cider Smoothie, Plum Salad Smoothie, and Vanilla Banana Freeze. A 3-day detox plan to cleanse your system before you start. A 10-day meal plan to incorporate smoothie recipes into your diet. Key smoothie recipe ingredients that promote weight loss. 10 tips for making a great smoothie every time. Get ready to get in shape while enjoying all the flavors and vitality of delicious smoothies.
Break Free of Grains with Ease and Convenience From the creators of the New York Times best seller, Paleo for Every Day, this step-by-step detox plan will help you lose weight and improve health without sacrificing flavor or time. Take the edge off wheat withdrawal with delicious and satisfying favorites like Vegetarian Chiles Rellenos with Walnuts, Raisins, and Cheese or Zucchini and Yellow Squash Pasta with Toasted Hazelnuts and Lemon Vinaigrette. Lose Wheat in 4 Weeks offers everything you need to eliminate grains from your diet and add joy and simplicity back into everyday eating. • A practical 28-day meal plan with handy shopping lists and substitution guides • 150 mouthwatering recipes suitable for even the tightest budgets • Concise, easy-to-understand guidelines for following a grain free diet • Culinary tips and tricks for flexible meal preparation in 45 minutes or less
The Little Vegan Cookbook is an incomparable compendium of 500 delicious and nourishing plant-based recipes collected from a variety of best-selling cookbooks and authors—filled with hearty entrees, indulgent desserts, and everything in between. This massive collection of vegan recipes makes it easier than ever to adopt or maintain a more compassionate plant-based diet, or just add more meatless dishes to your cooking repertoire. With so many different options—from new cooking styles and international flavors to meatless versions of your favorite comfort foods—you’ll never be bored or tempted to stray. Vegans and non-vegans alike will discover dishes that satisfy all their sweet and savory cravings—everything from pantry staples and hearty main dishes to wholesome soups and surprisingly decadent desserts. Each recipe features a color photo of the finished dish. You and your family will enjoy these and more flavorful plant-based dishes: Creamy Dreamy Kalamata Hummus Nori Wraps with Orange Cashew Cream Walnut Ravioli with Vodka Sauce Chicago-Style Deep Dish Pizza Coconut Curry with Chickpeas and Cauliflower Red Potato and Watercress Soup Crispy Crunchy Basmati Rice Fritters Butter Pecan Sticky Rolls Flourless Chocolate Tart This pocket-size vegan kitchen companion will be your healthy go-to cookbook for years to come.
Shed pounds and improve your health with the DASH diet, ranked #1 in “Best Diets Overall” by U.S. News & World Report. The DASH diet is the last diet you will ever need to go on. The DASH diet is a scientifically proven way to permanently reduce blood pressure and lose weight. Designed by top researchers at major institutions such as Harvard Medical School, the DASH diet is an easy-to-follow diet that cuts down on sodium and unhealthy fats, and has been shown to promote weight loss, and significantly lower the risk of cancer, diabetes, and osteoporosis. The DASH Diet for Beginners is your guide to getting started, with detailed meal plans, and 150 delicious DASH diet recipes. The DASH Diet for Beginners will help you achieve optimal health with: • 150 delicious DASH diet recipes for every meal • Detailed information on the proven health benefits of the DASH diet • 30-day DASH diet meal plan for lasting weight loss • Targeted health plans for weight loss and high blood pressure • 10 steps for success on the DASH diet The DASH Diet for Beginners will help you lose weight permanently, fight disease, and experience the best health of your life.
The big new idea in baking: cookie transformations-- using a few cookie cutters and a twist of the wrist to create 100 totally unique and fun cookie designs! Dubbed "the most creative baker I know" by Ina Garten, cookie expert Patti Paige reveals the secrets behind her famous decorating techniques and dough recipes. Known for her irresistibly playful cookie designs, Patti shows how, with a change of perspective and her decorating tips, a single cookie cutter is the only tool you need to make a Chick that will transform, into French Fries, a Hen, and a Dog! A pumpkin-shaped cookie morphs into a bunch of bananas or into George Washington's profile; a tea cup into a stork or graduation cap; a ghost into a cat; a football helmet into a bird on a nest or an elephant; a gift box into a spider; or Santa into a turkey , and much more. Plus, Patti shares her seven favorite cookie dough recipes from classic vanilla sugar cookies to vegan gingerbread, and all the tools, tips, techniques and resources needed to create your own transformations in the kitchen - even how to make your own cookie cutters.
Gardening Complete is the most up-to-date and complete guide to gardening for homeowners. Inside, eight of North America’s top gardening experts—and Cool Springs Press authors—present 19 subjects of critical interest to anyone who wants to learn or broaden gardening skills. Whether your main interest is in designing landscapes and gardens, ornamental gardening to make your yard more attractive, or gardening to provide nutritious edibles for the family table, this book will become your definitive source of information. It is intended for serious beginning to intermediate gardeners, but even veteran gardeners will be intrigued by what these experts have to say about core gardening skills and common horticultural subjects. Gardening Complete is a practical book that demonstrates how to accomplish the routine activities of gardening and beyond, including: Planning and planting your garden Essential care for the garden during the growing season Dealing with pests and diseases Harvesting fruits and vegetables Attracting pollinators Container, vertical, and raised bed gardening techniques While many gardening books focus on regional plant species or devote large sections to some form of plant catalog, this book is different. Gardening Complete serves not only as a self-contained manual for gardening skills and information in all regions, but also as a sampler that may help you determine where to focus your gardening hobby in the future or even help you identify authors you’d like to explore further. Each of the eight authors has an impressively broad background in publishing and lecturing on gardening, and you may discover a new favorite writer in these pages. We haven’t just allowed these authorities to express their individual views—we’ve encouraged them to do so. As is true in a healthy garden, we’ve aimed at diversity for this book. This book is not an organic gardening book per se, but if you have any previous familiarity with Cool Springs Press or any of these authors, you will know that we tend to take a low-impact approach to gardening. Thus, our authors generally offer advice that is gentle to the soil, to the environment, and to beneficial insects and animals. Success in your yard and garden awaits you with the help of Gardening Complete. Our authors are among the most passionate gardeners you will ever meet, and they have helped thousands of home gardeners just like you.
Good food is always cause for celebration, and Red, White & Blue Ribbon 2004 offers over you 230 crowd-pleasing reasons to celebrate. Prize-winning dishes from simple to sophisticated make this cookbook a must-have for everyone from novice cooks to seasoned chefs. Discover why cooking across America has never been so much fun! Book jacket.
Lose weight and prevent disease with the glycemic index diet High blood sugar levels in your system can be the culprit in everything from weight gain to type II diabetes to heart disease. The glycemic index is the best tool to measure how your diet affects your blood sugar and make positive changes for a longer, healthier life. The Glycemic Index Diet and Cookbook will show you how to use the glycemic index to monitor and control the amount of sugar in your diet so that you can lose weight effectively and prevent life-threatening diseases. With over 75 easy, nutritious recipes, and a clear explanation of how the glycemic index measures the effect of foods on your blood sugar, The Glycemic Index Diet and Cookbook will help you easily reduce your blood sugar levels. The Glycemic Index Diet and Cookbook will help you take control of your blood sugar and glycemic load, with: • 75 simple, delicious glycemic index recipes to reduce glycemic load • A straightforward 14-day meal plan to help you put the glycemic index diet into action • Easy-to-follow glycemic index tables for every food category, including fruits, vegetables, grains, proteins, and more • Important signs your blood glucose level is too high • Everyday tips for using the glycemic index to reduce your blood glucose level The Glycemic Index Diet and Cookbook will help you use the glycemic index as a tool to make healthy, lasting changes, while still enjoying a flavorful and balanced diet.
For years, the two kingdoms of Delmaa and Prantarr coexist peacefully. But when months of unprecedented rainfall cause a landslide of mud and rock to close the only route of commerce between the two countries, that peace is shattered. With war erupting between the nations, Princess Cristiana "Ana" of Prantarr and her brother must flee for their lives over a range of treacherous mountains to the safe land of Lentanne. En route, they meet Darius, a mysterious Delmish stranger, who joins them on their journey. When a fierce attack by a falcon kills, two must continue their journey alone. Confronted by dragons, mermaids, the forces of nature, and an array of magical creatures, they struggle to find their way over the mountains. Through it all, Ana learns to believe in herself and discovers just how strong she really is, for the hardest task is yet to come. Everything Ana knows to be true is turned upside down and a choice must be made...
Think it's impossible to crave salads? Think again. It's easy to fall into the rut of making the same salads over and over, but the excuses end now. Salads That Inspire is a cookbook of the most creative, delicious salads you've yet to eat, featuring original combinations of fresh fruits, vegetables, nuts, spices, proteins, grains, cheeses, and dressings. Healthy eating never tasted so good. Get your salad fix on today with: 45 healthy, homemade dressing recipes Mason jar layering instructions for over 60 prep-to-go salads Tips for toasting spices and nuts, infusing dressings, and making recipes more (or less) gourmet A guide to pairing greens and dressings to help you and invent your own salads From Arugula Salad with Grilled Watermelon, Pistachios, and Honey-Lime Vinaigrette to Moroccan Chicken Salad with Herbed Quinoa and Spicy Yogurt Dressing, the recipes showcase endless varieties of fresh and flavorful ingredients that will forever change the way you think about and enjoy salad.
The Fiction Collective" is a collection of 25 diverse indie short stories. From over 800+ submissions, these 25 short stories were handpicked to create this anthology. Aptly put, this book holds inside it not just a diverse collection of stories but also a wide range of emotions including love, loss, and nostalgia, that these authors want you to experience. 25 offbeat stories from 25 promising writers, this anthology is a must-have if you are looking for a quick getaway from your everyday hassles.
Looking for a fast and easy way to boost your health? Go green! Green smoothies are flavorful drinks packed with disease-fighting vitamins and antioxidants. With The Green Smoothie Recipe Book you'll be able to improve the way you look and feel by replacing unhealthy high-calorie foods with nutrient-packed green smoothies. Just by adding a regular green smoothie to your diet, you'll be able to lose weight, fight disease, and increase your energy. The Green Smoothie Recipe Book will show you how to optimize your health with over 100 fast and easy green smoothie recipes. The Green Smoothie Recipe Book will make it easy to make green smoothies a part of your healthy routine, with: Over 100 green smoothie recipes packed with vitamins, minerals, superfoods, and antioxidants Green smoothie recipes for weight loss, energy, detoxing, improving digestion, beauty, and more Step-by-step instructions for purchasing a blender, preparing produce and blending your own green smoothie ingredients A guide to shopping for produce, and when to buy organic Smoothies for all seasons and occasions, including Berry Basket Breakfast Smoothie, Banana-Walnut Wonder, Cucumber-Melon Cooler, and kid-friendly recipes like Chocolate-Covered Cherry Whether you want to improve your health, lose weight or detox your system, The Green Smoothie Recipe Book will make it easy to reach your goals.
With over 200 vegetarian recipes to choose from, you’ll say yes to cruelty-free eating. Learn how to turn farm-fresh and seasonal vegetables into soups, stews, breakfasts, and even burgers year-round with handy instructions for canning, storing, and of course, serving. From profiles for each vegetable to tips and tricks on how to keep your greens greener, this is the must-have cookbook for any vegetarian or vegan. This is the perfect cookbook for anyone with dietary restrictions, with recipes that are gluten-free to low-carb, keto-friendly options and everything in-between. With recipes organized by flavor, ingredient, and more, you’re sure to find your favorite in no time.
Educators Resource Directory is a comprehensive resource that provides the educational professional with thousands of resources and statistical data for professional development. This directory saves hours of research time by providing immediate access to Associations & Organizations, Conferences & Trade Shows, Educational Research Centers, Employment Opportunities & Teaching Abroad, School Library Services, Scholarships, Financial Resources and much more. New features to this Fourth Edition include new chapters on Professional Consultants and Computer Software & Testing Resources. Plus, this edition includes a brand new section on Statistics and Rankings with over 100 tables, including statistics on Average Teacher Salaries, SAT/ACT scores, Revenues & Expenditures and much more. These important statistics will allow the user to see how their school rates among others, make relocation decisions and so much more. Educators Resource Directory will be a well-used addition to the reference collection of any school district, education department or public library.
This book is designed to help, encourage, and inspire gardeners, whether they are novice or experienced. It is packed with info about choosing and buying plants.
The best of The Herb Companion's recipes are collected in this colorful volume, along with instructions for such basics as herb-infused vinegars, classic bouquets of fine herbs, and a handy use chart.
Here it is--our terrific collection of 100 fast-cooking chicken creations for supper tonight. You'll find some old familiar favorites, from sizzling skillets to jumping stir-fries to overstuffed sandwiches. Plus new, exciting dishes, too, such as spiced-up Thai dishes and French-inspired paillards. Chicken has never been so quick to fix or tasted so good!
Provides instructions and patterns for making appliance covers, pot holders, place mats, pillowcases, decorations, dolls, small quilts, and wall hangings.
Whether its a nearby burger joint or an intimate cafe, the perfect dining place is just an "ACCESS" page away. Listing hundreds of restaurants and culinary shops, these helpful guides provide hungry gourmets with ratings on price and ambiance, plus fascinating trivia about the quirky history of food, and "Bests" recommendations by local cognoscenti. The entries are keyed to numbered maps, making the eateries easy to find and two separate indexes allow readers to look up restaurants either by star rating or type of cuisine.
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