Can you imagine spending a day in the desert, where it's hot, dry, and colorless? Boring, you might say. Well, you're in for a surprise when you trek along with the young reporter T. Tommy Turtle in the Sonoran Desert. Our tour guide is Tortsie the desert tortoise, who introduces us to Roady the fun-loving road runner, the Saguaro Cactus family, and grumpy Scorpie the scorpion. Each creature is different from the rest, but they all know they are special because they are part of God's creation. Come spend A Day with the Desert Dwellers on The Travels of T. Tommy Turtle and take notes along with reporter T. Tommy. You never know what you'll find!
Join Sally the Sheep as she searches for her friends so they can all play. When she can't find them, she doesn't give up. A sweet story about how friends can make even the cloudiest day feel sunny.
Brett, Blake, and Gavin meet Stanford the seagull on the beach when Stanford cleverly snatches a piece of Blake's sandwich. As wisecracking Stanford informs the boys it is in his nature to steal, he is distracted when a little canary flies by. Stanford has a crush on the pretty yellow bird and goes to any length to impress her. Meanwhile, the boys build a sandcastle with their new friend Laney. The lifeguard puts out flags to warn everyone that the surf is dangerous right now. When the sandcastle is finished, Laney insists on going swimming despite the warning from the lifeguard. She is a good swimmer but has a difficult time swimming against the strong current and begins to panic. The boys and Stanford rush to help rescue Laney. Needless to say, the little canary was finally impressed with Stanford and gives him a little reward.
Can you imagine spending a day in the desert, where it's hot, dry, and colorless? Boring, you might say. Well, you're in for a surprise when you trek along with the young reporter T. Tommy Turtle in the Sonoran Desert. Our tour guide is Tortsie the desert tortoise, who introduces us to Roady the fun-loving road runner, the Saguaro Cactus family, and grumpy Scorpie the scorpion. Each creature is different from the rest, but they all know they are special because they are part of God's creation. Come spend A Day with the Desert Dwellers on The Travels of T. Tommy Turtle and take notes along with reporter T. Tommy. You never know what you'll find!
Based on his dissertation research, The Retention of First-Year Black Male Students at Predominately White Private and Public Universities and Colleges provides evidence that the retention of first-year Black male students at predominately White private or public universities and colleges can be achieved. Using the experiences of six participants at a predominately White private university in the Washington, D.C. area, the book encourages Black male high school graduates who want to attend predominately White private or public universities or colleges to use those participants’ experiences—specifically the key factors that contributed to their academic success—in obtaining their college degrees. Educated Black men tend to improve their communities, provide financially for their families, enjoy higher self-esteem, and become valuable assets to their employers, perhaps even becoming business owners. Today, African-American enrollment in higher education is at an all-time high, but there is still a 20-point gap in graduation as compared to Whites at 63%. This gap has enormous economic and societal implications. “Without education, there is no hope for our people, and without hope, our future is lost.” —Journal of Blacks in Higher Education, 2009 This treatise not only offers inspiration and practical advice for Black men seeking higher education; it provides valuable suggestions for high school counselors, college administrators, and faculty who support this worthy goal.
WE'VE ALL EXPERIENCED the challenges associated with working with groups, but The Handbook for Working with Difficult Groups turns the idea of "difficult groups" on its head. Rather than view groups as inherently difficult, it looks at the factors that make working with groups difficult. Individual chapters focus on challenges such as involving dissenters, building external perspectives, reducing complaining, adapting to cultural differences, incorporating diversity, facilitating inclusion, working virtually, resolving identity-based conflict, transforming unproductive behavior patterns, preventing workplace harassment, and strengthening accountability. The book first provides a framework for thinking systemically about the many and varied ways in which working with a group can be difficult. Building on that framework, the contributors each address three basic issues: How the group is difficult—a description of a real group and the observable phenomena that reflect the group's difficulty. Why the group is difficult—an exploration of the underlying causes of the difficulty. What you can do about it—what you can do as a group facilitator, leader, or member to help the group.
A second edition which provides updated information on trends in American political party organizations, campaign roles played by parties, voter-identification, and governing. The essays draw connections between parties, campaigns and elections, in the aftermath of the 1992 Presidential Election.
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