Age : 6-7 years old Reading Level : 1st Grade Discover Ana the Spider's daily life! After the tremendous success of the paper versions, the Small but Useful series is available in digital format! A unique series of 4 titles recounting the adventures of 4 little animals in their day-to-day life. Amazingly illustrated, not only are these stories really cute but they also reveal the usefulness of small animals in nature! A perfect series to practice reading and learn more about small animals. EXCERPT Ana goes up and down in front of the window. Just like a circus acrobat, she juggles with her eight long and skinny legs. Is she walking in the air? Is she floating? Flying? That’s what it looks like, but no! In the Small but Useful series: • Amy the Ant• Ana the Spider• Buzzy The bee• Funny the Caterpillar• Henry the Hedgehog• Lucky the Worm• Niki the Frog• Rosty the Bat
Age : 6-7 years old Reading Level : 1st Grade Discover Lucky the Worm's daily life! After the tremendous success of the paper versions, the Small but Useful series is available in digital format! A unique series of 4 titles recounting the adventures of 4 little animals in their day-to-day life. Amazingly illustrated, not only are these stories really cute but they also reveal the usefulness of small animals in nature! A perfect series to practice reading and learn more about small animals. EXCERPT Lucky strolls a bit distractedly around the garden. She moves forward very slowly, she retracts her body and then stretches it just like an accordion and she leaves behind a thin thread of water. Suddenly she hears a flower crying. - Why are you so sad? - I used to be the prettiest flower in the garden, but I am fading away. My petals are falling and no one admires me anymore, the flower tells her. In the Small but Useful series: • Buzzy The bee • Funny the Caterpillar • Lucky the Worm • Rosty the Bat
Age : 6-7 years old Reading Level : 1st Grade Discover Buzzy the Bee's daily life! After the tremendous success of the paper versions, the Small but Useful series is available in digital format! A unique series of 4 titles recounting the adventures of 4 little animals in their day-to-day life. Amazingly illustrated, not only are these stories really cute but they also reveal the usefulness of small animals in nature! A perfect series to practice reading and learn more about small animals. EXCERPT Bzzz ,bzzzz...Bzzz ,bzzz ,bzzzz... it’s the hum of Buzzy’s wings , moving quickly as she watches her clock. The sun is about to come out , there is no time to loaf around! Buzzy is the hardest working bee in the hive , she is the first to get up and is always in a good mood. Bzzz...bzzzzz.... , wake up sisters , it’s time to work! In the Small but Useful series: • Buzzy The bee • Funny the Caterpillar • Lucky the Worm • Rosty the Bat
Age : 6-7 years old Reading Level : 1st Grade Discover Rosty the Bat's daily life! After the tremendous success of the paper versions, the Small but Useful series is available in digital format! A unique series of 4 titles recounting the adventures of 4 little animals in their day-to-day life. Amazingly illustrated, not only are these stories really cute but they also reveal the usefulness of small animals in nature! A perfect series to practice reading and learn more about small animals. EXCERPT Rosty is a small, furry bat who lives upside down. He sleeps during the day and when everyone is resting he goes off, flying happily around town. But how does he manage to avoid bumping into things or getting entangled in tree branches or wires, when there is no light? His special eyes allow him to see when it’s dark. What’s more, his big, sharp ears let him know where he is heading. In the Small but Useful series: • Buzzy The bee • Funny the Caterpillar • Lucky the Worm • Rosty the Bat
Age : 6-7 years old Reading Level : 1st Grade Discover Henry the Hedgehog's daily life! After the tremendous success of the paper versions, the Small but Useful series is available in digital format! A unique series of 4 titles recounting the adventures of 4 little animals in their day-to-day life. Amazingly illustrated, not only are these stories really cute but they also reveal the usefulness of small animals in nature! A perfect series to practice reading and learn more about small animals. EXCERPT Henry the hedgehog sleeps throughout the day hidden in a hole in a trunk. He likes to wander around the woods during the night. As he walks, the thousand spines on his body seem to shout : “Do not get near, I can prick you!” However, truth be told, Henry is tired of being alone. He would love to have some friends. In the Small but Useful series: • Amy the Ant • Ana the Spider • Buzzy The bee • Funny the Caterpillar • Henry the Hedgehog • Lucky the Worm • Niki the Frog • Rosty the Bat
Age : 6-7 years old Reading Level : 1st Grade Discover Amy the Ant's daily life! After the tremendous success of the paper versions, the Small but Useful series is available in digital format! A unique series of 4 titles recounting the adventures of 4 little animals in their day-to-day life. Amazingly illustrated, not only are these stories really cute but they also reveal the usefulness of small animals in nature! A perfect series to practice reading and learn more about small animals. EXCERPT They look like soldiers, thousands of soldiers marching along. All of them identical, one following the other, keeping a fast pace, with their brown silhouettes and their antennae always on the alert. Yet, one of them stands out of the regiment. She has a huge head and strong jaws. It’s Amy the anthill’s guardian. In the Small but Useful series: • Amy the Ant • Ana the Spider • Buzzy The bee • Funny the Caterpillar • Henry the Hedgehog • Lucky the Worm • Niki the Frog • Rosty the Bat
Age : 6-7 years old Reading Level : 1st Grade Discover Niki the Frog's daily life! After the tremendous success of the paper versions, the Small but Useful series is available in digital format! A unique series of 4 titles recounting the adventures of 4 little animals in their day-to-day life. Amazingly illustrated, not only are these stories really cute but they also reveal the usefulness of small animals in nature! A perfect series to practice reading and learn more about small animals. EXCERPT Aiko the fish was wandering around the pond looking to have some fun. He came across a bunch of strange little balls and kicked one, hoping to score a goal. But to his surprise the ball hatched! It wasn’t a ball but an egg! In the Small but Useful series: • Amy the Ant • Ana the Spider • Buzzy The bee • Funny the Caterpillar • Henry the Hedgehog • Lucky the Worm • Niki the Frog • Rosty the Bat
Age : 6-7 years old Reading Level : 1st Grade Discover Funny the Caterpillar's daily life! After the tremendous success of the paper versions, the Small but Useful series is available in digital format! A unique series of 4 titles recounting the adventures of 4 little animals in their day-to-day life. Amazingly illustrated, not only are these stories really cute but they also reveal the usefulness of small animals in nature! A perfect series to practice reading and learn more about small animals. EXCERPT Funny is a caterpillar and a dreamer. The other night, she dreamt she was climbing to the top of the mountain. Without a second thought she decided to make her dream come true. Along the way she bumped into Mr Frog, who laught and said: - Don’t even think about it! I am a very agile frog and so can jump and reach the summit of the mountain but you... a caterpillar who crawls so slowly... it’s crazy! He went away jumping and bloated like a frog. In the Small but Useful series: • Buzzy The bee • Funny the Caterpillar • Lucky the Worm • Rosty the Bat
Age : 6-7 years old Reading Level : 1st Grade Discover Amy the Ant's daily life! After the tremendous success of the paper versions, the Small but Useful series is available in digital format! A unique series of 4 titles recounting the adventures of 4 little animals in their day-to-day life. Amazingly illustrated, not only are these stories really cute but they also reveal the usefulness of small animals in nature! A perfect series to practice reading and learn more about small animals. EXCERPT They look like soldiers, thousands of soldiers marching along. All of them identical, one following the other, keeping a fast pace, with their brown silhouettes and their antennae always on the alert. Yet, one of them stands out of the regiment. She has a huge head and strong jaws. It’s Amy the anthill’s guardian. In the Small but Useful series: • Amy the Ant • Ana the Spider • Buzzy The bee • Funny the Caterpillar • Henry the Hedgehog • Lucky the Worm • Niki the Frog • Rosty the Bat
Age : 6-7 years old Reading Level : 1st Grade Discover Buzzy the Bee's daily life! After the tremendous success of the paper versions, the Small but Useful series is available in digital format! A unique series of 4 titles recounting the adventures of 4 little animals in their day-to-day life. Amazingly illustrated, not only are these stories really cute but they also reveal the usefulness of small animals in nature! A perfect series to practice reading and learn more about small animals. EXCERPT Bzzz ,bzzzz...Bzzz ,bzzz ,bzzzz... it’s the hum of Buzzy’s wings , moving quickly as she watches her clock. The sun is about to come out , there is no time to loaf around! Buzzy is the hardest working bee in the hive , she is the first to get up and is always in a good mood. Bzzz...bzzzzz.... , wake up sisters , it’s time to work! In the Small but Useful series: • Buzzy The bee • Funny the Caterpillar • Lucky the Worm • Rosty the Bat
Age : 6-7 years old Reading Level : 1st Grade Discover Ana the Spider's daily life! After the tremendous success of the paper versions, the Small but Useful series is available in digital format! A unique series of 4 titles recounting the adventures of 4 little animals in their day-to-day life. Amazingly illustrated, not only are these stories really cute but they also reveal the usefulness of small animals in nature! A perfect series to practice reading and learn more about small animals. EXCERPT Ana goes up and down in front of the window. Just like a circus acrobat, she juggles with her eight long and skinny legs. Is she walking in the air? Is she floating? Flying? That’s what it looks like, but no! In the Small but Useful series: • Amy the Ant• Ana the Spider• Buzzy The bee• Funny the Caterpillar• Henry the Hedgehog• Lucky the Worm• Niki the Frog• Rosty the Bat
Age : 6-7 years old Reading Level : 1st Grade Discover Lucky the Worm's daily life! After the tremendous success of the paper versions, the Small but Useful series is available in digital format! A unique series of 4 titles recounting the adventures of 4 little animals in their day-to-day life. Amazingly illustrated, not only are these stories really cute but they also reveal the usefulness of small animals in nature! A perfect series to practice reading and learn more about small animals. EXCERPT Lucky strolls a bit distractedly around the garden. She moves forward very slowly, she retracts her body and then stretches it just like an accordion and she leaves behind a thin thread of water. Suddenly she hears a flower crying. - Why are you so sad? - I used to be the prettiest flower in the garden, but I am fading away. My petals are falling and no one admires me anymore, the flower tells her. In the Small but Useful series: • Buzzy The bee • Funny the Caterpillar • Lucky the Worm • Rosty the Bat
Age : 6-7 years old Reading Level : 1st Grade Discover Funny the Caterpillar's daily life! After the tremendous success of the paper versions, the Small but Useful series is available in digital format! A unique series of 4 titles recounting the adventures of 4 little animals in their day-to-day life. Amazingly illustrated, not only are these stories really cute but they also reveal the usefulness of small animals in nature! A perfect series to practice reading and learn more about small animals. EXCERPT Funny is a caterpillar and a dreamer. The other night, she dreamt she was climbing to the top of the mountain. Without a second thought she decided to make her dream come true. Along the way she bumped into Mr Frog, who laught and said: - Don’t even think about it! I am a very agile frog and so can jump and reach the summit of the mountain but you... a caterpillar who crawls so slowly... it’s crazy! He went away jumping and bloated like a frog. In the Small but Useful series: • Buzzy The bee • Funny the Caterpillar • Lucky the Worm • Rosty the Bat
Age : 6-7 years old Reading Level : 1st Grade Discover Rosty the Bat's daily life! After the tremendous success of the paper versions, the Small but Useful series is available in digital format! A unique series of 4 titles recounting the adventures of 4 little animals in their day-to-day life. Amazingly illustrated, not only are these stories really cute but they also reveal the usefulness of small animals in nature! A perfect series to practice reading and learn more about small animals. EXCERPT Rosty is a small, furry bat who lives upside down. He sleeps during the day and when everyone is resting he goes off, flying happily around town. But how does he manage to avoid bumping into things or getting entangled in tree branches or wires, when there is no light? His special eyes allow him to see when it’s dark. What’s more, his big, sharp ears let him know where he is heading. In the Small but Useful series: • Buzzy The bee • Funny the Caterpillar • Lucky the Worm • Rosty the Bat
Age : 6-7 years old Reading Level : 1st Grade Discover Henry the Hedgehog's daily life! After the tremendous success of the paper versions, the Small but Useful series is available in digital format! A unique series of 4 titles recounting the adventures of 4 little animals in their day-to-day life. Amazingly illustrated, not only are these stories really cute but they also reveal the usefulness of small animals in nature! A perfect series to practice reading and learn more about small animals. EXCERPT Henry the hedgehog sleeps throughout the day hidden in a hole in a trunk. He likes to wander around the woods during the night. As he walks, the thousand spines on his body seem to shout : “Do not get near, I can prick you!” However, truth be told, Henry is tired of being alone. He would love to have some friends. In the Small but Useful series: • Amy the Ant • Ana the Spider • Buzzy The bee • Funny the Caterpillar • Henry the Hedgehog • Lucky the Worm • Niki the Frog • Rosty the Bat
Age : 6-7 years old Reading Level : 1st Grade Discover Niki the Frog's daily life! After the tremendous success of the paper versions, the Small but Useful series is available in digital format! A unique series of 4 titles recounting the adventures of 4 little animals in their day-to-day life. Amazingly illustrated, not only are these stories really cute but they also reveal the usefulness of small animals in nature! A perfect series to practice reading and learn more about small animals. EXCERPT Aiko the fish was wandering around the pond looking to have some fun. He came across a bunch of strange little balls and kicked one, hoping to score a goal. But to his surprise the ball hatched! It wasn’t a ball but an egg! In the Small but Useful series: • Amy the Ant • Ana the Spider • Buzzy The bee • Funny the Caterpillar • Henry the Hedgehog • Lucky the Worm • Niki the Frog • Rosty the Bat
“For Colored Girls Who Have Considered Politics. It’s a wonderful, necessary book.” – Hillary Clinton The four most powerful African American women in politics share the story of their friendship and how it has changed politics in America. The lives of black women in American politics are remarkably absent from the shelves of bookstores and libraries. For Colored Girls Who Have Considered Politics is a sweeping view of American history from the vantage points of four women who have lived and worked behind the scenes in politics for over thirty years—Donna Brazile, Yolanda Caraway, Leah Daughtry, and Minyon Moore—a group of women who call themselves The Colored Girls. Like many people who have spent their careers in public service, they view their lives in four-year waves where presidential campaigns and elections have been common threads. For most of the Colored Girls, their story starts with Jesse Jackson’s first campaign for president. From there, they went on to work on the presidential campaigns of Walter Mondale, Michael Dukakis, Bill Clinton, Al Gore, Barack Obama and Hillary Rodham Clinton. Over the years, they’ve filled many roles: in the corporate world, on campaigns, in unions, in churches, in their own businesses and in the White House. Through all of this, they’ve worked with those who have shaped our country’s history—US Presidents such as Bill Clinton and Barack Obama, well-known political figures such as Terry McAuliffe and Howard Dean, and legendary activists and historical figures such as Jesse Jackson, Coretta Scott King, and Betty Shabazz. For Colored Girls Who Have Considered Politics is filled with personal stories that bring to life heroic figures we all know and introduce us to some of those who’ve worked behind the scenes but are still hidden. Whatever their perch, the Colored Girls are always focused on the larger goal of “hurrying history” so that every American — regardless of race, gender or religious background — can have a seat at the table. This is their story.
An examination of the datafication of family life--in particular, the construction of our children into data subjects. Our families are being turned into data, as the digital traces we leave are shared, sold, and commodified. Children are datafied even before birth, with pregnancy apps and social media postings, and then tracked through babyhood with learning apps, smart home devices, and medical records. If we want to understand the emergence of the datafied citizen, Veronica Barassi argues, we should look at the first generation of datafied natives: our children. In Child Data Citizen, she examines the construction of children into data subjects, describing how their personal information is collected, archived, sold, and aggregated into unique profiles that can follow them across a lifetime.
In the first book-length study of Valerie Martin's fiction, Veronica Makowsky explores the work of this lauded, but often overlooked, contemporary novelist. Winner of the Orange Prize for her novel Property (2003), Martin also won the Kafka Prize for Mary Reilly (1990), which was then translated into sixteen languages and made into a popular film. Despite these successes, her critically acclaimed novels and stories have yet to attain a broad readership. Makowsky addresses this disconnect through a detailed critical study of Martin's distinguished oeuvre, grounding each work in its historical, cultural, and theoretical contexts. Makowsky begins with a sketch of Martin's life and then considers each of her ten novels and four collections of short stories. Throughout, Makowsky's deft critique reveals Martin to be an astute observer of people and places. Pointing to both early works, like A Recent Martyr (1987), and recent books, such as The Ghost of the Mary Celeste (2014), Makowsky identifies a potent mixture of pleasure and fear in Martin's writing that emphasizes the author's nuanced exploration of human imagination. Notable, too, are Martin's literary techniques -- especially point of view -- and her allusions to masterpieces in Western literature. The works of Henry and William James in particular influenced Martin's thematic blend of intellectualism and empathy evident in her rounded depictions of women in works like Italian Fever (1999) and The Great Divorce (1994). A rich and substantive study, The Fiction of Valerie Martin demonstrates and deconstructs the mastery of this thought-provoking author, in turn firmly establishing Martin's place in the canon of contemporary writers.
Veronica Franco (whose life is featured in the motion picture Dangerous Beauty) was a sixteenth-century Venetian beauty, poet, and protofeminist. This collection captures the frank eroticism and impressive eloquence that set her apart from the chaste, silent woman prescribed by Renaissance gender ideology. As an "honored courtesan", Franco made her living by arranging to have sexual relations, for a high fee, with the elite of Venice and the many travelers—merchants, ambassadors, even kings—who passed through the city. Courtesans needed to be beautiful, sophisticated in their dress and manners, and elegant, cultivated conversationalists. Exempt from many of the social and educational restrictions placed on women of the Venetian patrician class, Franco used her position to recast "virtue" as "intellectual integrity," offering wit and refinement in return for patronage and a place in public life. Franco became a writer by allying herself with distinguished men at the center of her city's culture, particularly in the informal meetings of a literary salon at the home of Domenico Venier, the oldest member of a noble family and a former Venetian senator. Through Venier's protection and her own determination, Franco published work in which she defended her fellow courtesans, speaking out against their mistreatment by men and criticizing the subordination of women in general. Venier also provided literary counsel when she responded to insulting attacks written by the male Venetian poet Maffio Venier. Franco's insight into the power conflicts between men and women and her awareness of the threat she posed to her male contemporaries make her life and work pertinent today.
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