Most Popular Books by Ann Morris

This photo essay shows families from all over the world. Simple text reinforces names for family members.

Eight-year-old Angelica lives in an apartment in San Francisco with her parents, Anna and Tony. Her Grandma Francisca lives next door. Angelica enjoys spending time with her grandmother after school and on weekends. From Francisca, Angelica learns much about the family and its traditions and values. Grandma Francisca is an active woman who has many different jobs. She grew up in New Mexico with eight brothers and sisters. Her parents were born in the United States, but her grandparents came from Spain. Often when Angelica visits her grandmother, Francisca tells her about her childhood. She plays games with Angelica and teachers her Spanish phrases. Sometimes she and Angelica cook favorite recipes together.

During the late 1920s and early 1930s, archaeologists Earl and Ann Axtell Morris discovered an abundance of sandals from the Basketmaker II and III through Pueblo III periods while excavating rockshelters in northeastern Arizona. These densely twined sandals made of yucca yarn were intricately crafted and elaborately decorated, and Earl Morris spent the next 25 years overseeing their analysis, description, and illustration. This is the first full published report on this unusual find, which remains one of the largest collections of sandals in Southwestern archaeology. This monograph offers an integrated archaeological and technical study of the footwear, providing for the first time a full-scale analysis of the complicated weave structures they represent. Following an account by anthropologist Elizabeth Ann Morris of her parents'' research, textile authority Ann Cordy Deegan gives an overview of prehistoric Puebloan sandal types and of twined sandal construction techniques, revealing the subtleties distinguishing Basketmaker sandals of different time periods. Anthropologist Kelley Ann Hays-Gilpin then discusses the decoration of twined sandals and speculates on the purpose of such embellishment.

Do you use tools? Sure you do, anytime you eat with a spoon or drink with a straw or write with a pen! A French chef flipping crepes with her spatula; Salvadoran fishers mending nets with their marlinespikes; an American girl carving a jack-o''-lantern with a knife -- in every country of the world, people of all ages use tools to make their lives easier.

An African American grandmother relates family and cultural history to her grandson in their Queens, New York, apartment as she tells of growing up in segregated Birmingham, Alabama. Includes a recipe and the words to Amazing Grace.

Three Arab-American girls learn about their family and cultural history from their grandmother, who grew up in Cairo, Egypt, and moved to New Jersey after her marriage. Includes directions for making Egyptian paper boats.

A Chinese-American grandmother relates family and cultural history from her life in Guangzhou, China to her grandchildren.

Grandpa Jarvis is a boatbuilder and grew up in Southwest Harbor. Grandma Susan cares for the home and makes teddy bears. The children enjoy spending time with their grandmother whom they call "Nana." She often reads to them and takes them on trips to her childhood haunts. Sometimes they cook family recipes together or go to the local wharf to eat lobsters. Sometimes they watch her make teddy bears or play with the teddy bears she has made for them.

Introduces Maria Rodriguez, an elementary school librarian, describing what she does during the school day and how she interacts with other staff and students.

What kind of bread do you eat? A bagel? A tortilla? A baguette? All over the world, wherever there are human beings, someone is eating bread. Ann Morris''s simple text and Ken Heyman''s dazzling full-color photographs reveal for young readers how people eat -- and how people live -- the world over.

Introduces Lisa Shlansky, an elementary school teacher, describing what she does during the school day and how she interacts with other staff and students.

A Shoshone grandmother relates family and cultural history to her granddaughter as they share their daily tasks on the Wind River Indian Reservation in Wyoming. Includes a recipe, craft, and activities.

Striking photographs and simple text convey to young children the many ways people around the world travel from one place to another. "Comprehensive and intriguing....The photographs are splendidly displayed...accompanied by a brief, provocative text....Will never stay on library shelves."--School Library Journal.

The author says this fine collection, her first, comes from my heart as well as my mind. In it, Ms. (Morant) Morris reveals a strong relationship with her God, the power of her faith, and her undeniable sincerity of expression. The result is a collection of verse that is inspirational and uplifting.

"A hat can say a lot about where you come from, what you do, and who you are. You see, there''s a lot more under a hat than just a head! With dazzling full-color photographs and an index.

Includes: Multiple choice fact, scenario and case-based questions Correct answers and explanations to help you quickly master specialty content All questions have keywords linked to additional online references The mission of StatPearls Publishing is to help you evaluate and improve your knowledge base. We do this by providing high quality, peer-reviewed, educationally sound questions written by leading educators. StatPearls Publishing

"Who makes adoption a success? We do: the kids and parents in the new family as we change shape to accommodate each other." With more than 70 real life stories, revealing moments of vulnerability and moments of joy, this book provides an authentic insight into adoption. These stories take the reader on a journey through every stage of the adoption process, from making the initial decision to adopt to hearing from adoptees, and offer an informative and emotive account of the reality of families'' experiences along the way. It includes chapters on adopting children of all ages as well as sibling groups; adopting as a single parent; adopting as a same sex couple; adopting emotionally and physically abused children; the nightmare of adoption breaking down; contact with birth parents; tracing and social media and more. Adopting: Real Life Stories will be an informative and refreshing read for adopters, potential adopters, professionals and all those whose lives have in some way been touched by adoption or want to know more about it.

A complete guide to the side–effects and treatments – both conventional and alternative – for endometriosis, from a respected name in the field who also suffers from endometriosis. Endometriosis is a debilitating reproductive and immunological disease that affects 7–10 million American women each year. The disease occurs when the same kind of tissue that lines the walls of the uterus grows outside the uterus in the pelvic cavity or some other area of the body, usually significantly affecting the woman''s fertility and often causing pelvic pain. And as with any condition that affects fertility, the results are often emotional and psychological as well as physical. As someone who suffers from endometriosis, and who has connections to a wide network of healthcare professionals, Morris is the perfect person to guide sufferers through diagnosis, treatment and living well with the condition. Like the previous titles in our successful Living Well series, this book will offer a holistic approach to living with the disease. The author will offer strategies for coping with the psychological aspects of endometriosis, including how best to tell others about the condition; treatment options including alternative and complementary treatment plans; dealing with infertility; and weighing the hysterectomy option. The author will draw on her relationship with fellow sufferers as well as medical professionals to help readers, making this the most comprehensive guide to endometriosis available. Kerry–Ann Morris was diagnosed with endometriosis in 1999. Since then she has become one of the most active members of the endometriosis community, and has started an outreach website for the disease. She has relationships with many fellow sufferers and experts in the medical community, making her the perfect author for a book on holistic treatment.

This is a book of real life stories of adopters which takes the reader through every stage of the adoption process starting with the moment when they decide that adoption is the right option for them to the stories of adoptees brought up by adoptive parents. In between, the book looks at all the different types of adoption that are carried out by all sorts of families from all sorts of children of every race and age and with every kind of problem. They range from babies who are only days old when they are taken into an adoptive family to teenagers with a multitude of psychological and physical problems. The book looks at both the success and failure of these adoptions. Its aim is to inform and enlighten professionals, adopters, potential adopters and all those whose lives have in some way been touched by adoption or want to know more about it. In 15 chapters it includes more than 70 real life stories which are all told from the heart sometimes in a moment of crisis and sometimes at a time of joy. They are not analysed, they are true stories about how it feels to be at the centre of adoption. All the stories, which have been recounted over the past 10 years, are reflective of adoption today in Britain. The book also includes a chapter on the legal aspects of adoption and a further chapter of useful information and addresses.

An introduction to the geography, history, government, lifestyles, culture, and current issues of the Dominican Republic.

Provides instructions and materials for making a variety of books, from some that are very simple to more complex pop-up and origami books.

Provides examples of the different ways in which love can be expressed, with an emphasis on the relationship between parent and child. Copyright © Libri GmbH. All rights reserved.

Photographs and brief text depict what school is like for a six-year old.

The world is full of houses. Big houses and little houses. Houses that stay in one place and houses that move from place to place. Some houses are made of wood or stone; others are made from mud or straw. But all of them are made for families to live in.

"Ten miles west of St. Louis, in the town of Webster Groves ... there is an old black community. It is called North Webster because it covers the hill which rolls to the northern boundary of Webster Groves"--P. 2

A Clinical Guide to Autistic Spectrum Disorders provides primary care health care providers and pediatricians the inclusive, yet succinct, material they need to immediately evaluate and support their patients. Autistic Spectrum Disorders (ASD) have a wide and sometimes confusing presentation, and this text covers the recognition, evaluation, and multi-disciplinary approach to the management of ASD. Readers will benefit not only from the brief review of the biology and demographics of autism, but also from its common sense approach and practical suggestions for clinical settings. A companion website features the fully searchable text and printable patient handouts.

A behind-the-scenes look at the Kirov Ballet Academy, a training school for young dancers in Russia.

Introduces Steve Plaut, an elementary school principal, describing what he does during the school day and how he interacts with other staff and students.

Introduces Michael Miller, an elementary school gym teacher, describing what he does during the school day and how he interacts with other staff and students.

Photographs of grandfathers around the world depict a positive look at the relationship between grandfathers and grandchildren.

Leveled reader, or reading recovery, for tutoring students at the first and second reading grade level. Uses onomatopoeia to describe the sounds of big machines.

"Shoes is loosely organized into categories such as working shoes, dancing shoes, shoes for ice or snow, and anytime-at-all shoes. It''s an interesting way to take an armchair tour, and could be used to spark a geography, social studies, or multicultural unit." --School Library Journal.