New Releases by Ann Turnbull

Josie goes to stay with her cousin, Edith, during the Blitz in the Second World War - Here she faces a dilemma that requires a great deal of courage to resolve.

"The Armada is coming! John''s father was killed by the Spaniards so he is desperate to help fight the advancing Spanish fleet. But in the end, it is not revenge he is seeking ..."--P. [4] of cover.

When Queen Inga marries his father and banishes Hugh from the kingdom, Hugh must find the courage to return and rescue his sister Maisie.

Helen has lived with her mother, a cook for the Bradleys, since she was five. When her mother dies, and her father killed in the Great War, Mrs Bradley says she has to go and live in an orphanage. Helen refuses and runs away, trying to get a another position, whilst looking for her father''s family.

Continues the adventures of the Dyer family as youngest daughter Doreen becomes jealous of older evacuee Rhoda who comes to stay with the family to escape the World War II bombing of London.

This story portrays the friendship of 2 young boys despite the class differences of their parents: impoverished laborers in the English coal mines and the wealthy mine owners.

A story designed to reinforce reading skills/enthusiasm for readers of seven and upwards who are already gaining in confidence, this book is available as part of the Red Storybook set (0-7500-1223-2) or individually subject to a minimum order value. There is a prior, Yellow Storybook set.

Classroom exercises and activities for literature-based instruction using the book, Maroo of the winter caves by Ann Turnbull.

With her father away looking for work and her mother weighed down by the troubles of the depression of the 1930s, Mary wants to help her family and sees her father''s racing pigeon Speedwell as her best hope of doing so.

On a good drying day a shirt breaks free from the clothesline and blows across the countryside in search of a new life.

"Pictures convey the way children really play" with cycles of construction and destruction.

At the seashore, a horse sculpted from sand yearns to ride with the white horses galloping on top of the waves.

Le beau cheval de sable rêve de liberté. Il veut galoper au milieu des vagues avec tous ses amis.

A young bronze-age boy sets out to kill the Wolf King, a mysterious figure who controls a wolf pack that has been raiding the local villages.

When on a dare Gillian walks into the abandoned railway tunnel, she has no idea her act will unleash a long-trapped witch and lead to a cosmic clash between the forces of good and evil.

Bu kitap, aile ve uzman iş birliği alanında en tanınmış yazarlar tarafından kaleme alınan, öğretmenlerin ve ailelerin iş birliği içinde özel gereksinimli çocuklar için nasıl birbirlerini güçlendirebileceklerine ve birlikte savunuculuk yapabileceklerine odaklanan bir rehber olarak nitelendirilebilir. Bu kitapta yazarlar, yetersizliğin engele dönüşmemesi için çaba gösteren ailelerin hayat hikâyelerini paylaşarak iyi, hoşgörülü, cömert, kararlı ve olumlu yaklaşımın nelerle sonuçlanabileceğini gözler önüne sermektedirler. Aileler, Uzmanlar ve Farklılık, hem genel eğitim hem de özel eğitim ortamlarında aile üyeleri ve uzmanlar arasında kalıcı ortaklıkların nasıl oluşturulabileceği konusunda okuyucularına yön göstermektedir. Yazarlar, aile sistemleri teorisinden yola çıkarak özel gereksinimli bireylerin aile sistemini nasıl etkilediği, özel eğitim alanındaki yasa ve yönetmeliklerin tarihsel gelişiminde ailelerin rolü, kalıcı ortaklıklar kurabilmenin ilkeleri ve bu ilkelerin öğretmenler ve diğer uzmanlar tarafından nasıl uygulanacağı gibi konuları ele almışlardır. Bu kitabın, özel gereksinimli bireyler ve aileleriyle güven ilişkisine dayalı ve çocuğun yararının ön planda tutulduğu ortaklıklar geliştirebilmeleri ve sürdürebilmeleri için öğretmenleri ve diğer uzmanları destekleyici bir kaynak olması umut edilmektedir.