Most Popular Books by Elaine Scott

In this time of ever-soaring inflation, the largest segment of our population, the middle class, is struggling to make ends meet. Yet most cookbooks available on the market today contain recipes using high-priced ingredients, unaffordable to people who must live on a budget. As everyone deserves to eat well, not just those with unlimited means, You Can Do It! was written to show how it can be done. There are no expensive ingredients contained in this cookbooka]no goat cheesea]no gourmet pastasa]no atop of the linea meatsa]no organically grown vegetablesa]no anything with a apriceya sticker. All of the recipes use just common ingredients for an uncommonly good taste. This is a cookbook actually for everyone, rich, poor, and in between, who loves to eat delicious aold-timea food. Saving money and beating the system are extra bonuses.

Learn all about sleep: what it is, how it works, and why you should care about it.

This pupil''s book provides a lively and comprehensive introduction tothe very first steps of playing the violin. It is part of theAbracadabra Strings Beginners series, a new series of string tutorsdesigned to precede our existing Abracadabra books. All the titles inthe series work in conjuction with each other, making them ideal forensemble,group and whole class tuition. Used alone they remain perfect forindivdual lessons. The book contains activities, games and pieces thatteach the fundamentals of playing the violin : good posture (with andwithout the instrument), bow hold, finger position and pitch awarenessas well as developing rhythm and notation reading. The CD also aidspitch development with performances of the pieces and backing tracks tomotivate pupils to practise outside of theirlessons. The basics are constantly reinforced and revisited with thepupils building up to ''performance pieces'' that combine and showcaseall of the skills they have developed.

Photographs and text teach young readers about twins, looking at some things that are the same, and things that are different about twins, and presenting the message that everyone is unique and special.

Explores some of the unique properties shared by the two ends of the Earth''s axis.

A unique teacher''s resource to accompany the Abracadabra Strings Beginner pupil''s books, this volume contains valuable teaching strategies and ideas to be used in ensembles, mixed string groups, whole class teaching and individual lessons. It also includes musicianship activities and piano accompaniments. It is one book that covers all four of the pupil''s books, making it ideal for the modern instrumental teacher who is increasingly being asked to deliver mixed string group lessons.

This magical fun-filled book is jam-packed with coloring pages and activities (crossword, word search, and much more). The puzzles and games are ideal for kids ages 5-9. It is a perfect complement for the award-winning book "The Magical Day."

After having their children Ros Badger, a knitwear designer, and Elain Scott, a businesswoman, quickly realized that there was a demand for well-made, stylish children''s knitwear. Ros had worked for many years with leading fashion companies, designing and producing hand knits for, among others, Better Jackson and U2. Elain ran a knitwear company in the 1980''s and has worked as an accounts manager for other design companies. As Little Badger they launched their first mail order catalogue in Spring 1996. With Little Badger, these two talented women have combined their experience to create a unique style. Their influences range from contemporary fashion trends to 1940s and 50s knitting patterns and from the outset they have used only the best quality natural mater ials in their designs. Ros''s knitwear make great play of updated traditional knitting techniques combined with a modern colour palette.

After her mother''s death in Poland in 1904, fourteen-year-old Brigitte goes to live with an aunt and uncle in Paris, where she works in their cafe, befriends acrobats at the Cirque Midrano, and helps foil a plot to destroy the paintings of Pablo Picasso.

Provides an insider''s view of the making of the animated movie "Ralph S. Mouse," in which stop-action animation and other special effects are used to bring a puppet to life as the character from three popular Beverly Cleary books.

Uses an insider''s view of the making of the ten-part series "Ramona" to depict how a television show is created, from the script adaptation and auditions to the actual filming and final editing.

Racial discrimination is still an ever-present race-related stressor in the lives of Black families, and is significantly associated with how parents communicate racial socialization messages to their adolescents. However, various contextual factors can modify how Black parents perceive and respond to racial discrimination. Specifically, neighborhood, school, and job racial composition, along with parent/adolescent gender dyad composition, provide important, contextual understandings of the communication of these messages. Using a national sample of Black parents (N = 565), the current study explored the relations between parent-reported personal and adolescent racial discrimination experiences and parental communication of cultural socialization and preparation for bias messages. Then I tested to see if the strength of these relationships differs according to the racial composition of the neighborhood, school, and workplace. After testing the direct effects and interactions between each moderator and independent variable, I conducted multi-group analyses on the original model by parent-child gender dyads. All analyses were conducted in Mplus 8.2. Parents’ racial discrimination experiences were significantly associated with their communication of high cultural socialization and preparation for bias messages to adolescents. Parents’ perceptions of adolescents’ racial discrimination experiences were also positively related to preparation for bias messages. The interaction between parent racial discrimination experiences and job composition was significantly related to parental communication of preparation for bias messages. Specifically, parents experiencing high amounts of racial discrimination communicated higher levels of preparation for bias messages if they worked in less Black workplaces, but not if they worked in more Black workplaces. Also, there were no parent-child gender differences in the association between racial discrimination and communication of preparation for bias and cultural socialization messages. Study findings demonstrate that Black parents vary in their communication of racial socialization messages based on their family’s various social positions and experiences

Describes the processes which bring oil to our home--searching, drilling, pumping, shipping, and refining. Also discusses the problems of our dependency on oil and alternate energy sources.

An introduction to the stock market and the world of financial investing including an explanation of stocks and bonds, the various trading that is done and how profits and losses are accrued.

Text and photographs introduce some friends and the activities they share and provide discussion of how friends can help each other, share secrets, and solve their disagreements.