New Releases by Jane Wagner

When a family loses a baby due to miscarriage or shortly after birth, it can be hard to know what to say to grieving siblings. While the author wishes no one would ever need to use this book, the sad reality is that sometimes babies go to heaven much sooner than we would like. Our Baby is a Saint in Heaven is told from the perspective of an older sister whose mother has miscarried a child. The older sister shares her grief and explains how her younger sibling is now a saint in heaven. She can ask her younger sibling to pray for her and help her.This tender book can be a huge help in a difficult time when grieving parents may lack the words to help their children understand baby loss. It can provide hope and comfort that children will one day be reunited with the younger sibling that they have lost.

Before Agatha Christie''s Hercule Poirot, detective Jules Poiret was already solving crimes in London (*). If you like the stories written by Agatha Christie about Hercule Poirot and would like to read stories similar to Agatha Christie''s Hercule Poirot, read the 20 stories in this box set. It contains more than 600 pages of cozy mystery. If, like me, you have read all Agatha Christie''s books and wish she had written more, please give my stories a chance. I wrote these stories and they are based on characters and stories created by writers from the golden age of mystery, that is the years 1900 till 1923. Detective Jules Poiret was created by Frank Howel Evans in 1900. The character of Jules Poiret was inspired by Sherlock Holmes, created by Arthur Conan Doyle and in turn inspired Agatha Christie to create Hercule Poirot.(*) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hercule_Poirot#InfluencesI know some wish to deny the existence of Jules Poiret and his influence on Hercule Poirot, but I hope my love for both detective Jules Poiret, detective Hercule Poirot and writers Frank Howel Evans and Agatha Christie shines through in these stories. All love and happy reading!

This is a young adult novel about the racism that swirled around Japanese-Americans at the time of their relocation during World War II. The protagonist is an 11-year-old girl, Diana, whose parents take in a boy from the Amache Relocation Camp in Colorado to live with the family so he can attend the local high school. This brings trouble for Diana, who, with her adventurous friend Snuffy, is quite capable of creating her own trouble as well. The narrative introduces readers to the feel of everyday life in a beet-farming town in 1944, including attitudes toward Mexican migrant workers. Events overseas in both France and the Pacific have a profound impact on the home front. Snuffy''s high-school-dropout brother''s hatred of all Japanese is intensified when his own brother is killed by Japanese soldiers in the Pacific. The purpose of this account is to show how damaging it can be when national prejudice is turned against a people just because their racial characteristics resemble those of others who threaten their safety. One hopes that present-day readers will recognize that prejudice against all Muslims of Arabic descent is just as misguided as was the prejudice against Japanese-Americans during World War II.

Help your students develop a variety of skills through Theatre Arts Connections, a new supplemental drama program that uses thirty-six 15-30 minute lessons to bring theatre concepts to life for your students. Each lesson offers you: Step-by-step instructions for successful lessons Warm-up activities to help students focus on lesson concepts Quick drama activities to promote creative expression

"Encourages creativity and builds confidence by making writing fun"--Publisher

Includes exercises that review the basics of grammar and practice proofreading, report writing, sentence structure and word usage.

Encourages creativity and builds confidence by making writing fun! Seventy-two four-part lessons strengthen writing skills by focusing on parts of speech, word usage, sentence structure, punctuation and proofreading. Each level includes a Writer''s Handbook at the end of the book that offers tips. Based on the highly respected McGraw-Hill Companies'' language arts textbooks. Full-color illustrations. Consumable. (Available now)

Encourages creativity and builds confidence by making writing fun! Seventy-two four-part lessons strengthen writing skills by focusing on parts of speech, word usage, sentence structure, punctuation and proofreading. Each level includes a Writer''s Handbook at the end of the book that offers tips. Based on the highly respected McGraw-Hill Companies'' language arts textbooks. Full-color illustrations. Consumable. (Available now)

Based on proven McGraw-Hill curriculum, SpectrumWritingGrade 6 helps young people improve and strengthen their writing skills as they learn to identify basic grammar concepts, use correct sentence structure, find the main idea and supporting details, write paragraphs, and develop creative writing skills.

Includes exercises that review the basics of grammar and practice proofreading, report writing and sentence structure.

Includes exercises that teach the basics of grammar and writing.

Includes exercises that review the basics of grammar and practice proofreading, report writing, sentence structure and word usage.

"Does classroom drama actually teach anything?" In this book, the best studies in both the qualitative and quantitative research paradigms are presented.

No other tools will round out your elementary students'' language arts skills like Language Roundup. This program is indispensable for students and teachers alike in supporting key areas of oral and written expression, correct usage, grammar, mechanics, and writing skills most important for grades 2-6.

No other tools will "round out" your elementary students'' language arts skills like Language Roundup. This program is indispensable for students and teachers alike in supporting key areas of oral and written expression, correct usage, grammar, mechanics, and writing skills most important for grades 2-6.

A collection of the wit and wisdom of six-year-old Edith Ann (as created by Lily Tomlin) offers her humorous observations on modern life, childhood, grown-ups, and other important topics. Reprint.

Presents various challenging situations English teachers will most likely face, and provides questions to consider and thoughts on each issue. Covers such areas as lessons that flop, the paper load, curriculum, second-language learners, abused students, and attacks on the teacher''s competence.