New Releases by Jennifer Allison

The Handbook provides thirty chapters by experts in the field of European Studies designed to help librarians new to collection development for regions of Europe and Eurasia find key resources for collection development and offer guidance on working with faculty and students focusing on these areas.

Wat doe je als je irritante kleine broertje het huisdier van je beste vriend door de wc spoelt? Daniël heeft geen idee. Hij moet het beest terug zien te vinden, maar hoe? Ondertussen mogen Daniëls ouders niets merken van Iggy’s rare insectentrekjes... Een bizar verhaal vol slijm en ruimte-avonturen.

"When Iggy flushes a pet down the toilet, Daniel has to convince him to use his alien powers to save the day and keep everyone out of trouble"--

A hilarious new illustrated science fiction series for elementary school readers! For fans of Captain Underpants, here comes Iggy Loomis -- already a huge pain in his older brother Daniel’s you-know-what. But when a science experiment gone wrong makes Iggy’s DNA mutate, Iggy gets cool super powers! Is Iggy going to turn into an alien? Daniel needs to stop Iggy right now—before EVERYONE gets in trouble! With aliens, gadgets, space travel, superpowers, spies, and Jennifer Allison’s humor, this story is an out-of-this-world blast!

Using a variety of strategies to connect students to the social studies will help students develop an interest in and make meaning of the wide array of topics covered in social studies. For the purposes of this paper, inquiry based learning through the use of primary sources and historical fiction will be discussed. A chapter on lesson planning for a unit of American history can be found in the final chapter. This document focuses on educating and engaging elementary school students in the social studies based on theory by the likes of Dewey, Bruner, and Thomas Jefferson; among others. Using the constructivist theory of inquiry based education; this graduate project seeks to set up an example of one way to make social studies education meaningful and engaging to young learners. The unit plan takes the strategy of discovery learning which capitalizes on a child''s natural sense of curiosity and takes that idea one step further along with the use of Multiple Intelligences of Gardner to create pathways for constructing meaning within the social studies curriculum. The activities are created to use in conjunction with a narrative pieces of literature and build critical thinking skills through the use of primary sources and the process of inquiry to draw conclusions about a volatile time in American history.

When Gilda Joyce''s mother announces her engagement to a man from St. Augustine, Florida, Gilda is appalled. She hasn''t even given him the "Joyce Family Application" yet! But as the wedding preparations get under way, Gilda realizes she has much bigger concerns. Why does her soon-to-be stepdad keep calling Mrs. Joyce by his ex-wife''s name? And why is Mrs. Joyce acting like she''s possessed? With only a few short days before her mother says "I do," Gilda knows this much for sure: it''s going to take every ounce of her sleuthing skill and psychic savvy to solve this one!

When Gilda lands a summer internship at Washington, D.C.?s International Spy Museum, she finds herself embroiled in both a museum haunting and a real case of espionage. While investigating a cemetery where Abraham Lincoln?s son was once buried, Gilda stumbles upon a spy?s ?dead drop? of classified information. Gilda?s efforts to decode the cryptic message lead to further intrigues: Is she on the trail of a mole operating inside the U.S. intelligence community? Aware that ?nothing is what it seems? when it comes to spies in Washington, D.C., Gilda faces the most serious challenge yet in her career as a psychic spy.

Gilda Joyce?s best friend, Wendy Choy, is chosen to participate in a piano competition in Oxford, England, so of course super-sleuth Gilda finds a way to go too. Once there, the grueling practice schedule takes a backseat to strange and spooky occurrences. There are foreboding tarot cards that keep appearing to the participants and ominous numbers etched in frosty windowpanes. But even more chilling are Wendy?s ghostly nightmares of a young boy?and the haunting melody she can?t shake out of her mind. Could there be a sinister connection to the piano competition? Gilda has a genuine haunting on her hands, and solving this one will take every ounce of psychic intuition she?s got!

Zany Gilda Joyce leaves her wacky disguises at home but brings all her psychic and investigative skills with her as she sets out to investigate a mysterious death at a Catholic girls? school. Is Our Lady of Sorrows really haunted by the ghost of Dolores Lambert? Or is the student body suffering from group hysteria? Solving this mystery will put Gilda in more danger than she ever imagined? and will put all of her brashness, bravery, and smarts to the test.

Ever since her father died, quirky Gilda Joyce has been working hard to sharpen her psychic skills. She''s determined to communicate with spirits from the Other Side and become a crack investigator of spooky, twisted mysteries. After wrangling an invitation to visit relatives in San Francisco, Gilda discovers that her dreary, tight-lipped uncle and his strange, delicate daughter need her help to uncover the terrible family secret that has a tortured ghost stalking their home. From poignant to hair-raising and hilarious, this is a behind-the-scenes, tell-all account of the very first case in the illustrious career of Gilda Joyce, Psychic Investigator.