Most Popular Books by Jennifer Gray

Meet Ermine: She may be small but she''s on a BIG journey around the world. Ermine the Determined is off to explore AUSTRALIA! She can''t wait to have fun in the sun, climb Sydney Harbour Bridge, and star in Australia''s Most Awesome Animal competition. But things hot up when someone gets a sniff of Ermine''s act... Will it be curtains before Ermine gets to the stage? Ermine: one fabulously funny and furry heroine who can''t help but find adventure wherever she goes. Second title in a new series from best-selling and award-winning Jennifer Gray, with gorgeous black-and-white illustrations from Elisa Paganelli throughout. Illustrations: Black and white illustrations

Arsène Lagriffe, chat et gentleman cambrioleur ! Arsène Lagriffe, le célèbre chat cambrioleur, accepte la mission que lui confie un mystérieux client : voler les bijoux des habitants de Littleton-sur-Mer ! mais alors qu''il est adopté par l''inspecteur Cheddar et ses enfants, il commence à se demander si la vie de malfaiteur est vraiment faite pour lui...

Majoritatea eroilor pe care îi cunoaștem sunt ființe extraordinare, înzestrate cu puteri magice și purtând pe umeri o capă care flutură în vânt. Există însă și eroi în carne și oase, ca mine și ca tine, care uneori s-au înșelat, dar alteori au descoperit lucruri mărețe. Leonardo da Vinci a fost unul dintre ei. Superputerile lui au fost dorința de a transforma în realitate tot ce a născocit cu mintea, curiozitatea nemăsurată, capacitatea de muncă și geniul. Datorită lor, Leonardo a creat câteva dintre cele mai faimoase opere de artă din istorie, precum Gioconda și Cina cea de taină. Iată povestea lui!

"As the bestselling nursing research text, Understanding Nursing Research: Building an Evidence-Based Practice, 6th Edition offers unique insights into understanding, appraising, and applying published research to evidence-based practice. It is known for its authoritative content, time-tested systematic approach, and unique research example format newly redesigned for the sixth edition to better demonstrate how the steps of the research process relate to evidence-based nursing."--Publisher''s description.

The pups deal with a sticky situation on Sandcliff Beach: the second book in this hilarious new series.

It''s winter time again and outside everything is cold and frosty. But Fuzzy and Coco are warm and cozy inside the house, enjoying their favorite TV shows and eating lots of goodies. Fuzzy loves the cooking shows, while Coco is a huge fan of The Ice Factor-a celebrity skating competition. But their furry friends are not so lucky. It''s freezing outside and someone has been stealing the animals'' food. Can Fuzzy and Coco use the skills they''ve seen on TV to help their friends?

The toughest Chicken Mission yet! All''s quiet at Chicken HQ - but not for long. A new villain is on the scene: Vladimir Raptorov, an owl with more than mice in his sights. When the chickens are sent to investigate on Stormy Island, they discover his awful secret - he wants to use fossils to create horrifying dino-chicken hybrids! Can the chickens foil his plans for world domination, or is this finally the end of the Elite Chicken Squad?

The Life wasn''t far from mine presents a collaborative art exhibition with The Samaritan Women (TSW) and Martha''s Place. Since 2007 TSW has provided health, healing, and hope for female survivors of trafficking and in 2000 Martha''s Place opened operating its six-month transitional phase program, for women recovering from drug addiction and homelessness, with a successful recovery rate of nearly 50% and its long-term SRO phase with a successful recovery rate of 75% since opening in 2005. Captivity of the body (then) to captivity of the mind (now), the spirit mourns, struggles and yearns for rescue. Jeanne L. Allert director of the Samaritan women Over the course of a year, Curator Jennifer Gray, The Samaritan Women, and Martha''s Place will present newly commissioned and existing works from Ashton Page, Deletta Gillespie, Krithika Sathyamurthy, and survivor art work. The three visual artists work will be inspired by the time they have spent with the survivors, actively listening to their voices, struggles and triumphs. The artwork work aim to reframes the conversation on an issue of local and global significance and will be exhibited at Jubilee Arts Baltimore on May 2nd 2015.

"Meet Ermine. She may be small, but she''s on a big journey around the world. Join Ermine on her travels to London, Sydney, and New York! Ermine is one fabulously funny and furry heroine who can''t help but find adventure wherever she goes. Enjoy three stories from bestselling and award-winning author Jennifer Gray, with gorgeous black-and-white illustrations from Elisa Paganelli throughout."--Back cover.

The purpose of this study was to investigate through phenomenological methodology how a Latina-based sorority influences the ethnic identity development of those associated with it on a predominantly white campus in the Midwest. Using ethnographic methods, the twelve-week study involved weekly observations during the organization''s scheduled meetings and other extracurricular activities. The fifteen participants were asked through a written survey, focus group sessions, and in-depth interviews to reflect on their experiences and environments before beginning college and at the present time. A phenomenological approach was used to interpret the stories shared by participants to understand how the Latina women make meaning out of their own personal development and the salience of different aspects of their ethnic identity, as well as the role they see the sorority playing in their development. The findings confirmed that the development of ethnic identity was influenced by participation in the Latina-based sorority. It was found that the sorority provided a familial environment on campus encouraged pride in culture, and promoted the empowerment of women for the participants involved in the study.

A nasty builder with a huge digger is threatening the guinea pigs'' woodland! The furry pals must protect it--but how? Terry wants to tell all his friends online. Eduardo thinks a protest song will do the trick. While Coco just wants everyone to get on with it! Then they meet Olaf the Viking guinea pig who claims to be over 1,000 years old. Can they use his ancient tactics to help fight the builder?

We examined the impact of juror and defendant race and defendant socio-economic status (SES) on sentencing in a case of homicide by child abuse because of drug use during pregnancy. Participants (81 Caucasians, 78 African Americans) viewed 1 of 4 videos, (defendant was either Caucasian or African American and described as lower or lower/middle class). Participants then made sentencing recommendations. We found that neither defendant race nor SES significantly impacted sentencing recommendations. However, there was a significant main effect for juror race. African American jurors gave significantly more lenient sentences than did Caucausian jurors. African American jurors also gave significantly more positive evaluations of the defendant''s character regardless of race or SES.

Cigarette smoking and other forms of tobacco use are responsible for over 440,000 deaths per year in the U.S. Health consequences associated with cigarette smoking include cardiovascular disease, respiratory disease, and cancer. Despite awareness of the health risks, approximately 21% of the U.S. adult population smokes. Efforts to-date to reduce smoking-related disease and illness have focused on prevention and intervention strategies that encourage cessation. Adolescence is a critical period for both intervention and prevention. Because more than three-fourths (80%) of adult smokers reported starting to smoke prior to the age of 18, prevention and brief intervention is likely to be most effective during this early period of time. In addition, earlier age of onset for smoking is associated with greater subsequent dependence severity, more substantive health sequelae, and less successful outcomes following subsequent quit attempts. Several studies have explored potential demographic and psychosocial variables that may help predict the likelihood adolescents may initiate smoking. Interestingly, many of these studies have focused predominately on Caucasian populations. Thus, is it unclear whether such findings hold true with population subgroups such as African American youth. In research to-date, AA and Caucasian groups differ in rates of smoking initiation, subsequent levels of nicotine dependence, and tobacco cessation efforts. Additionally, as adults, AA bear a disproportionate weight of smoking-related adverse health effects. Previous studies posit that certain variables (demographics, social/peer influences) may differentially influence smoking in AA adolescents. Clearly, more research is needed comparing predictors of AA adolescent smoking to those published with predominantly Caucasian adolescent samples. The present study (N=150) employed a computer-directed assessment to examine smoking in an urban sample of AA adolescents recruited through their primary care provider. The assessment included demographic and psychosocial variables previously found to predict the likelihood of an adolescent trying a cigarette in Caucasian adolescent samples (e.g., peer smoking, adult smoking in the home, self-esteem, and self-efficacy). Findings indicated that AA adolescent smokers (ever smokers) were more likely to have friends who have tried smoking, were more likely to have adult smokers in the home, and scored lower in self-efficacy skills germane to avoiding situations where smoking was present, as compared to nonsmokers. Additionally, computerized assessment for tobacco use was found to be useful in clinic settings. Study findings can aid in the development of specialized prevention and cessation campaigns for minority populations.

Chickens ... we''ve got a cobra problem! Danger is looming over Cluckbridge Town. A cobra has escaped from the local zoom and is after the local birdlife. And if that isn''t bad enough, the dastardly Most Wanted Club are back and causing trouble, too. Can Agent Cluckbucket and the Elite Chicken Squad vapourise the cobra''s venom and keep the birds of Cluckbridge safe? For the awardwinning author of the Atticus Claw series.