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Born to Draw

By Elaine Cimino

The Born to Draw Step-by-Step Drawing Program is an interdisciplinary approach to teaching art. It is a teaching resource for educators and parents to develop children's and beginner's drawing skills. The book covers teaching techniques, introducing the arts to children, and 22 step-by-step drawing and painting lessons for children. The iBook edition features video content demonstrating techniques. In an age where art is not emphasized enough in our schools, teachers, parents and children alike will find this a wonderful resource.

Available now as an iBook featuring video content showing art techniques.

For more information on the Born to Draw Series go to BorntoDraw.com

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Born to Draw: Drawing for Holidays and Special Occasions

By Elaine Cimino

This book reinforces the concepts introduced in the first Born To Draw book and continues the step-by-step approach. This book can build on the first in the series, or can be used as a standalone instruction guide, with emphasis on holiday related projects. This edition includes much of the concepts presented in Born to Draw, but also includes the "Georgia O'Keeffe Project." Born to Draw provides teachers and parents alternative craft projects, with drawing as the foundation. Both adults and children enjoy creating special projects for holiday fun.
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ISBN:
978-0-9829889-0-9
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Chernobyl: Through the Eyes of Children

By Ludmila Zhirina, Ph.D.

With Article Excerpt byDonald Hughes, Ph.D.
"Bryansk: The Aftermath of Chernobyl"

Chernobyl: Through the Eyes of Children offers the insight of the innocent on the social, psychological, and environmental aftermath of catastrophic technological failure. A moving collection of children's art and stories, the book dramatically portrays the continuing effects of the world's first nuclear disaster two decades after the incident. Providing an often overlooked, but vital, perspective, Through the Eyes of Children asks us to consider the consequences of our decisions on the world we leave them.

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ISBN:
978-0-9829889-5-4
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The Fields of Yaru

By Catherine Y. Fridey

Within the dark labyrinth of an archaeological dig in the Egyptian desert, Jill, a spunky Australian archaeologist, her Egyptian colleague Mez, and three workmen open a sarcophagus. They are disappointed to find it has already been looted in ancient times and only contains a few artifacts. However, one of the artifacts directs them to further clues that lead them to more of the tomb. Jill suddenly finds herself alone in a corridor of the ancient past, where Egyptian myths and customs have come alive. Fighting giant cobras and witnessing an Ancient Egyptian funeral procession and rituals, Jill has a glimpse of a land two thousand years ago. Will Jill be able find a portal back to the present and continue her adventures around the globe?

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ISBN:
978-0-9882563-2-3
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Haskie Runs Away

By Jack Crowder                   In English & Navajo!

A young Navajo boy finds himself in a strange and challenging place when he is sent to a boarding school. Missing his home and longing to care for his lambs, he runs away from his new school experience, but soon discovers he is lost. On his journey Haskie finds he has more to learn than just a new language, and that going to school is only one kind of education. Haskie’s grandmother and grandfather are there to guide him, too, along with new relatives he didn’t even know he had.

Illustrated with beautiful and unique photos by the author, the story tells of a time and life on the Navajo reservation, over forty years ago. A time with challenges and lessons that remain as relevant today as they were then. Presented in English and Navajo, or Diné, this book may be used for teaching English or Navajo. An illustrated Diné/English glossary and list of some common Diné words from the story is also provided.

ISBN:
978-0-9882563-0-9
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Stephannie and the Coyote

By Jack Crowder                   In English & Navajo!

Stephannie and the Coyote is the story of a young Navajo girl who faces the challenges of a traditional life on the Navajo Reservation of the early 1960s.

Illustrated with beautiful and unique photos by the author, the story tells of a time and life on the Navajo reservation, over forty years ago. A time with challenges and lessons that remain as relevant today as they were then. Presented in English and Navajo, or Diné, this book may be used for teaching English or Navajo. An illustrated Diné/English glossary and list of some common Diné words from the story is also provided.

ISBN:
978-0-9829889-3-0
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Tales from Woodbridge Village

By Catherine M. O'Meara

Since he was a little pig, Corky McPorkles has longed for a quiet life as a village teacher, with a few good friends, some woods to explore, and time to write his poetry. Now, thanks to the help of his good friend, Zippy Foxmoor, his dream is about to become a reality. Or is it?

Corky finds unexpected mystery and adventure in the normally peaceful Woodbridge Village and learns some important lessons on the meaning of true love and friendship along the way.

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ISBN:
978-0-9882563-1-6
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Tonibah and the Rainbow

By Jack Crowder                   In English & Navajo!

After a fire destroys Tonibah’s home on the Navajo Reservation, friends come together to build her family a new hogan (the traditional Navajo style house). Life on the reservation is challenging, yet family, love, and respect provide a fulfilling way of life.

Illustrated with beautiful and unique photos by the author, the story tells of a time and life on the Navajo reservation, over forty years ago. A time with challenges and lessons that remain as relevant today as they were then. Presented in English and Navajo, or Diné, this book may be used for teaching English or Navajo. An illustrated Diné/English glossary and list of some common Diné words from the story is also provided.

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Two Fine Ladies: Trunk in the Attic

By Antonia Cardella

Learning to Read in the Digital Age, Reading Level Two (Preschool to Grade 2). Twins discover a trunk in the attic, and begin adventures as Two Fine Ladies along with their pets and their tea set. Join Two Fine Ladies as they transform the real world into one of adventure and learning. Coming soon to iBooks in 2013.

ISBN:
978-0-9829889-1-6
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Two Fine Ladies Have a Tiff

By Antonia Cardella

Learning to Read in the Digital Age, Reading Level Two (Preschool to Grade 2). In the original of the Two Fine Ladies series, author and artist Antonia Cardella shows us how two refined ladies resolve a very unrefined argument.

ISBN:
978-0-9829889-2-3
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Two Fine Ladies: Tea for Three

By Antonia Cardella

Learning to Read in the Digital Age, Reading Level Two (Preschool to Grade 2). What do two “fine ladies” do when they meet a bear one morning? Invite him home to tea, of course! Unfortunately, bears don’t have the best manners–the ladies’ new friend drinks tea straight from the teapot and munches cookies right off the table! At this memorable tea party, two fine ladies learn that sometimes friendship means overlooking flaws.

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978-0-9829889-4-7
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WORD

Or: The Incomplete Sentence and How the Word Completed It.

By Catherine M. O'Meara

Romance. Danger. Giggles. Adventure. A Buddy Song. Ink Shakes. Smooches. A chance to meet the Queen of All Language! What more could a Word want? Well, a name of her own, to start with. Seeking her name, WORD joins with a new group of friends and sets out for the Annual Sentence Jamboree in search of a name that will match her potential and work for the good of Language. But HATE is on her trail, and won’t stop ‘til he can name the Word and gain greater power for himself…at any cost.

WORD does for language what Flatland did for geometry. Destined to become a classic, WORD appeals to all ages: children, teens, and adults alike.

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