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BOOK NUMBER 37

SUBJECT MATTER: K-12 Educational practices

TITLE: Lost at School-Why Our Kids With Behavioral Challenges are Falling Through the Cracks and How We Can Help Them

AUTHOR: Ross W. Greene, PhD

PUBLISHER: SCRIBNER

COPYRIGHT: 2008, 303 pages

Learn about successful methods to reduce the punitive practices associated with challenging student behavior in K-12 schools. The current SAC sessions, in -school detentions, expulsions, referrals, and zero-tolerance policies generally do not work- and play a role in the high dropout rates in the USA of certain groups of youth.

Collaborative Problem Solving, as discussed by this author actually involves the students in the problem-solving solutions. How novel!

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BOOK NUMBER 36
SUBJECT MATTER: Editorial cartoons
TITLE: Adams and Evil
AUTHOR: Charles Addams
PUBLISHER: Random House
COPYRIGHT: 1940-1947, 105 pages

A positively astonishing book full of what can only be described as: unusual, gruesome, darkly amusing, and creepy cartoons by a New Yorker cartoonist.
Includes a biting foreword by Wolcott Gibbs. Don't read this in the dark!

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BOOK NUMBER 35
SUBJECT MATTER: Childrens fiction, Cats
TITLE: Posy
AUTHOR: Linda Newbery
PUBLISHER: Atheneum Books for Young Readers
COPYRIGHT: 2008, 24 pages

An exhilarating story about an adventure seeking kitty named Posy. If you like cats, you'll love this book!
Uniquely illustrated by: Catherine Rayner

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BOOK NUMBER 34
SUBJECT MATTER: Children's literature, Culture
TITLE: What Can You Do With a Rebozo?
AUTHOR: Carmen Tafolla
PUBLISHER: Tricycle Press
COPYRIGHT: 2008, 22 pages

An engaging story about una muchacha y su familia and all the wondrous things they do with their rebozo:a traditional Mexican woven shawl-from using it as a superhero cape , wiping a spill, to keeping warm at night.
Illustrated by: Amy Córdova

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BOOK NUMBER 33
SUBJECT MATTER: Television programs, Adventure/Crime Programs
TITLE:Crime Fighting Heroes of Television-Over 10,000 Facts from 151 Shows, 1949-2001
AUTHOR: Vincent Terrace
PUBLISHER: McFarland & Company, Inc.
COPYRIGHT: 2002, 218 pages

A great book to get details about unorthodox crime fighters on television programs.Did you like "Time Traxx" or "Nightman" or "La Femme Nikita"? This book is chock full of summaries of these and other programs. Another terrific thing about this book? The author includes the composers of the themes! A real gem of a book for TV fans.