If you love children, I'll bet you love trees,
too!
This book made me gasp as I read
how smart trees are and how they take care of one another and other living
things. In her engaging story, Simard teaches us about trees' ability to adapt
to changing conditions, about humans' dependence on a thriving natural
environment, and about our perilous future if trees are ruthlessly felled. She says:
"Listen"
to trees. Trees "talk" to
other plants, especially through roots. Trees have much to teach us about communication and cooperation.
Save
trees. Trees are our comforters, just as
deforested areas are our tormentors. Our care of young saplings and mature trees
helps them thrive.
Plant
trees, among other kinds of plants. Diversity in every community is essential for life.
NEW YORK TIMES BEST SELLER • From the world's leading forest ecologist who forever changed how people view trees and their connections to one another and to other living things in the forest—a moving, deeply personal journey of discovery
“Finding the Mother Tree reminds us that the world is a web of stories, connecting us to one another. [The book] carries the stories of trees, fungi, soil and bears--and of a human being listening in on the conversation. The interplay of personal narrative, scientific insights and the amazing revelations about the life of the forest make a compelling story.”—Robin Wall…
I love the way Doerr weaves together
the stories of children in three different eras and countries. The common thread is the myth of a Greek
shepherd, Aethon, and his adventures as he seeks to arrive in a fictional land
where there is no pain.
The novel is
about wonderful but under-appreciated children, theirpassion
for things that matter (like learning, like family, like other living
creatures), and their determination to find meaning and joy in the bewildering,
painful, and often senseless world.
On the New York Times bestseller list for over 20 weeks * A New York Times Notable Book * A National Book Award Finalist * Named a Best Book of the Year by Fresh Air, Time, Entertainment Weekly, Associated Press, and many more
“If you’re looking for a superb novel, look no further.” —The Washington Post
From the Pulitzer Prize–winning author of All the Light We Cannot See, comes the instant New York Times bestseller that is a “wildly inventive, a humane and uplifting book for adults that’s infused with the magic of childhood reading experiences” (The New York Times…
The Wright brothers could do everything. They were experts at "praxis," the ability to conceive of some
complex action, plan how to do it, and then carry out their plan. They used their imagination and the tools and
materials at hand to make the equipment they needed.
Quirky, modest, brilliant, inventive, considerate,
collaborative, and unstinting in their dedication to inventing the airplane, they
did what everyone said couldn't be done. I loved their stick-to-it-tiveness, their creativity, and their
problem-solving as they pursued their dream.
The incredible true story of the origin of human flight, by the Pulitzer Prize-winning author David McCullough.
On a winter day in 1903, in the Outer Banks of North Carolina, two unknown brothers from Ohio changed history. But it would take the world some time to believe what had happened: the age of flight had begun, with the first heavier-than-air, powered machine carrying a pilot.
Who were these men and how was it that they achieved what they did?
David McCullough, two-time winner of the Pulitzer Prize, tells the surprising, profoundly human story of Wilbur and Orville Wright. Far more…
This is the third edition of the ground-breaking 1998 book that
introduced Sensory Processing Disorder (or Differences) to parents, teachers,
and other non-specialists.
In easy-to-understand language, the book explains
SPD, a common and frequently misdiagnosed condition in which the central
nervous system misinterprets sensory messages coming from the person's body and environment. The
book provides many "Aha!" moments for newbies to SPD through
side-by-side stories illustrating how ordinary activities, such as tasting a
new food or falling off a scooter, are not a big deal to a typical child but
can be an unmanageable problem for a child with SPD.
This edition expands
information on treatments, especially occupational therapy, and on coexisting
and "look-alike" disorders, such as learning disabilities, ADHD,
and autism.
