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  • PICTURING THE WOLF IN CHILDREN'S LITERATURE
    DEBRA MITTS-SMITH
    From the villainous beast of “Little Red Riding Hood” and “The Three Little Pigs,” to the nurturing wolves of Romulus and Remus and Rudyard Kipling’s The Jungle Book, the wolf has long been a part of the landscape of children’s literature. Meanwhile, since the 1960s and the popularization of scientific research on these animals, children’s books have begun to feature more nuanc...

    $1,279.00

  • LITERACY AND ADVOCACY IN ADOLESCENT FAMILY, GANG, SCHOOL, AND JUVENILE COURT COMMUNITIES
    DEBRA SMITH / KATHRYN F. WHITMORE
    The goal of this book is to encourage educators and researchers to understand the complexities of adolescent gang members' lives in order to rethink their assumptions about these students in school. The particular objective is to situate four gang members as literate, caring students from loving families whose identities and literacy keep them on the margins of school. The rese...

    $499.00

  • HATTIE MARSHALL AND THE PROWLING PANTHER
    DEBRA WEST SMITH
    Life on the frontier is one adventure after another for twelve-year-old Hattie Marshall. She enjoys the excitement, but sometimes things get scary, like when she gets swept away on a flooded river and has to save herself, or when a black panther keeps coming to her family's farm, hunting for its next meal. Meanwhile, things are changing at home. Her sister is getting married, G...

    $229.00

  • YANKEES AT THE DOORSTEP
    DEBRA WEST SMITH
    The Civil War is rarely shown through a young southern woman's perspective. Many of these women were displaced from their homes and lived their lives on the run from Northern shellfire. They witnessed war firsthand without ever going to battle. Sarah Morgan was one of those women. She was only 20 years old when the North took over her hometown of Baton Rouge, Louisiana, but she...

    $229.00

  • THE MEASUREMENT NIGHTMARE
    DEBRA SMITH
    Today's competitive environment requires that companies distinguish themselves in the marketplace using factors other than prices. Companies that excel at on-time delivery, short cycle/leadtime, quality, and fast response to the market gain a competitive edge - and have the ability to market based on these features. A proven approach to achieve ...

    $2,000.00

  • HATTIE MARSHALL AND THE HURRICANE
    DEBRA WEST SMITH
    A young teenager battles for survival when a deadly storm hits Louisiana: “Well paced, interesting and with a likable heroine . . . A fun adventure tale.” —Children’s Literature   The winds are picking up. The sky is darkening. Now, as a hurricane begins to destroy the coast of south Louisiana in October 1893, thirteen-year-old Hattie, a girl from Texas, and her friend Eric fin...

    $229.00