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A Boy Called Dickens
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A Boy Called Dickens

For years Dickens kept the story of his own childhood a secret. Yet it is a story worth telling. For it helps us remember how much we all might lose when a child's dreams don't come true . . . As a child, Dickens was forced to live on his own and work long hours in a rat-infested blacking factory. Readers will be drawn into the winding streets of London, where they will learn how Dickens got the inspiration for many of his characters. The 200th anniversary of Dickens's birth was February 7, 2012, and this tale of his little-known boyhood is the perfect way to introduce kids to the great author. This Booklist Best Children's Book of the Year is historical fiction at its ingenious best.
 
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Tags: Dickens, story, child, February, little-known
Creative Writing Tutor: Brush Up on Your Writing Skills
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Creative Writing Tutor: Brush Up on Your Writing SkillsThe 'Creative Writing Tutor' scheme provides a lively series of themed booklets that will stimulate your child's imagination and inspire him or her to write in a more interesting way and to achieve better results. The booklets provide 'a tutor' for the child, fun features and stories to read, follow up activities to complete, harder vocabulary to prepare children for more advanced writing and many helpful tips and techniques to improve writing style.
 They are excellent for stretching fast workers and able writers or preparing for writing tasks in 11+ examinations. The New Head Teacher helps to encourage non-fiction writing through reports, letters and e-mails.
 
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Tags: writing, Writing, booklets, child, Creative
The ABCs of Animals
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The ABCs of AnimalsPresents information about animals for each letter of the alphabet, from amazing animals, through lots of lizards and xenarthrans, to zebra "ztripes". Numbats, opossums, planigales and quolls–not to mention marsupial moles!–are some of the more unusual animals featured in this engaging and highly illustrated ABC book. The imaginative and playful text will capture a child's interest in these strange animals as well as other more familiar favorites, from butterflies to elephants.
 
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Tags: animals, playful, capture, child, imaginative
Favorite Greek Myths
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Favorite Greek Myths

A lively retelling of 35 favorite Greek myths, ranging from the short stories of Phaeton, Arachne and Bellerophon to the longer tales of Jason and his quest for the Golden Fleece, the twelve labors of Hercules, and Theseus and the Minotaur. Provides excellent material for cultivating the child's imagination and quickening his moral sense. Includes a complete guide to the pronunciation and explanation of unfamiliar names.
 
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Tags: Greek, imagination, quickening, moral, child
Child Psychology: A Contemporary View Point
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Child Psychology: A Contemporary View PointThis classic text once again provides a compelling topically-organized introduction to child development. Parke et al incorporate multiple perspectives in exploring the processes of child development. With recurring pedagogical features to ensure students see the interrelatedness of chapters and concepts and the chronological development of children, the authors have also taken care to further their student-friendly presentation by shortening the text in this edition. This has been accomplished without cutting the book’s highly-regarded child psychopathology chapter.
 
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Tags: child, development, presentation, edition, accomplished