| Author | : Helen Gudel |
| Publisher | : |
| Total Pages | : 29 |
| Release | : 1999 |
| Genre | : Juvenile Fiction |
| ISBN | : 9781568997407 |
In letters throughout the year, Alexandra's grandmother describes the routines and celebrations that make up life in her little village in the mountains of Switzerland.
| Author | : Derek Zobel |
| Publisher | : Bellwether Media |
| Total Pages | : 34 |
| Release | : 2011-01-01 |
| Genre | : Juvenile Nonfiction |
| ISBN | : 1600145779 |
"Developed by literacy experts for students in grades three through seven, this book introduces young readers to the geography and culture of Switzerland"--Provided by publisher.
| Author | : Rick Steves |
| Publisher | : Rick Steves |
| Total Pages | : 586 |
| Release | : 2023-05-02 |
| Genre | : Travel |
| ISBN | : 1641715200 |
Cross the Alps in a cable car, cruise Lake Geneva, and tour a medieval château: with Rick Steves, Switzerland is yours! Inside Rick Steves Switzerland you'll find: Comprehensive coverage for spending a week or more exploring Switzerland Rick's strategic advice on how to get the most out of your time and money, with rankings of his must-see favorites Top sights and hidden gems, from bustling Zürich to the cozy small-town atmosphere of Appenzell How to connect with culture: Chat with friendly Swiss locals at a mountain retreat, swim in the alpine waters of the Aare River, and treat yourself to delicious cheese fondue Beat the crowds, skip the lines, and avoid tourist traps with Rick's candid, humorous insight The best places to eat, sleep, and relax over wine and Swiss chocolate Self-guided walking tours of lively neighborhoods and mountain towns Detailed maps for exploring on the go Scenic railroad journeys such as the Golden Pass, Gotthard Panorama Express, Bernina Express, Glacier Express, and Chur Useful resources including a packing list, German, French, and Italian phrase guides, a historical overview, and recommended reading, plus tips for visiting Switzerland in the winter Over 400 bible-thin pages include everything worth seeing without weighing you down Complete, up-to-date information on Zürich, Luzern, Central Switzerland, Bern, Murten, Avenches, Gimmelwald and the Berner Oberland, Zermatt and the Matterhorn, Appenzell, Lausanne, Château de Chillon, Montreux, Gruyères, Lugano, Pontresina, Samedan, St. Moritz, and more Make the most of every day and every dollar with Rick Steves Switzerland.
| Author | : Helen Gudel |
| Publisher | : |
| Total Pages | : 0 |
| Release | : 1999-04 |
| Genre | : |
| ISBN | : 9781568997438 |
Soundprints takes readers on a voyage around the world with books that introduce children to different countries. Storybooks about children from other countries, created by authors and illustrators from those countries, show readers what life is like around the world. Dolls are sculpted and the clothing is designed for the true ethnicity of the country featured. Alexandra, a girl in the city, receives letters all year long from her grandmother who lives in the mountain village of Torbel, Switzerland. The letters describe in detail all the small and sometimes hilarious events of the village, from the cow fights that determine whose cow is the strongest in the village to roasting chestnuts on chilly evenings. As Christmas nears, her grandmother anxiously awaits Alexandra's visit.
| Author | : Nancy L. Hadaway |
| Publisher | : Guilford Press |
| Total Pages | : 273 |
| Release | : 2010-08-09 |
| Genre | : Language Arts & Disciplines |
| ISBN | : 1606238833 |
Providing practical guidance and resources, this book helps teachers harness the power of children's literature for developing ELLs' literacy skills and language proficiency. The authors show how carefully selected fiction, nonfiction, and poetry can support students' learning across the curriculum. Criteria and guiding questions are presented for matching books and readers based on text features, literacy and language proficiency, and student background knowledge and interests. Interspersed throughout are essays and poems by well-known children's authors that connect in a personal way with the themes explored in the chapters. The annotated bibliography features over 600 engaging, culturally relevant trade titles.
| Author | : Nancy L. Hadaway |
| Publisher | : Pearson |
| Total Pages | : 310 |
| Release | : 2002 |
| Genre | : Education |
| ISBN | : |
This book takes a literature-based approach to how children learn language and how it is taught in today's diverse K-12 classrooms. The material is based on the belief that literature offers the most effective instructional approach for English language learners. The book offers meaningful reading, writing, speaking, and listening activities, as well as new understandings about the forms and functions of written language. This is the first book that offers instructors guidance in expanding the range of materials they use for teaching ESL by going beyond the standard texts to include books of all kinds - children's literature, trade books, magazines, and other media. "Voices from the Classroom: Scenarios from K-12 classrooms with English language learners" are provided throughout the chapters, offering practical stories from teachers' points of view. K-12 Educators with diverse student populations.
| Author | : R R Bowker Publishing |
| Publisher | : R. R. Bowker |
| Total Pages | : 1662 |
| Release | : 1999-12 |
| Genre | : Children's literature |
| ISBN | : |
| Author | : The Paris Women of Success |
| Publisher | : Balboa Press |
| Total Pages | : 159 |
| Release | : 2014-03 |
| Genre | : Self-Help |
| ISBN | : 145259399X |
You’ve sung the tunes in your head, you’ve seen it come alive in films, you’ve often dreamed about it. Now the time has come to read the real stories from real women who took the leap to transform their lives in the most dreamed about city in the world. My Paris Story is the much-anticipated anthology that combines the stories of twenty-two authors from around the globe who have made their dreams come true. It is the result of harnessing the extraordinary creative energy of an exuberant, passionate, and motivated group of women who actually did pick up everything and take the leap to follow their hearts’ desires in the City of Light. Transforming their lives with real purpose, lofty goals, and a good dose of dreams, each author shares her secrets, challenges, exhilarations, disappointments, and victories of living, loving, raising a family, starting a business, and succeeding as an entrepreneur and businesswoman in the mythical city of Paris. www.myparisstory-thebook.com
| Author | : Alice Robb |
| Publisher | : Simon and Schuster |
| Total Pages | : 205 |
| Release | : 2023-03-02 |
| Genre | : Biography & Autobiography |
| ISBN | : 0861542355 |
‘Don’t think, dear’ said Balanchine. ‘Just do.’ For centuries, being a ballerina has been synonymous with being beautiful, thin, obedient and feminine. It is the crucible of womanhood, together with the harassment, physical abuse and eating disorders endemic at top schools. Can we abide this in a post #MeToo world? Weaving together her own time at America’s most elite ballet school with the lives of renowned ballerinas throughout history, Alice Robb interrogates what it means to perform ballet today. She confronts the all-consuming nature of the form: the obsessive and dangerous practices to perfect the body, the embrace of submission and the idealisation of suffering. Yet ballet also gifts its dancers ‘brains in their toes’, a way to fully inhabit their bodies and a sanctuary of control away from the pressures of the outside world. Perhaps it is time to reimagine its liberating potential.
