Grounded offers valuable guidance for parents facing the challenges of modern childhood. It combines extensive research with personal experiences from the authors, who are both parents and educators. The book provides practical insights applicable to children of all ages, from infancy through adolescence, making it a versatile resource for navigating parenting in today's world.
Two women. Two cultures. And a friendship that freed them both. 'We don't choose where we're born. Geography ends up being everything.' Shaimaa Khalil and Shelley Davidow met twenty years ago in the Middle East when Shaimaa was Shelley's student at the University of Qatar. Strangers in a strange land where the silencing and oppression of women is deeply entrenched, they immediately formed a deep and abiding bond. Shelley saw Shaimaa as her 'Rosetta Stone', helping her decode a culture and world so foreign it appeared to be from another planet. Shaimaa saw Shelley and her apartment as her 'Tardis', a space where she could glimpse a world she dreamed of inhabiting. Born a decade apart on opposite ends of the African continent - Shaimaa, an Arab Muslim from Egypt and Shelley an Ashkenazi Jew from South Africa - tell the story of a friendship that has defied historical, geographic and temporal boundaries, mapping the vast emotional and geographic territories they have travelled as women pushing against patriarchal confines over the past two decades. In an exchange of words and memories, Shaimaa and Shelley recall what shaped them, what broke them, and how they made themselves whole again through their interwoven stories.
These warm and wonderful readers will delight both students and teachers as they guide young children along the path of written language one step at a time. Written in order and phonetically, each story focuses on specific word groups, sounds and sentence structures. Each story has a beginning, middle and an ending. Succeeding stories build on these skills and then move on to the next level of skill. The books are conceived in much the same way as the "Dick and Jane" readers of an earlier era, but with a very important these stories have a touching "heart content" to them. The stories are gently humorous while honoring nature, animals and the environment. The illustrations in their warm simplicity are wonderful compliments to the stories! Whether you are rewarding an eager reader with a first experience of reading something someone else wrote, or helping a struggling reader get the hang of all those letters, these readers are sheer joy for everyone. The six books use simple words that the early reader will easily grasp. They have been carefully chosen by a reading specialist to help students advance from the short vowels to the silent "e" to the vowel combinations. At the back of each book is a list of sight words that should be reviewed with the child before reading the book. This book is a compilation of all 6 individual booklets in "The Early Reader Series" into one paperback book. Appropriate for Grades 1-3.
The story follows Lara Winters, a devoted English wife, as she grapples with the shocking betrayal of her husband, Brock, after 21 years of marriage. In her devastation, she escapes her old life in London and embarks on a journey to Byron Bay, Australia, seeking solace and a fresh start in an unfamiliar place. This transformative journey explores themes of heartbreak, resilience, and the quest for self-discovery in the face of betrayal.
A brave, heartrending memoir of family, love and longing in the turbulent era of Apartheid in South Africa. During the terrifying years of Apartheid in South Africa, Shelley Davidow's family was a crime. At a time when it was illegal for black and white people to live together, Shelley's social activist parents took in Rosie, an abandoned black three-year-old. Rosie grew up as a beloved daughter and sister in a white household. Against the backdrop of racist laws and ever-present threats of violence, Shelley's parents did all they could to provide a safe, happy home for their five children. But when Rosie was sixteen, devastating truths came to light, shattering the family's understanding of the past. In this haunting memoir, Shelley Davidow sifts through the memories of her early life, searching for hope and reconciliation. Shadow Sisters leaves us with a deeper understanding of family love and of how, sometimes, that love is not enough.
Set against the backdrop of 20th-century migrations, the narrative follows Jacob Frank, who escapes pogroms in Lithuania for a new life in New York, and traces the journeys of his daughter Bertha and granddaughter Shelley. Each woman faces her own challenges, from an arranged marriage in South Africa to fleeing apartheid for America and ultimately settling in Australia. Through her grandmother's writings, Shelley uncovers shared experiences of love, loss, and resilience across generations, highlighting the emotional legacies of immigration and the unbreakable bonds of family.
Drawing on years of experience of writing, teaching and publishing, this book offers essential tools for anyone interested in honing their craft. With a variety of exercises and freewriting prompts to help you try new styles and approaches, it is suitable for aspiring poets, non-fiction writers, novelists and all lovers of words.
Drawing on cutting-edge research, Raising Stress-Proof Kids explores the powerful and potentially long-term effects of stress on our children. Most importantly, it offers simple but effective steps that parents can take to minimise the impact of stress at home and at school.
It's amazing how much fun you can have and what you can learn from those who are very different from you.
"The Secret Pet" follows the delightful "Early Reader Series" of books also written by Shelley Davidow. In this first chapter book, we meet again several of the characters from the introductory series, most notably the boy Tim and Jake the (magical) Snake. Tim and Jake become fast friends, both of them deciding that they simply must be together. This entails Tim sneaking Jake into his home (since Tim's mother is not very fond of snakes) and into school (where pet's really aren't welcome). Through their adventures, they both discover some truths about the differences between life in the wild and life in a home, and how it is that we change our habits and inclinations out of love for one another. A perfect chapter book for young readers who are learning to decode consonant and vowel blends, punctuation meaning and sentence structure.