James Marshall possessed an uncanny ability to elicit delight from readers with minimal text and simple drawings. His characters, often animals with distinct personalities, could express a wide range of emotions with just a few strokes. Marshall excelled at distilling complex situations into humorous narratives that resonated with both children and adults. His unique style and knack for capturing the essence of childhood made him a beloved author.
Focusing on effective strategies, this book offers proven practices to enhance struggling educational initiatives and avert potential crises. It emphasizes proactive measures and practical solutions to foster improvement in educational settings, ensuring that challenges are addressed before they escalate. The guidance provided is aimed at educators and administrators seeking to create sustainable and successful educational environments.
This reprint preserves the original text from 1875, offering readers a glimpse into the historical context and literary style of the time. The book reflects the themes and societal issues prevalent during its initial publication, making it a valuable resource for those interested in 19th-century literature and culture. It serves as an important piece of literary history, inviting both new readers and scholars to explore its timeless relevance and insights.
James Marshall takes readers on a journey through the monumental year of 1960, exploring the social, political, and cultural landscape of the time. From the Civil Rights Movement to the election of John F. Kennedy, Marshall provides a unique and insightful perspective on this transformative period in American history.
Iconic best hippo friends George and Martha find that scary movies and jealousy are easier to deal with when you have a good friend by your side in the Level Two I Can Read. With original art and text from Marshall's storybooks and themes that will resonate with beginning readers, these deeply humorous, deeply honest stories are sure to inspire a love of books and reading. In each of the two short stories in this book George and Martha model healthy ways to navigate the sometimes complicated waters of friendship. Includes "The Scary Move" and "The Secret Club," plus games and activities to strengthen reading skills and comprehension. George and Martha One More Time is a Level Two I Can Read book, geared for kids who read on their own but still need a little help. Whether shared at home or in a classroom, the engaging stories, longer sentences, and language play of Level Two books are proven to help kids take their next steps toward reading success.
These etudes were written at the request of students and colleagues to create music specific to the low clarinets for use in study and competitions. Due to their tessitura, etudes for soprano clarinet are often frustrating to play on low clarinets. By contrast, this completely new group of studies utilizes modern motifs, meters, and rhythms in idiomatic settings for low instruments. Nine of the 13 etudes are original pieces, and four are homage etudes honoring twentieth-century composers--Bartok, Hindemith, Debussy, and Stravinsky. The contemporary nature of these etudes also makes them appealing to play on soprano clarinets in the chalumeau to moderate clarion registers.
Set in the vibrant Forest of Plenty, the story explores themes of selfishness and the loss of community among its animal and bird inhabitants, who hoard food despite the forest's abundance. The once-loving creatures have grown cold, and even the towering trees reflect this lack of kindness. Observing this decay, God, the great I Am, chooses a special branch on a solitary tree, hinting at a future where it will lead a mighty nation, suggesting a journey towards redemption and unity.
One of James Marshall's enduring classic characters--now available in Step into Reading, the premier leveled reader line! When Fox breaks his bike, his mom tells him to get a job to pay for a new one. He tries working at a shoe store (too much!), an amusement park (too scary!), and even tries delivering pizzas (too fast!). Then he finds a job that's just his speed—bed testing in a store window! Zzzzzzz! James Marshall at his wacky best for early readers. Step 3 Readers feature engaging characters in easy-to-follow plots about popular topics; for children who are ready to read on their own.
The P-51B Mustang was delivered to the European Theater of Operations in the cherished hope that it could help achieve the destruction of Germany's aircraft industry and the Luftwaffe before Operation Overlord. This title tells the story of that aircraft from its development prior to the American entry into the war through to D-Day in June 1944.
Social behavior has long puzzled evolutionary biologists, since the classical theory of natural selection maintains that individuals should not sacrifice their own fitness to affect that of others. Social Evolution and Inclusive Fitness Theory argues that a theory first presented in 1963 by William D. Hamilton--inclusive fitness theory--provides the most fundamental and general explanation for the evolution and maintenance of social behavior in the natural world. James Marshall guides readers through the vast and confusing literature on the evolution of social behavior, introducing and explaining the competing theories that claim to provide answers to questions such as why animals evolve to behave altruistically. Using simple statistical language and techniques that practicing biologists will be familiar with, he provides a comprehensive yet easily understandable treatment of key concepts and their repeated misinterpretations. Particular attention is paid to how more realistic features of behavior, such as nonadditivity and conditionality, can complicate analysis. Marshall highlights the general problem of identifying the underlying causes of evolutionary change, and proposes fruitful approaches to doing so in the study of social evolution. Social Evolution and Inclusive Fitness Theory describes how inclusive fitness theory addresses both simple and complex social scenarios, the controversies surrounding the theory, and how experimental work supports the theory as the most powerful explanation for social behavior and its evolution
The book is a culturally significant reproduction of an original artifact, preserving its historical integrity. It includes original copyright references and library stamps, reflecting its importance in the knowledge base of civilization. This faithful reproduction aims to maintain the authenticity of the original work, providing readers with a glimpse into its historical context and significance.