Enter the world of 'My Doggie Makes Me Happy,' where the extraordinary bond between a nonverbal boy with autism and his faithful support dog unfolds each day. Jo Morgan pens a heartfelt narrative drawn from her own journey as a single mom raising an autistic child, offering an insightful and relatable tale for parents seeking understanding, patience, and guidance. Through vivid illustrations and engaging storytelling, discover the powerful role of support animals in enhancing communication...

Why Am I Angry is the story of the daily life of a nonverbal little boy with autism, his mother, and their mission to communicate and work together to fulfill his needs and wants. Jo Morgan crafts her story with authentic, firsthand experience from her life as a single mom of an autistic child, making it an educational experience for parents seeking understanding, guidance, and patience. The fun, brightly coloured pictures and engaging text will keep little readers fascinated while forming...

Tony is a five year old African-American boy who is a deep thinker and will usually think of the best way to handle any situation. He relies mostly on the tough lessons through consequences taught to him by his mother and seeking God in all your decisions which is taught to him by his grandmother. sometimes Tony's obstacles are huge. Huge to a 5 year old, that is. However, he manages to make the right choices ... most of the time. you will read about in this book one of the tough choices h...

Extraordinary escapades from a late-life adventurer'Jo Morgan is a woman for our times. Fearless, determined, resourceful. An inspiring story of courage, vividly told with wry humour. A thoroughly engaging read.' JUDY BAILEYMountaineer, adventurer, avid motorcyclist and constant traveller, Jo Morgan has lived an extraordinary life.The youngest of eight children, Jo was brought up largely by her mum after her father died when she was only one, and sh...

Marco Polo’s legendary journey overland from Xanadu in China to his home in Italy has fired the imaginations of travellers for 700 years. Even today, traversing the 20,000km Silk Road between Europe and the Far East is a perilous undertaking. But it sounded like just the challenge for Wellington economist Gareth Morgan and his intrepid wife Jo. With five friends, they set off to travel the ancient route by a very modern mode of transport — motorcycle. Starting from the historic port of Ven...

A ride from the Alto Plano of Bolivia and Peru to the frozen tip of Patagonia; on the world's most dangerous road, where the stakes are high, on to Argentina's fabled Ruta 40, where the steaks are large and cheap. Across salt pans, into mud holes, up the Andes and down again; past the ruins of the ruins of Macchu Pichu, and on the edge of the epicentre of the Chilean earthquake. Through a land of contrasts - mountains and lowlands, deserts and glaciers, wealth and poverty, speakers of Span...

Join Gareth and Jo Morgan and their companions as they rattle and splash their way around North Korea on their epic Motorcycle Adventure. Experience with them the thrill of riding through North Korea, the hermit kingdom itself. Above all, discover with them the truth behind the headlines that define North Korea and its people to the outside world, and sorrow at the tragedy that has prevented one third of the Korean people taking their place in the world. Ever since the cessation of hostili...

Attracting and retaining talent within the legal field is a key issue. Talent in the Legal Profession: How to Attract, Retain and Engage Top Talent sheds light on the pressing issues that law firms face in in order to secure and maintain top-level legal talent.

This volume culls scholarship on both what high literacy is and how it is developed. It embraces the call put forth by Langer and Applebee (2016) that high literacy must continue to be our aim and to see more research analyzing and identifying how teachers might promote literacy practices that promote deep thinking around important content. The editors offer a conceptual framework for high literacy that explicates how each component (i.e. reading, writing, dialogic engagement, and epistemi...

From the contrasts of Cape Town to the litter drifts of Libya, Joanne and Gareth Morgan and their team of World by Bikers rode 20,000 kilometers by motorcycle. They rode over rough roads and smooth, through rich nations and poor, past ruins ancient and modern, and loved every minute of it. They saw a true zebra crossing (along with several thousand of its mates). They were charged by elephants (and charged double by Egyptians). They had a gander at Uganda (and a wander in Rwanda). They dod...

From Oceania to North America, Indigenous peoples have created storytelling traditions of incredible depth and diversity. The term 'Indigenous storywork' has come to encompass the sheer breadth of ways in which Indigenous storytelling serves as a historical record, as a form of teaching and learning, and as an expression of Indigenous culture and identity. But such traditions have too often been relegated to the realm of myth and legend, recorded as fragmented distortions, or erased altoge...

A BRAND NEW sharp, laugh-out-loud romantic comedy about finding the one where you least expect it, perfect for fans of Beth O’Leary and Emily HenryOne hopeless romantic One hardened cynic ❤️One bet they’ll never forget... Freya writes bestselling romance novels for a living, but off the page, she doesn’t believe in happy endings.Jake is a divorced divorce lawyer who does believe in r...