Latent growth curve modeling (LGM)—a special case of confirmatory factor analysis designed to model change over time—is an indispensable and increasingly ubiquitous approach for modeling longitudinal data. This volume introduces LGM techniques to researchers, provides easy-to-follow, didactic examples of several common growth modeling approaches, and highlights recent advancements regarding the treatment of missing data, parameter estimation, and model fit.The book covers the basic...

Magic School Bus meets The Magic Tree House in this third installment of a school-based chapter book series by bestselling author Nancy Krulik. When their teacher takes them to Romania, will this class be able to tangle with vampires?Ms. Frogbottom’s class is on a field trip to Romania where a visit to Dracula’s castle brings them face to fang with vampires, garlic, bats, and—yikes!—could it be the legendary count himself?Bestselling and be...

Magic School Bus meets The Magic Tree House in this first installment of a new school-based chapter book series by bestselling author Nancy Krulik. When their teacher takes them to Egypt, will this class be able to break a mummy’s curse?Learning is an adventure in Ms. Frogbottom’s class, because she’s got a magic map—one that takes her students all over the world to battle with mythical monsters no one believes are real. All Ms. Frogbottom has to do is take out the...

Magic School Bus meets the Magic Tree House in this fourth installment of a school-based chapter book series by bestselling author Nancy Krulik. When their teacher takes them to Iceland, can the class escape the trolls?Mr. Frogbottom’s class is on a field trip to Iceland, the Land of Fire and Ice, where the kids meet terrifying and sneaky trolls. But can they find their way back home after the Magic Map goes missing?Bestselling and beloved author Nancy Krul...

This supernatural thriller takes a lighthearted look at the heavy-handed in the spiritual world. It is the true story of one womans courage and determination to overcome supernatural targeted oppression and suppression against all odds. Seemingly alone and defenseless, divine intervention would reveal itself time and time again to turn the tide in her favor to insure not only her survival, but her thrival.This is a trip to the inner heart and soul, in order to survive the external f...

Mr. Frogbottom’s class is on a field trip to Iceland, the Land of Fire and Ice, where the kids meet terrifying and sneaky trolls. But can they find their way back home after the Magic Map goes missing? Bestselling and beloved author Nancy Krulik ingeniously approaches geography in a new way as the kids learn about the places they visit while fighting, fleeing, or, in some cases, rescuing monsters.

Ms. Frogbottom takes her class to Scotland where they meet the Loch Ness Monster in this second book in the chapter book series that is The Magic School Bus meets The Magic Tree House by bestselling author Nancy Krulik.Learning is an adventure in Ms. Frogbottom’s class, because she’s got a magic map—one that takes her students all over the world to do battle with mythical monsters no one believes are real. All Ms. Frogbottom has to do is take out the map, tap a cou...

Ms. Frogbottom’s class is on a field trip to Romania, where a visit to Dracula’s castle brings them face to fang with vampires, garlic, bats, and—yikes!—could it be the legendary count himself? Bestselling and beloved author Nancy Krulik ingeniously approaches geography in a new way as the kids learn about the places they visit while fighting, fleeing, or, in some cases, rescuing monsters.

Learning is an adventure in Ms. Frogbottom’s class because she’s got a magic map—one that takes her students all over the world to do battle with mythical monsters no one believes are real. All Ms. Frogbottom has to do is take out the map, tap a country and—SHAZAAM!—off they go to a place somewhere far far away. When Ms. Frogbottom’s crew lands in Scotland, they come nose-to-nose with the legendary Loch Ness Monster! Bestselling and beloved author Nancy Krulik ingeniously approaches geogra...

While trying to teach her adopted daughter, Reema, how to work with molten glass, Opal receives a letter from Master Magician Zitora Cowan requesting Opal's immediate help. Zitora resigned from the Sitian Council over two years ago to search for her lost sister, and no one has heard from her since. The letter is probably a trick, but Opal refuses to pass up the opportunity to help her mentor, who may be in genuine trouble. Good thing Opal isn't that easy to fool. With her two soldier frien...

Best-selling author Rick Riordan presents Graci Kim's thrilling debut about an adopted Korean-American girl who discovers her heritage and her magic on a perilous journey to save her witch clan family."Graci Kim does such an amazing job of blending Korean mythology into the modern world, I am now wondering how I ever lived without knowing all this cool information."--New York Times #1 best-selling author Rick RiordanRiley Oh can't wait to see her sister get initiated into the Gom clan, a p...

Greg Doyle is able to leave his body. Awakening the Giant Within is a true and compelling account of his experience of other realities. One morning while sleeping, a light enters his forehead, waking up his consciousness and taking it down a wormhole to another world. This process ushers in a whole new paradigm of existence for Greg as he experiences firsthand the truths of reincarnation, extraterrestrial intelligence, guidance, the nonexistence of fear, the enduring nature of human happin...