This book explores the social lives of preschoolers, exploring how they navigate friendship, conflict, and belonging throughout the school year. Through a collection of vivid stories children shared from their own perspectives, plus a thoughtfully curated collection of children’s visual work, this book highlights the richness and complexity of children’s relational pursuits, including how they both navigate tension and express deep desires for connection in the early years of school.

A moving picture book about a girl settling into a new home with help from a camera and scrapbook.Beatrice loves her idyllic life in the countryside and all that comes with it. She loves building snowpeople in the winter, gardening in the spring, catching fireflies in the summer, and frolicking through freshly-fallen leaves in autumn. But when Papa gets a new job in a faraway city, Beatrice’s entire world changes. Saying goodbye to Gram and the stories she tells of...

Capture beautiful and intentional photographs for documenting young children’s lives.In this book, author Ron Grady invites teachers to reflect on their own practice as educators using what is one of the most accessible but perhaps least deeply considered practices of documentation: photography. Photography is an accessible and powerful tool for reflection and documentation, and children’s day-to-day experiences in settings of care and education deserve to be captu...

This joyously affirming picture book follows a young boy throughout his day as he plays, paints, and bakes, making positive associations with the color of his skin.To Benny, brown is more than just a color. Brown is his Gram’s coffee and his Gramp’s morning kiss. Brown is the wooden spoon he uses for mixing and baking. It’s the ground that grows the tomatoes he loves and it’s the log he plays on. Brown is the fuzzy blanket he takes to his room at the end of the day...

What Does Developmentally Appropriate Practice Look Like in an Infant and Toddler Program?If you’ve ever wondered how effective teachers actually do DAP with very young children, this is the book for you. Here, you can peek into classrooms to see teachers making intentional decisions in key areas of practice. These areas form the six guidelines for DAP in action:You’ll discoverMore about what each guideline means for working with infa...

Rumble, rumble, dinosaur!Wake up dinos near and farJoin the fun with a whole host of different dinosaurs throughout the course of one exciting day in the jungle … from the friendly brontosaurus to swooping pterodactyls, the gigantic stegosaurus, and of course the FEARSOME T. Rex. Add to that a text to read aloud to the tune of 'Twinkle, Twinkle, Little Star', and you have the perfect preschool combination!Jam-packed with dinos of eve...

**“In a time in which the ways we communicate and connect are constantly changing, and not always for the better, Sherry Turkle provides a much needed voice of caution and reason to help explain what the f*** is going on.” —Aziz Ansari, author of Modern RomanceRenowned media scholar Sherry Turkle investigates how a flight from conversation undermines our relationships, creativity, and productivity**—and why reclaiming face-to-face conversation can help us regain lo...

"I AM a magical unicorn!"Join Peppa, George and all their friends for another adventure!Peppa has ALWAYS wanted to be a magical unicorn and Mummy Pig thinks she can help! But will Peppa's wishes come true? And what about her friends? Discover this hilarious, colourful bedtime story, perfect for fans of Peppa - and unicorns!Also Available:Peppa Pig: Peppa's Christmas UnicornPeppa Pig: Peppa's Magical Unicorn

The Extinction of Experience reveals the true cost of our digital age – and shows us how to return to the real world, while we still can.‘A passionate case for the human experiences which are central to a truly vibrant and meaningful existence’ OLIVER BURKEMAN'Christine Rosen finds the words I've longer for ... an extremely important book' JONATHAN HAIDTHuman experiences are disappearing.

Winner of the Autism Society of America’s Dr. Temple Grandin Award for the Outstanding Literary Work in AutismA groundbreaking book on autism, by one of the world’s leading experts, who portrays autism as a unique way of being human—this is “required reading...Breathtakingly simple and profoundly positive” (Chicago Tribune).Autism therapy typically focuses on ridding individuals of “autistic” symptoms such as difficulties interacti...

Daddy Pig reads Peppa and George a bedtime story about dragons, and now they want their own dragon!The next day Peppa and George see a dragon, but it can't be real, can it?Young readers will feel the magic of this lovely new picture book.

Universal Principles of Design, Revised and Updated is a comprehensive, cross-disciplinary encyclopedia covering 125 laws, guidelines, human biases, and general considerations important to successful design. Richly illustrated and easy to navigate, it pairs clear explanations of every design concept with visual examples of the ideas applied in practice. From the 80/20 Rule to the Weakest Link, every major design concept is defined and illustrated.Whether a...