Music educators are in a prime position to help students become socially and emotionally competent while at the same time develop excellent musicianship. For every child to be successful in the music classroom, teachers need to be aware of the whole student. How do music educators create success when students every day struggle with social awareness, bullying, communication, problem solving, and other challenges? This pioneering book by Scott Edgar addresses how music educators can utilize...

The 'The Jolly Roger Tales: 60+ Pirate Novels, Treasure-Hunt Tales & Sea Adventures' serves as a treasure chest of maritime narratives, uniting a spectrum of voices that sail across various oceans of literary styles and epochs. This anthology not only recounts high-seas adventures but also plumbs the depths of human ambition, camaraderie, and betrayal. From swashbuckling pirates to stoic adventurers seeking untold treasures, the collection showcases an eclectic range of storytelling, inclu...

Music and art can help us feel and express deep emotions. We can be happy or sad, but that is only the beginning. This beautiful book explores the powerful link between art, music, and emotion, and is ideal for deepening Social Emotional Learning (SEL) and building a fuller emotional vocabulary. Built on the principles of SEL, each page of The ABCs of My Feelings and Music offers an emotion word in a piece of colorful artwork, one for each letter of the alphabet. Below each illustration ar...

'The Pirates' Chronicles: Greatest Sea Adventure Books & Treasure Hunt Tales' is a compelling anthology that encapsulates the thrilling essence of piracy and maritime adventure across diverse literary periods and styles. Bridging classic works with lesser-known gems, the collection navigates through the turbulent waters of treachery, heroism, and the relentless pursuit of treasure, offering a broad tapestry of narrative voices. From robust historical accounts to rip-roaring fiction, each p...

The original Harvard Classics Collection contains 51 volumes of the essential works of world literature, showing the progress of man from antics to modern age. In this edition, the original collection is supplemented with the 20 volume Harvard Shelf of Fiction, a selection of the greatest works of fiction.Content:The Harvard Classics:V. 1: Franklin, Woolman & PennV. 2: Plato, Epictetus & Marcus AureliusV. 3: Bacon, Milton, BrowneV. 4: John Milton

Soldier and adventurer John Carter tells the story of how he returns to the planet Mars to be reunited with his love, the Martian princess Dejah Thoris. With his great friend Tars Tarkas, mighty Jeddak of Thark, Carter sets out in search of his princess. But Dejah Thoris has vanished. And Carter becomes trapped in the legendary Eden of Mars, from which none has ever escaped alive.

Life’s tough when your name’s Derek. You’re destined to be uncool. But Derek is determined to find something – anything – that will make him SUPERCOOL! Could the answer be winning a dance-off against his archenemy at the upcoming school disco?

This is a tale of an old man, Roderick Usher, who is being driven mad after his sister died and was entombed in a vault in the basement. Over the course of the story the unraveling of a terrible atrocity comes to light and threatens to avenge everyone dwelling in the House of Usher.

For six long Martian months, John Carter has haunted the terrifying Temple of the Sun. Inside the walls of this mysterious revolving tower is his beloved wife, Dejah Thoris, the beautiful princess of Barsoom. Worse yet, his wife is trapped there with the lovely but wicked Phaidor, who has sworn to make John Carter her own—even if it means murder. How can Carter gain access to the Temple, whose doors swing open only once a year? And when he does find his way inside, will he find Dejah Thori...

Civil War veteran John Carter is transported to a dying planet, where he must elude capture by giant green barbarians to rescue a Martian princess from certain doom. In this landmark of science fiction, the myths and mystery of the red planet supply a vibrant backdrop for a swashbuckling epic.Published in 1911, A Princess of Mars introduced a popular series of novels recounting John Carter's Martian exploits. Author Edgar Rice Burroughs, best known as the creator of Ta...

Amid a revival of apologetics, "few things could be more useful than an acquaintance with how Christian faith was defended down through the ages," say the editors in their introduction to this two-part anthology. "Access to both historical and contemporary texts gives us fresh insight into how our fathers in the faith responded to the questions facing them."Volume 2 in this one-of-a-kind resource takes a sweeping look at apologetics from the Reformation to the present. Readings fro...

In "Goethe: Complete Plays," the luminary Johann Wolfgang von Goethe presents a compendium of theatrical works that encapsulates the breadth of human experience through the lens of the Sturm und Drang and Weimar Classicism movements. Featuring iconic plays such as "Faust," "Egmont," and "Clavigo," Goethe's literary style marries lyrical language with philosophical depth, inviting readers into a world where passion and reason collide. His rich characterizations and masterful use of dialogue...