“This essential guide shows readers developmentally appropriate and equitable approaches to deliver important STEAM skills to young children in ways that are both impactful and fun.” —Julie Dobrow, Tufts UniversityDecades of research has shown that introducing STEM content like coding and engineering during the foundational early childhood years can lead to many benefits, such as improving children’s number sense, problem-solving skills, and sequencing abil...

This second edition invites readers to be informed consumers of both quantitative and qualitative methods in early childhood research. It offers side-by-side coverage and comparison about the assumptions, questions, purposes, and methods for each, presenting unique perspectives for understanding young children and early care and education programs. The new edition includes updated examples and references as well as a new chapter on equity issues in research. By using this book, students wi...

Finally free of her troubled upbringing, Alex Donovan is able to live out her childhood dream of working for the FBI. But soon after she becomes a member of the FBI's elite Behavioral Analysis Unit, authorities in Missouri contact them about bodies found on freight trains--all killed in the same way.Alex never expected to be forced to confront her past in this new job, but she immediately recognizes the graffiti messages the killer is leaving on the train cars. When the BAU sends h...

He has a deadly endgame in mind--and he's already chosen each victim . . . including her.After putting to rest the most personal case of her career, Alex Donovan is ready to move on and focus on her future at the FBI's elite Behavioral Analysis Unit. When the BAU cofounder is discovered dead in his hotel room, the FBI is called in to work on the strangest case they've ever faced. How do you find a killer who murders his victims from a distance?When it becom...

Weird fiction is an incredibly rich and varied genre, running the gamut from supernatural horror to imaginary-world fantasy to psychological terror. This anthology seeks to exhibit the wide range of themes, motifs, and imagery that weird fiction allows, as embodied in the work of some of the leading contemporary writers in the field.The ghost or revenant is a venerable motif, and stories by John Shirley, Lynda E. Rucker, and Reggie Oliver ring fascinating changes on it. Allied to t...

The closer she comes to the truth, the deadlier her chase gets.FBI behavioral analyst Alex Donovan and her colleague Logan Hart have been called upon to write a profile for a missing woman, but a little digging quickly turns up more disappearances in Virginia with the same physical description.Alex is in a race against the clock to rescue the missing victims, so when the UNSUB makes demands of her in exchange for information, Alex takes the bait. But when h...

Two years after the murder of his wife at the hands of the Crucifix Killer, Detective Nate Holmes is certain the serial killer has returned. But as far as the rest of the St. Louis Police Department is concerned, the Crucifix Killer is dead, and this new case is just a copycat. Desperate for answers and revenge, Nate throws himself into the investigation only to face another obstacle: his longtime partner has been transferred, and he's assigned a rookie detective, Rachel Watson. The last t...

Spies for the HolidaysThree Holidays. Six Spies. Suspense and love in an English medieval castle turned modern hotel.Revel in Halloween and Bonfire Night with Mr. Never AgainArachnid agent Dana Gresham is assigned to guard a weapons designer who is suspected of dealing with terrorists. The job's upside is the location, a centuries-old castle that's now a hotel. The downside is working with her old love, agent Blaine Harris. Five years ago, Dana and Blaine w...

After facing the demons from her past, Alex Donovan is ready to move on and focus on her career at the FBI's elite Behavioral Analysis Unit (BAU). When renowned profiler and BAU cofounder John Davis is found dead in his hotel room, the FBI is called in to work on the strangest case they've ever faced. How do you find a killer who murders his victims without touching them?When it becomes clear that the killer is targeting agents in Alex's unit, they are ordered into lockdown, shelte...

Now that Alexandra "Alex" Donavan is finally free of her troubled upbringing, she's able to live out her childhood dream of working for the FBI. But soon after she becomes a member of the FBI's elite Behavioral Analysis Unit, authorities in Kansas and Missouri contact them about bodies found on freight trains traveling across the country—all killed in the same way.Alex never expected to be forced to confront her past in this new job, but she immediately recognizes the graffiti mess...

Someone has been abducting women with long dark hair across Virginia. When the FBI is called in to help, Alex Donovan, a behavioral analyst, is tasked with putting together a profile. She's aided by her friend and colleague Logan Hart, but he has been acting strangely and won't say why. When the kidnapper demands that Alex meet him at an abandoned amusement park in exchange for the location of all his captives, she takes the bait. But the meeting proves to be a trap, and the building she's...

If you liked the movies Elf and Shrek, you’ll love THE ENCHANTED FILES—a magical, hilarious comedy series about fantastical creatures in the modern world by the bestselling author of My Teacher Is an Alien: Bruce Coville!Any troll worth their farts knows that a proper troll should:Avoid thinking or feeling! (Feelings? Blech!)Love burping and farting! (But who doesn’t?)And, most important, despise humans!