Fiction, Reading Recovery Level 6, F&P Level D, DRA2 Level 4, Theme Family, Stage Early, Character N/A

Simple text with rebuses introduces games and activities to enjoy in a park.

crew | rescue | fire | rush | fire engine | smoke | hose | water | ladder |

Winner of the 2016 ICQI Outstanding Qualitative Book Award Acclaimed qualitative scholar Jane Speedy’s world was upended completely after suffering a severe stroke when only in her late 50s. After returning home from the hospital, Speedy took to her iPad to write and draw as a way of making sense of her experience and to aid her recovery. The stunning, fragmented, poetic text and images comprising Staring at the Park depict the events of this difficult journey. It provides an alternative model of engaging the self in a research project in an evocative and artistic way. This highly original book: -uses the seemingly ordinary motif of the park opposite the author’s house as the catalyst for a wildly creative autoethnography;-includes three narratives of the author’s experience of staring at the park—an imagined murder mystery in the park, a realist ethnography of the park, and the life story (both imagined and real) of her facing her illness and recovery; -offers readers a poetic and performative inquiry into the author’s new reality.

Provides emerging readers with multiple opportunities to practice reading high-frequency words used in simple text.

Have you ever considered how far you walk with your dog? If you walk just 20 minutes a day, in ten years you will have walked far enough to cross the United States. With all that walking ahead of you and your dog, arenÕt you ready for a new place to hike?A Bark in The Park: The 44 Best Places To Hike With Your Dog In The Cincinnati Region rates the best area dog-walking destinations with your best friend in mind. Cincinnati author Beth Burwinkel and Maggie have explored area trails to identify the tail-waggingest hikes out there.Beth brings back from her adventures generous helpings of local history, architecture, botany and geology. She also reviews another 52 parks in Kentucky, Indiana and Ohio - all within a short drive of Cincinnati. Find a dog park. Learn what parks dog owners should avoid. No Dogs!Is there any more dispiriting day for a dog owner than driving to a new park and encountering the dreaded ÒNO DOGSÓ sign? A Bark in The Park: The 44 Best Places To Hike With Your Dog In The Cincinnati Region lists parks that donÕt welcome dogs. Also packed inside are......tips on outfitting your dog for a hike...tips on practicing low impact hiking with your dog...creating a canine First-Aid hiking kit...a complete listing of area dog parksA Bark in The Park: The 44 Best Places To Hike With Your Dog In The Cincinnati Regionalso features the whimsical drawings of Andrew Chesworth. So grab that leash and hit the trail!