Preschoolers will revel in the Shanna Show books that help build self-esteem by making reading and learning fun through "vivacious role-playing."* Shanna shows young readers how to leap, to count, to curtsy, or to give advice as a ballerina, a teacher, a princess, or a doctor! These books are excellent tools for children who are discovering the joys of reading on their own. And the adorable Ducky, Dinah-saurus, Tiger, and little brother Shane make each book "a rousing success."*

With over 500 hand-picked titles, Healing Stories recommends carefully selected books essential for any adult looking to help children cope with their growing pains through reading. Featuring the long-established children's classics and the most recent library sensations, these hand-picked stories address kids' struggles - from the everyday to life-changing - while offering adults the information they need to make the right choices for their kids. Also includes useful tips to make reading fun and helpful for both adults and children.

With over 500 hand-picked titles, Healing Stories recommends carefully selected books essential for any adult looking to help children cope with their growing pains through reading. Annotated with helpful commentary, these titles cover everything from kids' everyday trials (losing baby teeth, starting school, having a bad day) to more emotionally stressful events (death of a pet, moving, illness), giving adults all the information they need to choose the right books. Also features useful tips to make reading fun and helpful for both adults and children. For more information, visit the Healing Stories Web site.

When Shanna is in the spotlight, playtime turns to high drama as she walks readers through a set of clues that help them guess which persona she's acting out on today's show.

oday Shanna is a teacher. And from learning letters to counting toes, she knows just how to make school fun for students Shane, Dinahsaurus, Tiger and Ducky. Through clues, rhythm, and rhyme, the Shanna Show series helps youngsters learn abotu adult occupations. Along the way, Shanna inspiries young children to develop self-esteem, creativity, storytelling abilities, and problem-solvign skills--all critical to further learning.

Harlequin Medical Romance brings you a collection of three new titles, available now! Enjoy these stories packed with pulse-racing romance and heart-racing medical drama. This Harlequin Medical Romance box set includes: RESISTING THE BROODING HEART SURGEON By Tina Beckett Working together on their hospital’s Halloween event, nurse Shanna gets to know brooding cardiothoracic surgeon Zeke…and is powerless to resist their attraction! Yet learning Zeke’s a military reservist reawakens her fear of losing someone again. Is she prepared to walk away from the first person to make her feel truly whole? HEALED BY HER RIVAL DOC By Annie Claydon Friends Will and Lark are polar opposites. But pitted against each other for their medical charity’s CEO role, they begin to see each other differently. Soon, being rivals brings out more than their competitive sides—it ignites an unexpected attraction! Could their newfound connection heal their guarded hearts…? NURSE’S RISK WITH THE REBEL By Karin Baine Outback nurse Meadow’s life is safe and predictable—just how she wants it. So, she can’t understand why her pulse races whenever she’s with reckless flying doctor Jay! The grief driving Jay’s thrill-seeking means any relationship is risky. Dare Meadow give into his magnetism…and have the adventure of a lifetime?

She leaps! She soars across the floor! Shanna's dazzling performance as a ballerina is sure to make her audience cry out for an encore. Brava! Bravissima! Through clues, rhythm, and rhyme, the Shanna Show series helps youngsters learn about adult occupations. Along the way, Shanna inspires young children to develop self-esteem, creativity, storytelling abilities, and problem solving skills--all critical to further learning.

Set in the wider context of the project approach to learning, this book addresses the needs of both library media specialists and teachers in preschool, kindergarten, and primary grades. Educators who want to use stories and nonfiction to promote independent learning in young children will love this book. The reader will find practical hands-on activities where each sample lesson includes content, learning goals, and strategies for teaching and assessing learning. Librarians and teachers will learn not only how to guide young children through the research process, but also the important why to do this. These developmentally appropriate research lessons are ready to teach for grades preschool through second.

An award-winning scientist, in this urgent, thought-provoking and meticulously researched book, shows how chemicals in the modern environment are changing--and endangering--human sexuality and fertility on the grandest scale.