Scars
978-1-55379-228-4
By Author David Alexander Robertson and Illustrator Scott B. Henderson
For Grades 9–12
Scars introduces White Cloud, a young Plains Cree boy, in the year 1870, when the last great smallpox epidemic swept through the prairies. After witnessing, one by one, the death of his entire family from the illness, he summons the strength to journey on to find a new home and deliver himself from the terrible disease. But will he make it? Scars follows White Cloud and the people he encounters, as he struggles to survive against impossible odds.
The book also reconnects readers to Edwin, a lost young man on his own quest who was introduced in book 1, Stone. By learning about the bravery and perseverance of his ancestor White Cloud, Edwin summons his own courage and travels to confront the main source of his despair: the father he barely knows.
Scars is the second book in the graphic novel series, 7 Generations. Books in the series:
Book 1: Stone (published) introduces Edwin, a young man who must discover his family’s past if he is to have any future.
Book 3: Ends/Begins (forthcoming) features the story of Edwin’s father and his residential-school experience.
Book 4: The Pact (forthcoming) a story of redemption, as father and his son reconcile their past and begin a new journey.
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For Grades 9–12
Scars, book 2 of 4 in the graphic novel series 7 Generations
by David Alexander Robertson, illustrated by Scott B. Henderson
About the book
White Cloud
White Cloud, a young Plains Cree boy aged 10, witnesses the death of his entire family from smallpox, victims of the great epidemic of 1870-1871. Alone and terrified, White Cloud summons the strength to journey across the prairies to start a new life and keep alive the legacy of his people. His bravery and perseverance inspires Edwin, first introduced in Stone (Book 1), to make his own journey to confront the main source of his despair: the father he barely knows.
The 7 Generations series also includes:
Stone (published)
Ends/Begins (forthcoming)
The Pact (forthcoming)
Scars is scheduled to be available the end of July, 2010. If you would like to receive an email announcing when the book is available, email pr@pandmpress.com. Please write “send me information about Scars” in the subject line of your email.
Now Available For All Teachers
978-1-55379-232-1
This revised and expanded edition of the 1990 bestseller includes the latest research in language acquisition: how to teach reading and writing and how to develop listening and speaking skills. It is filled with the authors’ trademark anecdotes and practical advice, based on their many years of experience working with ELL students. Strategies for teaching the four literacy skills-reading, writing, speaking, and listening-are enhanced by student examples and illustrations. To help you personalize the theory discussed, each chapter includes a section with questions and case studies so you can apply the information to your own school and issues.
Posted on the P&M Press website is the table of contents and several pages from this new title. Download the pdf by clicking on More-Than-Just-Surviving Sample.
Now Available For Grades 7–12
Readers Theatre
Readers Theatre: A Secondary Approach has been designed for busy middle-school and secondary teachers seeking another learning strategy in their classrooms. Teachers, faced with different styles of learning, will find activities and skills to give students a sense of accomplishment and improve their standards of oral expression, self-confidence, self-image, and creativity. Having worked for years in theatre, in university classrooms, in program development, in workshop situations, and in school classrooms, Neill is glad to pass on simple yet effective strategies that he has gleaned along the way.
Posted on the P&M Press website is the table of contents and several pages from this new title. Download the pdf by clicking on Readers Theatre Secondary Sample.
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The More-Than-Just-Surviving Handbook
ESL for Every Classroom Teacher
Third Edition
by Barbara Law and Mary Eckes
978-1-55379-232-1
P&M Press is pleased to announce the bestseller, The More-Than-Just-Surviving Handbook, is being revised and expanded.
The first edition of The More-Than-Just-Surviving Handbook was meant to be modest, forthright, and easy to access, crammed with as many funny, wonderful examples of student work that the authors could find. Barbara and Mary have maintained that accessibility in the third edition, which has been adapted and updated to help you better serve your students, to give you ideas, strategies, and examples so you will have the tools you need to succeed in your classroom.
If you would like to receive an email announcing when the 3rd Edition is available, email us at pr@pandmpress.com. Please write “send me information about The More-Than-Just-Surviving Handbook” in the subject line of your email.
Stone
By Author David Alexander Robertson and Illustrator Scott B. Henderson
For Grades 9–12
Book 1
Stone introduces Edwin, a young man who must discover his family’s past if he is to have any future. Edwin learns of his ancestor Stone, a young Plains Cree man, who came of age in the early 18th century. Following a vision quest, Stone aspires to be like his older brother, Bear, a member of the Warrior Society. But when Bear is tragically killed during a Blackfoot raid, Stone, the best shot and rider in his encampment, must overcome his grief and avenge his brother’s death. Only then can he begin a new life with his bride, Nahoway. It is Stone’s story that drives Edwin to embark on his own quest.
Stone is the first book of four in the graphic novel series, 7 Generations. For more information about the forthcoming books in the series visit www.pandmpress.com.
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For All Teachers
For Your Curriculum
Teaching Art is written for classroom teachers, art education specialists, childcare workers, artists working in schools, parents who home-school their children, and school administrators. It can also be used as a university textbook for Education students. The book provides a framework for teaching art in a way that is integrated with regular classroom practice and mindful of current art curriculum outcomes. Although the book focuses on art for primary and middle-school students from pre-school to grade eight, Teaching Art is also useful to art specialists at the high-school level who are looking for new strategies or project ideas to add to their established secondary programs.
Posted on the P&M Press website is the table of contents, the introduction, and a sample lesson for this new title. Download the pdf by clicking on Teaching Art Sample Lesson.
Also on the P&M Press website is the View Inside feature. This feature allows you to view selected pages from the book. Please follow this link to Teaching Art and click on the Online Preview button.
For Grades PreK–1
Now Available!
In A Feast of Rhyme, Rhythm, and Song, the authors present an interactive and engaging approach to teaching phonemic awareness – an essential foundation for later reading success. This book is for all children but specifically for children who are unaware of the subtleties of the sounds in the speech stream, or who do not realize that sounds represent letters in words. Authors Nancy Lee Cecil and Carol W. McCormick believe that children who have experienced the joyful phonemic awareness and music activities contained in A Feast of Rhyme, Rhythm, and Song will be primed and ready for the next step in the remarkable journey of learning to read.
Posted on the P&M Press website is a sample lesson for this new title. Download the pdf by clicking on A Feast of Rhyme Sample Pages.
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978-1-55379-221-5
For Grades 5–12
How can we help students develop the thinking skills they need to be successful learners? How does this relate to deep learning of important concepts? How can we engage and support diverse learners in inclusive classrooms where they develop understanding and thinking skills? In this book, Faye and Leyton explore these questions and offer classroom examples to help busy teachers develop communities where all students learn.
Posted on the P&M Press website is the Contents, Introduction, and Chapter 1 for this new title. Download the pdf by clicking on It’s All About Thinking Chapter 1.
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978-1-55379-218-5
The Language Experience Approach to Literacy for Children Learning English (LEALE) grew out of the many happy hours that the author spent working with children and their teachers over the years. The instructional framework presented in this book is intended to help teachers provide all young children, but especially English-language learners, with rich, meaningful, and interactive literacy instruction. Included are pictures and examples of classroom materials (chart stories and journals) from children in Belize and in urban centres in Alberta, Canada.
Posted on the P&M Press website is the Contents and information about LEALE. Download the pdf by clicking on LEALE Contents.
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