Please join David Alexander Robertson, Scott B. Henderson, HighWater Press (an imprint of P&M Press), and McNally Robinson Booksellers for a book launch of Scars, and the pre-publication launch of Ends/Begins. Scars and Ends/Begins are book 2 and book 3 in the four-part graphic novel series, 7 Generations.
David will begin speaking at 7:30 pm with a reception and book signing to follow.
Location: McNally Robinson (Grant Park)
Date: Tuesday, October 5, 2010
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.
To place an order, please call toll free at 1-800-667-9673 or order online at www.pandmpress.com.
Your 2010 Spring Catalog* is in the mail. Find it in your school sometime this week or view it online by clicking on the link: Spring2010Catalog.
The catalog includes our new, bestselling, and upcoming titles. For more information on these titles or to view our entire book selection, visit www.pandmpress.com.
The 2010 Fall Catalog is scheduled to be mailed in August, 2010. If you would like to receive a copy of this catalog, please send your mailing information to pr@pandmpress.com.
*All special offers are only available on school orders. All special offers are not available on online orders.
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.
Teaching Art: A Complete Guide for the Classroom made the ‘Winnipeg Bestsellers’ list, named the number one bestselling paperback non-fiction at McNally Robinson Booksellers. The book is available for purchase at all McNally Robinson Booksellers as well as on their website www.mcnallyrobinson.com. It can also be purchased online at www.pandmpress.com.
P&M Press is pleased to announce that Hands-On Mathematics (WNCP edition) for grades 1–4 is approved for teachers by School District #36 (Surrey, BC).
The resources were evaluated through a formalized school district learning resource local approval process. The process is based on specific criteria developed by the British Columbia Ministry of Education and includes content, instructional design, technical design and social considerations.
Visit www.pandmpress.com to download free sample lessons for each grade level resource.
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.
To place an order, please call toll free at 1-800-667-9673 or order online at www.pandmpress.com.
Please join Rhian Brynjolson as P&M Press and McNally Robinson booksellers present Rhian’s new book, Teaching Art: A Complete Guide for the Classroom. Rhian will begin speaking at 7:30 pm with a book signing to follow.
Please join us at:
Location: McNally Robinson, Grant Park, Prairie Ink Restaurant
Date: Thursday, May 20, 2010
Time: 7:30 pm presentation and book signing
Congratulations to P&M Press author Shelley Stagg Peterson
Shelley S. Peterson
Shelley Stagg Peterson was presented with the Arbuthnot Award at the 2010 IRA Annual Convention held in April. The Arbuthnot Award recognizes IRA members affiliated with a college or university and currently engaged in teacher and/or librarian preparation in reading at the undergraduate and/or graduate level. The Arbuthnot Award is presented to an individual who is:
a knowledgeable professional-one who knows the field of children and/or young adults’ literature and who keeps current in research and practice
an innovative teacher-one who initiates and teaches outstanding courses and programs in children and/or young adults’ literature
a leader in the field of children’s and/or young adults’ literature–one who serves the profession and assumes leadership positions in appropriate college, school, community, and/or professional organizations
a role model/mentor-one who inspires and instructs students/teachers to generate knowledge and appreciation for children and young adults’ literature
a disseminator-one who researches, publishes, and promotes exemplary instructional practices beyond his/her own campus
Author David Alexander Robertson discusses Stone, book 1 of 4 in the graphic novel series 7 Generations, in this interview appearing on APTN. Listen as David describes the story and how the characters will impact readers.
