This book follows a group of teachers who worked to create a program that supported their students' native languages & funds of knowledge, finding that structures within the school & discourses from other teachers, administrators, & the nation/community both constrained/enabled the teachers to create an equitable learning environment. ...

Shows readers the particular learning styles of children who need extra learning support. This title provides background information about the difficulties involved, & directs readers to further resources. It aims to unravel the complexities of multi agency working & help with different approaches or ways of working. ...

Shows that by collapsing the artificial boundaries between schools, off-school sites, local communities & families, & by welcoming the spiritualities, languages, & indigenous knowledges that students bring with them, schools can be transformed from sources of oppression into sites for social transformation. ...

Astonishing new research suggests that 470 million years ago, a stupendous collision in the Asteroid Belt (whose debris is still falling today) bombarded the Earth with meteorites of all sizes. A revolutionary idea is emerging that the resulting ecological disturbance may have been responsible for the single greatest increase in biological diversity since the origin of complex life
- the hitherto unexplained Great Ordovician Biodiversity Event. Introducing these fresh discoveries to a wider public for the first time, Ted Nield challenges the orthodox view that meteorite strikes are always bad news for life on Earth. He argues that one of the most widely known scientific theories
- that dinosaurs were wiped out by a strike 65 million years ago
- isn't the whole picture, & that the causes of the end-Cretaceous mass extinction (of which the dinosaurs' demise was a part) were much more varied & complex. Meteorites have been the stuff of legend throughout human history, interpreted as omens of doom or objects of power. But only in the 18th century, when the study of falling space debris became a science, were meteorites used to unlock the mysteries of our universe. Incoming! traces the history of meteorites from the first recorded strike to the video recordings made routinely today, showing how our interpretations have varied according to the age in which they fell, & how meteorite impacts were given fresh urgency with the advent of the atom bomb. Introducing a wealth of fascinating characters alongside extraordinary new research, Ted Nield has written the perfect introduction to the science & history of the falling sky A".


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Celebrating the 400th anniversary of Shakespeare's death, this is a collection of the Bard's greatest plays, digested to a few thousand words along with side notes. It is suitable for the theatre goer needing a quick recap, & a massive relief for those just desperate to pass their English exam. ...

Uncovers twelve shocking stories, untold for over a century & reveals the darker side of the Victorian upper & middle classes
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This cover comes in four different colours, supplied at random. Which one will you receive? When a greyhound turns up in Billy Wild's shed, he has no idea how much his life is about to change. Can Billy save Dog & hundreds like her? For fans of Frank Cottrell Boyce & Eva Ibbotsen. ...

The Hunter children must go abroad for the summer, so they reluctantly leave their three pets in the care of a friend. But the faithful animals only know they must get home again, somehow. So the labrador, the old bull terrier & the dainty Siamese cat set off on a perilous journey through the wilderness. ...

The stories of Incredible Journeys will amaze & astound. Some journeys were meant to be adventures from the start; some began inauspiciously & finished with a bang; some were groundbreaking & some showed extraordinary triumphs in the face of adversity. Some travellers survived their journey & some did not. This book takes 60 extraordinary journeys from the past 100 years & recounts what happened to these intrepid travellers. With fantastic images from the breathtaking summits to the perilous high seas, detailed maps & fascinating insights this book will truly inspire. ...

Tess Eagle Swan ran away from home aged sixteen &, by her late twenties, had already survived violence & drug addiction. In

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