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Inter-disciplinary in approach, Jennifer Harding identifies a series of key issues on contemporary discourses: essentialism vs constructionism; gender and sexuality; representation and concepts of identity; Foucalut's notion of discourse'; and Butler's theory of gender performance'. These topics are explored in the light of contemporary cultural contexts - for instance, the debate on hormone theory and the social construction of sexuality, gender bending' and...

Marco knew something was wrong, but when he heard Muscular Dystrophy, he was clearly frightened.  Marco remembered his cousin, Marvin.  He had Muscular Dystrophy and he ended up in a wheelchair.  Could the same thing happen to Marco?

Brody's behavior on the school camping trip leaves some of the friends completely frustrated. What he shares at the end of the day, however, demonstrates his ADHD doesn't mean he isn't thinking, as he -wows- them in a way they least expected.

The great race started and Carmelita was leading. She tried to ignore the burning in her chest, and her breathing problems. Carmelita's attack sets the stage for the friends to learn about asthma and leaves Carmelita to wonder, who won the race?

​It doesn't seem to matter what Opal Opossum does, she hurts; even when she eats When she finds out she has Juvenile Rheumatoid Arthritis, she realizes her dreams for the future would likely be altered. How will her plans change and what will Opal do now?

It's hard for young ones to understand the concept of birth. What's worse is when there is a premature birth in the family and the baby can't come home right away. "An Early Arrival," tastefully discusses "where babies come from" after Buffy Buffalo has her new baby, Boaz, and the problems that arise when the birth is early.

Hearing is one of our five senses we often take for granted, and children rarely even think about. Owen Owl's early ear infections cause him more issues than medicine alone can handle. First he breaks his wing after losing his balance doing something he'd done all his life and then he learns he has to have hearing aids. Owen is sure he's going to have ears, "just like Gramps " Join Owen as he re-discovers the wonderful world of hearing.

In this study, Jennifer Riddle Harding presents a cognitive analysis of three figures of speech that have readily identifiable forms: similes, puns, and counterfactuals. Harding argues that when deployed in literary narrative, these forms have narrative functions--such as the depiction of conscious experiences, allegorical meanings, and alternative plots--uniquely developed by these more visible figures of speech. Metaphors, by contrast, are often -invisible- in the formal structure of a text. With a solid cognitive grounding, Harding's approach emphasizes the relationship between...