Young Caroline Pickersgill lives with her mother and grandmother in Baltimore, Maryland. Mrs. Pickersgill, a widow, supports herself and her daughter by making flags for the ships that sail into the city. Some soldiers from Fort McHenry come to her to order the biggest and best flag in the world, and Caroline helps make it. When the British sail up the Chesapeake Bay to destroy Baltimore during the War of 1812, the defenders at the fort beat them back. After the British sail away the next day, the flag gallantly streaming over the fort is the one Caroline and her mother had sewn. a oeBy the...

We invited teachers from all over the country to share their experience and knowledge for the creation of this giant resource. Open to any page in this book and you will find an activity for circle or group time written by an experienced teacher--over 600 activities covering 48 themes. This book is jam-packed with ideas that were tested by teachers in the classroom.
These are ideas that work, and there are enough to keep children learning and happy for days, weeks and months. Many activities include suggestions for extending the circle time or group activity into other areas of the...

A Journey Through End of Life and Beyond takes you on the journey we go through when a loved one, whether animal or human, is terminally ill or has passed away. The book focuses on our animal companions and their views during the dying process. Georgina interprets beautiful, profound messages that the animals wish to share with all humans. These messages have brought deep healing whether one has lost an animal or human loved one. Georgina delivers the animals loving wisdom, perspectives and experiences of how they feel as they go through the process of permanently leaving their bodies....

Journey Through North Carolina is a book of stories and life lessons from the Coast, Piedmont, and Mountains of North Carolina. The stories will take you on a journey, a life journey, and I hope you will enjoy the walk.

Since the end of the Cold War, and especially since 9/11, religion has become an increasingly important factor of personal and group identification. Based on an African case study, this book calls for new ways of thinking about diversity that go -beyond religious tolerance-. Focusing on the predominantly Muslim Yoruba town of Ede, the authors challenge the assumption that religious difference automatically leads to conflict: in south-west Nigeria, Muslims, Christians and traditionalists have co-existed largely peacefully since the early twentieth century. In some contexts, Ede's citizens...