Jill Anderson

The school-to-prison pipeline impacts communities across the country; often, this system and families impacted by it remain invisible. But librarians, educators, and others who work with youth know first-hand that libraries and reading can be life-altering for youth impacted by incarceration. Written by public librarians who have supported youth before, during, and after incarceration, this book draws from their own experiences while showcasing insights from other library workers, researchers, educators, people who work in the juvenile justice fields, and mental health professionals. Designed to empower libraries and their staff to provide children and teens with information, visibility, knowledge and skills, recreation, and role models, it shares practical strategies for helping youth avoid the school-to-prison pipeline or contend with it. Readers will discover a concise explanation of the school-to-prison pipeline, including statistics on how and why it disproportionately impacts LGBTQ , BIPOC, and disabled youth; concrete, proven strategies for disrupting youth incarceration pathways by giving young people the tools and support they need to avoid incarceration, including steps for bolstering youth engagement during out of school time; guidance on how to align disciplinary approaches with trauma-informed practices when dealing with rowdy youth and other disruptive behavior; an overview of what libraries are doing to provide programs and services inside a youth facility, including literacy support, high school equivalency/GED programs, and televisiting; strategies for combatting the isolation of children of incarcerated parents by creating inclusive and welcoming library environments; information about the complex and difficult process of reentry for incarcerated youth, with adaptable ideas and lessons from the work being done in libraries for reentering adults; and an inspiring vision, extrapolating from work in adjacent fields, of what libraries can do to overcome barriers to bringing more youth into the library.

Plants are a major part of most gardens and fulfil many roles within them, providing colour, shade, scent, form, texture and much more. Choosing the right plants can be a challenge but this book provides a step-by-step guide for successful long-term planting, using design techniques and good horticultural practice.

Sebastian Pig and his friends are taking a road trip to lots of exciting places. Read along with them as they learn how to measure using inches, feet, yards, and pounds, as well as centimeters and meters. This math book with the delightful character, Sebastian Pig, provides an easy and fun way for young readers to reinforce and practice measurement skills.

With simple, direct words and clear, close-up color photo images, this small book in the Wild Ones series does an excellent job of introducing preschoolers to the basic facts.Far from the usual tedious account, this enlivens the astonishing facts of the giant. ---BOOKLIST (Giraffes)These books present colorful, clear, often close-up photos...Excellent choices for young reader or for read alouds. ---SCHOOL LIBRARY JOURNAL

Ce livre propose une nouvelle lecture de la poetique du grand poete symboliste Stephane Mallarme (1842-1898), retracant l'evolution des poemes a forme fixe aux textes puissants de la maturite. Nous montrons ainsi que certains aspects du Coup de des etaient deja en germe trois decennies plus tot. Adoptant une nouvelle approche a l'importance du genre, nous explorons le devenir-femme de Mallarme, reliant crise de vers et crise de genre. Son titre evoque a la fois son Herodiade eprise d'elle-meme, melant intelligence farouche et sensualite, et sa poesie dont les rimes miroitantes finissent par miner l'autonomie du vers, menant a une dissolution.

This is a complete guide to the multiage grouping of students. Learning Together discusses the theory behind and practice of multiage classrooms, and explores its curricular, instructional and assessment elements. The book incorporates case studies of four schools which have implemented a multiage configuration.

This is a complete guide to the multiage grouping of students. Learning Together discusses the theory behind and practice of multiage classrooms, and explores its curricular, instructional and assessment elements. The book incorporates case studies of four schools which have implemented a multiage configuration.