New Releases by James Marshall

Finally, clear guidance on how to design programs that lastHow many initiatives start with great fanfare only to end up accumulating dust on a shelf? Right From the Start tackles this challenge head on by offering a reliable, evidence-based implementation process. With upbeat clarity, this book examines the meaning of initiative, provides an intuitively sequenced structure and eagerly shares a vast array of tools. This is quite simply the book all veterans wish they had years ago.Drawing on Marshall''s thousands of hours evaluating educational programs, this guidebook walks through the entire process of implementation, from needs assessment (more important than you think!) to evaluation--while providing strategies that yield predictable results. Organized to allow for reading cover to cover or to focus on a particular stage, the book includes Tools for analysis so you can effectively determine where you are and what you need Opportunities for self-assessment and reflection "Tales from the field" to help you avoid pitfalls and glean best practices Discussion questions for professional learning communities Every educator and policy maker has ideas and knows exactly what will improve their school. That''s the easy part. But does the solution really fit the need of the school? Do the school players have the commitment or readiness to venture forward? To get it right the first time, apply Marshall''s model of implementation in your school.

Great friends aren’t hard to find--they’re right here! Houghton Mifflin is delighted to publish two more George and Martha readers. Using original art and text from James Marshall’s storybooks, the tales are reformatted for beginning readers. Marshall’s themes are all resonant with a reading-age child--navigating the waters of first friendships, honesty versus kindness, curiosity versus privacy. These are the kind of deeply humorous, deeply true stories that inspire a love of reading! Story Number One: The Clock George gives Martha a birthday gift that she just can’t seem to fit in her home. Story Number Two: The Trip George and Martha use their imagination as they take a trip on an ocean liner. Story Number Three: The Artist George and Martha learn about artistic interpretation.

Despite all attempts to reassure him, Portly McSwine frets about the National Snout Day celebration he has planned.

Level Three

When Fox breaks his bike, his mom tells him to get a job to pay for a new one. He tries working at a shoe store (too much!), an amusement park (too scary!), and even tries delivering pizzas (too fast!). Then he finds a job that's just his speed - bed testing in a store window! Zzzzzzz!

Lolly is much too busy sunning herself to help Sam and Spider build a tree house. So when they are finished, they don''t want to let her play in it. But Lolly says she knows a good story to tell, and soon the three friends are gathered in the tree house. Who will tell the best story?

For use in schools and libraries only. Seven stories deal with various animals, including a frog with magnificent legs, a hungry brontosaurus, a mouse who gets married, and two dogs who send for a cat to get the rats off their roof.

Though their friendship is often tested, George and Martha survive with a sense of humor.

Five brief episodes reveal the ups and downs of a great friendship.

Spud and Joe are forced by their mothers to take ballroom dancing lessons and scheme to win a contest on television.

Two brief episodes about two friends, George and Martha, who happen to be hippopotamuses.

The kids in Room 207 take advantage of their teacher's good nature until she disappears and they are faced with a vile substitute.

FOR USE IN SCHOOLS AND LIBRARIES ONLY. Fox baby-sits for his sister Louise, learns to climb a tree for some grapes, and wins a shopping cart race.