New Releases by Frances Thomas

''Finding Information'' is a practical guide for those working with children, to help them to get on the Internet and search the World Wide Web for information. It''s a resource to help both adults and children build up confidence and skills with Information and Communication Technology across the National Curriculum. The book avoids technical jargon, includes step-by-step screen shots and contains 35 photocopiable projects. The book focuses on Microsoft Windows PCs running Internet Explorer software, but can also be used with Netscape Navigator software and Apple Macintosh or Research Machines'' computers. This second edition has been fully updated to be compatible with the new Windows XP operating system.

Sensitive portrayal of the plight of dancing bears.

In her illustrated diary, Polly writes about her family, her plans to run away, her school friends and ex-friends, and her boring hamster Horace.

Primary school children are now required to learn how to use the Internet and teachers increasingly need to acquire the same skills for professional purposes. These three no-nonsense resource books have been created specifically to steer primary school teachers through Internet technology and help them to deliver the new Internet strand of the ICT curriculum confidently. The series authors and consultants have drawn on their extensive expertise to create three books that provide all the help teachers will need to source information on the World Wide Web, use e-mail and write a school web page. Each book includes: a step-by-step illustrated guide to all the essential computer functions; lists of the best web sites to access and over 25 lesson ideas with photocopiable activity sheets for pupils to use. There are also tips on classroom management, answers to the most common teacher questions, glossaries and at-a-glance reference charts.

Little Monster is concerned about leaving his parents behind when he grows up to be an explorer in outer space.

The first of two new volumes, this book contains material from authentic catalogs of the 1920s, which depict styles of authentic residential (ceiling, sconces, lamps), commercial, and outdoor lighting that illuminated America during the Depression era. Companies represented include Gill Glass and Fixture Company, Gillinder and Sons Inc., Meletio Electrical Supply Co., and Halcolite Company, Inc. The styles shown span the eras from the daring Art Deco to the classics. 8.5 x 11. 2001 values.

Primary school children are now required to learn how to use the Internet and teachers increasingly need to acquire the same skills for professional purposes. These three no-nonsense resource books have been created specifically to steer primary school teachers through Internet technology and help them to deliver the new Internet strand of the ICT curriculum confidently. The series authors and consultants have drawn on their extensive expertise to create three books that provide all the help teachers will need to source information on the World Wide Web, use e-mail and write a school web page. Each book includes: a step-by-step illustrated guide to all the essential computer functions; lists of the best web sites to access and over 25 lesson ideas with photocopiable activity sheets for pupils to use. There are also tips on classroom management, answers to the most common teacher questions, glossaries and at-a-glance reference charts.

Little Monster is concerned about leaving his parents behind when he grows up to be an explorer in outer space.

Mother Monster soothes Little Monster with a pleasant story when he imagines a scary day.

Petit Monstre a fait un cauchemar! il tombait dans un trou noir. Une grosse araignée s'approchait de lui. Sa maison était en feu. Mais sa maman sait comment apaiser ses peurs et le rassurer en lui rappelant tous les petits bonheurs qu'ils partagent tous les deux. Une histoire tendre et merveilleuse pour chasser les mauvais rêves.

Meet the Vaughn family: Mamma, Dadda, Davy, his five sisters, and baby brother Owen. They live in a small house in a Glamorgan valley and have some hilarious and heart-warming adventures. This new paperback edition includes specially commissioned illustrations (a bloater is a smoked herring).

A grumpy old man, nicknamed Mr. Bear, discovers a dancing bear in a carnival.

A grumpy old man, nicknamed Mr. Bear, discovers a dancing bear in a carnival.