Most Popular Books by Jane Drake

Provides instructions for nature study projects, crafts, camping, and other activities at the shore, in the woods, and at home

Many of the Cornish recipes in this book would have been cooked originally in the old-fashioned way. Included are soup, fish, meat, pies and pasties, cream dishes, puddings, cakes and biscuits, bread and scones and beverages.

Features a year-round look at two kinds of agriculture -- a vegetable farm and a cattle ranch.

Packed with ideas that range from creating a countdown calendar and a time capsule to setting a millennium record, "The Kids Guide to the Millennium" encourages kids to celebrate the coming of the third century. As a special feature, the book includes a time line that highlights the most important inventions, events and people of Earth''s first 2,000 years.

This book in the America at Work series introduces the people, machines and environmental concerns involved in forestry.

Winter is a special time. As the snow begins to fall, it sets the stage for a whole array of wintry activities, like searching for special effects in the winter night sky. Or sewing up a pair of cozy fleece mitts. Or enjoying an outdoor picnic on a blanket of snow. This book in the Family Fun series is packed with over 120 pages of unique ideas for celebrating winter. In fact, there are so many wonderful ways to enjoy this frosty season --- winter just isn''t long enough! Kids can ? learn to identify animal tracks ? tell silly fireside stories ? make marshmallow s''mores ? build sparkling sun catchers ? set up their own goofy winter Olympics.

Health curriculum traditionally (re)produces obesity discourse, a fusion of biomedical and moral perspectives of weight and fat. This weight-centered approach to bodies may perpetuate weight stigmatization, indirectly supports a culture of thinness, and contradicts other health messages concerning bodies. A Health At Every Size ® (HAES® ) approach is an alternative, multidimensional health-centered approach that can reconcile the incongruent messages in obesity and eating disorder discourses and may reduce weight stigmatization. The purpose of this study was to develop and evaluate a college personal health curriculum module to promote healthy bodies of all sizes. Discourse positions of teaching assistants were explored through interviews and provided an understanding of their values and teaching methods regarding weight and health. A HAES ® -based curriculum module was developed for college personal health classes at a Midwestern university. Quasi-experimental design was used to compare attitudes toward HAES ® principles among students who received the alternative, HAES ® -based curriculum module versus those receiving a traditional weight management curriculum. Pre- and posttest attitudes of students and teaching assistants were assessed using the Health and Weight Attitudes Scale developed for this study. Teaching assistants provided evaluation of the HAES ® module in a focus group. While teaching assistants'' discourse positions varied, most used obesity discourse to talk and teach about bodies and weight. Alternative discourses were most common when teaching assistants discussed eating disorders or body image. Students'' attitudes at pre-test were slightly positive and did not differ significantly between comparison and intervention groups. Intervention group students'' attitudes were significantly more positive than comparison group students'' attitudes at posttest. Intervention group teaching assistants reported primarily positive experiences with the module. Teaching assistants rely primarily on obesity discourse to teach about weight and bodies but are receptive and positive when offered an alternative method. A HAES ® curriculum module can increase positive attitudes of students and teaching assistants toward promotion of size acceptance and multidimensional health for people of all sizes.

Includes games, stories, and songs with music.