New Releases by Mary Hall

Three graphic stories introduce some ways to think critically about the questions and problems we all come across in our lives. Discussing the questions after each story encourages children to consider how decisions involving risk are made, how to develop evidence-based explanations and people''s rights and responsibilities. Little Red Riding Hood had the right to be kept safe by her parents. Did they neglect their responsibilities by letting her go into the forest on her own? Can Little Red Riding Hood''s right to be listened to, to be allowed to play and to be taken seriously be balanced with keeping her safe? Colour-coded commentaries on rights and responsibilities are made by the animals observing Little Red Riding Hood''s day. You could read the story without the commentaries, then go back to see how the story can be framed by the rights and responsibilities of the characters. The Three Billy Goats Gruff consider ''danger'' as a calculation of risk. The benefits of crossing a river to reach fresh grass are balanced with potential risks. The goats calculate the risk of coming across ''danger'' but not how serious the danger might be. The goats did not have enough facts about the troll, and they overestimated the danger! Young Chicken Licken thinks that the sky is falling down. The other animals look for evidence to back up his theory. Instead, they find evidence suggesting an alternative explanation. Now Chicken Licken can use this explanation to predict what might happen in the future. He''ll avoid running under oak trees in the autumn!

"Small Means and Great Ends" offers timeless lessons in morality and virtue, presented through engaging stories for young readers. This collection, categorized as juvenile fiction, explores themes of conduct of life and religious education, providing gentle guidance on making ethical choices. Addressing the subject of children''s behavior, these narratives illustrate how even small actions can lead to significant outcomes. Ideal for those interested in children''s stories with a focus on character development, "Small Means and Great Ends" provides valuable insights into building a virtuous life. This carefully prepared edition preserves the charm and wisdom of the original text, offering enduring lessons applicable across generations. Explore the principles of right and wrong through these accessible and thought-provoking tales. This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work is in the public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.

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This book commemorates the 100th anniversary of the incorporation of Marlborough, Massachusetts, with speeches, songs, and a historical pageant. It includes a detailed history of the town''s founding and development, as well as biographical sketches of prominent citizens and visitors. This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work is in the "public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.

This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work is in the "public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.

Mary Hall opinaba que África del Norte, era el destino de los que buscaban mejorar su salud, Sudáfrica el mejor lugar para encontrar dinero, y África Central, el territorio ideal para los que buscaban aventuras. Visitó las tres, y halló la aventura naturalmente en África Central. Fruto de este viaje que inició en 1905, y que le llevó a recorrer 9000 km, escribió la obra: A Woman''s Trek from the Cape to Cairo, publicado en 1907 y traducido por primera vez al castellano en nuestra editorial. Se trata de todo un clásico de los viajes protagonizados por las aventureras victorianas.

Everyone experiences anxiety from time to time, but not everyone knows how to handle it. Tackle anxiety today with the most effective strategies and increase your social confidence! Have you been experiencing anxiety and you''ve been looking for ways to get rid of it or learn how to handle it? Are you ready to get anxiety under control and live a normal and peaceable adolescence life? Well, you are just in the right place! No doubt, it is hard to be a teen in this age, especially when there are quite a number of stress and anxiety factors ravaging social media, schools, and various social settings. However, it is important you get familiar with what anxiety is about, its symptoms and cost on livelihood. Anxiety is normal and many of us experience it in our daily dealings, but it becomes a potential threat when it interferes with activities of life more often than not. This book will help you have a full grasp of anxiety and stress management and expose you to strategies on how to prevent and handle it. Don''t let your anxiety control you; it''s time to get the help you need! Anxiety Workbook for Teens demystified anxiety issues in a way that solves your problem and consequentially increases your social confidence. It offers empirical support on Obsessive Compulsive Disorder (OCD) and gives effective activities to help teenagers with OCD. If indeed you want to put your worries to rest, this detailed workbook is what you need! What makes it different? Of course, you must have stumbled across so many books that claim to help you get rid of anxiety and manage stress. What makes this book stand out is not only its simplicity but the fact that it covers comprehensive analysis of several workable healing techniques and also incorporates mind/body approach, providing relevant information on physiology and nutrition-based relaxation strategies. Anxiety Workbook for Teens provides in-depth details on the following: Coping with Anxiety and overcoming stress: you can become master of your emotions and handle social pressures like a pro even at as a teenager or young adult. This workbook contains everything you need to overcome stress and live life with zero worries. Strategies for creating positive thoughts: one of the ways to boost your social confidence is by creating and maintaining positivity in your healing potentials. Kate expressly divulges strategies for creating positive thoughts in this wonderful workbook. Parent''s role in Exposure Therapy: do you know about Exposure Therapy? Are aware parents have a great role to play here? Find out more in this amazing book. Mindfulness: overcoming stress and anxiety will be incomplete without mindfulness been expressly explained. Meditation: it''s one of the key elements of managing stress and anxiety. This book is basically for teenagers that are struggling to get rid of anxiety and overcome stress in their everyday life. Every chapter has been written to rewire your emotions and empower you as teens with the appropriate mind-set and confidence needed to scale through pressures of life. Do not hesitate to place your order!

A short, educational and entertaining story of purple Martins migrating, nesting, and raising their young, while a young boy named Freddie admires them from his back yard. This family adventure story is for children of ages 3 to 8 years. It can easily be enjoyed by children in their younger years, while parents read to and with them, and while pointing out the colorful pictures.

Eamon McMahon era un hombre sin futuro, alguien que no tenía nada que perder, ni siquiera el alma. Años atrás, las tropas inglesas lo habían convertido en un auténtico monstruo que solo entendía de odio y rencor. Pero iba a hacérselo pagar al Teniente Coronel George Philip Beckett, el viejo conocería el sufrimiento de primera mano, él se encargaría de cumplir la ley del Talión: ojo por ojo, diente por diente. Rose Beckett era la hija predilecta de su enemigo, un dechado de virtudes: bella, paciente, educada y honrada. ¡Cuánto disfrutaría cuando la muchacha cayera en sus manos! La moldearía como el barro, sometiéndola a sus caprichos, convirtiéndola en la mayor de las putas, no habría irlandés que no la conociera en el sentido más bíblico de la palabra, iba a romperla igual que habían hecho con él. Llevaba tiempo trazando de manera concienzuda su maquiavélico plan, cuidando hasta el último detalle, sin embargo, algo escapó de su control: la hija del viejo militar era una mujer muy diferente, alguien que el infame irlandés no esperaba.

Sometimes heroes can be found in the most unlikely places. Fourteen-year-old Clarence Feather knows no world beyond desolate Mayfair Heights. Three years ago, his mother was killed before his eyes by a stray bullet. When his father becomes unable to keep the family afloat, Clarence is manipulated into running drugs. But he longs to be a good person, in spite of the seemingly impossible odds. Wandering through his neighborhood, Clarence meets Mona, a huge albino Great Dane. The two develop a deep bond. When he is forced to attend a dog fight as a rite of passage, Clarence realizes that Mona isn’t safe, and neither is he. Can he find a way to protect Mona? Can he survive life in Mayfair Heights and still become the person his mother wanted him to be? A novel about self-reliance, difficult choices, and imagination in the face of danger and isolation, Wirewalker is a masterfully written debut that blends gritty realism with moments of fantastical escape.

This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work was reproduced from the original artifact, and remains as true to the original work as possible. Therefore, you will see the original copyright references, library stamps (as most of these works have been housed in our most important libraries around the world), and other notations in the work. This work is in the public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work. As a reproduction of a historical artifact, this work may contain missing or blurred pages, poor pictures, errant marks, etc. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.

This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work was reproduced from the original artifact, and remains as true to the original work as possible. Therefore, you will see the original copyright references, library stamps (as most of these works have been housed in our most important libraries around the world), and other notations in the work. This work is in the public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work. As a reproduction of a historical artifact, this work may contain missing or blurred pages, poor pictures, errant marks, etc. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.

This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work was reproduced from the original artifact, and remains as true to the original work as possible. Therefore, you will see the original copyright references, library stamps (as most of these works have been housed in our most important libraries around the world), and other notations in the work. This work is in the public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work. As a reproduction of a historical artifact, this work may contain missing or blurred pages, poor pictures, errant marks, etc. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.

This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work was reproduced from the original artifact, and remains as true to the original work as possible. Therefore, you will see the original copyright references, library stamps (as most of these works have been housed in our most important libraries around the world), and other notations in the work. This work is in the public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work. As a reproduction of a historical artifact, this work may contain missing or blurred pages, poor pictures, errant marks, etc. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.

This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work was reproduced from the original artifact, and remains as true to the original work as possible. Therefore, you will see the original copyright references, library stamps (as most of these works have been housed in our most important libraries around the world), and other notations in the work. This work is in the public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work. As a reproduction of a historical artifact, this work may contain missing or blurred pages, poor pictures, errant marks, etc. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.

This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work was reproduced from the original artifact, and remains as true to the original work as possible. Therefore, you will see the original copyright references, library stamps (as most of these works have been housed in our most important libraries around the world), and other notations in the work. This work is in the public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work. As a reproduction of a historical artifact, this work may contain missing or blurred pages, poor pictures, errant marks, etc. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.

Readers have been deeply moved by the unfolding true story of The Sparrow Watcher. Mary Hall''s latest book restores faith in the watch-care of God and in His power to reach through powerless people to bring healing and hope in life''s darkest moments. The Sparrow Watcher is a definitive account of Mary Hall''s astonishing life growing up in rural Georgia, accented with original poems throughout the book. She opens up and shares the stories of the conditions of growing up in the south in the 1940''s, where people created livable conditions with what little they had all the while trusting and believing that God would always be there to bring comfort to them and better days. With candor and respect, she sets the record straight about the lives of African American families, their struggles and their triumphs. From the days of segregation to integration, she takes an inside look at African American families surviving in America. Mary Hall''s writing career spans over 50 years. Her writing touches the soul and deals with issues of racism, classism, religion and sexism, while taking the reader on a colorful journey of days gone by. The Sparrow Watcher encourages the reader to keep pressing forward, looking towards a better tomorrow while never forgetting your past and using it as a learning experience to build a better future for generations to come.

Based on The Tale of Custard the Dragon and Custard the Dragon and the Wicked night by Ogden Nash.Characters: 4m 2f with doubling / Family Musical / Unit Set Join Custard the Dragon and his friends as they embark on a musical journey in which a most unlikely hero finds true courage. Based on the whimsical stories by Ogden Nash this musical tale follows the exploits of young Belinda and her three boastfully brave pets Mustard the Dog Ink the Cat and Blink the Mouse and one not-so-brave dragon Custard. Yet when Belinda is confronted first by a fearsome pirate and then a wicked knight it''s Cowardly Custard who comes to the rescue. Audiences will treasure Custard''s discovery that you can be brave even when you are afraid -- Real courage comes from love. Audiences ages 5 and above will delight in this family musical commissioned and originally produced by the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts in Washington DC." A masterful musical adaptation of Nash''s classic that will delight both the young and the young at heart!" - Derek Gordon Vice-President for Education (92 - 04) Kennedy Center

Eleven-to fourteen-year olds love making theater. But they demand dramatic material that honestly captures who they are-newly emerging individuals, struggling with school, friends and parents, eager to explore and find a place in the great big world. Written by a nationally award-winning playwright of theater for family audiences, this new collection offers the drama teacher and student: Monologues with strong emotional turning points. Two- and four-actor scenes with strong relationships, specific objectives. Multiple-actor scenes, drawn from multicultural sources, in which the roles have relatively equal weight. Outstanding short audition pieces.

Blissfully unaware of what the politicians called "the winds of change" in Africa, many of the delightful characters whom we first came to know in Selengai reappear here, living in that safe pocket of time before the simmering resentment of some of the indigenous Kenyan population escalated into the fanatical hatred that eventually resulted in full-scale terrorist groups, known collectively as the Mau Mau, who demanded independence from British rule. Whispering Grass will take you across the vast, sunburnt plains once more and lead you back to Selengai, Bahati and Saba Saba, the lives of their owners and those of their children. As the gentle breezes ripple the grasses so will it take you on safari into another more tranquil era where only the African wild could disturb the even tenor of their lives.

A modern story of three beautiful farms, Selengai, Bahati and Saba Saba, each loved passionately by their owners who will fight drought, disease even death to keep them. With the spaceless plains of Masai country as the backdrop to their lives, it is their memories, adventures, joy and pain that inspire them in the country in which they have all grown up. Time to move on from Out of Africa and The Flame Trees of Thika!

Playbook.

Playbook.

A collection of five plays suitable for performance and viewing by middle and high school students.

A collection of original scenes and monologues written especially for middle-school actors.

Pages include language arts, critical thinking and across-the-curriculum activities.