Best Selling Books by Robert Kraus

C.1 GIFT. $5.00. 09-11-2006.

A lonely little mouse has to be resourceful to bring his family back together. In a series of delightfully imaginary achievements, “nobody’s mouse” transforms himself into the beloved hero of his mother, father, sister, and brand-new baby brother. In their very first collaboration, Robert Kraus and Jose Aruego give charm and validity to one of childhood’s more difficult experiences. Tender and catchy, Robert Kraus’s rhyming text, combined with Jose Aruego’s large, vibrantly clever illustrations, makes for a storytime classic.

Leo isn''t reading, or writing, or drawing, or even speaking, and his father is concerned. But Leo''s mother isn''t. She knows her son will do all those things, and more, when he''s ready. ''Reassuring for other late bloomers, this book is illustrated with beguiling pictures.'' -- Saturday Review.

When little mouse accepts the cat''s invitation to play, he doesn''t know what kind of game the cat really has in mind. "A splendid picture book with brilliantly colored and expressive illustrations, funny and exciting."--Horn Book.

This book is designed to introduce the reader to the field of NMR/MRI at very low magnetic fields, from milli-Tesla to micro-Tesla, the ultra-low field (ULF) regime. The book is focused on applications to imaging the human brain, and hardware methods primarily based upon pre-polarization methods and SQUID-based detection. The goal of the text is to provide insight and tools for the reader to better understand what applications are best served by ULF NMR/MRI approaches. A discussion of the hardware challenges, such as shielding, operation of SQUID sensors in a dynamic field environment, and pulsed magnetic field generation are presented. One goal of the text is to provide the reader a framework of understanding the approaches to estimation and mitigation of low signal-to-noise and long imaging time, which are the main challenges. Special attention is paid to the combination of MEG and ULF MRI, and the benefits and challenges presented by trying to accomplish both with the same hardware. The book discusses the origin of unique relaxation contrast at ULF, and special considerations for image artifacts and how to correct them (i.e. concomitant gradients, ghost artifacts). A general discussion of MRI, with special consideration to the challenges of imaging at ULF and unique opportunities in pulse sequences, is presented. The book also presents an overview of some of the primary applications of ULF NMR/MRI being pursued.

The first one to awake, Milton the Panda tries hard to wake all the other animals but to no avail.

Herman the Helper about an octopus that is always willing to assist anyone who needs his help. Old or young, friend or enemy, Herman the octopus is here to provide aid to those in need—no matter who they are. Herman the Helper is ready to guide kids on a path of empathy and compassion.

Wise Old Owl, the author, takes time out from his work to visit a class of aspiring young writers.

Although each one of his parents expects him to be different things when he grows up, a little owl makes up his own mind in the end.

Leo the tiger worries and wonders why his little brother can''t do anything right, but his parents encourage Leo to be patient.

Wise Old Owl, who plans to spend Halloween writing his mystery story, finds himself involved in a real mystery when his typewriter disappears.

Mouse searches high and low for his true love, only to find her right next door.

When it starts to get dark, Little Mouse starts to have second thoughts about running away from home and soon decides that home wasn''t such a bad place after all.

The peace and quiet following Max''s decision to put his instruments away drives the neighbors just as crazy as his constant practicing did.