Bøger af Kate Wilson

Ben and Bri are off on another adventure. Join this fun-loving duo off on a camping trip, but first, they must pack. Counting from 1 to 10, help Ben and Bri pack for their trip!28 pagesFun, Bright ColoursPractice Counting Numbers 1 to 10Lightweight, paperback

Tip the talking dog, tells her own dog stories of her farm life, action and adventures on the farm with the other farm animals. She begins her story when she came to the farm as a puppy and met the other farm dogs, and how she began her sheepdog training from a pet dog, to become a full working farm dog with the farm sheep, cattle and finally geese. Tip tells of how farmer Ted chose Border Collie sheepdogs as his farm dogs, and how he and his wife Aggie both helped train her to become the top dog she is today and man's best friend. Border Collies also make good guard dogs, and loyal companions to their owners, always on the lookout for strangers visiting the farm. Tip and her friends lived most of their lives in the house in comfort, hence the saying, it's a dogs life, compared to most dogs they were spoilt and loved. In easy to understand ways Tip explains how the lambs are born right up until the time they are turned out into the fields with their mums. Her friends on the farm are Jude and Tess, the other farm dogs, they have lots of action and adventure on and off the farm .Read of Tip's encounter with a chicken when she first arrived as a pup, and how Jude had pups and her fascination with them. There are lots of photos of dogs and puppies, and other animals on the farm for you to enjoy, see Tip in plaster after an operation on her leg, and how she made a full recovery. Ideal fifth grade book.

Ideal Mother's day gift. Written for my grandchildren, 'Sixties kids' is easy to read, but also suitable for yesterdays women and men of that exciting time in history. A personal memoir of a sixties childhood in swinging sixties Britain, with memories of childhood and family relationships, country school life, and games played at home and at school. The author tells of the family activities, the sixties toys of the day, sixties fashion, and of the music, and childhood activities played with her friends in the small village where she was born and grew up. Sixties kids, recalls a childhood memoir of her growing up 'Tomboy' years when most of her friends were girlie and played with dolls and prams, she preferred the rough and tumble play and adventures. A family and childhood look at the sixties of bygone years when children had more freedom and came to no harm in the small towns and villages of country life in Britain where you could leave your door open all day and night. From child to teenager, it is full of fun and adventure, a must for anyone who enjoys sixties nostalgia and a peek down memory lane at children and women of the sixties. Packed with children's adventures and school life stories, a blast from the past for those who grew up in the sixties and girls and boys from the present. (Ideal as a school study education book 4th-6th grade, 9-12 year old primary school book.)

A comprehensive reference covering an extensive range of painting and drawing styles. Bursting with practical techniques, engaging artist profiles and inspirational galleries, Drawing and Painting combines an authoritative approach with a contemporary aesthetic guaranteed to appeal to all artists. The book¿s up-to-date approach is a far cry from the dry instructions and dated artwork that feature in more traditional art books. In contrast to other, project-orientated titles, Drawing and Painting places the emphasis on the techniques themselves, encompassing drawing, sketching and a range of painting styles. From pen and ink to oils and acrylics, specially commissioned photography and artwork accompanies step-by-step techniques, while profiles of contemporary artists provide insight into various working methods, materials and techniques. Acknowledging the growing interest in digital tools as a medium, information is provided throughout the book on how effects can be created using Smart Pens, tablets and apps.

Social Work: An introduction to contemporary practice has quickly established itself as a leading and uniquely comprehensive introduction to the field. Essential knowledge and skills are examined with authority and depth, and key debates approached in an accessible, informative and engaging way. Underpinned by research and advice to make close illustrative links with practice, it stimulates interest and actively engages the reader.Richly supported throughout with examples and real-life case scenarios, the text encourages the reader to adopt a critical and reflective approach. Furthermore, believing that social work exists to help people through complex and painful transitions in life, the authors set the relationship at the heart of social work practice. This text is essential reading for social work students on undergraduate and postgraduate training programmes, newly qualified social workers and practitioners in a variety of settings

Provides a comprehensive theoretical and practical guide to non-directive play therapy, which is an effective method of helping troubled children and adolescents with their emotional difficulties. This book draws on case material to guide practitioners through the intricacies of establishing and practising this therapeutic approach.

Foster carers look after two-thirds of the children cared for by English local authorities at any one time. The recruitment and retention of these carers is one of these authorities' central concerns. Against this background, this book examines the joys and strains of fostering, the support carers want and need, and the reasons why they foster.