This trove of previously uncollected writings is a priceless addition to readers' knowledge of Rachel Carson and her science, environmentalism, and life. 5 illustrations.
Gabriel Richardson Lear presents a bold new approach to one of the enduring debates about Aristotle's "Nicomachean Ethics": the controversy about whether it coherently argues that the best life for humans is one devoted to a single activity, namely philosophical contemplation. Many scholars oppose this reading because the bulk of the Ethics is ...
"Fun without Fatigue" is written for carers of children who have restricted movement and limited energy. Every Paediatric Occupational Therapist and Hospital Play Specialist will be able to think of children who fall into one or both of these categories, sometimes for the whole of their childhood, and sometimes while convalescing from a serious ...
Health professionals, teachers, parents and carers are desperate for play ideas to keep their child entertained and hopefully improve the child's quality of life. The book incorporates many toys which will improve basic skills and are fun for any child, disabled or not. Other toys included are suitable for group play with family and friends. They ...
"Fingers and Thumbs" is brimming with ideas for making toys from instant to long-lasting, which will keep the child in your care amused for hours! It suggests ways of making play possible for children with hand function problems, and encourages the child to make many different hand movements through play. Many of the toys are designed to improve ...
"School Health Services and Programs" offers an introduction to the components of successful school health programs. It contains a comprehensive review article by Julia Graham Lear, reprints of important and influential articles and reports in the field and of a book chapter summarizing the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation's work to improve school ...
Designed for children with special needs or handicaps, this volume contains a collection of home-made toys which can easily be created to give pleasure and stimulation to those children for whom commercial toys and games have only a limited appeal.
Children with special needs need special toys to help them realize their full potential. The author's experiences in the children's ward and as a home tutor culminated in three very successful editions of "Play Helps". An established source-book for parents, therapists, teachers and others helping children with special needs, the 4th edition ...
Edition: Second Printing
Binding: Cloth
Publisher: Hutchinson And Co., Ltd.
Date Published: 1947
Description: Illustrated by Edward Lear. Good in Good dust jacket. Introduction by R. L. Megroz. Sparkly orange cloth binding. Boards soiled, corners bumped, gift inscription on front pastedown endpaper, jacket soiled and creased and tattered. In jacket protector. "There was an Old Person of Bromley, Whose ways were not cheerful or comely; He sate in the dust, Eating Spiders and Crust, That unpleasing Old Person of Bromley. "; 8vo-over 7¾"-9¾" tall; 165 pages. read more
Edition: First Thus
Binding: Hard Back/Hardcover
Publisher: Thomas Nelson & Sons Ltd
Date Published: 1938
Description: Book Very Good. No Dustjacket. 7 1/4 " Tall (approx). 237 pages. B&W illustrations. Ink name & date on flylea. Very clean blue binding. Slight wear to spine-ends. Page-edges lightly yellowed as are endpapers o/w contents very clean & tidy. read more
Edition: New ed.
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Hutchinson
Date Published: n.d. (1940s)
Description: VG economy standard hardback in Good dustjacket. Spine and edge of front board faded; dust jacket worn, with a little soiling; dj spine browned. (The first rearrangement of Edward Lear's Nonsense). read more
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