Böcker av Elizabeth Green

New York City in the 1920s and 30s...weren't nobody who didn't fear the name Romello. Romeo was a true hero to some, but a nightmare to others. I was always caught somewhere in between. Me, Cece Romello, the lovechild of a mafia kingpin and a colored jazz singer from Harlem, passin' as full-blooded Italian when I were really just half. Being Romeo's daughter meant I had to be tough as a guy and they'd think I wasn't cause I weren't no man, but I were the manliest dame on them streets apart from lookin'! This ain't no fairytale story if ya came lookin' for one. It's the truth as far as I lived it, learnin' the hard way bout' love and lust, fame and infamy, but most of all...that nobody could ever run from Romeo Romello, especially not his daughter!

This beautifully illustrated book tells the stories behind 60 remarkable buildings chosen from the many thousands at National Trust properties across England, Wales and Northern Ireland Spanning 900 years of history, this selection of 60 remarkable buildings in the care of the National Trust ranges from a 13th-century tithe barn in Oxfordshire to a 20th-century suburban semi in Liverpool; from a medieval guildhall in Suffolk to a Victorian lighthouse in Tyne and Wear; from an Arts and Crafts village in County Antrim to an atomic research facility in East Anglia. The book has an introduction by George Clarke and concludes with a useful illustrated glossary of terms and architectural features.

Clarence is a happy little owl that lives with his family. He spends his nights hooting away and eating his favourite owl treats.But one day Clarence wakes up and finds that he can't hoot any more. Instead of a twit twoo he can only growl like a bear.Poor Clarence doesn't know what to do. He feels very unhappy about the sound that he is making and can't understand why his happy hoot has gone away.With the help of his family, Clarence realises that nobody feels happy all of the time and it is actually ok to not feel ok.Will Clarence get his happy twit twoo back or will he only ever be able to growl?The Owl Who Could Only Growl is a story about learning how important it is to express your feelings.

This beautifully illustrated book tells the stories behind 60 remarkable buildings chosen from the many thousands at National Trust properties across England, Wales and Northern Ireland Spanning 900 years of history, this selection of 60 remarkable buildings in the care of the National Trust ranges from a 13th-century tithe barn in Oxfordshire to a 20th-century suburban semi in Liverpool; from a medieval guildhall in Suffolk to a Victorian lighthouse in Tyne and Wear; from an Arts and Crafts village in County Antrim to an atomic research facility in East Anglia. The book has an introduction by George Clarke and concludes with a useful illustrated glossary of terms and architectural features.

Everyone agrees that a great teacher can have an enormous impact. Yet we still don't know what, precisely, makes a teacher great. Is it a matter of natural-born charisma? Or does exceptional teaching require something more?Building a Better Teacher introduces a new generation of educators exploring the intricate science underlying their art. A former principal studies the country's star teachers and discovers a set of common techniques that help children pay attention. Two math teachers videotape a year of lessons and develop an approach that has nine-year-olds writing sophisticated mathematical proofs. A former high school teacher works with a top English instructor to pinpoint the key interactions a teacher must foster to initiate a rich classroom discussion. Through their stories, and the hilarious and heartbreaking theater that unfolds in the classroom every day, Elizabeth Green takes us on a journey into the heart of a profession that impacts every child in America.What happens in the classroom of a great teacher? Opening with a moment-by-moment portrait of an everyday math lesson-a drama of urgent decisions and artful maneuvers-Building a Better Teacher demonstrates the unexpected complexity of teaching. Green focuses on the questions that really matter: How do we prepare teachers and what should they know before they enter the classroom? How does one get young minds to reason, conjecture, prove, and understand? What are the keys to good discipline? Incorporating new research from cognitive psychologists and education specialists as well as intrepid classroom entrepreneurs, Green provides a new way for parents to judge what their children need in the classroom and considers how to scale good ideas. Ultimately, Green discovers that good teaching is a skill. A skill that can be taught.A provocative and hopeful book, Building a Better Teacher shows that legendary teachers are more than inspiring; they are perhaps the greatest craftspeople of all.

A New York Times Notable Book "A must-read book for every American teacher and taxpayer." -Amanda Ripley, author of The Smartest Kids in the World