Books with author Angel Roberts

Horse and pony lovers will devour this Step 2 Step into Reading book packed with colorful photos and simple facts about these lovable animals.From their thick coats and stocky build, to their beautiful flowing manes and tails, ponies are a delight to watch, care for, and ride. Brilliant photographs and simple, decodable text will satisfy emergent readers’ curiosity about ponies while giving them confidence in their reading skills. Step 2 Readers use basic vocabulary and short sentences to tell simple stories. For children who recognize familiar words and can sound out new words with help. “The Step into Reading series makes integrating reading into the curriculum so much easier. The nonfiction titles are perfect for teaching reading and language arts skills, while covering science and social studies content simultaneously!” —Lisa Laake, second-grade Language Arts teacher

Young stock car fans looking to learn more about their favorite sport need look no further than NASCAR’s Greatest Drivers, a survey of the greatest drivers in racing history. Featuring in-depth bios of and stats for Glenn “Fireball” Roberts (whose nickname came from playing baseball, not racing cars), Richard Petty (“The King”), Dale Earnhardt, Sr. (“The Intimidator”), and Jeff Gordon ( the “face of today’s NASCAR”)—along with brief entries about four others. This is a leveled reader kids will race to pick up!Angela Roberts is a middle-school librarian. This is her first book. She lives in Knoxville, Tennessee.From the Trade Paperback edition.

Horse and pony lovers will devour this Step 2 Step into Reading book packed with colorful photos and simple facts about these lovable animals.From their thick coats and stocky build, to their beautiful flowing manes and tails, ponies are a delight to watch, care for, and ride. Brilliant photographs and simple, decodable text will satisfy emergent readers’ curiosity about ponies while giving them confidence in their reading skills. Step 2 Readers use basic vocabulary and short sentences to tell simple stories. For children who recognize familiar words and can sound out new words with help. “The Step into Reading series makes integrating reading into the curriculum so much easier. The nonfiction titles are perfect for teaching reading and language arts skills, while covering science and social studies content simultaneously!” —Lisa Laake, second-grade Language Arts teacher

The Red Dot Club Victims’ Voices details firsthand accounts of heroism performed by peace officers. Recounting numerous incidents where criminals try to kill them, these officers detail their accounts of fighting for their lives in millisecond-by-millisecond time. Sprinkled throughout the book are other incidents officers have experienced that are so horrific that the officers themselves become victims. Additionally, the devastation that illegal drugs and gang violence wreak upon society is clearly depicted, and is a cry for our society to denounce them, and espouse integrity and values.

Focusing on adult patrons ages 19 through senior citizens, this book explains how libraries can best serve this portion of their community's population at different life stages and foster experiences that are "worth the trip"―whether actual or virtual.Adult library patrons are busier than ever before―working, taking classes and studying for advanced degrees, caring for children, helping their aging parents, taking care of their homes or rental properties, planning and nurturing careers, managing investments and retirement funds, and inevitably retiring. Each of these endeavors can require highly specific learning and education. Throughout their lives, adults continue to have different information needs that the library and its services can fill. Designing Adult Services: Strategies for Better Serving Your Community discusses the many ways libraries can serve adults of various ages and at different life stages, covering online services, collection development, programming, and lifelong learning.This guide's unique approach simplifies the processes of designing and carrying out a successful adult services program for adult library users in all the various stages of life. The book is organized by age groups, with the respective information needs and life challenges. Each chapter suggests programs, services, and collection development strategies for the life stages. Public library administrators and managers as well as adult services librarians in public libraries will find this guide a must-read.• Helps librarians make their libraries the go-to places in the community for both information and recreation• Enables librarians to accurately analyze the demographics of their communities and identify the services needed• Offers simple suggestions to help librarians with limited resources provide age-appropriate services• Describes information and resources most likely needed during each life stage, making it easier to target the audience for both programming and publicity

The Red Dot Club Victims’ Voices details firsthand accounts of heroism performed by peace officers. Recounting numerous incidents where criminals try to kill them, these officers describe their accounts of fighting for their lives in millisecond-by-millisecond time. Sprinkled throughout the book are other events officers have experienced that are so horrific that they become victims themselves while performing their honor bound duties. Additionally, the devastation that illegal drugs and gang violence wreak upon society is clearly depicted, and is a cry for our society to denounce them, and espouse integrity and values.

Horse and pony lovers will devour this Step 2 Step into Reading book packed with colorful photos and simple facts about these lovable animals.From their thick coats and stocky build, to their beautiful flowing manes and tails, ponies are a delight to watch, care for, and ride. Brilliant photographs and simple, decodable text will satisfy emergent readers’ curiosity about ponies while giving them confidence in their reading skills. Step 2 Readers use basic vocabulary and short sentences to tell simple stories. For children who recognize familiar words and can sound out new words with help. “The Step into Reading series makes integrating reading into the curriculum so much easier. The nonfiction titles are perfect for teaching reading and language arts skills, while covering science and social studies content simultaneously!” —Lisa Laake, second-grade Language Arts teacher

Young stock car fans looking to learn more about their favorite sport need look no further than NASCAR’s Greatest Drivers, a survey of the greatest drivers in racing history. Featuring in-depth bios of and stats for Glenn “Fireball” Roberts (whose nickname came from playing baseball, not racing cars), Richard Petty (“The King”), Dale Earnhardt, Sr. (“The Intimidator”), and Jeff Gordon ( the “face of today’s NASCAR”)—along with brief entries about four others. This is a leveled reader kids will race to pick up!Angela Roberts is a middle-school librarian. This is her first book. She lives in Knoxville, Tennessee.

Focusing on adult patrons ages 19 through senior citizens, this book explains how libraries can best serve this busy portion of their community's population at different life stages and foster experiences that are "worth the trip"—whether actual or virtual.• Helps librarians make their libraries the go-to places in the community for both information and recreation• Enables librarians to accurately analyze the demographics of their communities and identify the services needed• Offers simple suggestions to help librarians with limited resources provide age-appropriate services• Describes information and resources most likely needed during each life stage, making it easier to target the audience for both programming and publicity

It’s only his first year, and Baldovino Dracula is already feeling the heat. School time should be a time of learning, a time for fun and a time of wonderment, but all he wonders is when this nonsense is going to stop. You see, Baldovino has an admirer and not your average type of admirer either. He spends all of his free time avoiding the love sick monster the best he can until she loses the plot and breaks into his home. Will Baldovino just let it slide or will he take matters into his own hands? And what of his friends? Will they help him with the situation? Who knows, but the Universal Sports trials are coming up soon so if he has any plans up his sleeves, now’s the time to execute!

Amy an extraordinary Persian cat stays with her friend Olly and Granny Huggles. They live in a cosy cottage on Puddleton High Street.Amy gets in and out of scrapes, as she solves mysteries with her friend Olly and the colourful local characters of Puddleton.This story starts one evening in early March when Amy witnesses a strange event in the town museum's library. Curious, she sets off to unravel the mystery, and in the process, witnesses a crime in action.