Books with author Antonia Roberts

Fangs, scales and a tail never looked good on anyone. Death follows Sinopa wherever she runs, and as usual, it’snever her fault. After being wrongfully accused, seventeen-year-old Sinopa mustprove her innocence. But while entering the fortified sky city proved easy,this task is anything but.With lives on the line, can she uncover the truth? Or willher discoveries become her undoing?Vestige Rise of the Pureblood is a gripping dark fantasywith page-turning intrigue, a touch of horror, and a dollop of a bloomingromance. Pick up the start of the exciting Vestige Saga.

Fangs, scales and a tail never looked good on anyone. Death follows Sinopa wherever she runs, and as usual, it’snever her fault. After being wrongfully accused, seventeen-year-old Sinopa mustprove her innocence. But while entering the fortified sky city proved easy,this task is anything but.With lives on the line, can she uncover the truth? Or willher discoveries become her undoing?Vestige Rise of the Pureblood is a gripping dark fantasywith page-turning intrigue, a touch of horror, and a dollop of a bloomingromance. Pick up the start of the exciting Vestige Saga.

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

Meet Saxony Grace!She has looked everywhere and forever for her birthday present.Her parents try to teach her about patience, but Saxony Grace would rather skip that lesson!Will Saxony Grace finally learn what it means to be patient?Will patience be her birthday present? Saxony Grace hopes not, because she doesn't even like the sound of that word! 978-1-61005-148-4 / Soft cover / 32 pages / $9.99 / 6" x 9"Ages 4-8 / Color illustrations throughout / BookLogix Publishing

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

Use the games in 30 Fun Ways to Learn About Writing to make early writing in the classroom exciting and fun! Whether labeling objects, making lists, or writing notes, children will be engaged and active with these creative activities that stimulate curiosity and imagination. With tips for turning the classroom into a literacy-rich environment and ideas for encouraging children to embrace the excitement of reading and writing, 30 Fun Ways to Learn About Writing brings literacy learning into the classroom in new ways.