Books with author C Taylor

An informative and compelling book for ages 12 to 15 about both the science and human sides of natural disasters, full of hands-on investigative activities and research projects along with real-world connections that encourage kids to dive deeper into a topic that directly affects them. News reports from around the world offer detailed descriptions of wildfires, floods, tsunamis, earthquakes, and more. While these kinds of events might seem horrifically random, scientists can explain quite a lot about why they happen, how they develop, how we can try to prevent them, and how we can predict where and when they’ll happen next. The Science of Natural Disasters: When Nature and Humans Collide examines the science behind earthquakes, volcanoes, hurricanes, tornadoes, floods, and wildfires, • Use historical and current events as case studies, such as Hurricane Katrina in 2005, the floods in China in 1931, and the eruption of Mount Tambora in 1815, the Galveston, Texas, hurricane in 1900, and the Daulatpur-Saturia tornado in 1989. • Kids explore natural disasters using real-world data to work those critical-thinking skills as they brainstorm innovative solutions for the problems facing our planet today and in the future. • Many different kinds of careers are related to studying, preventing, warning about, and combatting natural disasters, from meteorologists to municipal program leaders to geologists to boots on the ground―kids will explore how different roles that contribute to our understanding and prevention of hurricanes, floods, and wildfires. • Science-minded STEM activities such as assessing the flood risk of the town where you live, researching a wildfire of historical significance, and engineering hurricane resistant cities encourage readers to think like scientists while essential questions, fascinating facts, links to online resources, and more encourage readers to explore the ever-evolving dynamics of this incredible planet. About the Inquire & Investigate Earth Science set and Nomad Press The Science of Natural Disasters is part of a set of three Inquire & Investigate Earth Science books that explore the earth, the atmosphere, and everything in between. The other titles in this series are The Science of Weather and Climate: Rain, Sleet, and the Rising Tide and Rocks and Minerals: Get the Dirt on Geology. Nomad Press books in the Inquire & Investigate series integrate content with participation, encouraging readers to engage in student-directed learning. Combining content with inquiry-based projects stimulates learning and makes it active and alive. Nomad’s unique approach simultaneously grounds kids in factual knowledge while allowing them the space to be curious, creative, and critical thinkers. All books are leveled for Guided Reading level and Lexile and align with Common Core State Standards and National Curriculum Standards for Social Studies. All titles are available in paperback, hardcover, and ebook formats.

How did people come to inhabit the Earth? Were bones, collected in a basket, changed into people and scattered East, West, North, South? Perhaps animals formed the Earth from moss floating on a raft after a great flood. Or did the first woman fall through a hole in the sky to make her home on the back of a turtle? Did souls emerge from a dark underworld by climbing a grapevine? A wonderful collection of stories taken from Chuckchee, Cree, Mandan, Modoc, Mohawk, Osage, and Zuñi legends.

"A breath lingers. It swallows deep. A satisfied smile returning to sleep. A morning ritual not undone for a hundred years has kept pacified The Great One. Her brimstone breath buried under darkness. Powerful majesty tempered by sloth and sacrifice. Worshipped and feared by the few who know of her, a world unaware strewn about.But if she were to wake…If she were to stir…"Lisa and Kari Williams have grown up affluent in the magical city of Adayr, but when they uncover a terrible hidden evil they are forced to make a decision: remain quiet and enjoy their idyllic lives, or try to change the world...and risk losing everything.S. Taylor's debut fantasy novella is 19,000 words of magic, mystery, betrayal, hope, and humour!'The Destiny Thief' introduces us to a world of magic, hopes, dreams, darkness, beautiful cities, dark forests, and the people who must live in such places. From the wealthiest landowners and bravest heroes, to the poorest beggars lining mud-filled streets, all are striving to make their stories famous. But only a few can be heard above the clattering noise of life, and fewer still can take the reins and guide destiny itself.Take hold of destiny, and pick up S. Taylor's debut novella today!

Two-Feather had been wandering all winter, lonely and hungry. One spring night he goes to sleep to forget the despair, only to be awakened by a voice calling his name. It is a woman, so beautiful that Two-Feather immediately falls in love with her, and begs for her to stay with him forever. The woman leads him over mountains and through forests. Two-Feather obeys her every command, even the last, most difficult, only to find she has left him, but not without ensuring that he will never be lonely or hungry again.

Aquamarine and emeralds are both varieties of the mineral beryl! Aquamarine is the most common kind of beryl, with its largest deposits in Brazil. The clarity of aquamarines blue-green crystals make it a beautiful gemstone for readers to learn about in this volume. Readers find out how aquamarine forms, as well as the simple geologic processes surrounding its creation. Full-color photographs showcase amazing aquamarine jewelry and include the large specimens of high quality crystals unique to aquamarine. Additional science information is offered in fun fact boxes and a graphic organizer.

From nurturing your teens to making values clear, parents exert enormous influence over their children's development. It is especially important that parents give children a good start, but it's also important for parents to recognize that kids come into the world with their own temperaments, and it is the parents' job to provide an interface with the world that eventually prepares a child for complete independence. In a rapidly changing world, parenting seems subject to fads and changing styles, and parenting in some ways must compete with social media and its effect on their children. There is such a thing as over-parenting, and aiming for perfection in parenting might be a fool's mission. Often, you feel isolated, uncertain and overwhelmed while trying to raise your teen, due to the absence of your sweet child and the blossoming of a young adult. You battle with the mommy-daddy guilt while trying to maintain your sanity in the world where life can be so demanding and overnight, your little sweetheart becomes distant, disobedient, and disrespectful. You don’t know what happened but you, are NOT alone! “No, Parenting Ain’t for Punks, but with the information in this book, you will become confident in knowing that you can make it through those challenging and possibly chaotic teen years.” - Tavis Taylor The insight provided in this quick reference guide is the illumination and reassurance that every parent needs to help them navigate through the parenting process. Join fellow parents as they delve into trying to understand the waves of chaos that can ensue while parenting a teen.

When the buffalo herds fail to appear one spring, a village in the Black Hills of South Dakota finds itself in turmoil: the people grow selfish and the elders lose their authority. But a beautiful woman comes, bearing a message. Only if the people learn to cooperate in the building of a great tipi, will she return with the first peace pipe and the rules of how it must be offered to the earth. Her message delivered, she returns to the hills and is transformed into a white buffalo, which in turn becomes a grazing herd.

Three friends set out on a journey to discover the secrets of an old map that was found in their school library. Their curiosity and determination helps them to unlock the mysterious codes to a puzzle located in a very familiar spot-the school gymnasium. To their surprise, they find themselves fighting off the forces of evil in an underworld that is full of adventure and surprises. Will the "Chosen Ones" come out victorious?

Mr. Pumpkinhead is a mischievous pumpkin whose friends include many delightful farm animals. Throughout the book, the author uses clever animal names and noises that children are bound to relate to, repeat, and memorize.Curiosity, hard-headedness, and a hearty spirit of adventure combine to put Mr. Pumpkinhead in slightly scary situations where he is forced to call upon his pumpkin seeds and some unusual pumpkin magic to get him out of trouble. In one adventure, when spur-of-the-moment planning doesnt work, Mr. Pumpkinhead and his pumpkin friends miss out on a special farmyard day. In the end, readers, along with Mr. Pumpkinhead, realize that it's best to follow good advice and think twice before setting out on what could be a dangerous or silly adventure.While the main thrust of this book is to encourage wise decision making, demonstrations of friendship and sharing, woven throughout, will appeal to parents and children alike.