Books with author Heather Cooper

Here is a story of perseverance and unwavering ambition that follows Alice Coachman on her journey from rural Georgia, where she overcame adversity both as a woman and as a black athlete, to her triumph in Wembly Stadium in the 1948 London Olympics.When Alice Coachman was a girl, most white people wouldn't even shake her hand. Yet when the King of England placed an Olympic medal around her neck, he extended his hand to Alice in congratulations. Standing on a podium in London's Wembley Stadium, Alice was a long way from the fields of Georgia where she ran barefoot as a child. With a record-breaking leap, she had become the first African-American woman to win an Olympic gold medal. This inspirational picture book is perfect to celebrate Women's History Month or to share any day of the year.

Learning to read can be hard, especially if your child is struggling with speech or attention challenges as well. Speech can have a huge impact on language acquisition. How can you spell a word you are unable to say? If you cannot spell the word, then how do you sound it out and put it together. Language is difficult, in particular for those of us teaching our children that have special needs.My kids, like many kids, LOVE robots and comics. They also are trying their best to learn to spell and read. They get frustrated and , oh boy, do they get mad! Tapping into an interest of theirs can be a big help. I'll make crosswords with their favorite characters, play games, make comic books, and many other methods to get over the frustration. As an artist, teacher, and mother I am always making and thinking up new ways to help them out. Thus: Fry the robot and his words. It's an easy reader designed for early language development. Remember to take it slow, have patience, relish small victories, set achievable goals, make it a game, use books (no matter how silly!) that interest them, give them choices, and go to the library to let them choose! Try not to set a bar too high, expect high accuracy in speech (unless that is the goal of that particular read through- one thing at a time!), make it a boring chore. Recommendations specific to this book: 1. Read it to them the first time it is introduced. 2. Ask them to read only the green words. 2. Ask them to read only the orange words. 3. Ask them to read only the purple words. 4. Have them try all three!

Lily moves to a new city with her father. She meets a girl from her new school named Abby. The two girls were like sisters, had so much in common and the same plans for the future. Abby gets Lily a job with her at a local record store. One day at work Lily got a vision, but wasn't sure what to think about it. Not knowing anything about her mother who died when she was three may be the key to the odd things that are starting to happen to her. The girls saved their money for their summer trip to Italy. The day after graduation the girls get on a plane for Venice to start their biggest summer of their lives. They arrive in Venice, make their way to the villa, their home for the summer, and get everything unpacked. On the walk back to the car a dark stranger comes out of the shadows and grabs Abby and another man appears, but not soon enough, the dark stranger disappears with her. Lily is left with the other man who introduces himself as Ayden. He offers to take her home and help her find her friend. Ayden tells her that the world as she knows it is not as it seems and that it won't be as easy as she thinks it will be to get her friend out of the caves.

In the tradition of this amazing series, this unique contemporary reference book transports the reader literally out of this world. This pictorial journey through the universe shows us such startling sights as butterfly nebulae, sun plasma loops, gas pillars, young stars and whole galaxies. We see detailed images of planets' surfaces, craters and atmosphere. Images from the Cassini mission focus in on Saturn's beautiful rings and moons. Introductory text to each chapter and detailed extended captions explain both the content of the pictures and the means by which it was captured. As with preceding volumes, it is sometimes difficult to distinguish between art and nature within the pages. Keep watching the skies!