Books with author Katherine Lerner

A sunny Saturday at the park becomes a rather hilarious nightmare when Mr. Murphy's class has a party for their pets and, OH NO!! they act like animals! When the very well planned party becomes an afternoon of craziness. the students ultimately learn a valuable lesson about those special creatures we hold in our hearts. Written in honor of Mr. Murphy's actual second grade class, each student is represented in the book with his or her pet or hoped-for pet. Mr. Murphy's Class Has a Party is a delightful read for anyone of any age who loves animals and delights in their uniqueness.

Written by a psychotherapist for her children. The Gifts of Autism is a tool to help facilitate conversations about the possible strengths of those on the autistic spectrum and is a vital resource for helping to build self esteem and self awareness in children on the autistic spectrum. Written to help children (aged 4-12) think about and connect with their experiences, this book The book includes questions and worksheets that can be explored with the child to help support self awareness.

Parent and teachers want children to grow up to be happy and self sufficient, but when we have children with special needs, sometimes it seems like the work becomes so much about putting in scaffolding that we forget to celibate the strengths that are already there. Of course it's important to understand our needs and challenges, but if what we do well needs to be acknowledged first and foremost in order for their to be any chance at success.

Sadie and her brother Tommy fall through a time-space glitch and find themselves beneath the Hawaiian islands in a land ruled by a dragon. Sadie and Tommy discover a mystifying people, amazing creatures and unknown aspects of themselves. The land beneath the reef opens their eyes and hearts allowing them to confront not only the hardship they find in this strange, magical land but also in the dysfunctional drama going on in their real life.

If you stumbled on a true-blue witch, are you sure you could spot her? What if she came in the form of a sweet old lady sporting sweats? So begins this witchy, wondrous debut novel certain to warm your soul and give it shivers at the same time. With a cauldron of quirky witches, wayward ghosts, and cute pets, this tale of two covens offers delightful new ways to separate the good witch from the bad.When Amy and her one-eyed, one-eared cat Scruff escape her abusive great aunt, their getaway car is sent hurtling through a tunnel by a wave of water, and her simple plan goes wrong in ways Amy could never have conjured. What follows is a series of curious circumstances, particularly the strange ways of the elderly Milly and her sweatsuit-clad friends. Together, they form the OLDGALS, Old Ladies Doing Good And Loving Sweats. When a trio of evil witches confront them, a fierce battle begins. Can Amy triumph over evil- and perhaps even find superhuman romance? For Amy and her friends, it's an action-packed, magical ride that's as bumbpy as a witch's broom, and always brimming over with spine-tingling surprises.

Sara is a girl with a boring life, a dysfunctional family, and no hot chocolate waiting for her after school. Her life is gray and dull, until she ventures down to her inventor father's basement workroom and discovers a mysterious metal box that can do something amazing!After being transported to colonial America, Sara finds that life as she knew it before was paradise compared with trying to blend into a strict and pious community without all the modern day conveniences that she had taken for granted. Along with a kind old woman and a happy dog, she soon realizes how hard it is to fit in, and how dangerous the consequences of being found out can be. Can Sara survive being accused of witchcraft?

The Caramel Tree Readers Level 2 is a delicious series of leveled readers for children ages 5 to 7. It offers a range of classic fairy tale adaptations and stories with 500 to 700 words. Each book in this set features a few sentences per page that are accompanied by detailed illustrations. Given the familiar contexts, some of the fairy tales have been reworked or adapted so that students are always surprised and eager to read all the way to the unexpected endings. The Emperor does not care about his people. He only cares about expensive clothes. Daniel is the Emperor's dresser and he has a plan to teach the Emperor a lesson. Will his plan work?