Books with author Marilyn Gould

Through the eyes of a ten-year-old girl with cerebral palsy, Golden Daffodils takes a sad and funny look at every pre-teen's struggle to grow up."Only sixty seconds left for a miracle to happen, some special thing that would make her perfect and normal. Her last chance to enter Wilson School looking like other kids."Today's the day. And Janis wakes up worried about everything. She already misses Tina, a budding poet and her best friend at the special school. Physical handicaps were as everyday as homework there. But here at Wilson, how will she ever fit in--with normal kids like her beautiful and athletic sister Stella. Thinking about her favorite flowers, daffodils, helps a little. She puts on her "DAFFY DOWN DILLY" tee shirt for luck.Janis wants to be perfect like other kids.Stella wishes everyone didn't expect her to be so perfect.Barney says, "Imagine yourself perfect and that's what you'll be."But they all find out no one's perfect; yet with love and friendship life can have its perfect moments.

Updated and fully aligned with the Cambridge International AS & A Level English Language 9093 syllabus for examination 2021. This coursebook helps students take an active approach to developing and applying the key reading and writing skills they need to succeed in their AS & A Level English Language course. In the first part of the book, for AS Level, students will learn to analyse and write different text types, from diaries and blogs to reviews, speeches and narratives. The second part supports A Level study, building on the skills students have learnt at AS level and applying them to four specialist areas of English: Language Change, Child Language Acquisition, English and the World, and Language and the Self.

Comprehensive student-friendly resources designed for teaching Cambridge International AS and A Level English Language (syllabus 9093). The core aim of this Coursebook is to help students to develop and apply the key skills they need to achieve in AS and A Level English Language. They will build the skills needed for assessment through frequent activities. Divided into two distinct parts for AS and A Level studies, the book covers a wide range of reading skills, such as understanding aspects of style, voice and tone. It also addresses the conventions of key kinds of writing and spoken language, from scripted speeches to travel articles, and looks at how they can capture these conventions in their own work.

GROWING UP ISN'T EASYFor Janis it means special feelings, new desires, and making decisions about the future.For Barney it means pressure and responsibility.For Stell it means disappointment and discouragement.For Rhoda it means not waiting any longer.For Tina it means knowing what is possible and what isn't.For the Cobras and Val Pals it means acting big, tough and not very smart.But everyone grows a little older and a little wiser by...The Twelfth of June byMARILYN GOULD