Books with author Terry Cooper

Created with desire to share wonderful, easy, endearing language of sign with young children. No pronunciation barriers, opening new world of communication creating bonding between parents children, teachers and students. Communication preformed up close or at distances and noise not a facter. Simple Signman introduces each finger by name which enables the memory to recall each finger and position. Counting while signing with brilliant colorful characters on each page. Contagious describes excitement of signing as others desire to learn with you. No limitations on childrens ability to grow and utilize signing at their own pace. Perfect daytime or bedtime reading. Simple Signman is just the beginning to stimulate a whole new world of learning and communicating, while enjoying the entire experience. Leaning could not be more fun.

Break the ice at the start of the school year with these super-cool, fill-in posters that prompt students to toots their own horns! Even your most reluctant writers will have fun making a list of their favoritie things, composing mini-articles about their heroes, drawing a self-portrait, recollecting memorable moments of summer, and more! For use with Grades 3-6.

Two women, a century apart, are drawn into a mystery surrounding the biggest scientific controversy of the nineteenth century, the classification of the platypus. 1808 Agnes Banks, NSW: Rose Winton wants nothing more than to work with her father, eminent naturalist Charles Winton, on his groundbreaking study of the platypus. Not only does she love him with all her heart, but the discoveries they have made could turn the scientific world on its head. When Charles is unable to make the long sea journey to present his findings to the prestigious Royal Society in England, Rose must venture forth in his stead. What she discovers there will change the lives of future generations. 1908 Sydney, NSW: Tamsin Alleyn has been given a mission: travel to the Hunter Valley and retrieve an old sketchbook of debateable value, gifted to the Mitchell Library by a recluse. But when she gets there, she finds there is more to the book than meets the eye, and more than one interested party. Shaw Everdene, a young antiquarian bookseller and lawyer, seems to have his own agenda when it comes to the book but Tamsin decides to work with him to try and discover the book's true provenance. The deeper they delve, the more intricate the mystery becomes. As the lives of two women a century apart converge, discoveries rise up from the past and reach into the future, with irrevocable consequences...