Books with title Gilbert's Great Adventure

After chasing a butterfly in her jungle home, Gibby suddenly finds herself very far from her family and lost. By using her courage, Gibby meets new friends who help her overcome obstacles as they guide her back home to the Frilly-Fig Tree. ABOUT THE BOOK: Easy Reader for children age 5-9. Based on real animals and nature, Gibby's Great Adventures children's book series introduces kids to the wonderful world of gibbons, weaving together empowering lessons about self-confidence, empathy, and teamwork into fun and entertaining stories and poems for kids. All the characters and environments match real life animals in the wild, teaching kids the essential life lesson that wild animals belong in the jungle free from captivity. ABOUT THE AUTHOR: Dr. Jackie Prime is a specialist in the field of primatology. For the past decade, Jackie has committed her life to studying gibbons, following them closely in the wild to become one of the few dedicated gibbon specialists in the world. The books combine her love of writing with her love for gibbons and introduces the wonderful world of gibbons to young audiences, connecting kids with real animals and nature through stories that teach valuable life lessons.

From Google Books: Travel ? Essays & Travelogues, Adventure and adventurers Adventure stories, Readers for new literates, Reading (Adult education), Travel / Essays & Travelogues ~~~~ From Wikipedia: Literacy has been described as the ability to read for knowledge and write coherently and think critically about the written word. Literacy can also include the ability to understand all forms of communication, be it body language, pictures, video & sound (reading, speaking, listening and viewing). Evolving definitions of literacy often include all the symbol systems relevant to a particular community. Literacy encompasses a complex set of abilities to understand and use the dominant symbol systems of a culture for personal and community development. In a technological society, the concept of literacy is expanding to include the media and electronic text, in addition to alphabetic and number systems. These abilities vary in different social and cultural contexts according to need and demand. ~~~ Literacy represents the lifelong, intellectual process of gaining meaning from print. Key to all literacy is reading development, which involves a progression of skills that begins with the ability to understand spoken words and decode written words, and culminates in the deep understanding of text. Reading development involves a range of complex language underpinnings including awareness of speech sounds (phonology), spelling patterns (orthography), word meaning (semantics), grammar (syntax) and patterns of word formation (morphology), all of which provide a necessary platform for reading fluency and comprehension. Once these skills are acquired the reader can attain full language literacy, which includes the abilities to approach printed material with critical analysis, inference and synthesis; to write with accuracy and coherence; and to use information and insights from text as the basis for informed decisions and creative thought.[1]

Henris Great Adventure was written for use by parents, therapists, teachers, special-education teachers, and all individuals who work or interact with gifted or twice exceptional children. The intent is for the book to be used as a tool to teach interventions to assist such children with emotional regulation. The issues Henri faces in the story (asynchronous development, sensitivity to sensory input, teasing/bulling, difficulties adapting to changes in schedules, and emotional outbursts) are common experiences for gifted children. The interventions discussed in this book are modified and adapted from research on mindfulness cognitive behavioral therapy, adapted dialectical behavioral therapy, relaxation techniques for anxiety, and other behavioral interventions. This book was written as part of a Doctoral project in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree doctor of Psychology. A full copy of the doctoral dissertation can be accessed through Alliant International University, Los Angeles Campus, 1000 Suite 5S Fremont Avenue, Alhambra, California 91803. www.alliant.edu.

Salty, the stick puppet, was in the classroom lonely and sad. But Santa quickly made him very glad. On Christmas Eve, Santa took him on his flight. Salty was due for an adventure that night! A problem, hard to solve, developed with Santa's deer on his way. But brave Salty, using his head and arms, saved the day. Then on his way home in Santa's sleigh, Salty learns the true meaning of Christmas day!

Lisek's Great Adventure is a story about a young half beagle, half pug dog named Lisek (pronounced Lee-seck) that was taken in and loved, for years, by a young boy and his parents. It's a story from this little dog's perspective, expressing her joy and how much friendship can be had between a child and his first pet. As for the dog's name, it was chosen by the author when he visited Poland, met a dog named Lisek, and liked that it translated into "Little Fox". When the author came back to California and got his own dog, he used that name. This story which is beautifully illustrated by Jonine Latar, is designed to teach children how fun it can be to have an animal and the responsibility that comes with it. It's also meant to bring a smile to adults who remember the happiness they experienced with their first pet. This book was conceptualized by Paul when he was just 12 years old and finally came to, after he turned 28. The author is proud to have finally put together the story he's had on his mind for 16 years. And his words to the reader, are, "if you have an idea or a passion, run with it and make it happen . . . don't wait".