Books published by publisher Seashell Publishers

"Your mission in life is not to be without problems. Your mission is to get excited!" Follow Your Heart is about doing what you love and finding peace of mind. It is about dealing with disasters and not blaming your mother! It is about how happy people think, why rich people make money - even by accident - and it's about what losers do, and how not to be like them!

"Follow Your Heart" is about doing what you love and finding peace of mind. It is about dealing with disasters and not blaming your mother! It is about how happy people think, why rich people make money - even by accident - and it's about what losers do, and how not to be like them! Easy-to-read and illustrated with Andrew Matthews' famous cartoons. Almost two million copies sold in 42 languages.

Follow along as Pup learns how to eat spiky sea urchins, somersault beneath the waves and groom himself. He still needs lots of help from Mother, but one day Pup will be old enough to dive down below the waves and search for food on his ownAccompanied by beautiful illustrations and set in the North Pacific, this heartwarming tale is perfect for little ones who still have lots to learn themselves.

Semi-finalist in the Walrus' Summer Literary Seminars: On the death of Narn, Thiel's beloved Grandmother, Thiel leaves home with his sole companion, a dog, to find his secret inheritance. Unable to read, mostly inarticulate and considered little use by his fellow men, he carries Narn's letter to a lawyer in the impoverished city of Goneton. Given a key to Narn's original home, he travels miles from his birthplace to the region of Minark, meeting new companions along the way. In a world similar to our own, Lynne Pearl vividly describes a time of crisis in an imagined past where rural idyll is clashing with the march of industrial modernity. In this gentle coming-of-age tale, an unlikely hero embarks on a journey of self discovery. People are saying about Lynne's debut novel:“Between the rural narrative of Thomas Hardy and the anticipation of a Tolkien journey, Lynne Pearl weaves a tale of delightful insight into human and animal behaviour....Thiel is an excellent introduction - I want to read more.” Bruce Chivers, potter and artist-in-residence at South Devon College"The story is very compelling and draws you onto the next page. The characters are very real and sensitively portrayed. It now requires a sequel which will both draw together the faithful figures of his early life and lead us on to the what next in his personal journey."“I enjoyed the differentness of this similar world [which explores] wider issues of spirituality.”from http://snellblogs.tumblr.com/post/67668578757/it-made-me-want-to-read-more

Written in a tradition that encourages teachers to see classrooms as laboratories and themselves as artists, intellectuals and researchers, Teaching Writing While Standing on One Foot is a compelling work that will enthrall readers as well as give them knowledge, hope, and inspiration. Written from the perspective of a writer, teacher, father, home cook and learner growing up with a learning disability, Teaching Writing While Standing on One Foot combines essays, poems, recipes, legends, teaching tips and stories to explore the question "How do we teach what we can only learn for ourselves?" Prompts woven throughout the book invite readers to write the stories of their own lives.

Although it has been in existence for over three decades, the Internet remains a contested technology. Its governance and role in civic life, education, and entertainment are all still openly disputed and debated. The issues include censorship and network control, privacy and surveillance, the political impact of activist blogging, peer to peer file sharing, the effects of video games on children, and many others. Media conglomerates, governments and users all contribute to shaping the forms and functions of the Internet as the limits and potentialities of the technologies are tested and extended. What is most surprising about the Internet is the proliferation of controversies and conflicts in which the creativity of ordinary users plays a central role. The title, (Re)Inventing the Internet, refers to this extraordinary flowering of agency in a society that tends to reduce its members to passive spectators. This collection presents a series of critical case studies that examine specific sites of change and contestation. These cover a range of phenomena including computer gaming cultures, online education, surveillance, and the mutual shaping of digital technologies and civic life.

The focus of this book is on the secondary school history curriculum in Chile from colonial times to the present. By way of background, attention is paid to the development of the history curriculum in the three countries which have most influenced educational developments in Chile, namely, England, the United States of America and Spain. The academic literature on the history curriculum throughout the English-speaking and Latin-speaking world, especially on the purposes attached to history as a school subject and the variety of pedagogical approaches prescribed is also considered. The results of a project that addressed the following interrelated research questions are then outlined: • What is the historical background to the current secondary school history curriculum in Chile? • What are the current developments of the secondary school history curriculum in Chile? • What are the issues of concern for secondary school history teachers in Chile? At various times the teaching of the subject ranged from being in the 'great tradition' approach, emphasizing teacher-centred activities and repetition of content knowledge, to being in the 'new history' tradition, emphasizing the promotion of active learning, student-centred activities and the encouragement of the historical method of enquiry. The analysis also details current issues of concern for teachers regarding the implementation of the current curriculum framework for secondary school history. The book concludes with a consideration of implications for practice in areas pertaining to curriculum development, teaching and learning, management and administration, teacher preparation, and professional development practices in Chile.