Books published by publisher Zephyr Books

•Original Artwork - Full Scale•Full Text on all pages (84 full color images) •Fully indexed - hyperlinked, clickable table of contents. •Edited, proof-read, and formatted specifically for the Kindle. Tested on the Kindle Voyage, Paperwhite and Fire; and Android and the Apple devices. •New Introduction for the Kindle Edition •All original prints are includedElizabeth Gordon and M.T. Ross teamed up to create some very memorable and collectible children’s books in the early 20th century, including this book, as well as Bird Children, Mother Earth’s Children, and The Butterfly Babies Book. The images have been favorites of children and collectors for over a century.This Kindle edition of The Flower Children draws on the best digitized sources to recreate the original look and feel of the book in an electronic format. Completely indexed, it is easy to browse, and the images of themselves have been edited and enhanced for optimal viewing, with the original verses on the page included as part of each image.The images appear progressively as the blossoms themselves would throughout the year, starting with the springtime crocus and ending with the seasonal Poinsettia and Holly of December.As a publisher and bookseller, Zephyrus Books believes in upholding the highest of industry standards. This is why we are only bringing a small number of classic and historical books to the market, as every title goes through a long process to ensure quality. Images are produced via a partnership with out companion web archive, Old Book Art. Our editions, while based on classic and historic print edition, are not simply scanned and pasted. All electronic texts are carefully compared to the original and thoroughly edited to ensure fidelity. Otherwise, we utilize minimal editing, electing to make changes only when absolutely needed, or when mandated by the demands of an electronic format. For example, page numbers and many page headers are of necessity removed. Images are reproduced as true as possible to the original, and included in the book in the highest quality possible. The complete books are then tested on a number of devices to be sure formatting and links hold true to what is intended. Of course, due to the large number of electronic reading platforms available, some formatting and image sizing may not transfer perfectly to every device.For convenience, the hyperlinked list of images is located at both the front and back of the book.

Your school days, so the saying goes, are the happiest days of your life. But what happens to those who are excluded from mainstream school - children who are so scarred by personal trauma that normal classroom interaction is simply not possible? Or those who cannot attend through serious illness, accident, or special educational needs? If they are very lucky, they will get a one-to-one tutor, funded by the Education Authority, to help restore their often fractured lives. In Nine Lives, Ruth Brooks, a former personal tutor, recounts just a few of their heart-rending stories - children like Cassie, Aisha, Wayne, and 'Ivan the Terrible'. She digs deep to find the clues and unlock the mystery behind each child's problems - and invites the reader to do the same. With warmth, love, and a lot of detective work, she finds a unique way to reach every child, challenging us to see the vulnerability behind the behaviour. In a time of economic austerity and severe budgetary cuts, Ruth's direct honesty and passionate championing of the vital role played by one-to-one tuition encourages an urgent re-think by policy makers and politicians. Through a series of fly-on-the-wall sketches, Nine Lives highlights some of the educational and social problems faced by countless children and their families in the first decade of the 21st Century.