In the second book of a Shark School series spin-off, young hammerhead shark Harvey Hammer’s adventures continue! Harvey can’t believe his good—and bad—luck! The good? He’s invited to Flash’s awesome birthday party! The bad? At the same time as the party, he has to take care of Pirate the Parrotfish, a pesky class pet, who loves nothing more than getting Harvey into lots of deep-sea trouble.
Daisy brings her totally true imaginary friend, Posey, to visit her totally real school in this seventh Daisy Dreamer chapter book! Nerd alert! Guess what? I, Daisy Dreamer, have a big confession. I love school. You know what else I love? Posey. He’s my totally true imaginary friend. So if I were to mix school and Posey together, then I would have the absolutely, most perfect day. Obviously. Unfortunately, sometimes mixing two great things together makes for an absolutely huge mess, like grape juice and fluffy carpets, or lollipops and long hair. Well, I would not recommend mixing school and Posey together, unless you love having a classroom pest. With easy-to-read language and illustrations on almost every page, the Daisy Dreamer chapter books are perfect for emerging readers.
Guess what? I, Daisy Dreamer, have a big confession. I love school. You know what else I love? Posey. He's my totally true imaginary friend. So if I were to mix school and Posey together, then I would have the absolutely, most perfect day. Obviously.
Ramona meets lots of interesting people in kindergarten class, like Davy whom she keeps trying to kiss and Susan whose springy curls seem to ask to be pulled.
High school senior and pest control technician Hallie Mayhew is desperate to win a prestigious scholarship that will allow her to trade the posh paradise of Santa Barbara for a college thousands of miles from her bickering parents and grisly family business. But when her college plans are endangered, she must contend with art thieves, vengeful rats, and the infuriatingly attractive boy next door to secure her ticket to freedom in this riotously funny, heartfelt coming-of-age story.
In the second book of a Shark School series spin-off, young hammerhead shark Harvey Hammer’s adventures continue! Harvey can’t believe his good—and bad—luck! The good? He’s invited to Flash’s awesome birthday party! The bad? At the same time as the party, he has to take care of Pirate the Parrotfish, a pesky class pet, who loves nothing more than getting Harvey into lots of deep-sea trouble.
From tenements to alleyways to latrines, twentieth-century American cities created spaces where pests flourished and people struggled for healthy living conditions. In Pests in the City, Dawn Day Biehler argues that the urban ecologies that supported pests were shaped not only by the physical features of cities but also by social inequalities, housing policies, and ideas about domestic space. Community activists and social reformers strived to control pests in cities such as Washington, DC, Chicago, Baltimore, New York, and Milwaukee, but such efforts fell short when authorities blamed families and neighborhood culture for infestations rather than attacking racial segregation or urban disinvestment. Pest-control campaigns tended to target public or private spaces, but pests and pesticides moved readily across the porous boundaries between homes and neighborhoods. This story of flies, bedbugs, cockroaches, and rats reveals that such creatures thrived on lax code enforcement and the marginalization of the poor, immigrants, and people of color. As Biehler shows, urban pests have remained a persistent problem at the intersection of public health, politics, and environmental justice, even amid promises of modernity and sustainability in American cities. Watch the trailer: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GG9PFxLY7K4&feature=c4-overview&list=UUge4MONgLFncQ1w1C_BnHcw
"Harvey can't believe he's been invited to Flash's birthday party, and their whole class will be there for amazing fun, games, and music. But Harvey's plans change when he has to take care of the most annoying class pet ever: Pirate the parrotfish. Harvey is sure that Pirate's big mouth is going to turn the party from awesome to awful!"--
Larry Pedigo and Marlin Rice have produced the top pest management textbook on the market for decades. New co-author Rayda Krell has helped bring the book into the twenty-first century. The successful core concepts of the book—understanding pests in their environment and using an ecological approach to combat them—remain as robust as ever. Features that instructors have come to rely on have been retained, including insect diagnostic boxes with detailed information on important species and species groups and an appendix with keys to major insect orders. New material on genetically modified plant species and regional pest technologies complement concepts in basic and applied entomology. Taxonomies and systematics of insects have been updated throughout the book.
This essential reference provides complete coverage of integrated pest management (IPM). With more than 40 recognized experts, the book thoroughly details the rationale and benefits of employing an IPM plan and provides technical information on each aspect from cultural practices to choosing when and how to use chemicals. It also brings together research work on pest problems with information on the practical implementation of the tools. Case studies of successful operations are provided as well.
