Twinkle Twinkle Southern Cross, published with the assistance of the Morris West Trust Fund, combines scholarship and entertainment as it wanders many a crooked mile through the made-to-order folklore of Australia's own nursery rhymes. Examples from as early as 1854 and extending to the present day are examined in a wide-ranging context of Australian literary and publishing history.
Finding Your Voice with Dyslexia/SpLD is an essential guide to living with dyslexia and other specific learning difficulties (SpLD). The book provides readers with a practical guide to expressing and developing ideas and feelings. Uniquely designed for dyslexic/SpLD readers, this book discusses individual functions and will help enable those addressed to: understand how they think, know what they can do to maintain clear thinking, know how they can positively contribute to any situation in which they find themselves. When people with SpLD find their voice, they gain the self-esteem and confidence to tackle all elements of life (study, employment, general living), and to negotiate successfully with those around them. The book contains stories, insights, examples, tips and exercises, presented in a user-friendly way throughout. The book has also been designed for non-linear reading, and each chapter also includes a "dipping-in" section to guide the reader. As well as providing vital assistance for people with dyslexia and other specific learning difficulties, this book will benefit anyone supporting, living, or working with dyslexic/SpLD people by helping them to understand more about the dyslexic/SpLD world.
Arranged alphabetically, The Oxford Companion to Australian Children's Literature contains 1600 entries covering authors, publishers, illustrators, famous characters, events, institutions, and awards--from Ned Kelly and the Eureka Stockade to Australian comics and the work of Evelyn Goode. The book is an invaluable resource for anyone interested in children's literature or Australian culture.
Concise field guide to stars and constellations presented in a month-by-month selection of stars charts. Explains celestial phenomena, workings. A gem.
Lost? Confused? Burned out? Defeated? Alone? The Medicine Wheel can give you the answers that you are searching for. All religions deal with the circle of life and death. Your life will make more sense when you follow the wheel. The Medicine Wheel is already working for you. My people call the wheel the good red road. The Irish say, "May the road rise up to meet you," etc. Poets write about the "road not taken." We are all on the road of life; how we travel, it is our own decision. In the city, people feel that you cannot make a Medicine Wheel, but I have many friends that say you can. One of my friends lives in an apartment in the heart of the city with traffic noise from the bridge and the streets below. He lives close to the river, and he can hear the sounds of the ships and fog horns. The wheel is a tool that provided him with the balance and the right path he needed to follow in his life. I started this book in June 1987, and I kept struggling with writing it because I didn't want to give away secrets that were known only to medicine people. Many of my people were saying that too many non-Indian people are writing about Native American Indians medicine and know nothing about it. They did not want the secrets of the Medicine Wheel known to the general public. I taught my people, but only a few were interested. They did not want to learn about their heritage and personal medicine. My medicine teacher said in order to save the knowledge and pass it on, I had to write this book for the good of all people. Now I leave this knowledge in your hands. Share and explore!
Much has been experienced. Some has been forgiven. Nothing has been forgotten. This ever-changing story is a journey of discovery from beginning to end. Seen through the eyes of a white South African, it reveals a period of rapid change and the following challenges that faced an entire country. Based on real events, this novel relates an untold story in considerable detail. It opens a vivid window into the history of apartheid in South Africa and the role that the late Nelson Mandela played in the lives of ordinary people. "This novel deserves to be widely read… The prose is seductive and the dialogue crackles with personality." Writer's Digest Annual Self-Published Book Awards
