Following on from the first two books in the The Young Violinist's Repertoire series, this book presents pieces of moderate difficulty (grades 2-4) that give plenty of scope for development of the bow arm, introduce spiccato and require some finesse of execution. There is also ample opportunity for the introduction of vibrato. The first ten pieces are in first position enabling the player to master the basics of a sound technique before undert...
On the night before Tim's birthday, he finds a rebus note, a secret message directing him to his gift. Youngsters can read the note with him, then follow him up, down, and through the various-shaped, brightly colored (die-cut) pages to find the puppy at the end".--Association for Childhood Education International. Full-color illustrations.
An ALA Notable Children's BookHONEY, I LOVEand other love poemsAges 7 to 11Love don't mean all that kissingLike on televisionLove Means DaddySaying keep your mama company till I get backAnd me doing it Sixteen poems tell of love and the simple joys of everyday life, seen through the eyes of a child: playing with a friend, skipping rope, riding on a train--or keeping Mama company till Daddy gets back. Each of these sixteen "love poems" is s...
We will go to America!" It is 1868, and Carl Erik's family faces starvation in Sweden. As their hopes fade, they must endure a journey over land and sea to reach a better life in a new country thousands of miles away.
Maps and globes can take you anywhere -- to the top of the tallest mountain on earth or the bottom of the deepest ocean. Maps tell you about the world: where various countries are located, where the jungles and deserts are, even how to find your way around your own hometown. If you take a fancy to any place on earth, you can go there today and still be home in time for dinner. So open a map, spin a globe. The wide world awaits you.
The object of this book is to provide a reasonably comprehensive survey of the social and economic problems of Northern Ireland. It begins with a brief historical survey that helps to explain why the majority of the people in this area have been unsympathetic to Irish republicanism and anxious to maintain the British connection. The book goes on to describe the Constitution and to show how the governing of the province is divided between Westm...
?Herr Bernstein is a calm and dispassionate observer. The German readers of these reminiscences will find much that is valuable about the English, and we shall learn that we did not know of the influence which spread from London to German socialism.?-The Times (London) Literary Supplement
?A primer on nuclear armtwisting. On Escalation is not designed to shock but to instruct--to show how we can use our atomic weapons and still, perhaps, come out alive.... Kahn constructs an escalation ladder by which nations can work their way up a series of forty-four graduated rungs from ordinary cold war unpleasantness to all out nuclear oblivion. With the aid of analogies from history and hypothetical confrontations at various points along...
?Mr. Goure, in his book, has produced an impressive array of published documentary evidence to demonstrate that--on paper, at least--the Soviet Union has been engaged in an extensive and expanding civil defense program which has already resulted in a significant capability. ... Although the author's claims are qualified enough, the validity of some of his conclusions about the effectiveness of the program may be open to question. ... Mr. Goure...
Following on from the first three books in The Young Violinist's Repertoire series, this volume is for the player already familiar with first and third positions. It presents a broad range of European music from three centuries, including some beautiful but relatively unfamiliar pieces by Handel, Leopold Mozart and others. Priority has been given to melodic pieces demanding a sustained legato, so that players are introduced to the cantabile st...
