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Dynamic Group-Piano Teaching provides future teachers of group piano with an extensive framework of concepts upon which effective and dynamic teaching strategies can be explored and developed. Within fifteen chapters, it encompasses learning theory, group process, and group dynamics within the context of group-piano instruction. This book encourages teachers to transfer learning and group dynamics theory into classroom practice. As a piano pedagogy textbook, supplement for pedagogy classes, or resource for graduate teaching assistants and professional piano teachers, the book examines learning theory, student needs, assessment, and specific issues for the group-piano instructor.

250 Mind Games is filled with challenging puzzles on vocabulary, number-solving, and logical thinking that will test, train and tax your brain.

What was Elvis Presley's middle name? Who was the coal miner's daughter? In what city was Mozart born? Music lovers won't miss a beat with The Everything® Music Crosswords Book. Packed with 150 puzzles, this entertaining puzzle collection sets the rhythm with clues and puzzles about all types of music, including: * Rock * Country * Oldies * Classical * Jazz The Everything® Music Crosswords Book is a high-volume mind bender that's perfect for long drives to Graceland or a quiet evening home alone with some night music. AUTHOR: Charles Timmerman (Pasadena, CA) is the founder of Funster.com, a word game Web site, and the author of many Everything® puzzle books, including The Everything® Crosswords for the Beach Book, The Everything® Sports Crosswords Book, and The Everything® Giant Sudoku Book.

As The Giving Tree turns fifty, this timeless classic is available for the first time ever in ebook format. This digital edition allows young readers and lifelong fans to continue the legacy and love of a classic that will now reach an even wider audience. "Once there was a tree...and she loved a little boy." So begins a story of unforgettable perception, beautifully written and illustrated by the gifted and versatile Shel Silverstein. This moving parable for all ages offers a touching interpretation of the gift of giving and a serene acceptance of another's capacity to love in return. Every day the boy would come to the tree to eat her apples, swing from her branches, or slide down her trunk...and the tree was happy. But as the boy grew older he began to want more from the tree, and the tree gave and gave and gave. This is a tender story, touched with sadness, aglow with consolation. Shel Silverstein's incomparable career as a bestselling children's book author and illustrator began with Lafcadio, the Lion Who Shot Back. He is also the creator of picture books including A Giraffe and a Half, Who Wants a Cheap Rhinoceros?, The Missing Piece, The Missing Piece Meets the Big O, and the perennial favorite The Giving Tree, and of classic poetry collections such as Where the Sidewalk Ends, A Light in the Attic, Falling Up, Every Thing On It, Don't Bump the Glump!, and Runny Babbit. And don't miss the other Shel Silverstein ebooks, Where the Sidewalk Ends and A Light in the Attic!

This book will help librarians extend literary graphic novel collections to attract a large, untapped group of comic book readers with a sure-to-be-popular comic book collection. Do comic books belong in libraries? Absolutely—as Comic Book Collections for Libraries makes very clear. This illustrated guide defines the role of comic books in the modern library, provides a thorough grounding in the subject for beginners, and suggests new ideas for those already familiar with these perennial reader favorites. The book begins by introducing the structure of the comic book, industry players, and genres. The bulk of the guide, however, is comprised of actionable advice on such things as creating and maintaining the collection, cataloging for effective access, and promoting the collection, including how to feature comics with other library materials, such as movies and games. Drawing on the authors' experience, the volume answers numerous other questions as well. How can you tell which titles are age-appropriate for your library? Which titles are popular? How do you include characters that will appeal to diverse reader groups? Complete with checklists and a rich array of examples, this easy-to-use work can make every librarian a superhero.

Take an appealingly illustrated fun test of your perceptual ability, math smarts, and knowledge combinations and probabilities. See how fast your eyes can discern the one sulking face nearly hidden in a large group of smiling "Spikeheads." Figure out how many different shapes went into creating two tessellation patterns. It takes mental gymnastics to rearrange a human tower of 36 red and blue acrobats so that they fulfill a set of rules about where they stand and who they stand next to. Calculate how many different ways the eight Knights of the Round Table can be seated without anyone having the same two neighbors more than once. There's also fascinating background on the theoretical principles that underlie the solutions