Donna Latham

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Donna Latham is an award-winning author and playwright and a lifelong nature lover. A former librarian and educator, Donna received the ASPCA Henry Bergh Children’s Book Award for Fire Dogs. She also received an Honorable Mention Award from the Beverly Hills Theatre Guild for the play "Paddy and the Mermaid." Donna is a member of the Society of Children’s Book Writers and Illustrators and the Illinois Reading Council. She lives in temperate St. Charles, Illinois, with her husband Nick Longo, an environmental scientist, and Nikki, a sweet Lhasa Apso who’s adapted for life as a writer’s mascot.

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Amazing Biomes

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Nomad Press is looking forward to PLA in March. Make sure to stop by booth 1105 and check out our new titles for Fall 2010!

Explore Winter! excerpted for NECAP exam.

National Science Teachers Association (NSTA.org) reviews Explore the Solar System! "This is a great book to entice young readers to read more and learn a little science along the way. . ." Click here for the complete review

British Museum in London chooses Amazing Leonardo InventionsYou Can Build Yourself to accompany their exhibition on Leonado da Vinci.

United Nations declare 2011 to be the International Year of Forests. Details here...

2010 is the International Year of Biodiversity! Check here for worldwide celebrations.

NASA's Solar Dynamics Observatory to study the Sun in detail. Click here to learn about the mission!

Lasers developed for defence against disease-carrying mosquitoes. Click here to read about the new technology.

Booklist Reviews Discover the Deserts: This large-format book introduces deserts and helps readers imagine traveling through different types, observing their features, and coping with the challenges they present…. Check it out!

This Day in History

1760:	Great Fire of Boston destroys 349 buildings
1914:	1st international figure-skating tournament held in US, New Haven

Yaw: the act of turning a ship.

— Word of the Day

The Inuit Indians, or Eskimos, are Native Americans who live in the far north of the Arctic region. They live in igloos made from blocks of snow.

— Did You Know?

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Colonial Clothes

PUB DATE SEPTEMBER 2010 Colonial Clothes talks about the clothing that colonial men and women wore, and how it was made from wool and flax spun into thread and then woven into fabric. It also discusses the work of tailors, cobblers, tanners, milliners and mantua makers, and wigmakers.

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Donna Latham

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The Power of Positive Teaching: 35 Successful Strategies for Active and Enthusiastic Classroom Participation

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"An excellent resource for all teachers on how to truly engage their students in positive learning experiences." —Dr. Nancy S. Grasmick, Maryland State Superintendent of Schools

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