A Child S Odyssey

This text pertains to child and adolsecent development. Its extensive use of examples, its humor, and its desire to have the reader empathize with children of various ages as well as integrating an appreciation of the child's uniqueness and the subjective experience with scientific study of the principles, theories and research in growth and development makes an very interesting text book.

Odysseus is finally heading home after a long war, but his troubles have just begun. Terrible dangers are in store, from one-eyed monsters to cannibal kings. Specially written for confident young readers, this dramatic re-telling is a perfect introduction to Homer's epic tale. Includes links to recommended websites to find out more about Ancient Greece. "Crack reading and make confident and enthusiastic readers with this fantastic reading programme." - Julia Eccleshare

A Child's Odyssey offers students the combination of clear explanations of central concepts, interesting and sometimes humorous examples and vignettes, and an emphasis on issues in child development. Now in a 16 chapter format, A Child's Odyssey provides greater coverage of physical and cognitive development in early and middle childhood while keeping the 3 chapter parallel coverage of infancy, early childhood, middle childhood and adolescence. A Child's Odyssey: offers expanded or new coverage on a wide range of topics including emotion regulation, early intervention, theory of mind, video games, obesity, evolutionary developmental psychology, brain research, empathy, handedness, educational issues, and parental monitoring. Includes student friendly pedagogical features such as key questions at the beginning of each chapter, review questions after each major section, frequently asked questions, and a running glossary throughout. Cross-Cultural Focus sections present a variety of cross-cultural research studies in depth. These thought provoking sections raise fascinating questions and the research results are often surprising.

For fans of Life of Pi and The Alchemist, an unforgettable, spellbinding literary epic, brimming with excitement and magic that will have you laughing and crying in the joy of being alive that is the Caribbean. When Ethan Carpenter fails to get help for his mother as she lays dying he is blamed for her death, cast out by a father who hates him, and finds himself adducted to a small sailboat in the Caribbean. The man who holds him descends to the darkest of evil with the boy his prey, as dangerous to Ethan as the tiger in Life of Pi. Like Pi, Ethan must find a way to avoid the man and his evil on an extended voyage, a two month, 1,500 mile sail the length of the Caribbean. But unlike Pi he must fight a second tiger within. Selfblame for his mother's death has taken him so far into himself that the real world seems an illusion, suicide the only answer. As the evil increases he is pushed toward becoming part of the very evil he is fighting. Can he overcome the man while finding a way out of the darkness that is his life? The boy's odds dim as the voyage becomes a frightening odyssey with the killer ocean storms, predators of the deep, and fantastical and deadly characters on shore as Homer told it of old. The boy's only hope is a black sailor who befriends him and tries to protect him. A knock-down physical and psychological battle rages between the two men with the heart and soul of the boy the prize and murder at play. Even in the violence the sailor's wisdom and humanity shine through, taking the story to an exploration of life's deeper meaning. And like The Alchemist, the sailor leads the boy through a series of events, each with a life lesson, in a personal journey toward finding himself and his future, a narrative of inspiration and self-realization. Lush, evocative, and totally human the story reminds one that life is worth living and the search for one's self is the most important search of all.

The poignant story of a boy's harrowing life on the streets of Romania...how he survived, escaped and returned to help other street children.

"While visiting his grandparents' vineyard in the Okanagan Valley in British Columbia, Canada, Colin has a chance meeting with the famous lake creature known as the Ogopogo"--Page 4 of cover.

In the secret realm of toys, there are many mysteries.