A Picture Worth A Thousand Words

This guide provides a single-source, comprehensive listing of a fascinating and helpful group of books-picture books for older readers. A multitude of ideas about how to use them in the classroom supplements this list of carefully selected quality fiction and nonfiction books that focuses on universal themes, appeals to all ages, addresses important issues, and is accessible to multiple learning styles. Picture books aren't just for the very young. Innovative educators and parents have used them for years with readers of all ages and reading levels, knowing that students comprehend more from the visual-verbal connections these books offer. They are great tools for teaching visual literacy and writing skills; are effective with reluctant readers, ESL students, and those reading below grade level; and can easily be used to support various curriculum. This guide provides a single-source, comprehensive listing of a fascinating and helpful group of books and a multitude of ideas about how to use them in the classroom. The authors have carefully selected quality fiction and nonfiction that focus on universal themes, appeal to all ages, treat important issues, and are accessible to multiple learning styles.

Whether it’s earrings, homework, or love notes, Tillie “Lost and Found” Green and her camera can find any lost thing—until a search for a missing person forces her to step out from behind the lens in Brigit Young's middle-grade debut novel, Worth a Thousand Words. Ever since a car accident left Tillie Green with lasting painful injuries, she's hidden behind her camera. She watches her family and classmates through the lens, tracking down misplaced items and spotting the small details that tell a much bigger story than people usually see. But she isn’t prepared for class clown Jake Hausmann’s request: to find his father. In a matter of days, Tillie goes from silent observer to one half of a detective duo, searching for clues to the mystery of Jake’s dad’s disappearance. When the truth isn’t what Jake wants it to be, and the photographs start exposing people’s secrets, Tillie has to decide what—and who—is truly important to her. A Junior Library Guild Selection

Life has always gone Indigo Burns's way. She's smart, pretty, and talented, and she knows exactly what she wants. A photography internship at her hometown's local newspaper is the next step in her well-laid plans for her future. But her long-term goals are put to the test when her boyfriend Brian proposes--two years before he's supposed to and in front of all the guests at her college graduation party. Too concerned about his feelings to say no, she heartily agrees, but inside she's cringing. Indigo knows in her heart that she's not prepared to sacrifice her dreams to become Brian's wife--not before she has achieved any of them. Will she find the answers among family and friends in Jubilant, Texas? Or will the picture-perfect life she dreams of be left behind?

Dramatically increase the impact of your presentations withvisuals. Drawings are a quick way to organize and connect ideas andkeep the creative juices flowing during presentations andmeetings. This workbook will show you how to: * Draw simple objects to help your audience relateinformation * Print words quickly and legibly * Add action to your presentation through simple visuals * Use color strategically . . . and more! Designed to be reused, this workbook will help you gain the skillsand confidence to express your ideas with pictures. You don't haveto be a graphic artist to add graphic dimension to yourpresentation. With these simple graphics tips, you'll soon be onyour way to creating a fun and impactful presentation!

Ashleigh's boyfriend, Kaleb, is about to leave for college, and Ashleigh is worried that he'll forget about her while he's away. So at a legendary end-of-summer pool party, Ashleigh's friends suggest she text him a picture of herself -- sans swimsuit -- to take with him. Before she can talk herself out of it, Ashleigh strides off to the bathroom, snaps a photo in the full-length mirror, and hits "send." But when Kaleb and Ashleigh go through a bad breakup, Kaleb takes revenge by forwarding the text to his baseball team. Soon the photo has gone viral, attracting the attention of the school board, the local police, and the media. As her friends and family try to distance themselves from the scandal, Ashleigh feels completely alone -- until she meets Mack while serving her court-ordered community service. Not only does Mack offer a fresh chance at friendship, but he's the one person in town who received the text of Ashleigh's photo -- and didn't look. Acclaimed author Jennifer Brown brings readers a gripping novel about honesty and betrayal, redemption and friendship, attraction and integrity, as Ashleigh finds that while a picture may be worth a thousand words . . . it doesn't always tell the whole story.

Can a single picture ruin your life? After almost six months at her new school, Rachel feels invisible. Even though her twin brother, Liam, had no trouble adjusting, Rachel still feels like an outsider. When a new friend invites her to a party, she's hopeful she might finally get her chance to be seen. But when a photo from the party starts circulating around school, Rachel becomes anything but invisible, but for all the wrong reasons. It seems everyone, including Liam, has seen the embarrassing photo. Rumors about Rachel seem to be all her classmates are talking about, both in the hallways and online. Life as Rachel knows it quickly begins to unravel, along with her reputation. Her brother won't speak to her, her new friend won't be seen with her and her classmates believe everything but the truth. Worst of all, Rachel can't remember much from the night of the party. She doesn't understand how everything spiraled out of control, especially since she doesn't even know if she was a willing participant when the photo was taken.

A Picture Is Worth 1,000 Words&break;&break;The old saying is true. And if you're a writer in need of inspiration, it's also the key to creating an endless number of stories while honing your craft to a razor's edge. &break;&break;Inside, you'll find over 110 beautiful and intriguing photos created just for this book. Each photo is paired with a thought-provoking writing prompt. Together, they'll help you break through writer's block, generate hundreds of story ideas, and improve your writing ability by leaps and bounds. Many prompts are geared toward specific elements of the craft, enabling you to focus on whatever aspect of writing - character, dialogue, beginnings, endings, description, and more - you find most worthy of examination. &break;&break;And by probing deeper into the details of each photo, you'll also learn how to improve your observational skills, find ideas everywhere you look, and create intriguing stories on demand. &break;&break;One thousand words and more are just waiting to be written. Open the cover and see for yourself.

A New York Times Notable Book, 1997 The lavishly illustrated and often darkly hilarious retelling of Soviet history through the doctored photographs under Stalin. The Commissar Vanishes has been hailed as a brilliant, indispensable record of an era. The Commissar Vanishes offers a unique and chilling look at how one man--Joseph Stalin--manipulated the science of photography to advance his own political career and erase the memory of his victims. Over the past thirty years David King has assembled the world's largest archive of doctored Soviet photographs, the best of which appear here, in a book Tatyana Tolstaya, in The New York Review of Books, called "an extraordinary, incomparable volume."