Author: Nancy L. Peterson
Publisher: Prufrock Press
Keywords: involved, parents, guides, guide, talent, child, writing, encouraging
Number of Pages: 161
Published: 2006-05
List price: $14.95
ISBN-10: 1593631855
ISBN-13: 9781593631857

Encouraging Your Child’s Writing Talent brings a new perspective to teaching kids writing—one that helps parents encourage and cultivate a child’s creative insights and love of words through the writing process. The author introduces parents to the characteristics of the gifted writer, provides them with tips to include writing in day-to-day activities, and leads them through the process of setting up writing workshops within the home. Along the way, stories and insights from published writers and examples of children’s written musings show how the budding writer can be enc

Author: Nancy J. Peterson
Publisher: University of Pennsylvania Press
Keywords: contemporary, penn, studies, fiction, memory, american, historical, women, writers, crises, amnesia
Number of Pages: 256
Published: 2001-03-26
List price: $69.95
ISBN-10: 0812235940
ISBN-13: 9780812235944

In Against Amnesia, Nancy J. Peterson addresses the ongoing postmodernist debate over the possibility and relevance of documentary and official histories. Drawing on Adrienne Rich’s claim that women’s literature and multicultural literature vigorously resist the amnesia and nostalgia that characterize mainstream North American culture, Peterson examines the struggles toward collective memory in a wealth of contemporary women’s writing.Peterson’s in-depth analyses of selected works by Louise Erdrich, Toni Morrison, Irena Klepfisz, Joy Kogawa, and other contemporary women

Authors:Nancy Loewen, Rick Peterson,
Publisher: Picture Window Books
Keywords: backyard, bugs, earthworms, wigglers, garden
Number of Pages: 24
Published: 2005-08-17
List price: $25.99
ISBN-10: 1404811443
ISBN-13: 9781404811447

Describes the physical characteristics, life cycle, and behavior of earthworms. Includes anatomy diagram and activity.

Authors:Wayne Terwilliger, Nancy Peterson, Peter Boehm,
Publisher: Globe Pequot
Keywords: one, bunts, terwilliger
Number of Pages: 320
Published: 2006-06-01
List price: $16.95
ISBN-10: 0762743107
ISBN-13: 9780762743100

Through fifty-seven seasons (and counting) in professional baseball, Wayne "Twig" Terwilliger has seen and done it all. He witnessed the "Shot Heard Round the World" at the Polo Grounds in 1951 and Mickey Mantle’s mile-long homer at Griffith Stadium in 1953. He got a game-winning single off Satchel Paige and a home run off Whitey Ford. He turned double plays against Pee Wee Reese and Jackie Robinson one season and with them the next. He counted Willie Mays and Roger Maris among his teammates and Ted Williams among his friends. He was part of the Minnesota Twins electrifying World Series

Authors:Lee Allen Peterson, Roger Tory Peterson,
Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Keywords: field, guide, north, peterson, central, america, plants, edible, wild, eastern
Number of Pages: 352
Published: 1999-09-01
List price: $19.00
ISBN-10: 039592622X
ISBN-13: 9780395926222

More than 370 edible wild plants, plus 37 poisonous look-alikes, are described here, with 400 drawings and 78 color photographs showing precisely how to recognize each species. Also included are habitat descriptions, lists of plants by season, and preparation instructions for 22 different food uses.

Authors:Joan Peterson, David Peterson,
Publisher: Ginkgo Press
Keywords: smart, embark, tasting, adventure, series, amp, foods, indonesia, decipher, menu, market
Number of Pages: 144
Published: 1997-04-01
List price: $10.36
ISBN-10: 0964116812
ISBN-13: 9780964116818

The third in the EAT SMART series is a comprehensive, readable survey of the whole scope of Indonesian gastronomy. It confers savvy to partake as fully and gloriously of Indonesian food as desired and is essential reading for any "foodie" visiting this vast archipelago. The newest (and third) guide in this authoritative series Eat Smart in Indonesia: How To Decipher The Menu, Know The Market Foods & Embark On A Tasting Adventure is a paean to Indonesian cuisine. It contains a rich historical perspective on the origins and varieties of Indonesian food and extensive background on the del

Authors:Judy Peterson, Dave Peterson,
Publisher: Fox Chapel Publishing
Keywords: amp, scroll, woodworking, book, wood, crafts, expanded, newly, revised, puzzles, projects
Number of Pages: 128
Published: 2009-02-01
List price: $17.95
ISBN-10: 1565233913
ISBN-13: 9781565233911

Designed for crafters of all skill levels, this straightforward guide covers all the skills that scrollers need to make upright standing and interlocking puzzles. With step-by-step instructions; information on selecting the proper tools, woods, and blades; and techniques for transferring patterns and applying finishes; this guide includes everything the beginner needs to get started while instructions for creating custom patterns and designing an animal puzzle from a photograph provide additional projects for experienced scrollers. Featuring patterns of numerous animals, including an alligator