From award-winning author Susan Hood and illustrator Sally Wern Comport comes the extraordinary true tale of the Recycled Orchestra of Paraguay, an orchestra made up of children playing instruments built from recycled trash.

Ada Ríos grew up in Cateura, a small town in Paraguay built on a landfill. She dreamed of playing the violin, but with little money for anything but the bare essentials, it was never an option...until a music teacher named Favio Chávez arrived. He wanted to give the children of Cateura something special, so he made them instruments out of materials found in the trash. It was a crazy idea, but one that would leave Ada—and her town—forever changed. Now, the Recycled Orchestra plays venues around the world, spreading their message of hope and innovation.

In the final volume of his history of philosophy, Jürgen Habermas offers a series of brilliant interpretations of the thinkers who set the agenda for contemporary philosophy.  Beginning with masterful readings of Hume and Kant, he traces the genealogy of their postmetaphysical thinking through the main currents of historicism and German Idealism, and the multifarious reactions to Hegel’s influential system, culminating in nuanced readings of Marx, Kierkegaard and Peirce.  Through his analysis of their work, Habermas demonstrates the interpretive fecundity of the central themes of his philosophical enterprise – his pragmatist theory of meaning, his communicative theories of subjectivity and sociality, and his discursive theory of normativity in its moral, juridical and political manifestations.

In contrast to the bland compendia of thinkers and positions generally presented in surveys of the history of philosophy, Habermas’s thematically focused interpretations are destined to provoke controversy and stimulate dialogue. With this work one of the indisputably great thinkers of our time presents a powerful vindication of his conception of philosophy as an inherently discursive – and not merely analytical or speculative – enterprise.

The foundational textbook on the study of virology

Basic Virology, 4th Edition cements this series’ position as the leading introductory virology textbook in the world. It’s easily read style, outstanding figures, and comprehensive coverage of fundamental topics in virology all account for its immense popularity.

This undergraduate-accessible book covers all the foundational topics in virology, including:

• The basics of virology
• Virological techniques
• Molecular biology
• Pathogenesis of human viral disease

The 4th edition includes new information on the SARS, MERS and COVID-19 coronaviruses, hepatitis C virus, influenza virus, as well as HIV and Ebola. New virological techniques including bioinformatics and advances in viral therapies for human disease are also explored in-depth. The book also includes entirely new sections on metapneumoviruses, dengue virus, and the chikungunya virus.

Communication and Sport introduces readers to the traditions and vocabulary found in communication scholarship as it then explains what distinguishes communication from related disciplinary approaches, such as sociology, anthropology, history, and cultural studies. Subsequent chapters explore such issues as: fan cultures; racial identity and gender in sports media; politics and nationality in sports; parent/child relationships and player/coach interactions in sports; sports and religion; and crisis communication in sports organization. In response to changes in the sporting landscape, the Fifth Edition features an extensive structural change and reorganization with newly designed units and chapters in addition to introducing a new coauthor Nicky Lewis.

This edited book on Digital Technologies and Early Childhood in China: Policy and Practice is the eighth volume in the Research in Global Child Advocacy Series. This volume details the entanglement of digital technologies and early childhood ecologies, learning and pedagogies in China. It analyses how traditional Chinese values, Eastern and Western curricular approaches, and socio-political, economic, cultural, and demographic changes influence current policies, services, and practice. This book is the first research-based review of technology integration into early childhood education and the factors that affect it in China. It is particularly timely given China’s growing influence and the increased recognition of the importance of early childhood education for human capital development globally. Across international contexts, there is limited knowledge of China’s early childhood curricular reforms, and this book offers insight into the socio-cultural and political influences that have driven the nation’s tremendous investment in the technology infrastructure, the ambitious goals for implementation into the education of young children, and barriers to these integration efforts.

Collectively, this rich collection of chapters offers a nuanced understanding of the entanglement of digital technologies and early childhood education in China. Each chapter sheds light on a distinct aspect of this complex landscape, providing valuable insights and opening new avenues for exploration. It sheds light on the socio-cultural and political influences that have shaped China's ambitious goals for technology integration in the education of young children. By addressing the barriers and challenges faced in these integration efforts, the book provides critical knowledge for policymakers, researchers, and educators seeking to enhance early childhood education practices in China and beyond.

Furthermore, this volume contributes to the global understanding of China's early childhood curricular reforms and the significant investments made in technology infrastructure. As China continues to play an influential role in the global landscape, understanding its early childhood curricular reforms and technology integration efforts becomes increasingly important. This book contributes to the international knowledge base by offering insights into the socio-cultural and political influences driving China's investment in technology infrastructure and the challenges faced in its implementation. It serves as a valuable resource for researchers, policymakers, and educators worldwide seeking to enhance early childhood education practices, promote digital literacy, and harness the potential of digital technologies in early learning environments.

This book aims to broaden the teaching repertoires of pre-service and in-service early childhood teachers so they can better meet the needs of the children they teach. Covering 16 early childhood teaching strategies―ranging from traditional play-based approaches through direct teaching and technology-assisted instruction to postmodern methods―each chapter focuses on a different pedagogical approach, explaining what it is, why it’s important, and how it can be implemented in Pre-K–3 classrooms. Chapters conclude with detailed examples of how the strategies can be utilized to cover specific instructional objectives drawn from published standards. Diversified Teaching Strategies for Early Childhood Classrooms is essential reading for undergraduate students studying early childhood education, as well as graduate students, early childhood teacher educators, and any practicing Pre-K–Grade 3 teachers. It offers readers a richer set of tools for making good decisions about how to teach real content in ways that are effective and meet the needs of young children in a complex and rapidly changing world.

Teacher training and human rights are integral realities in a social context dominated by the discourse of globalization; therefore, it is necessary for States, universities and teachers to assume a critical attitude from and in their own training. In this sense, Latin American countries, especially those included in this research, namely Argentina, Colombia and Venezuela: Argentina, Colombia and Venezuela; are under the obligation to create policies, curricula and programs as appropriate, to achieve the necessary transformation in the training of Early Childhood Education teachers with a focus on and for human rights. The purpose is framed in the generation of a theoretical corpus to guide the formulation of public policies for teacher training in Early Childhood Education with a human rights approach in Latin America. To train in human rights is to believe in them, to live in them and to transcend them in order to achieve the change so longed for by past, present and future generations and, consequently, to achieve quality education for Latin American children.

This book is about food and feeding in early childhood education and care, offering an exploration of the intersection of children’s food, education, family intervention, and public health policies.

The notion of ‘good’ food for children is often communicated as a matter of common sense by policymakers and public health authorities; yet the social, material, and practical aspects of feeding children are far from straightforward. Drawing on a detailed ethnographic study conducted in a London nursery and children’s centre, this book provides a close examination of the practices of childcare practitioners, children, and parents, asking how the universalism of policy and bureaucracy fits with the particularism of feeding and eating in the early years. Looking at the unintended consequences that emerged in the field, such as contradictory public health messaging and arbitrary policy interventions, the book reveals the harmful assumptions about disadvantaged groups that are perpetuated in policy discourse, and challenges the constructs of individual choice and responsibility as main determinants of health. Children’s food practices at the nursery are examined to explore the notion that, whilst for adults it is what children eat that often matters most, to children it is how they eat that is more important. This book contributes to a growing body of literature evidencing how children’s food is a contested domain, in which power relations are continuously negotiated. This raises questions not only on how children can be included in policy beyond a tokenistic involvement but also on what children’s well-being might mean beyond the biomedical sphere.

The book will particularly appeal to students and scholars in food and health, food policy, childhood studies, and medical anthropology. Policymakers and non-governmental bodies working in the domains of children’s food and early years policies will also find this book of interest.

Game-Changing Leadership in Action invites school and systems leaders to engage in a personalized professional learning approach to advance the collective pursuit of educational progress. Throughout this practical resource, you’re encouraged to reimagine and redesign your schools and districts for long-term sustainability and success. This inquiry-based, transformational leadership approach delves into three key domains―personal, environmental, and institutional―in order to help leaders hone necessary skills and mindsets to tackle today’s leadership challenges. The five sets of modules in this practical book provide you with real-life lessons, problem-solving activities, collaboration opportunities, and hands-on exercises that will amplify your impact within your own sphere of influence. You will engage with practical tools and resources to help rewrite the rules of engagement for the students, families, and staff you serve. Your move!

This timely, critical book presents an accessible glimpse into the beliefs and ideologies of English that govern Taiwan’s private language schools.

Drawing on the original analysis of over sixty hours of in-depth interviews with 43 teachers and students, as well as the author’s personal experience teaching English in Asia, a combination of thematic analysis and storytelling are used to better understand the meaning of English in Taiwan, and its impact on Taiwanese and foreign teachers. Importantly, her findings extend current critical scholarship in the interdisciplinary fields of language and identity, critical race theory, and critical linguistics, to the specific context of Taiwan’s private language schools, shining a light on hierarchies of race, nationality, and linguistic identity in these unique cross-cultural spaces. When viewed against the backdrop of Taiwan’s “Bilingual by 2030” policy, and China’s relations with Taiwan, these powerful beliefs about English and the West take on new meaning.

The author’s book offers much needed insight into the belief systems and ideologies of English that create power and privilege in Taiwan’s schools, thereby serving as a guide for academics, policymakers, teachers, students, and English school owners alike.

Discover the spellbinding magic of In the Hall of The Mountain King in this musical retelling of Peer Gynt—push the button on each beautiful scene to hear the vivid sound of an orchestra playing from Grieg’s score.

This tale of a boy’s adventure through the valleys and mountains of the Norwegian countryside begins at a wedding feast far, far away. Peer Gynt is bored and he’s longing for adventure. After sneaking off from the party, he finds himself at a peaceful lake where he meets some dairy people. When he lies about his escapades riding reindeer through the sky, they dare him to go to the lair of the Mountain King, the king of the trolls.
 
The king’s halls are dark and spooky, and it isn’t long before Peer is captured. How will he escape? And will he learn the importance of humility and the value of friends?

As you and your little one journey through the magical scenes, you will press the buttons to hear 10 excerpts from the score. Readers should press firmly on the pages to activate the sounds, encouraging interactive learning and introducing children to this beautiful piece of music.

At the back of the book, find a short biography of the composer, Edvard Grieg, with details about his composition of Peer Gynt. Next to this, you can replay the musical excerpts and, for each of them, read a discussion of the instruments, rhythms, and musical techniques that make them so powerful. A glossary defines musical terms.

The Story Orchestra series brings classical music to life for children through gorgeously illustrated retellings of classic ballet, opera, and program music stories paired with 10-second sound clips of orchestras playing from their musical scores.

Also available from the Story Orchestra series: The Magic Flute, I Can Play (vol 1), Carnival of the Animals, The Sleeping Beauty, The Nutcracker, and Four Seasons in One Day.

Manufacturer’s note: please pull the white tab out of the back of the book before use. Sound buttons require a firm push in the exact location to work, which may be hard for young children. All sound clips are 10 seconds long.

The perfect primer to introduce children to classical music.

Educator growth, well-being, and evaluation are often disconnected. How can we weave them together to better champion adult learning needs so educators can thrive and remain in their roles?

In this important resource, bestselling authors Lori Cohen (The PD Book) and Elizabeth Denevi (Learning and Teaching While White) present a framework for creating a healthy ecosystem of school transformation: equity, well-being, growth, and evaluation. The authors discuss each foundation in depth and provide research-informed practices, tools, and case studies for easy implementation. Resources include reflections to co-create a vision for equity, a sample coaching/mentoring conversation arc, steps for implementing a growth structure, the Teacher–Student Relationship Quality (TSRQ) Matrix, the Integrated Classroom Practices for Equity rubric, and more.

Whether you’re a school leader, mentor, or teacher evaluator, this accessible guide will help you create a transformative school environment to sustain and grow effective, empowered educators.

Author Tracy Newman and illustrator Abigail Halpin’s picture-book biography of violin virtuoso Itzhak Perlman will inspire young readers to follow the melody within themselves.

A Schneider Family Book Award Young Children Honor Book

Before becoming one of the greatest violinists of all time, Itzhak Perlman was simply a boy who loved music. Raised by a poor immigrant family in a tiny Tel Aviv apartment, baby Itzhak was transformed by the sounds from his family’s kitchen radio—graceful classical symphonies, lively klezmer tunes, and soulful cantorial chants. The rich melodies and vibrant rhythms spoke to him like magic, filling his mind with vivid rainbows of color.

After begging his parents for an instrument, Itzhak threw his heart and soul into playing the violin. Despite enormous obstacles—including a near-fatal bout of polio that left him disabled for life—Itzhak persevered, honing his extraordinary gift. When he performed on the Ed Sullivan Show at only 13, audiences around the world were mesmerized by the warmth, joy, and passion in every note.

Gorgeously illustrated with extensive back matter, Itzhak: A Boy Who Loved the Violin recounts Itzhak’s childhood journey—from a boy with a dream to an internationally acclaimed violin virtuoso.

By putting children’s voices at the heart of early childhood education, this essential textbook will help students truly understand what it is young children are saying and will show them how to support the promotion of the child’s voice.

Through an innovative story-like approach led by the perspective of children themselves, the authors encourage readers to critically consider how careful listening and responding to young children’s ideas and opinions provides exciting opportunities for a new pedagogical approach within education, thereby challenging dominant discourses. By focusing on real-life examples of what children say about things that are important to them, Listening to Young Children’s Voices provides a wealth of ideas and practical exercises to support an understanding of effective listening. Drawing from research and professional experience, and using theory and new conceptual ideas, the authors guide students to develop knowledge and critical thinking skills.

This book makes an important contribution to the discipline of early childhood education. It will be an invaluable tool for those working with and alongside young children, students, educationalists, and policy makers.

This book offers an evidence-based approach to empower early years, primary and secondary education professionals to identify individual pupil needs quickly and carefully, without the long wait or cost for a specialist diagnosis.

The resource guides the reader through aspects of core cognitive testing, showing how to identify specific areas of need from phonological and visual processing to executive functioning and mental health. It advocates for child-centred and school-based solutions for “what now?” and “what next?”, based on screening data, and supports SEND teams to provide targeted strategies and advice for colleagues and families alike. At a strategic level, the book enables school leaders to use cohort data over time to anticipate trends and to develop and improve provision, policies, and practice, ensuring that no child misses out.

With suggestions for quick, free, easy and timely assessments, this comprehensive resource is an invaluable tool for all SEND professionals working in or alongside mainstream and alternative provision at early years, primary or secondary level.

This book brings together leading academics and practitioners to provide research-informed strategies for nurturing young children as spiritual beings. Globalization and performativity have led to a narrowing of education in early years settings and schools, and this book considers the types of knowledge and capabilities children and educators need to address the challenges this presents. The chapters explore and critique existing practices in a range of areas including sustainability, inclusion, relationships with parents, ethics of care, and the role of the arts. Written by contributors based in Australia, Canada, Malta, the UK and the USA, the book offers theoretical discussion and practical strategies to help educators nurture young children’s spirituality emphasising holistic approaches and caring relationships as an antidote to current neoliberal discourse.

Research Methods for Studying Young Children is a volume developed to bring together in one source research techniques that researchers can use to collect data in early childhood education. These studies can then contribute to the knowledge in early childhood education. To conduct valid and reliable studies, researchers need to be knowledgeable about numerous research methodologies. The volume primarily addresses researchers, scholars, and graduate or advanced undergraduate students who are preparing to conduct research in early childhood education. It provides them with the intellectual resources that will help them join the cadre of early childhood education researchers and scholars. The purpose of the volume is to prepare and guide researchers to achieve a high level of competence and sophistication, to avoid past mistakes, and to benefit from the best researchers in the field. This volume is also useful to professors of education who conduct research and prepare teachers in early childhood education. It aims to improve the researchers’ conceptual and methodological abilities in early childhood education. Thus, the volume can be used as a guide that focuses on important contemporary research methodologies in early childhood education and describes them to offer researchers the necessary information to use these methodologies appropriately. 

企業、組織：引發員工對於企業ESG的探究與啟發
教育者：引發學生對於真實世界的探究與啟發
聯合國在2015年宣布「2030永續發展目標」（Sustainable Development Goals, SDGs），其中包含：消除貧窮、消除飢餓、可負擔的潔淨能源、永續城市與社區、促進性別平權、負責任的生產與消費、減緩氣候變遷等17項核心目標，並涵蓋169項細項目標、230項指標，開始有具體指引，讓世界各國對話，並指引國家與政府、民間與個人努力的方向，以邁向永續。
台灣永續發展實踐的案例百花齊放，書中圍繞著17項永續發展目標，各舉出2個台灣實踐範例，例如：
SDG 1 生態綠：用公平貿易商品，打破貧窮的循環；
SDG 2卡維蘭：改善農友收益與創造醜鮮果再利用」；
SDG 3WaCare：運用科技解決城鄉差距與健康照護；
SDG 7陽光伏特家：台灣第一家公民電廠平台；
SDG 8漢光果菜：與農民攜手生產優質農產品改善生活；
SDG 9 55688集團：台灣大車隊透過AI，讓交通運輸更智慧；
SDG 10One-Forty：挺移工學中文，創造勞雇共好；
SDG 14遠東新世紀：從海洋垃圾到環保時尚；
SDG 17國合會：以夥伴關係邁向永續發展；
跨多個SDG的「蜻蜓石」運用黑水虻實現循環經濟、永續零廢棄的未來農場……等近40家台灣企業、非營利組織與非政府組織的實踐案例。
對組織與教育工作者有實質的具體幫助！
藉由本書的拋磚引玉，引發更多永續實踐的行動與作為，期盼更多案例能被看見與相互支持。同時讓大眾瞭解目前台灣的永續發展實踐就在我們的生活周遭，更期盼對於組織與教育工作者有實質且具體幫助：
企業組織：可以瞭解到不同組織如何實踐永續發展，同時希望拋磚引玉，可能從中回到組織內部檢視有哪些做為就是在實踐永續發展，也可能開創出創新永續發展實踐構想。
教育工作者：透過實踐案例，讓教育工作者帶給學習者瞭解到，永續發展不會只是口號，而是要付諸實踐與行動，書中案例只是實踐案例冰山一角，鼓勵學習者發覺更多實踐案例，同時也鼓勵學習者投入實踐行動。

【本書特色】
■每個案例最終提供給企業組織參考方向，同時也提供給教育工作者永續發展教育實踐方式。
■藉由呈現不同領域的永續發展實踐案例，以實際行動為證，證明永續發展不再只停留在理論與口號，而是一場需要踏出實際步伐的關鍵運動。
■ 無論是組織領袖、從業人員，都可以在這本書中找到鼓舞和方向。組織可以藉此反思、創新，並實現可持續的使命。
■教育工作者可以藉由案例將理論轉化為實踐，激發學生的積極參與。

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汪大久｜明道中學校長
張子超｜臺灣師範大學永續管理與環境教育研究所教授
陳同孝｜臺中科技大學校長
黃正忠｜安侯永續發展顧問股份有限公司董事總經理 
簡又新｜台灣永續能源研究基金會（TAISE）董事長

Sparking Learning in Young Children: Classroom Best Practices provides a streamlined yet comprehensive overview of everything you need to kickstart your preschool, transitional kindergarten, or pre-K classroom to help ensure the best possible teaching and learning environment. Dive into relevant topics, offering insights from contemporary research, expert-defined best practices, and real-world examples from the author’s twenty-plus years of experience. Whether a seasoned teacher or a dedicated aide, this guide is your roadmap to creating a vibrant, inclusive, and developmentally appropriate early childhood learning experience. This concise yet comprehensive resource equips you with the essential tools to create an engaging learning environment by focusing on key areas such as child development, planning and reflection, room design and materials, family engagement, and more!

This book is the definitive text on understanding and supporting children’s speech, language and communication needs (SLCN). Written by experts, it presents evidence-based approaches in a highly accessible format. Wide-ranging in scope, Supporting Children's Speech, Language and Communication Needs

• covers best practice for many groups of children, including those with speech sound disorders, Developmental Language Disorder (DLD) and neurodevelopmental differences
• discusses specialist populations, including acquired brain injury and cleft lip and palate, as well as childhood onset eating, drinking and swallowing difficulties
• features chapters on inclusive communication environments, Alternative and Augmentative Communication (AAC), communication partners, the whole systems approach and evidencing impact, exploring cross-cutting themes.

Case studies are included throughout to bring learning to life, and recommended online sources of further information are included. Comprehensive, authoritative and up to date, this book will prove indispensable for students and practitioners in speech and language therapy.

For many, technology offers hope for the future―that promise of shared human flourishing and liberation that always seems to elude our species. Artificial intelligence (AI) technologies spark this hope in a particular way. They promise a future in which human limits and frailties are finally overcome―not by us, but by our machines.

Yet rather than open new futures, today's powerful AI technologies reproduce the past. Forged from oceans of our data into immensely powerful but flawed mirrors, they reflect the same errors, biases, and failures of wisdom that we strive to escape. Our new digital mirrors point backward. They show only where the data say that we have already been, never where we might venture together for the first time.

To meet today's grave challenges to our species and our planet, we will need something new from AI, and from ourselves.

Shannon Vallor makes a wide-ranging, prophetic, and philosophical case for what AI could be: a way to reclaim our human potential for moral and intellectual growth, rather than lose ourselves in mirrors of the past. Rejecting prophecies of doom, she encourages us to pursue technology that helps us recover our sense of the possible, and with it the confidence and courage to repair a broken world. Vallor calls us to rethink what AI is and can be, and what we want to be with it.

*GOOD HOUSEKEEPING BEST KIDS BOOK AWARD 2023 WINNER*

Discover the spellbinding magic of The Planets in this musical reimagining of one of Holst’s most famous suites.Push the button on each beautiful scene to hear the vivid sound of an orchestra playing from Holst’s score.

This tale is about a brother and sister who adventure deep into our solar system. Our story begins one night as Helen and Tim get ready for bed in their new space rocket bunk beds… but sleep will have to wait as they magically blast up, up, up into the glittering night sky, leaving planet Earth far below them.
 
Helen and Tim journey here, there and everywhere through our majestic solar system. They soar past the cold rocky surface of Mars as it rises into towering peaks and plunges into deep canyons and glide through a bumpy asteroid belt made of icy rocks. They blast deeper into our solar system, exploring the dazzling stars and astounding planets along the way.
 
But now it really is time to head home! As the rocket speeds towards Earth, Tim and Helen watch the sun rise over their planet.
 
As you and your little one journey through the magical scenes, you will press the buttons to hear 10 excerpts from the score. Readers should press firmly on the pages to activate the sounds, encouraging interactive learning and introducing children to this beautiful piece of music.

At the back of the book, find a short biography of the composer, Gustav Holst, with details about his composition of The Planets. Next to this, you can replay the musical excerpts and, for each of them, read a discussion of the instruments, rhythms and musical techniques that make them so powerful. A glossary defines musical terms.

The Story Orchestra series brings classical music to life for children through gorgeously illustrated retellings of classic ballet, opera and program music stories paired with 10-second sound clips of orchestras playing from their musical scores.

Also available from the Story Orchestra series: Four Seasons in One Day, The Nutcracker, The Sleeping Beauty, Swan Lake, Carnival of the Animals, The Magic Flute, In the Hall of the Mountain King and I Can Play (vol 1).

Manufacturer’s note: please pull the white tab out of the back of the book before use. Sound buttons require a firm push in exact location to work, which may be hard for young children. All sound clips are 10 seconds long.

The perfect primer to introduce children to classical music.

On the edge of the woods live Hansel and Gretel with their parents. One day their mother is furious at them for not completing their household chores and sends the siblings into the woods to pick some strawberries. But these are no ordinary woods. They are home to an evil witch who delights in baking children into gingerbread men and eating them! Discover what happens to Hansel and Gretel in this magical retelling of the famous Grimms' fairy tale. 
 
As you and your little one journey through the magical scenes of one of the greatest fairy tales, press the buttons on each page to hear 10 excerpts from the incidental music! Readers should press firmly on the pages to activate the sounds, encouraging interactive learning and introducing children to this beautiful piece of music.

At the back of the book, find a short biography of the composer, Engelbert Humperdinck, with details about his composition of Hansel and Gretel. Next to this, you can replay the musical excerpts and, for each of them, read a discussion of the instruments, rhythms and musical techniques that make them so powerful. A glossary defines musical terms.

The Story Orchestra series brings classical music to life for children through gorgeously illustrated retellings of classic ballet, opera and program music stories paired with 10-second sound clips of orchestras playing from their musical scores.

Also available in the Story Orchestra series: Four Seasons in One Day, The Nutcracker, The Sleeping Beauty, Swan Lake, Carnival of the Animals, The Magic Flute, In the Hall of the Mountain King, I Can Play (vol 1), The Planets and A Midsummer Night's Dream. 

Manufacturer's note: please pull the white tab out of the back of the book before use. Sound buttons require a firm push in exact location to work, which may be hard for young children. All sound clips are 10 seconds long.

Discover the magic of Mozart by pressing the buttons in this enchanting sound book.

The animal orchestra travel through the forest playing five different pieces of Mozart's music and telling the other animals a little bit about the extraordinary man who wrote them. The beautiful illustrations and spellbinding music are a perfect introduction to one of the greatest composers of all time.

- Includes tunes from five of Mozart's greatest pieces, including the beloved horn concerto, the famous piano concerto no. 21, and two symphonies
- Packed with charming illustrations full of fun details to talk about
- The perfect introduction for little children to the world of classical music
- Discover more in the Animal Orchestra series

The Latest Time Saving AI Tools that Make Learning More Engaging

Busy educators need tools that support their planning and provide them with more time with students. While artificial intelligence (AI) has emerged as a promising solution, it can only help if we’re willing to continuously learn how to use it in ways that improve upon what we already do well. The Artificial Intelligence Playbook: Time-Saving Tools for Teachers that Make Learning More Engaging, Second Edition, is a thoroughly updated, expanded new edition that reflects the transformative changes that have emerged since the first publication, offering updated strategies, insights, research, and examples that address the latest developments in AI technology. Learn how to purposefully use AI with:

• Best practices for composing effective prompts for optimal output and incorporating images, PDFs, or other documents with those prompts
• An expanded look at the responsible use of generative AI, addressing plagiarism, citations, and other common concerns
• New strategies and research supporting AI literacy instruction to prepare students for an AI-powered future
• More classroom examples demonstrating AI use cases for instructional best practices across various grade levels
• Practical ways to implement AI to enhance teaching functions from planning, instruction, assessment, student engagement, and more.

Though AI has the potential to reduce workload for educators, it will never replace teachers. Your connection with students is irreplaceable―and greatly impacts their learning. With The Artificial Intelligence Playbook, Second Edition, in hand, educators will find even more time-saving tools to help build and sustain those vital relationships with students all while enhancing learning and engagement in the classroom.

A provocative reassessment of Heidegger’s critique of German Idealism from one of the tradition’s foremost interpreters.

Heidegger claimed that Western philosophy ended—failed, even—in the German Idealist tradition. In The Culmination, Robert B. Pippin explores the ramifications of this charge through a masterful survey of Western philosophy, especially Heidegger’s critiques of Hegel and Kant. Pippin argues that Heidegger’s basic concern was to determine sources of meaning for human life, particularly those that had been obscured by Western philosophy’s attention to reason. The Culmination offers a new interpretation of Heidegger, German Idealism, and the fate of Western rationalism.

This book provides a comprehensive, in-depth multidisciplinary perspective on early childhood education, linking five fundamental dimensions from child health and development to early childhood professionalism and inclusion in education. The editors discover how the digital environment and health education can create new spaces and opportunities to promote children’s comprehensive development from an early age, thereby laying the foundation for their happiness and correct learning. This book is an invitation that will not only inspire the hearts of educators and parents but also ignite a spark of curiosity and love for learning in the children who are the true protagonists of this story.

This book explores how the Play Cycle can help practitioners to observe and understand children’s play and support their interactions with children. It explains the six elements of the Play Cycle – pre cue, play cue, play return, play frame, flow, and annihilation – and shows how practitioners can use this to guide their interventions.

Building on the author’s research and including an updated and revised theory of the Play Cycle, the book applies the Play Cycle to key aspects of provision alongside examples from a wide range of settings. Chapters cover:

• The indoor and outdoor environment and resources
• Child-led and non-directive play including risk
• The adult role, play maintenance and interventions
• The Play Cycle and Play Cycle Observation Method
• The Play Cycle in Policy and Practice

Including vignettes and reflective questions, this text brings the theory and application of the Play Cycle fully up-to-date and is essential reading for practitioners and those studying play-related courses, for example, playwork, childcare, and early years education.

On the intersections of art and artificial intelligence, with contributions from Nick Montfort, Antonio Somaini and Quentin Bajac

Published with Jeu de Paume.

Contemporary generative artificial intelligence arouses astonishment, fear, enthusiasm or skepticism as the technology develops at an accelerated pace in all areas of culture and science. Networks of artificial neurons understand the world as a code: using the latent framework of mathematical matrices, they teach themselves to produce images, sounds and text in order to think, write and speak.
The World through AI explores the ways in which contemporary artists have engaged with these artificial intelligences over the last decade, with both critical and experimental aims. With contributions from artists working in digital media alongside essays by scientists and cultural theorists, this comprehensive guide looks at all aspects of this new frontier, from 'analytical AI' to 'generative AI.'
Artists include: Christian Marclay, Trevor Paglen, Hito Steyerl, Julian Charrière, Alexia Achilleos, Theopisti Stylianou-Lambert, Nora Al-Badri, Patsy Baudoin, Nick Montfort.

From the author of Welcome to the Opera and Welcome to Jazz, this musical picture book introduces children ages 4 to 8 to the wonders of classical music with 19 interactive sound buttons.

Please take your seat. The concert is about to begin!

Discover what a symphony is, who Beethoven was, what happens when a conductor takes the podium and faces of the orchestra, and when you should and shouldn’t clap during a performance.

Welcome to the Symphony is a unique, interactive introduction to classical music, presenting one of the most famous symphonies ever written, by one the most famous composers who ever lived.

With 19 sound buttons, you’ll hear the different parts and voices of the music—the beginning of “Symphony No. 5”, the melody, the harmony, the sounds made by a violin, a viola, a cello, a double bass, and more. And you can even sing along!

Welcome to the Symphony is the first book in music educator Carolyn Sloan’s hugely successful Welcome to ... sound button picture book series that introduces classic musical genres to young readers, followed by Welcome to Jazz and Welcome to the Opera.

“An ideal way to introduce children to the magic of music—delightful, charming, wonderfully entertaining, beautifully illustrated.” —Gerard Schwarz, Music Director, the All-Star Orchestra

Students love math games and puzzles, but how much are they really learning from the experience? Too often, math games are thought of as just a fun activity or enrichment opportunity. Well Played, Grades K-2: Building Mathematical Thinking Through Number Games and Puzzles shows you how to make games and puzzles an integral and engaging part of the math classroom.

Now in its second edition, Well Played, Grades K–2 offers twenty-five engaging games and puzzles which have all been field-tested in diverse classrooms. Additionally the materials for each game and puzzle have been streamlined, making preparing for and managing game and puzzle play even easier.

Each game or puzzle contains:

● Short explanations of the mathematical importance of each game or puzzle and how it supports student learning

● Variations for each game or puzzle to address a range of learning levels

● Classroom vignettes and tips that model how to introduce the featured game or puzzle

● Exit card choices and student work examples that make real-time assessment a meaningful part of teaching with games and puzzles

New full-sized appendices of all game boards, puzzles and other materials make preparing for play an easy task. A built-in study guide at the end of each chapter makes this book an ideal choice for book studies and collaborative teacher learning.

Well Played, Grades K-2 will help you tap the power of games and puzzles to engage students in sustained and productive mathematical thinking.

In 1972, James Lovelock and Lynn Margulis began collaborating on the Gaia hypothesis. They suggested that over geological time, life on Earth has had a major role in both producing and regulating its own environment. Gaia is now an ecological and environmental worldview underpinning vital scientific and cultural debates over environmental issues. Their ideas have transformed the Earth and life sciences, as well as contemporary conceptions of nature. Their correspondence describes these crucial developments from the inside, showing how their partnership proved decisive for the development of the Gaia hypothesis. Clarke and Dutreuil provide historical background and explain the concepts and references introduced throughout the Lovelock-Margulis correspondence, while highlighting the major landmarks of their collaboration within the sequence of almost 300 letters written between 1970 and 2007. This book will be of interest to researchers in ecology, history of science, environmental history and climate change, and cultural science studies.

★100件你所不知道的太陽系、銀河系、宇宙、太空站、探測器……統統化成圖表的奧祕！
★100個小朋友、大朋友可以隨心所欲、隨時探索的太空小主題！
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宇宙到底有多大？
在最開始的時候，宇宙是什麼樣子？
月球曾經是地球的一部分？
科學家怎麼尋找外星生命？
當太空人需要具備什麼能力？
怎麼讓小行星改變方向？
單位錯誤竟然會讓衛星墜毀？
宇宙最後會怎麼樣？

小小科學人這次要帶你一探宇宙中的天體、航太科技和偉大天文學家的生平！
書中用多元方式呈現這些宇宙大小事，除了有可愛插圖和對話說明知識，
也有清楚易懂的圖表幫助你了解機械構造和不同天體的相對距離，
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好評推薦

想像一下，一群大人聚在一起讀一本給孩子的太空書，每個人都興奮的指著書中的圖表，驚喜的讀著他們不知道的知識，並且熱切的分享給身邊的人──這就是《小小科學人：100宇宙大發現》在愛丁堡國際科學節辦公室造成的效果！這本書能讓人讀了又讀，每一次都會發現新奇事物！──英國愛丁堡國際科學節

我很驚訝能從這本書學到這麼多知識。我最喜歡這本書的一點，就是其中充滿了意想不到的事物，而且並不怯於討論一些我們還不知道解答的大哉問。──英國皇家學會青少年書獎評審

＊閱讀年齡：9歲以上

人體知識輕鬆學，一個主題只要10分鐘！

100%你一定想跟朋友分享的圖解酷知識！

一頁就解答一個你最想知道的人體大奧祕！

★100個你不能不知道的身體運作祕密：從大腦到你的腳趾頭、從胚胎最早的模樣到生命的最後……統統化成圖表告訴你！

★100個小朋友、大朋友可以隨心所欲、隨時探索的人體大驚奇！

★色彩豐富、顏色鮮明的可愛圖表，陪著你穿梭過去到未來，看看醫學如何演變、人類用哪些法寶對抗疾病，一起來活得更健康、變得更聰明！

每一年你都會長出一顆新的肝臟？

為什麼死去的人還能發出聲音？

人類是唯一會臉紅的動物？

下午2點鐘最適合治療牙齒？

幻覺是怎麼來的？

為什麼吃太多甜食有礙健康？

女生的DNA比男生多？

寄生蟲有可能治好你的過敏？

你相信嗎？奇妙的人體裡藏著許多奧祕，就跟宇宙大發現一樣稀奇！

快來跟著小小科學人一起探索，

認識你身體裡最堅硬的部位、最強而有力的肌肉、最早成形的器官，

再看看人的一生中可以做多少個夢、心臟可以輸送多少血液、

長出多長的鼻毛、內臟細胞可以更新幾次？

所有跟人體有關的重要知識、最新發現，

全都在這本書的可愛插圖、趣味圖表、幽默對話中！

還有關於最古老的人體刺青之謎、最早的內視鏡和吞劍表演有什麼關係、睡個好覺為什麼有助學習……每一個都是你不能錯過的人體大驚奇！

從古至今，100個最有趣、還沒有解答的問題，那些你最好不要知道、你可能不知道、你一定不知道的事情，通通都在這裡！你會發現：
★不能說的祕密！古羅馬人的機密情報是用尿液寫成的！解決質數問題可能引發一連串犯罪事件？
★好奇心大探索！我們為什麼會做夢？復活節島的石像是自己「走」到海邊 ？宇宙會怎麼終結？
★有些奧祕或許永遠解不開，但在未來的某一天，你也可能解開某道還沒有人攻克的難題！

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100% 你想跟朋友分享的圖解酷知識！

一頁就解答一個你最想知道的MONEY大驚奇！

關於錢、關於世界

多的是我們不知道的事！

為什麼麵包的價錢會引發革命？

為什麼巧克力的價格會受天氣影響？

牛和熊跟股票市場有什麼關係？

怎麼用一枚迴紋針換到一棟房子？

世界各地有哪些關於金錢的習俗？

除了鰻魚和貝殼，還有哪些東西曾經被當成錢來使用？

快來跟著小小科學人一起了解種類繁多、用途廣泛的貨幣，

認識全球經濟和市場的運作模式！

各國讀者飆淚讚嘆：這小說太不可思議了
當代科技驚悚第一人，《人生複本》克勞奇震撼文壇最新力作！

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一個平凡的父親，竟成為人類進化的下一步……
這是個唯有進化者能倖存的世界，
但代價卻是一無所有。

審定．專文推薦──黃貞祥（清華大學生命科學系助理教授）

知名小說家《火星任務》《末日之旅》《分歧者》《異鄉人Outlander》作者、
《侏羅紀公園》編劇、冬陽、陳國偉、馬立軒 ── 一致狂推！

▲ 強制升級病毒來襲，我們要放手迎向滅絕？或是成為連自己也不認識的物種？ ▲

人類的第三大計畫會是為我們自己獲取創造和毀滅的神力，
將智人升級到神人。──哈拉瑞，《人類大命運：從智人到神人》

羅根只想當個平凡的父親、丈夫，
雖然他始終扛著家族虧負世人的愧咎感，
但一切還算平凡、還算安好，
直到一場爆炸，他的世界徹底改變。

不，正確說法是，他啟動了世界的改變……

羅根不太想提自己的姓氏，他日日低調工作，內心卻飽受罪惡感折磨，因為他的頂尖科學家母親一個失手，讓兩百萬人陷入災難……

他放棄科學研究，進入基因保護局擔任探員，專門追捕濫行改造基因的罪犯。一次行動中，他遭遇病毒炸彈，防護破損，傷勢嚴重，所幸經過治療，醫師確認：他乾淨無虞，沒有感染。

但是，羅根漸漸覺得自己有些不一樣……更敏銳，更專心，可同時多工作業，閱讀快，記憶強，還有睡得更少……然後，他的大腦似乎急遽變化，就連身體骨骼肌肉都……他還非常確定，自己是用「全新眼光」看待世界與身邊的人。

這明顯是基因強制「升級」，問題是怎麼造成的？誰設計的？
答案慢慢指向他的過往，更驚人的是，這竟是全人類強制升級的第一步……

羅根的行動，將左右這個計畫走向啟動或是終結？是大批汰換或是全新人種誕生？
不過，要取得這場戰爭的主導權，他必須徹底改造自己，直到再也無法回到妻子和女兒身邊，
回不去自己的家、自己的人生，甚至再也無法做個「人」……

距離改寫人類這個物種的定義，我們只差幾步距離了。──布萊克．克勞奇

熱烈推薦

黃貞祥＼清華大學生命科學系助理教授
冬陽＼電台主持人、推理評論家
陳國偉＼中興大學台文所優聘副教授兼所長
馬立軒＼中華科幻學會常務理事

各界好評

※面對不確定的未來，往往處於兩極的拔河擺盪：該積極勇往還是謹慎推演？迎來的是美麗新世界亦或萬劫不復的深淵？
克勞奇這回以先進的基因編輯技術為題，再次用虛構的故事帶領讀者進行一趟擬真的冒險，這讓具生命科學背景的我讀來冒汗不止—分不清是驚悚害怕的冷汗還是雀躍緊張的熱液，留待躍躍欲試的你來實際感受一下。──冬陽，電台主持人、推理評論家

※如果有一天人類也可以輕易被基改的話，會是什麼樣的光景？同時，如果我們把人類的內裡簡單劃分成理性與感性，那提升其中的何者，對於人類的存續更具意義呢？在《升級UPGRADE》中，作者克勞奇對這兩個問題提供了令我意想不到、五味雜陳，卻也為之動容的解答。──馬立軒，中華科幻學會理事長

※《升級UPGRADE》在扣人心弦的驚悚和高概念科幻故事之間達成巧妙平衡。克勞奇又一超殺讀物。──安迪．威爾，暢銷書《火星任務》作者

※克勞奇再度震撼了我。《升級UPGRADE》不僅是燒腦刺激的驚悚小說，更是闇夜警鐘，直指人類妄想扮演上帝的恐怖局面。──加斯汀．柯羅寧，暢銷書《末日三部曲》作者

※故事張力十足，克勞奇毫不留情逼視人性及其陰暗成分。娛樂指數破表、情感能量滿點的驚悚情節，讓人闔上書頁還低迴難忘。──薇若妮卡．羅斯，暢銷書《分歧者》作者

※翻開第一頁，你就知道這書是出自一位故事大師之手。──艾力克斯．麥可利迪斯，暢銷書《緘默的病人》作者

※你不用同情主角，因為你會活在他的皮膚裡，與他共感。──黛安娜．蓋伯頓，暢銷書《異鄉人：古戰場傳奇》系列作者

※克勞奇具備科技驚悚天王麥可．克萊頓的眼界與氣度。《升級UPGRADE》引人入勝、情節緊湊、故事嚴謹、內蘊真摯情感，動人心弦。──大衛．科普，《侏羅紀公園》編劇

※如果克萊頓動手寫超級英雄小說，就會是《升級UPGRADE》……故事流暢，情節俐落，千驚萬險之間出現令人佇留低迴的動人字句，掩卷後仍惆悵難忘。──《紐約時報》書評

※克勞奇作品絕對在我荒島書單之列。──凱利．福斯，獨立書商翠鳥書店店長

※克勞奇再次把黑暗系科幻小說推向新高點，這本必看。──《書單雜誌》