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Zorg voor de verstandelijk gehandicapte: Basiswerken verpleging en verzorging

Behandelt de meest voorkomende onderwerpen en begrippen.<P><P> Koppelt de theorie aan de praktijk door middel van casussen.<P> Behandelt naast de beperkingen ook de mogelijkheden tot ondersteuning.<P> Gaat verder dan de basisprincipes.<P> Zorg voor de verstandelijke gehandicapte laat zien hoe veelzijdig begeleiding aan mensen met een verstandelijke beperking is. Alle onderwerpen en begrippen die regelmatig voorkomen in deze zorg, komen aan bod. Om de theorie dicht bij de praktijk te brengen, is deze gekoppeld aan een casus. Dat maakt het boek aansprekend en goed leesbaar. Ook onderwerpen als wetgeving en kwaliteit blijven op deze manier dicht bij het werk van de verzorgende. De ondersteuning aan mensen met een verstandelijke beperking vindt zo veel mogelijk in de maatschappij plaats. Dit vergt van de verzorgende een aanpassing in houding en begeleiding. Het boek behandelt, naast de beperkingen, de mogelijkheden tot ondersteuning. Mensen met een verstandelijke beperking ervaren vaak beperkingen op lichamelijk, psychisch en sociaal gebied. De combinatie hiervan maakt het noodzakelijk om vanuit een breed perspectief naar cliënten te kijken. Het boek maakt duidelijk dat de rol van de verzorgende centraal staat in de multidisciplinaire begeleiding. Om problemen op tijd te signaleren, is observatie op basis van voldoende basiskennis noodzakelijk. Deze kennis biedt dit boek.

Zorg voor de oudere migrant

Dit boek start met een hoofdstuk over de eigen identiteit in een veranderende cultuur. Wat zijn jouw wensen en behoeften als zorgprofessional en hoe kijken anderen daarnaar? De hoofdstukken die volgen gaan over de leefstijl en gezondheidsproblemen die veel voorkomen bij oudere migranten, zoals immobiliteit en diabetes 2, over cultuursensitieve communicatie door zorg- en welzijnprofessionals. Verder wordt ingezoomd op de specifieke wensen vanuit deze groep in de palliatieve fase en de zorg rond mensen met dementie. Tot slot een hoofdstuk over de emotionele gezondheid, te weten depressie en eenzaamheid. Serieuze aandachtspunten als het gaat om herkenning en behandeling in de zorgverlening aan deze groep Het boek is ontwikkeld voor onderwijsdoeleinden en is geschikt voor studenten van hbo-opleidingen voor zorg en welzijn. Ook voor professionals in het werkveld biedt het boek veel praktische handvatten. Op de bijbehorende website staan veel oefeningen, voorbeelden voor  workshops, hoorcolleges en toetsopdrachten. Hierdoor is deze uitgave direct toepasbaar in het onderwijs en voor bij- en nascholing. Bas Steunenberg is psycholoog en werkt sinds een aantal jaren aan projecten om de toegankelijkheid van zorg en welzijn voor oudere migranten te vergroten. Dit door een meer cultuursensitief klimaat in de instellingen te cre#65533;ren en ook door de stem van de oudere migranten kracht bij te zetten. Bas werkt als Hogeschool Hoofddocent aan de Hogeschool Utrecht.  

Zorg voor de kwetsbare oudere

Zorg voor de chronisch zieke: Basiswerken verpleging verzorging

Zorg voor de chronisch zieke gaat over een steeds grotere groep zorgvragers waarvan verzorgenden een groot aandeel in de zorgverlening voor hun rekening nemen. Het boek biedt dé basiskennis, die nodig is om chronisch zieken te verzorgen. Aan bod komen de beschrijving van de organisatie van de zorg aan chronisch zieke zorgvragers en de specifieke problematiek als therapietrouw en de rol van mantelzorgers. Ook wordt uitgebreid aandacht besteed aan de veel voorkomende chronische ziekten, met daarbij telkens zowel de bijbehorende pathologie als de verzorging. Als laatste komen de psychosociale gevolgen van het hebben van een chronische aandoening en de mogelijke revalidatie aan de orde.

Zorg voor de chirurgische zorgvrager (4e druk): MBO niveau 4 Werkcahier

Vaardigheden in inhoudelijke analyses: het inbrengen van een maagsonde, het verzorgen van een tracheacanule, het intratracheaal uitzuigen, verzorging van de rode wond - met drain, verzorging van de gehechte wond, pijnassessment bij een zorgvrager met acute pijn, ontspanningstechnieken voor pijnbestrijding:, ademhalingstechnieken, progressieve ontspanning, pijnbestrijding door massage, Vaardigheden in studieopdrachten: het preoperatief verzamelen van gegevens bij de zorgvrager, het preoperatief voorlichten van de zorgvrager, het op lichamelijk en psychosociaal gebied voorbereiden van de zorgvrager op de chirurgische behandeling, het voorbereiden van de zorgvrager op algehele narcose, het informeren van een zorgvrager over het postoperatieve verloop, het plannen en uitvoeren van verpleegkundige zorg - postoperatief, het postoperatief geven van hoestinstructies aan een zorgvrager, het verzorgen van een zorgvrager in tractie, het verzorgen van een zorgvrager met een PEG-sonde, het verplaatsen van een zorgvrager met pijn, het omgaan met reacties van naasten in relatie tot het beoordelen van pijn van de zorgvrager, het hanteren en bespreken van pijnscores bij een zorgvrager met pijn, het hanteren van eigen onmachtsgevoelens bij de zorg voor een zorgvrager met pijn.

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Zorg rondom schizofrenie

Sinds een aantal jaren wordt in Nederland onder leiding van de Landelijke Stuurgroep Multidisciplinaire Richtlijnen gewerkt aan de ontwikkeling van landelijke richtlijnen voor de geestelijke gezondheidszorg. Recent is de richtlijn Schizofrenie gereed gekomen. Wat staat er in deze richtlijn? En hoe kan deze in de dagelijkse praktijk worden toegepast?Het boek Zorg rondom schizofrenie presenteert op een toegankelijke en praktijkgerichte wijze kennis die in deze richtlijnen is gebundeld aan de professional: actuele en wetenschappelijk gefundeerde informatie over schizofrenie en over de behandeling en begeleiding van mensen die door deze ziekte zijn getroffen. De lezer krijgt zo een compleet beeld van de huidige ontwikkelingen en het zorgaanbod op het gebied van schizofrenie. Het boek biedt tevens achtergrondkennis over schizofrenie en behandelt thema's die voor de dagelijkse hulpverleningspraktijk relevant zijn. Professionals kunnen met deze achtergrondkennis aan de slag om hun eigen praktijken te toetsen en te verbeteren.

Zorg rondom neurologie

Zorg rondom hartfalen

Verpleegkundigen krijgen in toenemende mate met patiënten met hartfalen te maken. Een goed instrument om evidence-based zorg te verlenen aan patiënten met hartfalen is daarom onmisbaar. Zorg rondom hartfalen is het eerste naslagwerk dat op een overzichtelijke manier beschrijft wat hartfalen is, wat de onderliggende oorzaken zijn en hoe de behandeling en de zorg moeten worden ingevuld. Het boek geeft veel praktische handvatten voor de dagelijkse praktijk.

Zorg rondom hartfalen

Dit is het eerste naslagwerk dat op een overzichtelijke manier aspecten die belangrijk zijn in de zorg aan patiënten met hartfalen beschrijft. Naast het beschrijven van de zorg, worden onderliggende oorzaken en behandelingsmogelijkheden van hartfalen op een toegankelijke manier beschreven. Het boek geeft veel praktische handvatten voor de dagelijkse praktijk.Chronisch hartfalen is een groot gezondheidsprobleem, met een grote impact op het leven van de patiënt en zijn of haar omgeving. De levensverwachting van de patiënt met hartfalen is beperkt en de aandoening brengt een aantal voorschriften en leefregels met zich mee.Verpleegkundigen kunnen in toenemende mate te maken krijgen met patiënten met hartfalen en een goede bron waarin ‘evidence based’ zorg is samengevat is daarom onmisbaar. Bij de diagnostiek, behandeling en zorg rondom de patiënt met hartfalen zijn diverse professionals betrokken. De inzichten van deze verschillende professionals zijn in dit boek samengebracht. In deze tweede druk is een hoofdstuk over palliatieve zorg en de rol van de mantelzorger toegevoegd. Daarnaast zijn verpleegkundige en medische inzichten geactualiseerd naar de meest recente richtlijnen. Zorg rondom hartfalen is primair bestemd voor gespecialiseerde hartfalenverpleegkundigen, verpleegkundigen (intra-, extra- en transmuraal), verpleegkundig specialisten en praktijkverpleegkundigen. Daarnaast is het boek ook voor medici en paramedici een interessant naslagwerk.

Zorba's Daughter: poems (Swenson Poetry Award #14)

In Zorba's Daughter, the 14th volume in the Swenson Poetry Award series, Elisabeth Murawski speaks from a vital and unique sensibility, finding in ordinary images an opening to the passion of human courage in the face of deep existential pain and ambivalence. These poems awaken our joy as well as guilt, our hope as well as grief. They often evoke a sorrowful music, like the voice of mourning, but even in pointing to "the black holes of heaven," Murawski turns our gaze upward. Zorba's Daughter was selected for the Swenson Award by the distinguished poet Grace Schulman. An icon of the literary scene, Schulman is acclaimed for her searching, highly original, lyric poetry, as well as for her teaching and her influential tenure as the poetry editor at The Nation, (1971-2006). Harold Bloom calls her "one of the permanent poets of her generation." Richard Howard says, "she is a torch."

Zorba the Greek

The classic novel, international sensation, and inspiration for the film starring Anthony Quinn explores the struggle between the aesthetic and the rational, the inner life and the life of the mind.The classic novel Zorba the Greek is the story of two men, their incredible friendship, and the importance of living life to the fullest. Zorba, a Greek working man, is a larger-than-life character, energetic and unpredictable. He accompanies the unnamed narrator to Crete to work in the narrator's lignite mine, and the pair develops a singular relationship. The two men couldn't be further apart: The narrator is cerebral, modest, and reserved; Zorba is unfettered, spirited, and beyond the reins of civility. Over the course of their journey, he becomes the narrator's greatest friend and inspiration and helps him to appreciate the joy of living. Zorba has been acclaimed as one of the most remarkable figures in literature; he is a character in the great tradition of Sinbad the Sailor, Falstaff, and Sancho Panza. He responds to all that life offers him with passion, whether he's supervising laborers at a mine, confronting mad monks in a mountain monastery, embellishing the tales of his past adventures, or making love. Zorba the Greek explores the beauty and pain of existence, inviting readers to reevaluate the most important aspects of their lives and live to the fullest.

Zorba the Buddha

Zorba the Buddha is the first comprehensive study of the life, teachings, and following of the controversial Indian guru known in his youth as Bhagwan Shree Rajneesh and in his later years as Osho (1931-1990). Most Americans today remember him only as the "sex guru" and the "Rolls Royce guru," who built a hugely successful but scandal-ridden utopian community in central Oregon during the 1980s. Yet Osho was arguably the first truly global guru of the twentieth century, creating a large transnational movement that traced a complex global circuit from post-Independence India of the 1960s to Reagan's America of the 1980s and back to a developing new India in the 1990s. The Osho movement embodies some of the most important economic and spiritual currents of the past forty years, emerging and adapting within an increasingly interconnected and conflicted late-capitalist world order. Based on extensive ethnographic and archival research, Hugh Urban has created a rich and powerful narrative that is a must-read for anyone interested in religion and globalization.

Zorach Explains Sculpture: What It Means And How It Is Made

As noted American sculptor William Zorach explains in this practical and inspirational guide, sculpture is a language, as are music and the spoken word. It is one of the great natural means of human expression. In teaching students to explore this valuable medium, he offers lucid, insightful coverage of such topics as form in art, proportions, anatomy, rhythm, design, and other essentials.Students will also find a wealth of practical guidance for building a figure in clay, casting in plaster and stone, wood carving and wood sculpture, stone carving and sculpture, handling stone, and more. Hundreds of drawings and photographs enhance the text, ranging from ancient Greek terra-cottas to 20th-century masterpieces by Lachaise, Maillol, Brancusi, Epstein, and other masters. There are also many helpful drawings and diagrams illuminating various steps and stages in the sculpting process.Brimming with the distilled artistic wisdom of a lifetime, this enormously informative work belongs not only at the fingertips of every sculptor or sculpture student but in the library of anyone interested in the artistic process and how an artist's vision becomes reality.-Print ed.

Zora the Snow Dragon (Dragon Girls)

We are Dragon Girls -- hear us roar!The Storm Dragons are being called back to the Magic Forest for one last adventure. Zora and her cousins, Mina and Hana, have to protect the forest from the Chaos Queen’s reign.The harmony of the forest and its snowstorms depend on the bravery of the girls. Can they find a way to beat the Chaos Queen at her own game, once and for all?Read all the books in the Storm Dragon arc! #13: Hana the Thunder Dragon #14: Mina the Lightning Dragon #15: Zora the Snow Dragon

Zora Neale Hurston's Final Decade

In 1948, false accusations of child molestation all but erased the reputation and career Zora Neale Hurston had worked for decades to build. Sensationalized in the profit-seeking press and relentlessly pursued by a prosecution more interested in a personal crusade than justice, the morals charge brought against her nearly drove her to suicide.But she lived on. She lived on past her accuser’s admission that he had fabricated his whole story. She lived on for another twelve years, during which time she participated in some of the most remarkable events, movements, and projects of the day.Since her death, scholars and the public have rediscovered Hurston’s work and conscientiously researched her biography. Nevertheless, the last decade of her life has remained relatively unexplored. Virginia Moylan fills in the details--investigating subjects as varied as Hurston’s reporting on the trial of Ruby McCollum (a black woman convicted of murdering her white lover), her participation in designing an "anthropologically correct" black baby doll to combat stereotypes, her impassioned and radical biography of King Herod, and her controversial objections to court-ordered desegregation.

Zora Neale Hurston on Florida Food: Recipes, Remedies & Simple Pleasures (American Palate)

Explore the African American foodways of early 20th century Florida through the life, work, and recipes of a celebrated author and Sunshine State native. Author and anthropologist Zora Neale Hurston did for Florida what William Faulkner did for Mississippi, providing insight into a state&’s history and culture through various styles of writing. In this book, historian Fred Opie explores food as a recurring theme in Hurston&’s life and work. Beginning with her childhood in Eatonville, Florida, and the foodways of her family, Opie goes on to explore Hurston&’s ethnographic recording of dishes and recipes as well as natural food remedies. In other chapters, Opie examines African American foodways across Florida, including the importance of poultry and the social and political aspects of barbecue. Through simple dishes and recipes, foods prepared for everyday meals as well as special occasions, Opie offers a unique view of both Hurston and the food traditions in early twentieth-century Florida.

Zora Neale Hurston and American Literary Culture

Investigating why Hurston's writing fell out of favor during her lifetime only to be appreciated years after her death"Genevieve West's impressive new study clearly documents the course of Zora Neale Hurston's remarkable literary career and her rise from near obscurity at the time of her death to acknowledgment in the 1990s as the foremost writer of the Harlem Renaissance."—Cary D. Wintz, Texas Southern UniversityGenevieve West examines the cultural history of Zora Neale Hurston’s writing and the reception of her work to explain why Hurston died in obscure poverty only to be reclaimed as an important Harlem Renaissance writer decades after her death. Unlike other books on Hurston, this study focuses on how Hurston was marketed and reviewed during her career and how literary scholars reappraised her after her death.While her publisher's approach to marketing Hurston as an African American fiction writer and folklorist increased her popularity among the general reading public, her fellow Harlem Renaissance authors often excoriated her as an exploiter of African American culture and a propagator of Black stereotypes. Eventually, the criticism outweighed the popularity, and her writing fell out of fashion. It was only after critics reconsidered her work in the 1960s and 1970s that she eventually regained her status as one of the best writers of her generation. No other book has focused on this aspect of Hurston's career, nor has any book so systematically used marketing materials and reviews to track Hurston's literary reputation. As a result, West's study will provide a new perspective on Hurston and on the ways that the politics of race, class, and gender impact canon formation in American literary culture.This study is based on numerous interviews, short fiction previously undocumented in Hurston scholarship, an innovative analysis of advertisements and dust jackets, examinations of letters by and about Hurston, and the examination of historical/literary contexts, including the Harlem Renaissance, the protest movement, the assimilationist movement, the Black Arts movement, and the rise of Black feminist thought.

Zora Neale Hurston: A Life in Letters

"I mean to live and die by my own mind," Zora Neale Hurston told the writer Countee Cullen. Arriving in Harlem in 1925 with little more than a dollar to her name, Hurston rose to become one of the central figures of the Harlem Renaissance, only to die in obscurity. Not until the 1970s was she rediscovered by Alice Walker and other admirers. Although Hurston has entered the pantheon as one of the most influential American writers of the 20th century, the true nature of her personality has proven elusive. Now, a brilliant, complicated and utterly arresting woman emerges from this landmark book. Carla Kaplan, a noted Hurston scholar, has found hundreds of revealing, previously unpublished letters for this definitive collection; she also provides extensive and illuminating commentary on Hurston's life and work, as well as an annotated glossary of the organizations and personalities that were important to it. From her enrollment at Baltimore's Morgan Academy in 1917, to correspondence with Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings, Langston Hughes, Dorothy West and Alain Locke, to a final query letter to her publishers in 1959, Hurston's spirited correspondence offers an invaluable portrait of a remarkable, irrepressible talent.From the Trade Paperback edition.characters to grace American letters.

Zora Books Her Happy Ever After: A Rom-Com Novel

Named a Most Anticipated Book of 2023 by EBONY magazine · PopSugar · Paste Magazine · BuzzFeed · BiblioLifestyle · Culturess &“The best romances involve bookstores, and Zora&’s love triangle is just proof of that concept.&” —BuzzFeed News&“Zora find herself in a love triangle with [a] writer and his seemingly grumpy best friend in this flirty rom-com read.&” —EBONY &“McCoy Doesn&’t miss a romantic beat.&” —Publishers Weekly, Starred ReviewA heart-pounding, curvy romance about an indie bookstore owner who finds herself in a love triangle when she meets the author she's had a crush on for years...and his best friend.Zora has committed every inch of her life to establishing her thriving DC bookstore, making it into a pillar of the community, and she just hasn&’t had time for romance. But when a mystery author she&’s been crushing on for years agrees to have an event at her store, she starts to rethink her priorities. Lawrence is every bit as charming as she imagined, even if his understanding of his own books seems just a bit shallow. When he asks her out after his reading, she&’s almost elated enough to forget about the grumpy guy who sat next to her making snide comments all evening. Apparently the grouch is Lawrence&’s best friend, Reid, but she can&’t imagine what kind of friendship that must be. They couldn&’t be more different.But as she starts seeing Lawrence, and spending more and more time with Reid, Zora finds first impressions can be deceiving. Reid is smart and thoughtful—he&’s also interested. After years of avoiding dating, she suddenly has two handsome men competing for her affection. But even as she struggles to choose between them, she can&’t shake the feeling that they&’re both hiding something—a mystery she&’s determined to solve before she can find her HEA.

Zora Books Her Happy Ever After: A totally heart-pounding and unforgettable grumpy x sunshine romance (Taj McCoy romances)

'Listen, if you haven't read Taj McCoy's books, you are missing out!' Jesse Sutanto, author of Dial A for Aunties'Truly one of the best books , not just LOVE stories! , I've read this year. So happy I picked it up from the shelf. Taj McCoy has a way of writing characters so that you immediately fall in love with them. Can't wait to pick up more of her books!' Goodreaders reviewer ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐Winner of the 2024 Black Lit! Award for Romance Zora has committed every inch of her life to establishing her thriving DC bookstore, making it into a pillar of the community, and she just hasn't had time for romance. But when a mystery author she's been crushing on for years agrees to have an event at her store, she starts to rethink her priorities . . .Lawrence is every bit as charming as she imagined, even if his understanding of his own books seems just a bit shallow. When he asks her out after his reading, she's almost elated enough to forget about the grumpy guy who sat next to her making snide comments all evening. Apparently the grouch is Lawrence's best friend, Reid, but she can't imagine what kind of friendship that must be. They couldn't be more different.As she starts seeing Lawrence, and spending more and more time with Reid, Zora finds first impressions can be deceiving. Reid is smart and thoughtful, and also, very interested in Zora. After years of avoiding dating, she suddenly has two handsome men competing for her affection. But even as she struggles to choose between them, she can't shake the feeling that they're both hiding something - a mystery she's determined to solve before she can find her Happy Ever After.A steamy and totally unputdownable grumpy x sunshine romantic comedy! Fans of Jasmine Guillory, Talia Hibbert and Jesse Sutanto won't want to miss this one!Readers are completely obsessed with Zora!'I really loved this and I loved Zora so much, the supporting characters, the plot everything was just so good. I mean it's got a bookshop, romance and great friends, can't recommend this highly enough it's a fun and fantastic read' Netgalley Reviewer ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐'After reading Taj McCoy's first book I knew I'd want to read anything and everything she puts out next. I'm happy to report that Zora Books Her Happy Ever After did not disappoint' Netgalley Reviewer ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐'Zora Books Her Happy Ever After is so cute! Zora was such a relatable person and I was in utter love with how she prioritised herself' Goodreads Reviewer ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐'A Bookish Rom-Com? 100% Yes! This was such a cute read! I need to read all of the romance books about bookstores ASAP!' Goodreads Reviewer ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐'This book grabbed my attention from page one. The food, the culture and the community outreach drew me in, and the comedic relief was a plus' Goodreads Reviewer ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐

Zora and Nicky

Two Hearts, One God.? Should Anything Else Matter?Zora Nella Hampton Johnson knows exactly where she comes from--and her daddy won't let her forget. Of course for that privilege he keeps her in Prada and Kate Spade, Coach and YSL. He chooses her boyfriend, her car, her address, and ignores her love of painting, art, and the old ways of her grandaddy's soulful AME church--where the hymns pleaded, cajoled, and raised the roof. Her daddy may be a preacher, but some-where among the thousands of church members, the on-site coffee house, and the JumboTron, Zora lost God. And she wants Him back.Nicky Parker, a recent graduate of Berkeley and reformed playboy, also suffers the trials of being a preacher's kid, and he can't remember the last time he saw eye-to-eye with his white, racist, Southern Baptist father. What he does remember--and it will be forever burned in his brain despite myriad prayers to Jesus--is the way Zora looked the first time he saw her. Like Nefertiti. Only better. When they meet at a bible study far from their respective home churches, the first churlish, sarcastic sparks that fly sizzle with defensiveness. But God has a special way of feeding the flames and though of different flocks, these two lost sheep will find Him and much, much more.Click here to listen to an interview with Claudia Mair Burney: http://buzzplant.com/zoranicky/ecard1/#/author-interview/

Zora and Langston: A Story Of Friendship And Betrayal

Zora and Langston is the dramatic and moving story of one of the most influential friendships in literature. They were best friends. They were collaborators, literary gadflies, and champions of the common people. They were the leading lights of the Harlem Renaissance. Zora Neale Hurston, the author of Their Eyes Were Watching God, and Langston Hughes, the author of “The Negro Speaks of Rivers” and “Let America Be America Again,” first met in 1925, at a great gathering of black and white literati, and they fascinated each other. They traveled together in Hurston’s dilapidated car through the rural South collecting folklore, worked on the play Mule Bone, and wrote scores of loving letters. They even had the same patron: Charlotte Osgood Mason, a wealthy white woman who insisted on being called “Godmother.” Paying them lavishly while trying to control their work, Mason may have been the spark for their bitter and passionate falling-out. Was the split inevitable when Hughes decided to be financially independent of his patron? Was Hurston jealous of the young woman employed as their typist? Or was the rupture over the authorship of Mule Bone? Yuval Taylor answers these questions while illuminating Hurston’s and Hughes’s lives, work, competitiveness, and ambition, uncovering little-known details.

Zora

Zora Neale Hurston was confident, charismatic, and determined to be extraordinary. As a young woman, Hurston lived and wrote alongside such prominent authors as Langston Hughes and Alain Locke during the Harlem Renaissance. But unfortunately, despite writing the luminary work Their Eyes Were Watching God, she was always short of money. Though she took odd jobs as a housemaid and as the personal assistant to an actress, Zora often found herself in abject poverty. Through it all, Zora kept writing. And though none of her books sold more than a thousand copies while she was alive, she was rediscovered a decade later by a new generation of readers, who knew they had found an important voice of American Literature.

ZooZical: Read & Listen Edition

Winter weather is keeping children from visiting the zoo. So the animals are out of sorts—listless, grumpy, and no longer fun. All except two little friends, a very small hippo and a baby kangaroo. Their hip-hopping, toe-tapping, and rap-rocking soon has the other animals joining in the hip-aroo beat—now brought to life with audio narration in this Read & Listen edition. "Raccoons danced in pairs, baboons danced in troops, and snakes joined the dancers as live hula-hoops." Children's favorite songs get a funny new spin—seals bark out "The seals on the bus go round and round"—as the animals create their very own musical.Young readers and listeners will be amazed and delighted at how the animals chase the winter doldrums by getting along as friends, pooling their talents, and pushing themselves to new heights. After all, these are the same clever animals who learned to read in Judy Sierra's and Marc Brown's Wild About Books, the award-winning New York Times #1 bestselling picture book. ZooZical is sure to inspire some "can do" fun in kindergarten and primary grades.This ebook includes Read & Listen audio narration.