This book discusses the various areas for special education teachers, such as speech impairment, mental retardation, learning disabilities, and autism, and explains that special education teachers must demonstrate compassion and diligence.
This book discusses careers of childcare workers in family homes, daycare centers, and preschools and explains that these careers require responsibility and trustworthiness.
This book introduces folk tales and legends, presenting information on hero stories, wisdom tales, historical legends, romance and love stories, ghost legends, and stories about death and the world to come.
Presents an introduction to North American folk religion, discussing folk religion versus orthodoxy, worship and wonder, saints and angels, visions of supernatural women, conjurers and healers, and folk religion in the modern world.
This book introduces firefighters' folklore, presenting information on the belief of fire as an animate and living force, the vigilant guards in Greek and Roman communities, the Knights of the Cross during the Crusades, the volunteer firefighters of the New World, and today's modern firefighter.
Presents an introduction to the ethnic folklore of North America, examining the stories and traditions of Native Americans, African-Americans, and immigrants from France, the British Isles, Asia, and other places around the world.
