teacher-student relationship

Ruby insists on copying everything Angela does, until her teacher helps her discover her own creative resources.

Documents a child's journey from isolation to connection and safety in a preschool classroom.

Offers teachers of children ages seven to twelve practical discipline techniques that can stop aggressive behavior in the classroom, on the playground, and outside the school by helping students learn problem solving, empathic listening, and conflict resolution skills.

Ruby insists on copying Angela, until her teacher helps her discover her own creative resources.

When he decides to turn his fifth-grade teacher's love of the dictionary around on her, clever Nick Allen invents a new word and begins a chain of events that quickly moves beyond his control.

Josh is impatient while waiting his turn to show his drawing to his teacher, but he soon learns why a teacher must be shared.

Wormz, Nicko, and their friends fear that their experience at a school camp in the Australian bush will be ruined by the presence of the dreaded Mr. Cromwell as a substitute chaperon.

Olivia is trying to get her class to perform at its best, so their teacher Mrs. Hoggenmuller can win teacher of the year.

The author shares stories of his attempts, as well as those of other teachers, to help children take the lead in inventing their own understanding of how the world works and of how to live ethically, by allying with the children, asking real questions, and sharing responsibility.