Product Description: In a world where global events dominate the news and our children are exposed to other cultures only superficially, author Dedie King and illustrator Judith Inglese have once again combined their talents to offer a unique perspective for young readers that is simply not available anywhere else...read more

Product Description: Hazel Schmoll learned to love plants as a child growing up in Ward, Colorado. She earned a PhD in botany in 1932 and served Colorado as the state botanist identifying more than 10,000 plants during her tenure. Hazel is largely responsible for preserving the Colorado Columbine, the state flower, by advocating for a law making it illegal to destroy or pick columbines growing wild in the state...read more

Product Description: John Routt wanted to go West! When President Grant appointed him Colorado’s territorial governor in 1875, he did not hesitate. Colorado agreed with John and Eliza Routt. John served as territorial governor, twice as state governor, and as mayor of Denver...read more

Product Description: This book has three practical goals: to identify the characteristic features of the bilingual thematic dictionary (BTD), to gauge its usefulness, and to make suggestions as to how it could be improved. These aims are achieved by considering the lexicographic genres (bilingual, thematic, and pedagogical) which have been combined to create this hybrid reference work, carrying out textual analyses of contemporary thematic dictionaries, and employing three pieces of user research (a questionnaire, a test, and an experiment) to reveal learners opinions and use of BTDs...read more