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Playtime never looked so good! This delightful new volume is packed with ideas and how-to instruction for innovative play structures, tree houses, sandboxes, swings, kid-friendly water features, and more. Twenty-four fun-filled projects include ways to involve children in the planning and building process. Shows how to attractively integrate play areas into the overall landscape design with a special section on family gardens. Detailed step-by-step photography and art show how each structure is built. "Quick Ideas" offers ideas for enhancing playtime with props, fun additions, and projects..
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Listen to a short interview with David L. Kirp
Host: Chris Gondek | Producer: Heron & Crane

The rich have always valued early education, and for the past forty years, millions of poor kids have had Head Start. Now, more and more middle class parents have realized that a good preschool is the smartest investment they can make in their children's future in a competitive world. As The Sandbox Investment shows, their needs are key to the growing call for universal preschool.

Writing with the verve of a magazine journalist and the authority of a scholar, David L. Kirp makes the ideal guide to this quiet movement. He crouches in classrooms where committed teachers engage lively four-year-olds, and reveals the findings of an extraordinary longitudinal study that shows the life-changing impact of preschool. He talks with cutting-edge researchers from neuroscience and genetics to economics, whose findings increasingly show how powerfully early childhood shapes the arc of children's lives.

Kids-first politics is smart economics: paying for preschool now can help save us from paying for unemployment, crime, and emergency rooms later. As Kirp reports from the inside, activists and political leaders have turned this potent idea into campaigns and policies in red and blue states alike.

The Sandbox Investment is the first full story of a campaign that asks Americans to endorse a vision of society that does well by doing good. For anyone who is interested in politics or the social uses of research--for anyone who's interested in the children's futures--it's a compelling read.

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Launched as a military blog (or "milblog") by Doonesbury creator Garry Trudeau in October 2006, The Sandbox is an online forum through which service members in Afghanistan and Iraq share their stories with readers here at home. In hundreds of fascinating and compelling posts, soldiers write passionately, eloquently, and movingly of their day-to-day lives, of their mission, and of the drama that unfolds daily around them.

A dog adopts a unit on patrol in Baghdad and guards its flank; a soldier chronicles an epic day of close-call encounters with IEDs; an Afghan translator talks earnestly with his American friend about love and theology; a dad far from home meditates on time and history in the desert night under ancient stars; a Chuck Norris action figure witnesses surreal moments of humor in the cramped cab of a Humvee --Doonesbury.com's The Sandbox: Dispatches from Troops in Iraq and Afghanistan presents a rich outpouring of stories, from the hilarious to the thrilling to the heartbreaking, and helps us understand what so many of our countrymen are going through and the sacrifices they are making on our behalf.

• "I really feel like most people look at this war as little more than a television event. How many have ever taken the time to stop and think about what we go through every day over here? The bullets, rockets, and IEDs are not the hard part. The hard part is knowing that life goes on back at home." --FC1 (SW) Anthony McCloskey
• "The man looks at me, his jaw working in anger. For a brief second, I get the impression that he is going to attack, and then suddenly, as if the energy has gone out of him, his shoulders slump slightly and he looks down at his brother's body." --1LT Adam Tiffen
• "Out here in the desert, Time is King; the minutes are his minions and the months his sabers by which you are knighted. The King controls all that you do, when you come and go, and how long until you see your children." --Capt. Lee Kelley
• "It's easy to say "We have to go to war" if you're not we, and it's easy to say "Bring home the troops" if they are not your brothers getting left behind on the return trip." --Spc. Michael O'Mahoney

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From pesticides to PCBs-what's a threat, what's not, and what to do about it.

Mercury Lead. Pesticides Plastics Air pollution PCBs. How can parents sort through the hype, propaganda, and misinformation-and find out what is and isn't a threat to children's health? Investigative journalist, advocate, and concerned parent Libby McDonald separates the facts from the alarmist myths. Based on the latest research along with interviews with top medical, toxicological, and environmental experts, The Toxic Sandbox covers a wide range of essential concerns, including:

- How can kids be protected from mercury poisoning?
- What are the sources of lead poisoning, and how can they be avoided?
- What pesticides are children ingesting, and does eating organic keep them safe?
- Which teenage beauty products contain carcinogenic phthalates?
- What are PCBs and PBDEs and why are they found in breast milk?
- What can be done to stop the childhood asthma epidemic?


Delivering reliable, up-to-date information, this indispensable resource will empower parents to protect their kids-and raise awareness for the greater good..
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The word 'team' conjures up all kinds of emotions depending on the experience one has had with team. We know team is necessary, but it is often frustrating for leaders and members This book is written out of a passion to help ministry teams of all kinds develop healthy, aligned, empowered and accountable teams that produce Kingdom results. It will help leaders lead out of greater health, teams understand how to function with intentionality and accountability, and ensure organizational alignment in the process.The Sandbox is a creative and easy-to-use paradigm that brings maximum clarity to what your organization is about, how you will function, what you must focus on to be successful and the organizational culture you desire to create..
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"There must be a better way," is the quiet conviction of many pastors and church leaders when it comes to how we do leadership in the church today. Too often we see leadership that is accidental rather than intentional, the wrong people in leadership -- or good people without clear direction, and we try to navigate through antiquated church governance structures that impede rather than facilitate High Impact leadership.In this book, T.J. Addington tackles these common issues head-on through High Impact ("HI") thinking in a practical, biblical, and common sense style that church leaders, pastors and lay persons will appreciate. Building upon his years of consulting experiences with churches, and his own lengthy experiences in church leadership, T.J. addresses three High Impact areas every church leader must grapple with: what are healthy leaders, how do you do intentional leadership, how do you develop empowered leadership structures in your church?High Impact Church Boards delivers on its promise to help leadership boards chart a revolutionary path toward healthier, more intentional and empowered leadership through the proprietary High Impact Revolution mindset and High Impact thinking. Your boards will not be the same reading through and grappling with the issues and practices described in this book. Get ready to Join the HI Revolution!.
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