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Hoopoe Books CatalogAll About MeThe All About Me is a series of books to help young people understand themselves and how we all, as a human beings, work. This is fundamental information, but we often forget to teach students about it in school. For example, what psychologists know about how we see, think, and feel, how these abilities work, how they change, grow or get stuck and how reliable they are as we try to make sense of ourselves, our friends, our relatives and the world around us. There is good, solid information readily available and scientifically validated. The All About Me series provides an all-inclusive program designed to meet the American Psychological Association's National Standards for Psychology at the high school level, the standards established for the College Board AP Psychology course, and the National Board Standards for Science/Adolescent and Young Adulthood. The All About Me series is also correlated to the Common Core State Standards for Literacy in History/Social Studies, Science, and Technical Subjects and to the WIDA PRIME Inventory by a WIDA-trained correlator. To read a report by the All About Me correlator, click here. Focused on the mind, each text provides a set of lessons and various activities that teach sophisticated brain research in an accessible and interesting way, and these lessons meet and exceed today’s high educational standards. General Editors: Denise Nessel, Ph.D. An associate of the National Urban Alliance for Effective Education (NUA), where she focuses on teaching reading and writing as thinking processes in grades K-12. She has written several books and classroom resources for teachers and a number of articles for professional journals. Robert Ornstein, Ph.D. Psychologist and author of twenty titles, the most recent of which is MindReal - How the Mind Creates its Own Virtual Reality. Ornstein has won awards from more than a dozen organizations, including the American Psychological Association and UNESCO. His pioneering research on the bilateral specialization of the brain has done much to advance our understanding of how we think. www.robertornstein.com
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Illustrated by Jeff Jackson
Foreword by Robert Ornstein, PhD
ISBN: 978-1-933779-64-5 120 pages
Price: $15.99
Ages: 12 and up
Me and My Memory is the first in the series, and it explores the mystery of our minds and memory. How do we remember? And how do we forget? In it young people will discover all that scientists and researchers know and explore questions yet to be answered.
It is illustrated by a cast of little robots who’ll be the readers’ guides on their journeys through the discussions on memory. Readers will begin to notice how their own and other people’s memories work. 
They will learn to understand why memory is powerful, but not perfect, and will uncover some strategies for improving their memory.
The curriculum can be used to provide supplemental activities within a high school psychology course, or used as a stand-alone “memory” unit to increase student productivity and improve study behavior in grades 8 through 12.
The book offers a unique perspective for teachers, providing information to help guide their teaching techniques, improve student retention, and ultimately increase student achievement.
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Illustrations by Jeff Jackson
Foreword by Robert Ornstein, Ph.D.
ISBN: 978-1-933779-71-3 180 pages
Price: $15.99
Ages: 12 and up
The second book in the All About Me series, Me and My Feelings, explores a crucial part of what makes us human. Understanding our emotions can help us to become successful and healthy adults, yet they often operate beneath our awareness. Me and My Feelings explains our emotions and how they affect our mood, thinking, and behavior. Reading it, young people will discover all that scientists and researchers know, and also explore questions yet to be answered.
Written in a clear and accessible style by high school English teacher Robert Guarino (who is also the author of the first book in the series, Me and My Memory), the book is illustrated by Jeff Jackson with an engaging cast of teen characters to help illustrate the emotions and actions covered in the book.
Readers will learn the difference between the five primary emotions – anger, fear, sadness, happiness, and disgust – and secondary emotions such as pride, envy, contempt, and jealousy. They’ll find out how to interpret emotions, and also discover strategies for managing them.
Illustrative quotes from real-life teens, as well as simple activities the reader can do to relate to the concepts presented, make Me and My Feelings come alive for young people. Also included are suggested activities for teachers to use in the classroom. Me and My Feelings can be used to supplement a high school psychology course, or as a stand-alone unit in grades 8 through 12.
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Illustrations by Jeff Jackson
Foreword by Robert Ornstein, Ph.D.
ISBN: 978-1-933779-78-2 152 pages
Price: $15.99
Ages: 12 and up
The third book in the All About Me series, What’s the Catch? explores the ways in which our thinking, feelings, and behavior are influenced by those around us. Sometimes this kind of influence is helpful, but at other times it ends up “shortchanging” us. Readers will learn to distinguish between the two kinds of situations, so that they can more easily tell when they’re really being helped, and when they’re merely being manipulated, brainwashed, or tricked.
Written in a clear and accessible style by physician David Sobel, What’s the Catch? is illustrated by Jeff Jackson, again with an appealing cast of teen characters, who act out and embody the various ways in which we're influenced by others. Readers will learn to become more aware of the forces nudging and pushing them, as well as how to protect themselves from unwanted and unhelpful influence. By coming to understand their own reaction patterns, they’ll be able to avoid getting “hooked.”
In What’s the Catch?, young people will discover all that scientists and researchers know, and also explore questions yet to be answered. Illustrative quotes from real-life teens, as well as simple activities the reader can do to relate to the concepts presented, make the book truly come alive for young people. Also included are suggested activities for teachers to use in the classroom. What's the Catch? can be used to supplement a high school psychology course, or as a stand-alone unit in grades 8 through 12.
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Illustrations created from the ancient rock art of Africa
ISBN: 978-1-933779-48-5 40 pages
Price: $17.99
A beautiful tale about how human beings came to learn and develop their arts, language and mathematics and the ability to settle all over the world—to remake the world. A journey that made us human.
Inspired by the ancient rock art of Africa, Sally Mallam illustrates this journey by rearranging and coloring “digital collages” of these original images, recorded in the early to mid-20th century.
The end of the book lists websites and books that may interest readers and a map that shows many of the countries where this ancient art was found.
“Dende Maro: The Golden Prince is a wondrous picturebook for children ages 5 and up, inspired by the ancient rock art of Africa. Illustrated with “digital collages” created by rearranging and coloring original images of this ancient rock art, Dende Maro is an original fable about the creation of the world, and the Golden Prince sent to teach the people of the new world how to take care of themselves and each other. ... A delightful and panoramic picturebook reflecting the mystique of Africa's ancient treasures, Dende Maro is highly recommended for parents to share with children during storytime or bedtime.”
—Midwest Book Review
“... The digital collage illustrations, done in vivid colors, provide a fresh interpretation of prehistoric African rock art, where familiar symbols have been colored and duplicated to create large colorful images of humans and nature. The text has a relaxed cadence that leads readers to pause and consider what it would be like to have been alive millions of years ago. Dende Maro teaches the people about the land, plants, animals, music, and art, and ‘how to care for all the animals and for each other.’ Younger students may not fully grasp the ideas presented here, but the text and stunning art will convey the sense that humans are connected through nature and art.”
—School Library Journal
“Dende Maro is a beautifully told and stunningly illustrated origin tale, inspired by ancient African carvings and paintings. The emphasis on the arts, as well as survival skills, encourages readers to reflect on the importance of music, writing, and visual representation in human life. The list of websites and books at the end encourages further study of art forms that date back thousands of years.”
—Denise Nessel, Ph.D.,
Consultant and Director of Publications
National Urban Alliance for Effective
Education
“Grades 2-4, Mallam illustrates this original creation myth with images from African rock paintings that have been scanned, rearranged, and placed against abstract speckled backgrounds. The resulting artwork has a mysterious, almost eldritch air, which suits the tone of the text. In the beginning is a longing that transforms into a wind, which creates a primal form from which all others spring. Eventually that longing also gives birth to a prince who teaches his people not only all the skills needed to live, but also how to dance, count, write, paint, and listen in their / heart to the many / rhythms of the world. Like Marcia Brown’s Caldecott Medal winner, Shadow (1982), this will likely have more appeal to adults; but curious younger viewers should respond to the striking art.”
—Booklist - American Library Association
“... a captivating and inspiring book about human origins, designed to connect with very young readers, yet entirely unpretentious despite its huge canvas. Not a word goes to waste in this lyrical but impressively spare depiction of the beginnings of the world, the evolution of animals and people, their gradual migration across the globe and the learning of the essential arts that make us human. ...
This book will excite children’s interest in where we came from and how we developed – and stimulate universal yearnings for a better future. It is a brilliant debut work by artist and storyteller, Sally Mallam.”
—Human Givens - Promoting Emotional Health and Clear Thinking.
Vol 16, No 3
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