Karen K. Wixson

Scribner Thephilosophyof theSCRIBNER READING SERIES is based on years of research and practice embodying the best of long established principles of phonics-decoding as well as the more recent relevant research on comprehension and instruction. These results can be best expressed in three...

SURPRISING THINGS Do you enjoy surprises ? Somé surprises are fun, and otbers arerít. Would you enjoy the surprise ofmeeting a singing bear? That's a nice surprise, and so is meeting a person wbo can make music with anything, including spoons. But sometimes surprises can make you squirm. How...

FACE TO FACERegularly in our lives we areconfronted by challenging people orsituations that require us to makesound decisions and tap innerresources in order to prevail. Thiskind of face-to-face confrontation isto our emotional growth what goodnutrition is to our physical growth.Without the...

Like most of Dad's and Mother's ideas, the Family Council was basically sound and, although it verged sometimes on the hysterical, brought results. Family purchasing committees, duly elected, bought the food, clothes, furniture, and athletic equipment. A utilities committee levied one-cent fines on...