As I read "Little Tom" to my three-year-old I was struck by how important the message in this book is to today's society. We all need second chances--chances to forgive and be forgiven. Mr. Smith and Ms. Day-Bivens have done it again. Through vivid word pictures and the brilliant illustrations by Donna Brooks they have created wonderful images that catch the eyes and the heart. What a wonderful story to share with our children. What better way to teach them, and remind ourselves, that even when we make mistakes we can try again the next time. I so appreciate the values that Mr. Smith and Ms. Day-Bivens put into their books. They are quite simply the best children's book authors on the market. Can't wait for the next one!

"~What a special treasure! When I first laid eyes on this book, I was amazed. They've done it again - they've succeeded in producing another beautiful, can't-put-it-down children's book. I didn't think they could outdo the last ones: Over is Not Up, Nightime at the Zoo, and The Rabbit and the Promise Sign, but boy have they ever. sweetness of the illustrations as I began to read. The suspense I as an adult felt as I read each page kind of surprised me, as it was a "children's book". I was a little disapointed as I came to the end of the book and very quickly rounded up my children for a story time. They enjoyed it as much as I, if not more so. It was so special to see the fascination and excitement in their eyes as I would turn each page. I know I will have one on our coffee table very soon and there it will stay"~ for many years to come, along with the other Smith - Day-Bivens books we already have.

The book shown an information concerning the process occurs in coal combustion and coal gasification. The stage consists of the ignition of coal particle and its devolatilization, volatile combustion and heterogeneous char reaction. The book also describe the modelling of coal process in various way i.e. fixed bed, fluidized bed and in the practical flames of pulverized coal. The book also concerns with the pollutant formation in turbulent coal systems.

In line with national reform efforts sparked by "A Nation at Risk", "The Closing of the American Mind", "Cultural Literacy", and "A Place Called School", this edition continues Brady's effort to convince educators to analyze what they actually teach and shift their teaching to more cohesive and comprehensive studies of what is important for students to know. This is a social studies model, organizing knowledge based on patterns of action, cultural premises, demographics, and environment centered around systemic relationships and change. It is thoughtfully laid out but unwieldy for most classroom teachers to use, and, as articulated in the book, inconsistent with the departmentalized structure of most academic organizations from college on down, extending to the textbook resources on which most teachers base most of their instructional decisions. Underlying the entire conceptual framework is an objection to the arbitrary divisions imposed on a child's growing understanding of a complex and interrelated existence. The core solution is collaboration between all persons involved in the education process. A thoughtful book but not easily digested or applied, although the new edition tries to coordinate it with new national standards.