PRESS, J.

Everywhere we go—home, school, the grocery store, downtown, parks, playgrounds—we witness the products of engineering. From the roads we build to the skyscrapers we design to the can opener in the kitchen drawer, engineering is in use all around us.

Since 2004, Flashlight Press has published picture books that explore and illuminate different social and family situations. The Brooklyn-based publisher’s in-demand books are available in hardcover, eBook, and paperback, and have appeared 73 times on 33 state award lists and been translated into 19 languages.

Experiential learning has become an integral part of many classrooms and libraries as we better understand how brains work. That tactile learning mode is essential for some students and beneficial for all.

"I have seen first-hand the impact that learning about growing food can have on kids. Once children understand that our most nutritious food comes directly from the earth and from farms, a new world of connection with their bodies and their surroundings opens up."

This book contains compact explanations that provide a good foundation of understanding of adverse childhood events, the signs and symptoms of acute distress and more serious PTSD, and then offers lists of practical strategies for helping a child through the aftermath of a traumatic experience that are easy to implement in a variety of settings and easy to refer back to in the book.

Tarisa Parrish is a citizen-scientist, business consultant, and powerful advocate for saving endangered species.