Author: Nick Earls
Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
ISBN: 9780618452958
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 292
Book Description
While his parents are in Geneva, sixteen-year-old Dan spends his last year of high school living with his twenty-two-year-old bass-playing aunt, Jacq, and her beautiful friend Naomi, whose active love life is audible through the wall between their bedrooms.
48 Shades of Brown
Author: Nick Earls
Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
ISBN: 9780618452958
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 292
Book Description
While his parents are in Geneva, sixteen-year-old Dan spends his last year of high school living with his twenty-two-year-old bass-playing aunt, Jacq, and her beautiful friend Naomi, whose active love life is audible through the wall between their bedrooms.
Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
ISBN: 9780618452958
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 292
Book Description
While his parents are in Geneva, sixteen-year-old Dan spends his last year of high school living with his twenty-two-year-old bass-playing aunt, Jacq, and her beautiful friend Naomi, whose active love life is audible through the wall between their bedrooms.
I Am Brown
Author: Ashok Banker
Publisher:
ISBN: 1911373943
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 21
Book Description
I am brown. I am beautiful. I am perfect. I designed this computer. I ran this race. I won this prize. I wrote this book. A joyful celebration of the skin you're in - of being brown, of being amazing, of being you.
Publisher:
ISBN: 1911373943
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 21
Book Description
I am brown. I am beautiful. I am perfect. I designed this computer. I ran this race. I won this prize. I wrote this book. A joyful celebration of the skin you're in - of being brown, of being amazing, of being you.
Shades of Black
Author: Sandra L. Pinkney
Publisher: Cartwheel Books
ISBN: 9780439802512
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 24
Book Description
Photographs and poetic text celebrate the beauty and diversity of African American children. On board pages.
Publisher: Cartwheel Books
ISBN: 9780439802512
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 24
Book Description
Photographs and poetic text celebrate the beauty and diversity of African American children. On board pages.
Sensible Shoes
Author: Sharon Garlough Brown
Publisher: InterVarsity Press
ISBN: 0830843051
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 353
Book Description
Sharon Garlough Brown tells the moving story of four strangers as they reluctantly arrive at a retreat center and find themselves drawn out of their separate stories of isolation and struggle and into a collective journey of spiritual practice, mutual support and personal revelation.
Publisher: InterVarsity Press
ISBN: 0830843051
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 353
Book Description
Sharon Garlough Brown tells the moving story of four strangers as they reluctantly arrive at a retreat center and find themselves drawn out of their separate stories of isolation and struggle and into a collective journey of spiritual practice, mutual support and personal revelation.
After Summer
Author: Nick Earls
Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
ISBN: 9780618457816
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 244
Book Description
From the author of "48 Shades of Brown" comes this funny and touching novel about a 17-year-old boy's last summer before he enters the "real world."
Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
ISBN: 9780618457816
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 244
Book Description
From the author of "48 Shades of Brown" comes this funny and touching novel about a 17-year-old boy's last summer before he enters the "real world."
Bachelor Kisses
Author: Nick Earls
Publisher: Penguin Group Australia
ISBN: 0143009826
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 387
Book Description
Jon, Rick and Jen are in their mid-twenties and share a house in Brisbane. Together they share food rituals, sporadic cocktail nights and the quest for love. Rick seems destined to long, lonely nights beneath his Porky Pig doona. Jen consumes men like chocolate bars. And Jon gets lucky in a way he's never expected - more women than he knows how to handle. A young doctor with grand plans for the hormone of darkness, he finds his life is spiralling way out of control. Bachelor Kisses is the mess Jon Marshall makes of his life when it stops making sense. It's the story of one man's hilarious search for meaning: a chaotic comedy of misjudgements, misinformation and misguided intimacy.
Publisher: Penguin Group Australia
ISBN: 0143009826
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 387
Book Description
Jon, Rick and Jen are in their mid-twenties and share a house in Brisbane. Together they share food rituals, sporadic cocktail nights and the quest for love. Rick seems destined to long, lonely nights beneath his Porky Pig doona. Jen consumes men like chocolate bars. And Jon gets lucky in a way he's never expected - more women than he knows how to handle. A young doctor with grand plans for the hormone of darkness, he finds his life is spiralling way out of control. Bachelor Kisses is the mess Jon Marshall makes of his life when it stops making sense. It's the story of one man's hilarious search for meaning: a chaotic comedy of misjudgements, misinformation and misguided intimacy.
Chocolatey Brown
Author: Stephanie Fleary
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780991556304
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 32
Book Description
Chocolatey Brown wakes up each morning unsure of what makes her beautiful. Her dark skin tone is very different then her family and friends and she struggles with embracing her chocolate skin. She faces ridicule from classmates and doesn't have many role models to follow except for her teacher Ms. Honey. With the encouragement of Ms. Honey, she begins to gain confidence in herself and realizes that if she believes her chocolate brown skin is beautiful than she is in fact beautiful. This book and movement is for the sun kissed beauties both young and old teaching them that all shades of brown are beautiful. Extra Features: Cake Recipes Children's Circle Games A Glossary of Educational Terms Affirmations for Building Self-Esteem Join Ms. Honey as she teaches young Chocolatey Brown the power of self belief."
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780991556304
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 32
Book Description
Chocolatey Brown wakes up each morning unsure of what makes her beautiful. Her dark skin tone is very different then her family and friends and she struggles with embracing her chocolate skin. She faces ridicule from classmates and doesn't have many role models to follow except for her teacher Ms. Honey. With the encouragement of Ms. Honey, she begins to gain confidence in herself and realizes that if she believes her chocolate brown skin is beautiful than she is in fact beautiful. This book and movement is for the sun kissed beauties both young and old teaching them that all shades of brown are beautiful. Extra Features: Cake Recipes Children's Circle Games A Glossary of Educational Terms Affirmations for Building Self-Esteem Join Ms. Honey as she teaches young Chocolatey Brown the power of self belief."
Tidings of Great Joy
Author: Sandra Brown
Publisher: Bantam
ISBN: 0553576003
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 258
Book Description
From the author who knows all the secrets of a woman's heart comes a tantalizing tale of holiday romance—as a young woman discovers how a night of passion can change your life, and your dreams, forever.... Ria Lavender is the last woman in the world to be swept away by a smooth line and a seductive smile. A talented architect, she's just beginning to savor the fruits of her success when she meets a man who will change everything. Mayor-Elect Taylor MacKensie is handsome, charming, and charismatic. Still, Ria never imagines that she'll leave a Christmas party with him, or that, caught up in the magic of a snowfall and a bottle of champagne, she'll give in to desire. Eight weeks later, Ria knows she's carrying Taylor's child. To give their baby a name, Ria persuades Taylor to marry her—at least temporarily. But while Ria soon feels a surprising tenderness—and passion—for Taylor, she fears his prime concern is protecting his career. Ria vows to keep her distance from the man who holds the key to her heart...until life teaches them both a lesson in miracles—and love.
Publisher: Bantam
ISBN: 0553576003
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 258
Book Description
From the author who knows all the secrets of a woman's heart comes a tantalizing tale of holiday romance—as a young woman discovers how a night of passion can change your life, and your dreams, forever.... Ria Lavender is the last woman in the world to be swept away by a smooth line and a seductive smile. A talented architect, she's just beginning to savor the fruits of her success when she meets a man who will change everything. Mayor-Elect Taylor MacKensie is handsome, charming, and charismatic. Still, Ria never imagines that she'll leave a Christmas party with him, or that, caught up in the magic of a snowfall and a bottle of champagne, she'll give in to desire. Eight weeks later, Ria knows she's carrying Taylor's child. To give their baby a name, Ria persuades Taylor to marry her—at least temporarily. But while Ria soon feels a surprising tenderness—and passion—for Taylor, she fears his prime concern is protecting his career. Ria vows to keep her distance from the man who holds the key to her heart...until life teaches them both a lesson in miracles—and love.
Shades of Light
Author: Sharon Garlough Brown
Publisher: InterVarsity Press
ISBN: 0830865268
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 364
Book Description
Wren Crawford is a social worker whose struggles with anxiety and depression are starting to overcome her. She finds solace in art and spiritual formation along with traditional therapeutic interventions, but a relationship from her past threatens to undo her progress. As Wren seeks healing in this beautifully written novel, readers are invited to move beyond pat answers into an experience of hope that illuminates the darkness.
Publisher: InterVarsity Press
ISBN: 0830865268
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 364
Book Description
Wren Crawford is a social worker whose struggles with anxiety and depression are starting to overcome her. She finds solace in art and spiritual formation along with traditional therapeutic interventions, but a relationship from her past threatens to undo her progress. As Wren seeks healing in this beautifully written novel, readers are invited to move beyond pat answers into an experience of hope that illuminates the darkness.
The Colors of Us
Author: Karen Katz
Publisher: Henry Holt and Company (BYR)
ISBN: 1250811155
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 19
Book Description
A positive and affirming look at skin color, from an artist's perspective. Seven-year-old Lena is going to paint a picture of herself. She wants to use brown paint for her skin. But when she and her mother take a walk through the neighborhood, Lena learns that brown comes in many different shades. Through the eyes of a little girl who begins to see her familiar world in a new way, this book celebrates the differences and similarities that connect all people. Karen Katz created The Colors of Us for her daughter, Lena, whom she and her husband adopted from Guatemala six years ago.
Publisher: Henry Holt and Company (BYR)
ISBN: 1250811155
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 19
Book Description
A positive and affirming look at skin color, from an artist's perspective. Seven-year-old Lena is going to paint a picture of herself. She wants to use brown paint for her skin. But when she and her mother take a walk through the neighborhood, Lena learns that brown comes in many different shades. Through the eyes of a little girl who begins to see her familiar world in a new way, this book celebrates the differences and similarities that connect all people. Karen Katz created The Colors of Us for her daughter, Lena, whom she and her husband adopted from Guatemala six years ago.