Author: Patricia Hawse
Publisher: CreateSpace
ISBN: 9781501081705
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 34
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Genevieve is an enchanting story that brings to life the inner world of a young girl and her intuitive connection to nature and all her creatures. The illustrations float through the pages in etheric vignettes that match the sensitive energy of its characters. There is a little Genevieve in all of us!
Author: Marieke Nijkamp
Publisher: Farrar, Straus and Giroux (BYR)
ISBN: 0374306516
Category : Young Adult Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 266
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This anthology explores disability in fictional tales told from the viewpoint of disabled characters, written by disabled creators. With stories in various genres about first loves, friendship, war, travel, and more, Unbroken will offer today's teen readers a glimpse into the lives of disabled people in the past, present, and future. The contributing authors are awardwinners, bestsellers, and newcomers including Kody Keplinger, Kristine Wyllys, Francisco X. Stork, William Alexander, Corinne Duyvis, Marieke Nijkamp, Dhonielle Clayton, Heidi Heilig, Katherine Locke, Karuna Riazi, Kayla Whaley, Keah Brown, and Fox Benwell. Each author identifies as disabled along a physical, mental, or neurodiverse axis—and their characters reflect this diversity.
Author: Dara-Lynn Weiss
Publisher: Ballantine Books
ISBN: 0345541340
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 258
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For readers of Battle Hymn of the Tiger Mother and Bringing Up Bebe, a mother’s unflinching memoir about helping her seven year-old daughter lose weight, and the challenges of modern parenting. When a doctor pronounced Dara-Lynn Weiss’s daughter Bea obese at age seven, the mother of two knew she had to take action. But how could a woman with her own food and body issues—not to mention spotty eating habits—successfully parent a little girl around the issue of obesity? In this much-anticipated, controversial memoir, Dara-Lynn Weiss chronicles the struggle and journey to get Bea healthy. In describing their process—complete with frustrations, self-recriminations, dark humor, and some surprising strategies—Weiss reveals the hypocrisy inherent in the debates over many cultural hot-button issues: from processed snacks, organic foods, and school lunches to dieting, eating disorders, parenting methods, discipline, and kids’ self-esteem. Compounding the challenge were eating environments—from school to restaurants to birthday parties—that set Bea up to fail, and unwelcome judgments from fellow parents. Childhood obesity, Weiss discovered, is a crucible not just for the child but also for parents. She was criticized as readily for enabling Bea’s condition as she was for enforcing the rigid limits necessary to address it. Never before had Weiss been made to feel so wrong for trying to do the right thing. The damned if you do/damned if you don’t predicament came into sharp relief when Weiss raised some of these issues in a Vogue article. Critics came out in full force, and Weiss unwittingly found herself at the center of an emotional and highly charged debate on childhood obesity. A touching and relatable story of loving a child enough to be unpopular, The Heavy will leave readers applauding Weiss’s success, her bravery, and her unconditional love for her daughter. Advance praise for The Heavy “Have you ever been ‘that mother’? You know, the one who others criticize or question? If so, then you know what incredible courage and daring it can take to raise a child in a way that doesn't always meet other people’s expectations. Dara-Lynn Weiss is inspirational for her sheer will, her unwavering dedication, and her willingness to take accountability for her own actions. The Heavy is a stark look at imperfect parenting—and why our mistakes make us better parents.”—Christine Carter, author of Raising Happiness “Dara-Lynn Weiss had to defy her child’s school, the judgments of other parents, and our fast food culture to rescue her daughter from the epidemic of obesity. Parents should see this as an inspiration—and a wake-up call.”—Amy Dickinson, “Ask Amy” advice columnist and author of The Mighty Queens of Freeville “The Heavy should be required reading for every parent because it tackles—with refreshing honesty—that universal question we’ll all face: how to do what’s best for our children, even when the kids resist our efforts and society judges our approach. Dara-Lynn Weiss has written a brave book and started a crucial and overdue national conversation.”—Abigail Pogrebin, author of One and the Same and Stars of David
Author: Kirsten Merinda Jeffery
Publisher: AuthorHouse
ISBN: 1438904037
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 27
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Mother Nature's Dream is a magical story about Mother Nature and her four daughters; the seasons of spring, summer, fall and winter. Blossom, Sunburst, Autumn and Sparkle are dramatically different in appearance and in personality. Each daughter wishes to share her gift of creating unique beauty on Earth, but soon grows impatient. The daughters learn to appreciate and respect one another's talents with the help of their nurturing mother. Simply turn the pages of this book and allow the illustrations to take you deeper. If you are a child, let this story fill your mind with more wonder. If you are an adult, allow yourself to connect with your inner child that is still breathing inside of you.
Author: Gwen Diehn
Publisher: Main Street Press
ISBN: 9781402714351
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 400
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More than 150 nature crafts, including: wind vanes, beach baskets, bird feeders, scented soap, barometers, egg shell mosaics, etc.
Author: Mesu Andrews
Publisher: WaterBrook
ISBN: 1601425996
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 386
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The first book in the Treasures of the Nile series Anippe has grown up in the shadows of Egypt’s good god Pharaoh, aware that Anubis, god of the afterlife, may take her--or her siblings--at any moment. She watched him snatch her mother and infant brother during childbirth, a moment which awakens in her a terrible dread of ever bearing a child. When she learns that she is to be become the bride of Sebak, a kind but quick-tempered Captain of Pharaoh Tut’s army, Anippe launches a series of deceptions with the help of the Hebrew midwives—women ordered by Tut to drown the sons of their own people in the Nile—in order to provide Sebak the heir he deserves and yet protect herself from the underworld gods. When she finds a baby floating in a basket on the great river, Anippe believes Egypt’s gods have answered her pleas, entrenching her more deeply in deception and placing her and her son Mehy, whom handmaiden Miriam calls Moses, in mortal danger. As bloodshed and savage politics shift the balance of power in Egypt, the gods reveal their fickle natures and Anippe wonders if her son, a boy of Hebrew blood, could one day become king. Or does the god of her Hebrew servants, the one they call El Shaddai, have a different plan for them all?
Author: Victoria Secunda
Publisher: Delta
ISBN: 0307431304
Category : Psychology
Languages : en
Pages : 428
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“A book of great value for every daughter and every mother; useful for sons, too.”—Benjamin Spock, M.D. From the Introduction: The goal of this book is to help readers achieve that separation so that they can either find a way to be friends with their mothers, or at least recognize and accept that their mothers did the best they could—even if it wasn't “good enough”—and to stop blaming them. Among the issues to be covered: • To understand how a daughter's attachment to her mother—more so than her relationship with her father—colors all her other relationships, and to analyze why it is more difficult for daughters than sons to separate from their mothers, as well as why daughters are more subject than sons to a mother's manipulation • To recognize the difference between a healthy and a destructive mother-daughter connection, and to define clearly the “bad mommy,” in order to help readers who have trouble acknowledging their childhood losses to begin to comprehend them • To conjugate what I call the “Bad Mommy Taboo”—why our culture is more eager to protect the sanctity of maternity than it is to protect emotionally abused daughters • To describe the evolution of the "unpleasable" mother—in all likelihood, she was bereft of maternal love as a child—and to recognize the huge, and often poignant, stake she has in keeping her grown daughter dependent and off-balance • To illustrate the consequent controlling behavior—in some cases, cloaked in fragility or good intentions—of such mothers, which falls into general patterns, including: the Doormat, the Critic, the Smotherer, the Avenger, the Deserter • To understand that the daughter has a similar stake in either being a slave to or hating her mother—the two sides of her depen dency and immaturity • To illustrate the responsive behavior—and survival mechanisms —of daughters, which is determined in part by such variables as birth rank, family history, and temperament, and which also falls into patterns, including: the Angel, the Superachiever, the Cipher, the Troublemaker, the Defector • To show how to redefine the mother-daughter relationship, so that each can learn to see and accept the other as she is today, appreciating each other's good qualities and not being snared by the bad • Finally, to demonstrate that a redefined relationship with one's mother—adult to adult—frees you from the past, whether that re definition ultimately results in real friendship, affectionate truce, or divorce.
Author: Sean Clark
Publisher: MDPI
ISBN: 3038423041
Category : Technology & Engineering
Languages : en
Pages : 357
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This book is a printed edition of the Special Issue "Sustainable Agriculture–Beyond Organic Farming" that was published in Sustainability
Author: Rhonda Kelley
Publisher: New Hope Publishers
ISBN: 9781563099922
Category : Family & Relationships
Languages : en
Pages : 260
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As our older generations live longer, more and more adult women find themselves in caregiving roles for their mothers as well as their mothers-in-law. What a wonderful opportunity to return on our parents investments in our own lives! While this reversal of roles is a precious privilege, it can often be an overwhelming challenge. Daughters who desire to follow the biblical command to honor thy father and mother must do so while juggling responsibilities to husband, children, work, church, and self. Raising Moms helps daughters to cope with the daily challenges of their role as caregiver and to rejoice in the lifelong blessings of the ones they are caring for. Packed with practical tips, generational information, and help with emotional realities, this book will help women and their mothers to find blessing in the later years.
Author: Deborah Mayah
Publisher: Xlibris Corporation
ISBN: 1453543562
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 210
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A high tech satellite maps the deep jungles of Guatemala and reveals underground ruins of an ancient Mayan race, previously unknown.During the expedition, archaeologist Don Clarke comes across a startling revelation: a prophecy stating that due to man's disregarding of natural resources will destroy the earth.Spirit of Mother Nature realizes this and sends someone to help -- her daughter.Set out to find this Daughter of Mother Nature, Don finds much more.Meanwhile, Damia Tivona, being at the wrong place at the right time, overhears a conversation revealing diabolical government plans. The plot, she learns, is to use a specially designed satellite, to alter weather patterns and destroy selected nations' food crops as a power ploy.The potential result is World War Three and an irreversible change of natural elements.Damia seeks the help of a former CIA agent, John Ballister. John finds Damia's story hard to believe at first, but after seeing her special psychic powers he decides to help her. Damia also learns she has a special gift of telepathic communication via Radio Transmissions.Don melodramatically finds Damia and tells her that after careful research he has come to believe she is the Daughter of Mother Nature.Asked why he felt the need to find her, he tells her about the warning in the prophecy that if she's killed, the earth will die with her. He says he is there to help protect her.As Damia learns how to use her powers, she Don and John decide to try to find and destroy the weather satellite.But, that won't be easy. Government officials suspect Damia is aware of their plans, and they attempt to destroy her, along with anyone who tries to help her.The consequence is adventure.
