Author: Vivian Miller
Publisher: AuthorHouse
ISBN: 1452017107
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 38
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This book was written with the intentions of helping young children gain some knowledge about people with visible disabilities and to help eliminate some of the fear that is sometimes associated with it. Having a family member suddenly stricken with a disability can be challenging to say the least. But getting the entire family to accept, adjust and assist is sometimes a more difficult challenge. Hopefully this book offers an opportunity for adults to dialogue with some of the youngest members of the family about this subject. This book also reminds adults that there is power in the voice of a child, "I didn't know I could do that" Children should be both seen and heard. They have a lot to say and we can learn from them as well.
Author: Lorraine Henriod
Publisher: Albert Whitman
ISBN: 9780807530351
Category : Grandmothers
Languages : en
Pages : 32
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Four-year old Thomas spends his mornings helping his grandmother who is in a wheelchair.
Author: Marilyn J Wiebe
Publisher: FriesenPress
ISBN: 1460278593
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 99
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This story takes place in the eighteen hundreds at the home of Beth Miller and her family. Life on the farm is often eventful with the love they have for each other reflected in how they live their lives. Follow the story of Beth Miller, her daughter and son-in-law, Margaret and Ben Smith and their children, Esther, Tim, Betsy, and Johnny, as they experience life in the late 1800’s.
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Category : Child care
Languages : en
Pages : 226
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Author: Terri Reed
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
ISBN: 1501144774
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 288
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Unexpected events bring together a single father and a fashion photographer, who are united by their connection to a young boy and a mischievous dog, in this heartwarming Christmas romance—soon to be the Hallmark Channel original movie Picture a Perfect Christmas. David Murphy never knew much about kids. But when his brother dies unexpectedly, he is granted custody of his six-year-old nephew, Troy. He already has his hands full running his business, and he has no idea how to help the grieving boy. When Troy runs off one day, David finds him at a park playing with an adorable and rambunctious dog—who leads him to Sophie. Sophie Griffith has spent her life travelling around the world as a photojournalist. She has never stayed in one place for long, and her new assignment—helping her grandmother for a few weeks—is just temporary. Once Christmas day comes, Sophie is off the hook and can leave for a new adventure. Caring for her grandmother is a piece of cake—but caring for her new Bernese mountain dog, Riggs, is a different story. It doesn’t help that Riggs strikes up a friendship with a lost little boy one day at the park—and leads her to David. Neither David nor Sophie have time for romance. But as their faith and growing love for the boy and dog unites them, they are forced to decide whether their relationship is more than a fleeting holiday romance before the season runs out.
Author: Mindy Greiling
Publisher: U of Minnesota Press
ISBN: 1452963851
Category : Psychology
Languages : en
Pages : 300
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One mother’s fight to support her son and change a broken system In his early twenties, Mindy Greiling’s son, Jim, was diagnosed with schizoaffective disorder after experiencing delusions that demanded he kill his mother. At the time, and for more than a decade after, Greiling was a Minnesota state legislator who struggled, along with her husband, to navigate and improve the state’s inadequate mental health system. Fix What You Can is an illuminating and frank account of caring for a person with a mental illness, told by a parent and advocate. Greiling describes challenges shared by many families, ranging from the practical (medication compliance, housing, employment) to the heartbreaking—suicide attempts, victimization, and illicit drug use. Greiling confronts the reality that some people with serious mental illness may be dangerous and reminds us that medication works—if taken. The book chronicles her efforts to pass legislation to address problems in the mental health system, including obstacles to parental access to information and insufficient funding for care and research. It also recounts Greiling’s painful memories of her grandmother, who was confined in an institution for twenty-three years—recollections that strengthen her determination that Jim’s treatment be more humane. Written with her son’s cooperation, Fix What You Can offers hard-won perspective, practical advice, and useful resources through a brave and personal story that takes the long view of what success means when coping with mental illness.
Author: Paul Zindel
Publisher: Graymalkin Media
ISBN: 1935169726
Category : Drama
Languages : en
Pages : 53
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From the Pulitzer Prize-winning author of "The Effect of Gamma Rays on Man-in-the-Moon Marigolds" comes this haunting, contemporary play. THE STORY: A family of exuberant and startled kids are left to fend for themselves by their mother and father—who have taken off to pursue forever a life of betting at trotter racetracks and playing blackjack in Native American casinos! An expandable chorus punctuates with hilarious and stinging sound bites this highly theatrical and poignant legend of parental abdication. Drama Full Length 8 men, 6 women (flexible casting): 14 total Flexible Set
Author: Ronnie Dauber
Publisher: iUniverse
ISBN: 9781475957983
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 176
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Despite a premonition of danger and feelings of personal conflict with her boyfriend, Brad, Sarah Davies is determined to enjoy her familys reunion during the Fourth of July weekend. But the festive atmosphere just outside of Bearsfield, Idaho, turns tense when five-year-old Joey, a boy who suffers from severe autism, disappears from the picnic site. Sarah and her friends join the emergency volunteers to search for Joey before an unexpected summer thunderstorm breaks loose. Joey, partially deaf and driven by fear, doesnt realize danger, and hes running scared. Undeterred, Sarah and her friends, Meagan, Brad, and Ali search relentlessly. They find clues that lead them deep into a forest and eventually to the consuming river of raging waters. None of them are prepared for the dangers or the challenges that await them, and nothing scares them more than the fear that they wont be able to get to Joey in time.
Author: Sue C. Dugan
Publisher: The Wild Rose Press Inc
ISBN: 1509247556
Category : Young Adult Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 279
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Nick, a popular and well-liked high school junior, is looking forward to another outstanding year, coasting toward graduation and a stellar football career like his dad. This all changes when a new girl, Cat, enrolls in school and says they were once boyfriend and girlfriend—years ago! But worse still, Nick begins remembering WWII and a boy named Jean Claude, who, while enrolled in a military academy in a small French town, was in love with a gypsy girl, Chaton. Nick’s perfect life begins to unravel bit by bit. And he’s starting to be attracted to Cat, much to the disbelief and anger of his class-president girlfriend, Emily. In one short moment, Cat has turned his life into a catastrophe.
Author: Raewyn Caisley
Publisher: Lothian Children's Books
ISBN: 073441448X
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 56
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'Netball is the ultimate team game and Great Lead demonstrates this, with everyone’s roles off court being just as important to the team’s ultimate success as their roles on the court.’ – Liz Ellis, former captain of the Australian netball team and two-time Commonwealth Games gold medallist. Hayley wants to play netball, but there are not enough girls to form a team. Mum’s got the solution – boys! When three boys put their hands up to play for St Pat’s, the other team is afraid the boys will prove too strong, even if they haven’t got any experience. The local paper stirs things up and Brett thinks he’s leading a small revolution, but Seamus doesn’t want to know. And what’s the thing between Alex and Duncan? When the team receives their worst blow yet, they wonder if it was all a waste of time. Or was it perhaps the most incredible thing they’ve ever done? Other sports fiction titles from RAEWYN CAISLEY include IN UNION, TENNIS STAR, NOT CRICKET, FREE STYLE, HOT SHOT and TOP MARKS.
