Author: James Patterson
Publisher: BookShots
ISBN: 0316360511
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 121
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A sexy game of romantic make-believe goes too far in this intense thriller from the world's #1 writer. Both survivors of the divorce wars, Christy and Martin don't believe in love at first sight and certainly not on a first date. But from the instant they lock eyes, life becomes a sexy, romantic dream come true. That is, until they start playing a strangely intense game of make-believe -- a game that's about to go too far. BookShots Lightning-fast stories by James Patterson Novels you can devour in a few hours Impossible to stop listening All original content from James Patterson
Author: MaryAnn F Kohl
Publisher: Chicago Review Press
ISBN: 0914090585
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 732
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Unlock the power of imagination! Using easy-to-follow instructions and materials that can be found around the house, Making Make-Believe offers over 125 projects and activities sure to foster children's creativity. Little ones will learn to see the world in a new way as they transform things like old sheets, rubber gloves, egg cartons, and pebbles into toys, costumes, forts, and storytelling games. With plenty of drawings and step-by-step guidelines, this book will show you how to: Create wacky hats, fabric-mÂchÉ masks, and other silly dress-up outfits Turn your living room into a magical blanket land or a daring obstacle maze Put on a play starring puppets made from socks, sticks, spoons, or even shadows Whip up culinary delights like edible moon rocks, goldfish aquariums, and butterfly bagels Make crafts and forts inspired by storybooks like Curious George, Madeline, and The Very Hungry Caterpillar Play pretend as an artist, carpenter, scientist, treasure-hunter, veterinarian, and more! Perfect for inspiring independent play or for side-by-side fun with a grown-up, Making Make-Believe is packed with ideas for hours of creative adventure!
Author: Ross Burach
Publisher: Scholastic Inc.
ISBN: 1338505874
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 52
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Bumble and Bee are ready to PLAY! Will Froggy join in on a day of fun? Pick a book. Grow a Reader! "This rollicking collection... will have children giggling and enjoying reading success. " -- Kirkus Review This series is part of Scholastic's early reader line, Acorn, aimed at children who are learning to read. With easy-to-read text, a short-story format, plenty of humor, and full-color artwork on every page, these books will boost reading confidence and fluency. Acorn books plant a love of reading and help readers grow! Bumble and Bee have some hysterical ideas for an adventurous day on the pond -- such as going on a search for treasure and a wacky new version of hide-and-seek. Unfortunately, their best pal Froggy wants no part. Will Bumble and Bee's contagious energy be enough to tempt Froggy into joining them for a day of fun and games?
Author: Neil Van Leeuwen
Publisher: Harvard University Press
ISBN: 067429033X
Category : Belief and doubt
Languages : en
Pages : 311
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Drawing on a range of hard evidence, Neil Van Leeuwen shows that the psychological mechanisms underlying religious belief are the same as those enabling imaginative play. He argues that we should therefore understand religious belief as a form of make-believe that people use to define their group identity and express the values sacred to them.
Author: Shlomo Ariel
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing USA
ISBN: 031301261X
Category : Psychology
Languages : en
Pages : 224
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In this visit to the wonderland of children's imaginative, make-believe play, readers are be exposed to both a general, bird's-eye view of the whole of this fascinating realm, and to a closer look at its diverse regions. This volume examines the borderlines between make-believe play and akin phenomena such as dreams, drama, and rituals. Readers will become acquainted with the secret codes of make-believe play. These codes are activated in both covert and overt power struggles among children as well as in the child's internal theater of emotions. Readers will have the opportunity to examine these uses by looking at real-life sociodramatic play scenes. Also, the development of make-believe play and its interface with the child's general cognitive and socioemotional development is traced. This volume enables readers to consider children of various cultures at play, and investigates whether make-believe play and its characteristics are universal or culture-specific. Make-believe play has been investigated across fields including cognitive, clinical, developmental, and social psychology, as well as linguistics, anthropology, and sociology. In this book, a comprehensive, integrative model is proposed, in which all of these approaches are synthesized into a single, coherent whole. The unifying hypothesis behind this synthesis is that make-believe play is a semiotic system, a body of signs and symbols, a language by means of which children express themselves and communicate. This language enables children to regulate and balance both their inner emotional life and their social life. Another central hypothesis is therefore that make-believe play functions as an homeostatic feedback mechanism for controlling the level of arousal around the child's central concerns, as well as the level of interpersonal conflict around issues of social proximity and power. Therapeutic and education applications of make-believe play are derived from these hypotheses and their ramifications.
Author: Stephen Marks
Publisher: University of Texas Press
ISBN: 0292743750
Category : Foreign Language Study
Languages : en
Pages : 254
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Would you like your children to grow up bilingual, even if you aren’t yet? Then speak to your kids in Spanish as you learn the language along with them. Becoming a Bilingual Family gives English-speaking parents the tools to start speaking Spanish with their kids in their earliest years, when children are most receptive to learning languages. It teaches the vocabulary and idioms for speaking to children in Spanish and offers practical, proven ways to create a language-learning environment at home. The first part of the book introduces parents to many resources—books, audio books, music, television, computer programs, childcare workers, school, and friends—that can help you establish a home environment conducive to the acquisition of Spanish. The second part is a Spanish phrasebook that takes you through all the typical activities that parents and children share, from getting up in the morning to going to bed at night. Few, if any, other Spanish study aids provide this much vocabulary and guidance for talking to small children about common daily activities. The authors also include a quick course in Spanish pronunciation and enough grammar to get a parent started. Spanish-language resources, kids’ names in Spanish, and an easy-to-use index and glossary complete the book. Take the Markses’ advice and start talking to your kids in Spanish, even if it’s not perfect. You’ll learn the language together and share the excitement of discovering the peoples and cultures that make up the Spanish-speaking world.
Author: Dee G. Suberla
Publisher: Balboa Press
ISBN: 1982249811
Category : Self-Help
Languages : en
Pages : 95
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Dee confesses to us that she has numb spots in her brain that have always played a key role in her life, even to this day. She shares her approach to making some life changing choices on how she became a hippie in the late 60s and early 70s, to her decision to retire early from her corporate job and how she moved through breast cancer. After recovery all she could think about was that song “Is That All There Is?” Dee finally took action and discovered a massive amount of existing information on how to achieve your dreams and find peace in this wild ride called life. Her use of self-deprecating humor combined with the fact that she was born to play, helps the reader try some of these methods to change their lives. It takes work to make a real change but it doesn’t have to feel like work, so... C’mon, Let’s Play!
Author: James William Foley
Publisher:
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Category : American poetry
Languages : en
Pages : 214
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Author: Library of Congress. Copyright Office
Publisher:
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Category : Copyright
Languages : en
Pages : 1188
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Author: James William Foley
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Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 226
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