11 WAYS TO RUIN A PHOTOGRAPH: A Military Family Story
When her father goes soldiering for a year, a girl decides that without Dad at home, it’s not a family photo album. Though her beloved Nanny is in charge of the album that year, the girl makes sure that photographs of her never turn out well. Photos are blurred, wind blows hair in her face. April rains bring umbrellas to hide behind. Halloween means a mask. This poignant, yet funny family story, expresses a child’s anger and grief for a Dad whose work takes him away for long periods of time. It’s a tribute to the sacrifices made by military families and to those who care for children when a family needs support.
Read with your classroom for military and patriotic holidays
- Veteran’s Day
- Armed Forced Day
- Patriot’s Day
- 4th of July
Understand Military Families Who Serve the United States
- Gratitude for their sacrifices
- Understand the family challenges
- Support for deployment
Children’s book author and writing teacher Darcy Pattison gives tribute to the sacrifices made by military families and to those who care for children when a family needs help. She says, “My father was a Japanese POW during World War II. Also, I have lived near the Little Rock Air Force Base for years, and watched families as fathers and mothers deploy. I have a glimpse of the struggles facing military families, and feel a deep gratitude for the sacrifices these families make.”
In this fascinating audiobook, narrator Charles King talks us through more than one hundred amazing facts about the human body, including information about your brain, bones, vision and much more. The narrator's enthusiastic and energetic style will suit both children and adults, making the book ideal for learning at any age. So whether you're studying human biology or are just interested to find out what makes us tick, this is the perfect listen for you.
100 Days to Brave for Kids helps kids see they were always meant to be brave. From dealing with fears, anxiety, and difficult changes in life, Annie F. Downs presents honest wisdom and humor giving kids ages 8 to 12 the courage and confidence to embrace the plan God has for their lives.
100 Days to Brave for Kids is your guide to help your kids not allow fear to hold them back. With 100 days of devotions and advice, they will discover:
- How to be the best version of themselves they can be
- How to defeat fear so it doesn't hold them back
- Their unique gifts and how to create daily habits that will help them face any circumstance
100 Days to Brave for Kids is perfect for:
- Readers 8 to 12 who are facing new life events, loneliness, or changes in their everyday lives
- Helping children through difficult transitions
- Youth groups
Kids today are going through a lot! With anxiety and loneliness at all-time highs, these 100 days can help your child discover they are braver than they know and stronger than they thought possible.
10 Steps How To Keep A Man
Every relationship has its ups and downs, but they don’t always have to be a rollercoaster ride.
This guide will help you understand what the men in your life won’t tell you. Discover what goes on in a man’s mind and learn to use that information to help you keep your relationship alive.
Inside, you’ll find all the basic skills it takes to determine if your relationship is just in a rut or out of order for good. Stop wasting your time on things that don’t enhance your relationship like unnecessary nagging, whining, or worrying about things that truly don’t matter.
Learn how to read and understand how your partner is feeling and discover what it takes to keep the one you love.
Meet Whisper, Frannie, Sophie, Gemma, and Zuzu, five friends who tell eerie tales by night and navigate middle school drama by day.
MISERY FALLS, OREGON, IS ABUZZ AS the 100th anniversary of the electrocution of the town's most infamous killer, Silas Hoke, approaches. When a mysterious text message leads the girls to the cemetery-where Silas Hoke is buried!-life can't get any creepier. Except, yes, it can thanks to the surprise storyteller who meets them at the cemetery, inspires the first-ever meeting of the Graveyard Girls, and sets the stage for a terrifying tale from Whisper that they'll never forget.
This slightly scary, extremely addictive story is the first in a five-book series by New York Times best-selling authors Lisi Harrison and Daniel Kraus.
Sound the Cosmic Horn for bestselling author Louise Rennison's ninth book of the confessions of crazy but loveable teenager Georgia Nicolson!
Now that Georgia has finally won over gorgey Masimo, the Italian Stallion, her old friend and lip-nibbling partner Dave the Laugh has popped up again. Will Georgia go to Pizza-a-gogo land to visit dreamy Masimo? Or could her perfect boy be closer than she thinks. A Sex Kitty's life is never simple...
More hilarious confessions from our fave teen drama queen, Georgia Nicolson.
Sound the Cosmic Horn! Georgia Nicolson's 8th book of confessions are here!
The original Sex God has re-landed, Masimo the Italian Stallion wants to be her boyfriend, and Dave the Laugh is still a regular snoggee. How will Georgia cope now that all three boys of her dreams actually want her to be their girlfriend? Have her days on the rack of love really gone for good? Surely not!
You'll laugh your knickers off at Georgia's hilarious confessions.
READ BY LOUISE RENNISON. Brilliantly funny, Louise Rennison's fabby third audiobook download on the confessions of crazy but lovable Georgia Nicolson.
Jas said, 'Well, what happened?'
And I said, 'Well, it was beyond marvy. We talked and snogged and then he made me a sandwich and we snogged and then he played me a record and then we snogged.'
'So it was like...'
'Yeah... a snogging fest.'
'Sacré bleu!'
Jas looked like she was thinking which is a) unusual and b) scary.
I said, 'But then this weird thing happened. He had his hands on my waist, standing behind me.'
'Oo-er...'
'D-accord. Anyway, I turned round and he sort of leaped out of the way like two short leaping things.'
'Was he dancing?'
'No... I think he was frightened of being knocked out by my nunga-nungas...'
Then we both laughed like loons on loon tablets (i.e. A LOT).
READ BY LOUISE RENNISON. Brilliantly funny, teenage angst author Louise Rennison's second audiobook about the confessions of crazy but lovable Georgia Nicolson.
What is the matter with my life? Why is it so deeply unfab?
It's a day and a half now since I snogged the Sex God...
I think I have snog withdrawal. My lips keep puckering up...
I tried snogging the back of my hand, but it's no good...
It's been over a week. I wonder if it's my nose...
I have a HUGE nose that means I have to live for ever in the Ugly Home.
When fiery and determined twelve-year-old Baylee Harker loses the majority of her eyesight in a softball accident, she struggles to rebuild her world. Although surrounded by supportive family members, Baylee feels as though she's lost all control of her life, until she finds hope in training for a sport she never believed possible: Running the hurdles in track.
In preparing for the daunting challenge of joining the track team, Baylee forges new friendships and she feels like she's finally standing on solid ground. Unfortunately, another curveball is right around the corner, one that threatens to shatter the new world Baylee has built for herself.
REVIEWS OF 'B' IS FOR BAYLEE
'Bates smartly delivers Baylee's mi of emotions and allows the readers to feel it all: angst, fear, and exhilaration... Triumphantly, 'B' is for Baylee reflects not only the harsh realities of a blindness diagnosis, but it positively showcases the opportunity for hope and winning achievement.' (Chanticleer Reviews)
''B' is for Baylee is a captivating read... Kids will be impressed with Baylee's resilience and her bravery in being willing to try a new sport with her limited vision.' (Readers' Favorite)
''B' is for Baylee is a poignant read--educational, thought-provoking, and inspiring all at the same time.' (Self-Publishing Review)
Number one bestselling author Louise Rennison's seventh book of the confessions of crazy but loveable teenager, Georgia Nicolson. You'll laugh your knickers off!
Follow Georgia's hilarious antics as she desperately muddles her way through teenage life and all that it entails: make-up disasters, rapidly expanding nunga nungas, school - urgh, unsympathetic friends, highly embarrassing family (and pets) and, of course, BOYS.
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