This is a collection of 6 stories in 1 book. A 4-year-old girl on a farm in the Midwest embarks on adventures which will have you believing you have actually become her in each story. You'll experience living in a tall, pine tree all day, make yummy mud pies and build a scarecrow in a barn hayloft. Can you imagine taking a popgun and walking in the snow with you Daddy to go bunny hunting on a winter's day or daydream with paper dolls when all of a sudden you run for the root cellar with your Mommy and Sister because a tornado is coming? Yes, you can go on these fun filled adventures on a farm and spend a memorable day at Grandma and Grandpa's house. Come on!
Join travel writer Angie Orth on a journey of self-discovery as she empowers readers to buck expectations, take leaps of faith, and trust that God’s plan is better than anything we think we want for our lives. Angie Orth should have had at least 2.5 kids by now—everyone else back home did. Despite a successful PR career in New York, Angie was failing at the roles she was born to play—those of submissive wife and grandchild incubator. Without a potential husband in sight or the hope of a photogenic brood to show off, she was beginning to wonder if God forgot about her. With her thirtieth birthday looming, Angie was at a crossroads. Should she hightail it home to find a man like a “good girl” or continue running the rat race in New York City and hope for the best? Orth chose Plan C: Escape! She quit her job, launched a travel blog, and booked a one-way ticket to the South Pacific while her Southern family gnashed their teeth in protest. But the timing couldn’t have been worse for a solo trip: she found herself dodging tsunamis, earthquakes, revolutions, grabby men, and incessant DMs from her worrywart relatives over a journey that spanned five continents. In the midst of her global misadventures, Orth’s hilarious, vulnerable journey of faith and wanderlust demonstrates that God’s plan is so much more creative than society’s expectations. Fasten your seatbelt for this sassy, relatable memoir about living life unscripted yet still on mission. By the time readers turn the last page of Flirting with Disaster, they’ll feel empowered, knowing God’s vision is better than anything we think we want—or are supposed to want—for our lives. And they’ll be ready to take on the world in their own way.
In Inspired Parenting, psychologist and mother-of-five Dorka Herner shows through practical, everyday examples how we can reflect on our own parenting and see our interactions with our children through fresh eyes. What our children do can reveal much about ourselves as parents: if a five-year-old won't go to sleep alone, who needs evening cuddles, us or him? If we are bothered when our child is bored, is it because we view ourselves as useless unless we are ticking off tasks? If we think our children are careless, is it because we are too perfectionist? By understanding ourselves better, we can see the nuances in how we live together as families and appreciate that our relationships can be complex. By thinking deeply and honestly, we can see more clearly how to build the type of life we want for ourselves and our children, and how to genuinely enjoy the challenges and rewards of raising them. With a down-to-earth and realistic approach, the book invites us to examine the details of parenting and learn valuable lessons about ourselves in the process.
Chances We Do and Don’t Take begins with Police Officer Arya Ballard getting dumped by her co-worker boyfriend of two years, Officer Nathan Daniels. Soon after, Arya finds herself attracted to handsome auto shop owner, Jax Hastings. Jax happens to be the older brother of Officer Jacob Hastings, one of Arya’s co-workers. It turns out Jax has had his eyes on Arya for quite some time, and never made his move due to the wishes of his brother. While their chemistry is un-deniable, a horrible tragedy occurs, opening doors to secrets that were never meant to get out. While the two take on many storms together and their relationships builds, Arya worries she may not be worth taking a chance on. This page turning romance will have you questioning what chances you would and wouldn’t take.
Behram is the mysterious narrator of this strange tale of one mans search for divine understanding. He tells about the truth of sinand the sin of the truthin his life while discussing not only Islam but also God as an all-powerful entity. Behram travels and meets others on the path to enlightenment, but he might not find what he seeks. He continues to search, although he does not know exactly what he searches foror what pursues him. He chases and looks, knowing that the day he discovers what he seeks will be the day he becomes a poet, a madman, or a prophet, but a prophet without God. Behram grows to hate God as much as he hates Satan but also loves God as he loves Satan. What horrible, beautiful realization awaits the seeker when truth is ultimately revealed?
Unsinkable detectives Mango and Brash are back in InvestiGators: All Tide Up, a high seas adventure that takes the hit series by John Patrick Green to uncharted waters! Three million readers can’t be wrong – don’t miss the boat! When a cruise captain is found drifting at sea and delirious, the search begins for his missing ship and passengers! Did it sink? Was it boat-napped? Are supernatural forces at play? And can the InvestiGators unravel this maritime mystery before a second cruise befalls a similarly unfathomable fate? Seas the day and find out in this new nautical adventure!
In middle-grade debut, Gone Wolf, award-winning author Amber McBride lays bare the fears of being young and Black in America. In the future, a Black girl known only as Inmate Eleven is kept confined -- to be used as a biological match for the president's son, should he fall ill. She is called a Blue -- the color of sadness. She lives in a small-small room with her dog, who is going wolf more often – he’s pacing and imagining he’s free. Inmate Eleven wants to go wolf too—she wants to know why she feels so Blue and what is beyond her small-small room. In the present, Imogen lives outside of Washington DC. The pandemic has distanced her from everyone but her mother and her therapist. Imogen has intense phobias and nightmares of confinement. Her two older brothers used to help her, but now she’s on her own, until a college student helps her see the difference between being Blue and sad, and Black and empowered. In this symphony of a novel, award-winning author Amber McBride lays bare the fears of being young and Black in America, and empowers readers to remember their voices and stories are important, especially when they feel the need to go wolf.
Kyra Bishop has led a very quiet and sheltered life until destiny's magic starts to unfold. But things start to change when she starts dreaming about a man she has never met. Feeling the aching in her soul, she wonders who he is. After a month, the man she has been dreaming about, comes face to face with her. What surprises her even more is feeling the magnetic electricity between the both of them. Mesmerized by Cash Pierce, she soon find out why they were destined to meet. After a passion filled night, Kyra soon comes into her powers. Confused, she seeks her mother out once a premonition fills her soul with dread. Finding out more about her soul, and the connection between her and Cash, Kyra vows to protect Cash for all it’s worth. Still trying to learn to control her powers, Kyra finds only Cash can reach her when she goes over the edge. Determined to save one another, they fight all obstacles to ensure their destiny is fulfilled.
To celebrate the 100th anniversary of the Wright brothers' historic flight, Gutman delivers the fictional diary of a boy who helps the Wrights' build their flying machine, giving a new perspective to the historical events. Illustrations.
