Join Emelia Moorgrim and her cat, Monty Marmalade, as they courageously use their time-travel watch to journey through history, untangle mysteries and find the monsters before they cause too much trouble. Inspired by items at Norfolk Heritage Centre and Norfolk landmarks, this book adventures through the ages with many monsters in the pages!
Emelia doesn’t think she is being treated fair. It’s test day for students at Chicoree Elementary. Emelia is stressing over her science and math exams, scared she won’t be able to finish either one in the time allowed. When she sees that Sammy gets extra time to finish his tests and Cecelia even gets to use a calculator, Emelia gets SMAD – a tummy churning mix of Sad and Mad! Why do they get special treatment? How is that even fair? The Smadder Emelia gets, the more belly breaths she takes to calm down. But when deep breathing doesn’t make her feel any better, Emelia has to take a seat in the counselor’s office. With the help of a prickly cactus, a lily pad and a blooming flower, Emelia learns that what’s fair will not always look equal. Written for K6 students, this story’s timely message about equity in the classroom and offers lessons for parents, counselors and teachers with tips that are included in the back of the book. This story will help kids understand that everyone is different, and we shouldn’t judge others, but instead focus on how we can help ourselves.
This Christmas join the De La Fuentes and McKenzies in Blossom Creek as they celebrate the grand opening of Emelia’s Restaurant. Over twenty years after Levi De La Fuente's parents opened the first Emelia’s, Levi and his cousin Ryan are getting ready to open a second location. Emma De La Fuente manages the first Emelia’s in Essex, Vermont for her parents. She’s in town to assist her brother and cousin in getting the new restaurant ready for its grand opening. However, she didn’t plan on the strong attraction she feels toward the town Sheriff. The man with his sweet words and heated looks has managed to derail her plans on returning home. While his sister is distracted, Levi finds himself in need of rescuing from a rather embarrassing situation. Luckily for him, Vivien Taylor, owner of Temptations, Blossom Creek’s handmade chocolate store, appears just at the right time. If only he didn’t crave the sweet woman, then maybe, this situation wouldn’t be so awkward. Blossom Creek just might be warm enough to melt the snow this holiday season.
Rodriguez unfolds. Emelia, a remarkable 17-year-old girl born with Cerebral Palsy, embarks on a courageous journey to find her place in the world while navigating the challenges of her senior year at Plantation High School. This poignant narrative explores Emelia's unwavering determination and unwavering spirit as she strives to overcome obstacles and fulfill her dreams. In "Emelia's Way," Tylia L. Flores beautifully encapsulates the remarkable journey of Emelia Rodriguez, a young woman born with Cerebral Palsy, as she navigates her way through her senior year at Plantation High School and beyond. This powerful memoir is a testament to the strength of the human spirit and a reminder that our circumstances do not define us. Emelia's story is an inspiration to all, encouraging us to embrace resilience, advocate for inclusivity, and pursue our dreams with unwavering determination. Throughout "Emelia's Way," Flores emphasizes the importance of disability activism and advocacy. Emelia's determination to challenge societal norms and create a more inclusive world leaves a lasting impact on those around her. This memoir serves as a call to action, urging readers to recognize and dismantle the barriers faced by individuals with disabilities.
Reading Veganism: The Monstrous Vegan, 1818 to Present focuses on the iteration of the trope 'the monstrous vegan' across two hundred years of Anglophone literature. Explicating, through such monsters, veganism's relation to utopian longing and challenge to the conceptual category of the 'human,' the book explores ways in which ethical identities can be written, represented, and transmitted. Reading Veganism proposes that we can recognise and identify the monstrous vegan in relation to four key traits. First, monstrous vegans do not eat animals, an abstinence that generates a seemingly inexplicable anxiety in those who encounter them. Second, they are hybrid assemblages of human and nonhuman animal parts, destabilising existing taxonomical classifications. Third, monstrous vegans are sired outside of heterosexual reproduction, the product of male acts of creation. And finally, monstrous vegans are intimately connected to acts of writing and literary creation. The principle contention of the book is that understandings of veganism, as identity and practice, are limited without a consideration of multiplicity, provisionality, failure, and insufficiency within vegan definition and lived practice. Veganism's association with positivity, in its drive for health and purity, is countered by a necessary and productive negativity generated by a recognition of the horrors of the modern world. Vegan monsters rehearse the key paradoxes involved in the writing of vegan identity.
