Welcome to an Amazing Adventure you will not soon forget of Oliver, Olivia, and Big Zeke who you've not yet met. You'll also meet their friends, who are very much like you, enjoying life and every day learning something new. These lessons from Dr. Hill will guide you your whole life through into a wonderful world of possibilities that you never knew. As you read these amazing adventures keep an open mind, deep inside lie hidden treasures that you are sure to find. Let the journey begin as you Make Your Dreams Come True. -Havilah Malone and Diane Lampe
Dear Parents, Relatives, Teachers, Mentors, and Friends, Other than food, shelter, and clothing, reading is the very next best thing that you can do for your children to prepare them for their future. Not only does reading enrich the mind but it helps young personalities grow and bloom into a sense of purpose with an understanding of what life is about. Readers are truly leaders in all walks of life, and the gift of reading is a legacy for a lifetime. How do I know this? I am certain of these facts by the way my mother cultivated reading in my development and gave me the gift of having an infinite number of teachers in books and stories. I was not place bound because of where I lived. From my early years I traveled and learned about new people, countries, and cultures though books. I read biographies, learned about saints and sinners, and enjoyed silly stories as one of my favorite pastimes through reading. I read out loud, to my mother, to my dolls, and even to my cats if they were a willing audience. But in fact, all the time, I was reading to and for myself. Today, I am certified as a reading professional K-12 and hold a license to develop a school reading program that advances through the grade levels. I can also work to diagnose reading problems in individuals. But, that is not what I choose to do now. Instead, I choose to instill the value of reading in people though my authorship of writings aligned with Napoleon Hill's works. Reading is a gift that literally lasts a lifetime, keeps on giving, and grows a brain full of beauty and richness. Particulars aside, reading is a fun and valuable activity that allows each and every one of us to become the person we envision becoming. Fail to read. Fail to succeed. It is as simple and complex as that. Readers are leaders. If you want to be one, get out those books and learn the lessons of your choice. Happy Reading! Be Your Very Best Always through READING! Judith Williamson "I thought the book was cool in many ways. It teaches kids to be nice, enthusiastic, disciplined and helpful but in the form of a cute bedtime story." -Cameron Stulting-Flores, Student
A collection of embroidered flowers, each worked using basic embroidery stitches. The flowers can be used individually, on garments, table and household linen, and gifts, or can be grouped to form a garden picture.
The author of The Woman in Black returns to the realm of supernatural hauntings in a tale that “chills the blood gently like fine wine” (The Guardian, UK). When Oliver returns to Cambridge, he makes sure to pay a visit to his former professor, now retired and living in a small college apartment. Oliver can’t help but notice a peculiar painting on the wall; a mysterious depiction of masked revelers at the Venice carnival. Yet in the foreground, there is an anachronistically modern figure. On this cold winter’s night, the old professor has decided to reveal the painting’s eerie secret. The dark art of the Venetian scene, instead of imitating life, has the power to entrap it. To stare into the painting is to play dangerously with the unseen demons it hides, and become the victim of its macabre beauty.
There are so many amazing dogs doing important jobs! Come with Kaylee and her service dog, Riley, as we meet 8 other kids and their service dogs. Kaylee, Riley, and all of their friends in this book are based on real-life kids who use service dogs to help them navigate life with a disability. In this book you will learn about the different ways service dogs are helping kids with many different disabilities. You will also learn what you should do when you see a service dog. This engaging, inclusive, educational read will help kids better understand the work service dogs do and how to act when they encounter one. We love our service dogs, and we hope you do too!
When ten-year-old girl Allie learns that her family will be moving from their two-family home to their very own house in the country, she's hesitant until she finds out they will be living on a street with the magical name of Strawberry Hill. That changes everything! From her struggle to find a new best friend, to her quest for acceptance at her new school, Allie takes readers on her journey to make Strawberry Hill feel like home. Strawberry Hill is a timeless story that will captivate readers, just as Mary Ann's picture books and poems have for the past fifty years.
HBO's Emmy-winning Last Week Tonight with John Oliver presents a children's book about a Very Special boy bunny who falls in love with another boy bunny. Meet Marlon Bundo, a lonely bunny who lives with his Grampa Mike Pence, the former Vice President of the United States. But on this Very Special Day, Marlon's life is about to change forever ... With its message of tolerance and advocacy, this charming bunny book for kids explores issues of same sex marriage and democracy. Sweet, funny, and beautifully illustrated, this better Bundo book is dedicated to every bunny who has ever felt different. #1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER AND #1 AMAZON BESTSELLER: A runaway hit that hopped to the top of the charts nationwide! As John Oliver explained on the Ellen DeGeneres talk show, his book’s gay Marlon Bundo gets married to his bunny boyfriend “because that’s the world we want to live in.” A PETER RABBIT BOOK FOR MODERN FAMILIES: Love is love in one of the few picture books that is equally a satisfying bedtime story and a timely and vital LGBTQ book for children (and their grownups). POPULAR AUDIOBOOK: The audiobook version is read by Jim Parsons and special guests Jesse Tyler Ferguson, Jeff Garlin, Ellie Kemper, John Lithgow, Jack McBrayer, and RuPaul. Perfect for: Fans of John Oliver, Stephen Colbert, Jon Stewart, and Samantha Bee Go-to gift for children's birthdays, same-sex couples welcoming a new baby, and friends who love parody humor Parents seeking the best books about love and marriage to share with their kids Adding to the shelf with books like And Tango Makes Three, Julián Is a Mermaid, Whose Boat Is This Boat?, and Go the F**k to Sleep
