Mama Rosie's Bedtime Stories By: Rosie J. McAllister Mama Rosie's Bedtime Stories is a collection of three adorable short stories! “Princess in Blue Jeans” is a family story about how family time is important. It also shows how you can be yourself no matter what you are wearing and that it's the small things in life that make a child happy. “Muddy Sneakers” is about allowing yourself to be different, allowing others to be different, not pressuring others to do as you do, and acceptance of others. And “My Secret Shadow” is about a young girl whose best friend is her own shadow. It's not known if she is a complete loner. This story teaches us that it is important in life to find a balance that you are comfortable with, even if no one else understands it.
A delicious and fortifying picture book inspired by the author’s family, featuring the Mexican tradition of holiday tamale-making “What is the recipe?” I ask. Abuela laughs. “It is in my heart, Rosie. I use mis ojos, my eyes, to measure. Mis manos, my hands, to feel. Mi boca, my mouth, to taste. My abuela gave it to me, and I am giving it to you.” Each year on Christmas Eve, Rosie’s abuela, mamá, tía, sister, and cousins all gather together in Abuela’s kitchen to make tamales—cleaning corn husks, chopping onions and garlic, roasting chilis, kneading cornmeal dough, seasoning the filling, and folding it all—and tell stories. Rosie learns from her abuela not only how to make a delicious tamale, but how to make a delicious life, one filled with love, plenty of spice, and family.
Witness the ever-changing history and identity of America in this collection of 40 stories collected from the first 100 years of this bestselling series. For the centennial celebration of this annual series, The Best American Short Stories, master of the form Lorrie Moore selects forty stories from the more than two thousand that were published in previous editions. Series editor Heidi Pitlor recounts behind-the-scenes anecdotes and examines, decade by decade, the trends captured over a hundred years. Together, the stories and commentary offer an extraordinary guided tour through a century of literature with what Moore calls “all its wildnesses of character and voice.” These forty stories represent their eras but also stand the test of time. Here is Ernest Hemingway’s first published story and a classic by William Faulkner, who admitted in his biographical note that he began to write “as an aid to love-making.” Nancy Hale’s story describes far-reaching echoes of the Holocaust; Tillie Olsen’s story expresses the desperation of a single mother; James Baldwin depicts the bonds of brotherhood and music. Here is Raymond Carver’s “minimalism,” a term he disliked, and Grace Paley’s “secular Yiddishkeit.” Here are the varied styles of Donald Barthelme, Charles Baxter, and Jamaica Kincaid. From Junot Díaz to Mary Gaitskill, from ZZ Packer to Sherman Alexie, these writers and stories explore the different things it means to be American.
Several plays have been composed into novels of short stories. This began the saga of Beneath the Willow. The first book in the series focused on several of the residents of the established settlements. After many years of hard work, the town began to flourish. When they initially settled, all residents were in one central location. They spread out as the town began to grow. Development of farms and pastureland advanced rapidly. The town of Willow Bend is filled with imaginary characters but implies a very realistic concept. It is the writers vision that the town was established in the 1870s. Horace Lee Crowley and seven hundred migrants braved the elements, traveling until they found what they later established as the Willows. It was divided into several settlements: Willow Bend, Willow Estates, Willow Grove, and Willow Creek. The people tilled the soil and made their own clothing. For a short length of time, everyone cooked on a huge open pit. They prayed, inspired, encouraged, and made unified efforts together to lighten the load of chores of one another. They suffered the hardship of floods, crop infestation, poor farming equipment, and loss of profits. Through it all, unity blended them together as a community. After many years of hard work, the town flourished. Disagreements were natural in personality differences but were short lived. They migrated from a sharecrop farm thirty miles away. They tread large bodies of water that sometimes rose above waistlines. Small children were placed upon mens shoulders or on one of the old mules. Women carried the bundles of food and what little clothing they owned. It was a rough going, but majority of the people endured it. They had small clippings of flowers, twigs from fruit trees, and roots from vegetables. The substance of their existence was on their backs, mules, and wooden trestles that the men fashioned. Scraps of wood and small trees made up the trestles. This was the beginning of the Willows. Once settled, many differences occurred, natural in personalities, but they were able to accomplish agreement with the help of the county judge. The drama was getting to that point. Thanks for reading. See what you would do in these cases.
1. Suddenly a Duchess Sussex, 1819. When Nina is left at the altar, her mother tells her that she is ruined. But luckily for her, an older duke next door, who happens to be her parents' friend, comes to her rescue. The question is, why? Is he moved by pity or something else? 2. Educating Miss Holly America, 1859. Eighteen-year-old Holly is traveling with an older neighbor. She is innocent. The way west is too dangerous for a girl like her. So, what a concerned neighbor should do to fix the problem? Of course, he will educate Miss Holly himself! 3. Marriage Agency London, August 1815. Miranda is a kind-hearted, charitable girl. When she hears about a marriage agency that helps war widows, she doesn't think twice to volunteer. As a junior volunteer, Miranda longs to prove her worth. When her father's former friend turned enemy comes for an interview, she sees her chance. 4. Frontiersman's Craving American Frontier, 1870. Josh Locke believes that the purpose of mankind is to populate the earth, but sadly, his wife is barren, so Jenny as a good neighbor decides to help.
The duke and the single mom! Nurse Rosie Hobbes knows charming men cannot be trusted. Visiting pediatrician and sexy Italian duke Dr. Leo Marchetti is surely no exception! Her toddler twins are now the center of her life, and she expects Leo to run a mile when he meets them. Instead his warmth leaves her breathless! Leo never expected to find joy as part of a family after his cold, aristocratic upbringing, but Rosie and her twins bring him to life. Can he prove to her he would make them the best husband and father—ever!
From the bestselling author and TikTok sensation Becka Mack comes the next book in her sizzling hockey romance series about a playboy defenseman and the team photographer who captures his heart. The fourth book in the globally popular Playing for Keeps series that New York Times bestselling author Hannah Grace calls “endlessly sexy and funny.” Jaxon Riley is exceptional at three things: starting fights on the ice, picking up women post-game, and going home to fulfill his role as the world’s best cat dad. Relationships, unfortunately, missed the list. Lennon Hayes is supposed to be on her honeymoon. Instead, she’s alone and single, vacationing next door to a surly tattooed man who ran his date off the resort. When a run-in at the bar results in a night of bickering and cocktails, she finds herself tumbling into bed with the enemy next door, then sneaking out before the sun comes up. Lennon’s plan to start over in a new city is going great, until she starts her new job. The job? The Vancouver Vipers’ new photographer. And the defenseman scowling at her from across the room? The one-night stand she wasn’t supposed to see again. Good thing neither of them are looking for anything serious… Right? Jaxon may not be used to falling, but if he’s going to go, he refuses to go alone. If he falls, he wants Lennon to fall with him.
1. Older Man: Rainy Day with the Viscount England, 1815. Rain falls. Bella and Viscount Rutland are forced to take shelter in an inn. It begins with an innocent frolic which leaves them wanting for more… 2. Older Men: Their Country Maid England, 1811. When Sir Richard takes Lizy in as his new maid, the young woman determined to be the best maid. And thanks to her older neighbor, she knows just how to please... 3. Older Man: Unlikely Desire England, 1805. When Ted's business partner ran away, no not only the man stole his money, but he also left his eighteen-year-old daughter unprotected. Ted is furious. Ted admits he isn't a good man, not even close, but he can't possibly leave the girl alone, even if her beauty disturbs his peace of mind. 4. Older Man: Please, Sir! England, 1810. After a year of marriage and no children, Rose is miserable. On her way back to her parent's house, a miracle happens, she meets Mr. Tremayne, a man who sired twenty children. He might be much older than her nineteen years, but who cares? According to her way of thinking. the old man is a godsend.
