![]() ![]() ![]() It has been used extensively in elementary schools, hospice, and by the U.S. The Kissing Hand, an internationally renowned children’s book, addresses separation anxiety and is a great resource at the beginning of the school year, or in any situation where a child must separate from parents. ![]() Raccoon shares a family secret called the Kissing Hand to give him the reassurance of her love any time his world feels a little scary. School is starting in the forest, but Chester Raccoon does not want to go. I hope that every parent would use the opportunity these books present to talk to their child and help them to find an approach that best fits their particular situation. For the sake of the young audience, they do not offer complicated or multiple solutions for any particular issue. They offer a starting point for a discussion between the child and parent. And they are more than good picture books. ![]() I never intended for The Kissing Hand to become a series, but spending time with children continues to give me more to write about. Raccoon shares her wisdom and love with little Chester. Each of the books in the Kissing Hand Series is a heart-warming and wonderfully illustrated story in which Mrs. ![]()
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![]() ![]() It does slow down in the middle because you are supposed to be in shock and awe about breathing under water and I was sadly not shocked by that. The action in the plot starts right away and moves pretty fast for a classic. There’s a strange fantasy feel to the ocean, this amazing part of our planet that we are still trying to understand. The fact that they are trying to hunt down a mythical beast is not that far fetched because “Either we know every variety of creature populating our planet or we do not.” (pg 13) Math, names, dates, latitude and longitude, and news stories were all details that lent a lot of realism to this fictional story. Jules Verne focused on facts and details to make it feel real. In Journey to the Center of the Earth the science was so outdated it was practically unreadable to me. ![]() ![]() Despite being so old, the science is not that inaccurate. I liked Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea waaaay better than Journey to the Center of the Earth. But Nemo's mission is one of revenge-and his methods coldly efficient. Together Nemo and Aronnax explore the underwater marvels, undergo a transcendent experience amongst the ruins of Atlantis, and plant a black flag at the South Pole. Aronnax embarks on an expedition to hunt down a sea monster, only to discover instead the Nautilus, a remarkable submarine built by the enigmatic Captain Nemo. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Islam, in its early centuries, considered itself the world’s sole legitimate political unit, destined to expand indefinitely until the world was brought into harmony by religious principles. In Europe, Rome imagined itself surrounded by barbarians when Rome fragmented, European peoples refined a concept of equilibrium of sovereign states and sought to export it across the world. China conceived of a global cultural hierarchy with the emperor at its pinnacle. Each considered itself the center of the world and envisioned its distinct principles as universally relevant. For most of history, civilizations defined their own concepts of order. There has never been a true “world order,” Kissinger observes. Drawing on his experience as one of the foremost statesmen of the modern era-advising presidents, traveling the world, observing and shaping the central foreign policy events of recent decades-Kissinger now reveals his analysis of the ultimate challenge for the twenty-first century: how to build a shared international order in a world of divergent historical perspectives, violent conflict, proliferating technology, and ideological extremism. ![]() Henry Kissinger offers in World Order a deep meditation on the roots of international harmony and global disorder. magisterial new book.” -Walter Isaacson, Time Politics & Social Sciences Kindle eBooks ![]() World Order – Kindle edition by Henry Kissinger. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() She might not have understand the full extent of these women’s contributions, but she knew these women are very important. ![]() When my 4-year-old daughter flipped through the pages of Harrison’s Dream Big, Little One, and saw Black women like mathematician Katharine Johnson and Congresswoman Shirley Chisholm, her eyes lit up. Which is what happens when kids read these books. ![]() “These figures are cartoon characters essentially, so you don’t have to look like the drawings to see a little bit of yourself in them.” Inside, Harrison drew 18 historical figures - many of them overlooked - as characters a child might love. She frequently overheard parents express disinterest in certain children’s books because the main characters or central themes did not match their own child’s gender, racial, or ethnic association.ĭisappointed, the author of Little Leaders: Bold Women In Black History found herself explaining to parents that “there are concepts in each of these books that any child can find encouraging and exciting.” This is self-evident in sales for the book, which was an instant bestseller and has subsequently been released as a board book, Dream Big, Little One. After her first book came out, illustrator and author Vashti Harrison began noticing a disturbing pattern at book signings. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() I really believe that he knew he was goin' to be in hell in fifteen minutes. He might of looked a bit nervous about it but that was about all. I watched them strap him into the seat and shut the door. I thought I'd never seen a person like that and it got me to wonderin' if maybe he was some new kind. Said that if they turned him out he'd do it again. And he told me that he had been plannin' to kill somebody for about as long as he could remember. He'd been datin' this girl, young as she was. The papers said it was a crime of passion and he told me there wasn't no passion to it. ![]() He'd killed a fourteen year old girl and I can tell you right now I never did have no great desire to visit with him let alone go to his execution but I done it. The last time was the day of his execution. I went up there and visited with him two or three times. I sent one boy to the gas chamber at Huntsville. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Eventually, Kate and Jarrod leave their tiny Australian mountain town and travel magically back in time, to a medieval-lite version of 13th-century England, where they try to stop the curse at its source. ![]() On the social front, loner Kate must cope with her potential soulmate's adoption by the school elite and his apparent role as the chosen boyfriend of the most popular girl, a standard-issue nasty-but-gorgeous villainess. Numerous chapters-which Kate and Jarrod take turns narrating-chronicle in great detail Kate's efforts to convince the doubting Jarrod that, in addition to possessing a vast reservoir of untapped magical power, he is also the latest victim of a centuries-old family curse. Witch-in-training Kate is smitten with Jarrod, the new boy at school. An appealingly witchy atmosphere combined with breathlessly over-the-top narration and a generous helping of high school intrigue go a long way toward camouflaging the slack plotting and clichéd characterizations of this first novel by an Australian writer. ![]() ![]() ![]() Suddenly, four sisters who have been fervently pursuing success and their own lives-on opposite sides of the world-reunite to share one New York brownstone, to support each other and their father, and to pick up the pieces while one sister struggles to heal her shattered body and soul. ![]() But before the holiday is over, tragedy strikes and their world is utterly changed. On one Fourth of July weekend, as they do every year, the four sisters come home to Connecticut for their family's annual gathering. In New York, oldest sister Sabrina is an ambitious young lawyer, while Annie is an American artist in Florence, living for her art. ![]() Her sister Tammy has a job producing the most successful hit show on TV, and a home she loves in L.A.'s Hollywood Hills. Four sisters, a Manhattan brownstone, and a tumultuous year of loss and courage are at the heart of Danielle Steel's new novel about a remarkable family, a stunning tragedy-and what happens when four very different young women come together under one very lively roof.Ĭandy-it's the only name she needs-is blazing her way through Paris, New York, and Tokyo as fashion's latest international supermodel. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Braeden and Serafina must uncover the Man in the Black Cloak's true identity before all of the children vanish one by one. Following her own harrowing escape, Serafina risks everything by joining forces with Braeden Vanderbilt, the young nephew of the Biltmore's owners. She has learned to sneak and hide.īut when children at the estate start disappearing, only Serafina knows who the culprit is: a terrifying man in a black cloak who stalks Biltmore's corridors at night. None of the rich folk upstairs know that Serafina exists she and her pa, the estate's maintenance man, have lived in the basement for as long as Serafina can remember. There's plenty to explore in her grand home, but she must take care to never be seen. Serafina has never had a reason to disobey her pa and venture beyond the grounds of Biltmore Estate. "Never go into the deep parts of the forest, for there are many dangers there, and they will ensnare your soul." ![]() ![]() ![]() Great Princes, Kings, Knights and People of all degrees who desire to get knowledge of the sundry regions of the World, take this Book and cause it to be read to you. His fame comes rather from his luck in being on the wrong side during a minor war between Venice and Genoa, and thereby finding himself in prison with the novelist Rustichello, a writer known to be not above a little embellishment. But even if Marco Polo travelled as widely as he claims, he would not by any means have been the first European merchant to reach the Far East. This book is famous as the first European description of China, the book which inspired Christopher Columbus to try to reach Asia by sailing into the west. The original, squashed down to read in about 25 minutes (Il Milione: Le divisament dou monde / The Million: A Description of The World) The Hundred Books - The Travels of Marco Polo ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Kaufman and Spooner are currently collaborating on an interstellar science fiction series, 2013's These Broken Stars, 2014's This Shattered World, and the upcoming December 2015 book Their Fractured Light. Secrets? Lost civilizations? New planets? Sign me up. I mean, come on.Īccording to the Goodreads page for Unearthed: Jules Addison and Amelia Radcliffe join forces in a tomb-raiding race on a newly discovered planet to unravel the secrets of an ancient, long-extinct civilization - only to uncover a revelation that could spell the end of the human race. ![]() The YA authors have pitched their new series as Indiana Jones (only my first ever crush) meets Lara Croft from Tomb Raider (badass). And the series, titled Unearthed, is combining some of my absolute favorite things. Starbound series authors Amie Kaufman and Meagan Spooner just sold a new two-book series, or duology, to their existing publisher Disney-Hyperion. Clearly the two young adult authors have found a happy working relationship together. ![]() |