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Mary Degen Heffelfinger's books are written for children who have survived the death of a parent.Unlike learning to walk or talk, learning to heal after the death of a loved one is not something we naturally know how to do.Since grief is not a natural instinct, healing from grief is something we must learn, and we need to rely on our teachers, counselors, and healers along the way. Chrissy Mouse's Daddy Died: Playing Catch is about this healin...

Mary Degen Heffelfinger's books are written for children who have survived the death of a parent.Unlike learning to walk or talk, learning to heal after the death of a loved one is not something we naturally know how to do.Since grief is not a natural instinct, healing from grief is something we must learn, and we need to rely on our teachers, counselors, and healers along the way. Chrissy Mouse's Daddy Died: The Music Player is about this hea...

Mary Degen Heffelfinger's books are written for children who have survived the death of a parent.Unlike learning to walk or talk, learning to heal after the death of a loved one is not something we naturally know how to do.Since grief is not a natural instinct, healing from grief is something we must learn, and we need to rely on our teachers, counselors, and healers along the way. Chrissy Mouse's Daddy Died: Coach Bill is about this healing j...

Because her family constantly had to flee the repercussions of her father's gambling addiction, Francine Glasser was consigned to a childhood devoid of connection and marked by loss after loss of everything she cherished. Friends, relatives, pets, and possessions were left behind each time her family ran from debt collectors, sometimes in the middle of the night, and left town for yet another hopeless new start. For Francine, painful memories ...

Never before profiled, The Livingston Lion: Henry Beekman Livingston's War examines Henry Beekman Livingston's role in the army from the very beginning of the war until his resignation in a fit of frustration. Henry, a member of New York's illustrious Livingston family, was involved in some of the most significant moments of the Revolutionary War, the Battle of Saratoga, the Battle of Monmouth, and the winter at Valley Forge. Henry's war was n...

Make every day special with a beautiful cookie!In Cookie Art, world-renowned cookie decorator Amber Spiegel of SweetAmbs® teaches you to create over 30 designs that will turn even the most ordinary cookie into something amazing. These stunning projects reinforce and sharpen your skills to help you make any cookie a work of art.

In New York City of the early 1900s, two young women find their friendship torn apart when one of them abandons the dignified, middle-class feminism of their women's club to join suffragettes marching for the vote. Abbie struggles with issues of marriage and motherhood, while Louise seeks independence, but they need each other's help to find their voices in the contentious world of emerging women's rights. Visionary feminists Alice Paul and Ha...

Heartstrings is a deeply personal and compassionate memoir that chronicles the history and lives of the author's Greek-American family in her own creative way. Based upon actual events and interviews with family members, she explores how tragic events can have a ripple effect on past, present, and future generations in surprising and unexpected ways. From stories about immigrant experiences in the early 1900s to the writer's personal journey o...

This is a book that has been greatly needed since Lord Pentland's passing in 1984. Among the many hundreds of pupils whom he served and led as our teacher of the Gurdjieff way, who would write it, who could write it? Madeline Gold has proved able, and more than able. Working as Lord Pentland's secretary for some years, and always his pupil and friend, she was formidably receptive to the wisdom he offered daily through word and incident, all th...

This beautifully written and illustrated story portrays the journey of a little girl feeling invisible and not heard. She has an ever-present gnawing ache somewhere near the middle of her heart. One day she wanders off into the forest and meets a loving, caring woman. Their magical relationship slowly heals her ache. Depressed, anxious, fearful, and withdrawn 6 to 12 year-olds will find it helpful. The book is a valuable addition for school li...

This book is so cute, and I love the amazing illustrations. This is the best book I've ever read!" -Gemma Gilmartin (age 8)All proceeds from the sale of this book support the Ginger Simms Leadership Fund at Outward Bound. The fund provides scholarships to encourage, train and empower highly-motivated young women.details & donations: www.ncobs.org/ginger-simms

In the summer of 1933, Karl J. Volk was sent from the United States to live with family members in Germany because his parents "could not cope with a baby in their lives." Little did they know that a dictator named Adolf Hitler had just attained power several months before. For the next eight years, Karl lived in a small village with an aunt and uncle before moving to Aschaffenburg, where he lived with a different aunt and uncle. The bombing b...

This book details Anne Allbright Smith's eleven days of discomfort and pain as she voluntarily stopping eating and drinking (VSED) to bring about her own death. This was despite compassionate hospice care throughout. There is overwhelming public support for Medical Aid in Dying (MAID). Yet only ten states and the District of Columbia have MAID statutes on their books. Why won't more legislators support the will of their constituents? By contra...

I traveled the world and I spoke to the oracles. In China I asked the ancient Terra Cotta Warriors. In Sweden I asked the Great Moose. On the Amazon River I asked the Ancient Tree. But none could answer my question. "What has happened to the Italians I had believed were in my paper bag of life?" Trying to piece together the story of my Italian connection has been like trying to put a watermelon into a coke bottle, although I do believe that tr...

William Hart's true coming of age memoir begins when at fourteen he joins an amateur roller racing team comprised of both sexes and loaded with RSROA national champions. A varsity sprinter in track, he soon excels at speed skating.Insiders know roller rinks are conspiracies to turn singles into couples.The main storyline follows Hart's early education in romance-piquant, humorous, harrowing, and laced with major life lessons. The setting: Wich...

A child wonders what first grade would be like if her dog went to school! Zoe's daydreams take us on an adventure from explosions in science class to art class messes that will make you wonder...What might school be like for your dog?

A collection of 28 articles spanning 46 years of studies in the history and philosophy of consciousness. Inspired by psychedelics in the 1960s, many have not previously been published.Ralph Abraham is a Professor of Mathematics at the University of California at Santa Cruz.

For years, Kim Marshall and Jenn David-Lang have been considered "designated readers, " curating ideas and research for busy frontline educators. Kim's weekly Marshall Memo summarizes the best articles from more than sixty magazines and journals. In The Main Idea, Jenn writes a detailed synopsis of a carefully selected education book each month, accompanied by professional development suggestions. In The Best of the Marshall Memo, both Book On...

Are you somebody?"I was asked again and againin the glamorous city of angels, Los Angeles.Was I unseen as I was, and seenonly for who I might be?Life had been filledwith challengesand change, dangerous, glorious, absurd and terrifying.Trained to conform, I navigatedwith well-practiced denialand a good dose of Aussie humor.A photographof my nosewas taken beside Charlton Heston.Constantly surprised by lifeI was humbledby the courage of others.I ...

JAN MCGRATH is a lifelong actor, poet, and teacher. Her academic training spanned a BA at SUNY Albany, and graduate years at Penn State, University College Nairobi, and the University of Maine. Performing in Hawaii, she twice received the State Theatre Council's Po'okela nominations for leading actor. After adapting DANTE'S INFERNO and Milton's PARADISE LOST for Readers Theatre productions, she began writing her own scripts. These include fict...