Children's Daily Prayer 2020-2021


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This book contains an order of prayer for each day of the school year; it is organized for easy use, and is a great tool for forming children in prayer. These features will help you deepen and enrich classroom prayer in the classroom or home: A choice of shorter or longer psalms, available on reproducible pages so each child can participate easily. Resource pages, which offer insights into how children pray and how to help them be the leaders of prayer. Weekly Sunday Gospel and Scripture readings for each weekday that have been selected to introduce children to the major stories and themes of the Bible. Opening remarks that orient children to the Scripture reading, explain difficult words, and introduce the saint celebrated that day. Prayer services, suitable for classroom or large gatherings, which offer a fuller order of prayer for solemnities, feasts and other special occasions. Commentary explaining each liturgical time, its character, and how to create conducive prayer environments for it.




Chase's Calendar of Events 2021


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Find out what's going on any day of the year, anywhere across the globe! The world’s date book since 1957, Chase's is the definitive, authoritative, day-by-day resource of what the world is celebrating and commemorating. From national days to celebrity birthdays, from historical anniversaries to astronomical phenomena, from award ceremonies and sporting events to religious festivals and carnivals, Chase's is the must-have reference used by experts and professionals—a one-stop shop with 12,500 entries for everything that is happening now or is worth remembering from the past. Completely updated for 2021, Chase's also features extensive appendices as well as a companion website that puts the power of Chase's at the user's fingertips. 2021 is packed with special events and observances, including National days and public holidays of every nation on Earth The 400th anniversary of the Plymouth pilgrim Thanksgiving The 200th independence anniversary from Spain of its Central and South American colonies. The 100th anniversary of the Tulsa Race Massacre Scores of new special days, weeks and months Birthdays of new world leaders, office holders, and breakout stars And much more! All from the reference book that Publishers Weekly calls "one of the most impressive reference volumes in the world."




Play from Birth to Twelve


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First published in 1998. Play is pervasive, infusing human activity throughout the life span. In particular, it serves to characterize childhood, the period from birth to age twelve. Within the past twenty years, many additions to the knowledge base on childhood play have been published in popular and scholarly literature. This book assembles and integrates this information, discusses disparate and diverse components, highlights the underlying dynamic processes of play, and provides a forum from which new questions may emerge and new methods of inquiry may develop. The place of new technologies and the future of play in the context of contemporary society also are discussed.




Children's Books in Print


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Tezcatlipoca


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THE HEART OF YOUR SACRIFICE MUST BEAT. Ousted by a rival cartel, a brutal drug lord flees Mexico to the distant East. An unwanted child commits a terrible deed and is locked away for years. A Japanese heart surgeon is shunned by the medical community and turns to working as an illegal organ broker. Three lives become entangled in threads of flesh and are plunged deep into a world of blood and bone. Together, they carve out a new criminal empire, but how long can a dynasty last? Destiny is not for mortals to decide. It is cast by the Night and Wind. It is cast by Tezcatlipoca.




Children's Bible Stories


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The Bible is the most widely read book in the western world. Now people of all ages can embrace and understand the key stories and teachings with this beautifully illustrated edition aimed at children aged 9+. More than 130 stories are retold with chapter references, providing a valuable resource for Bible studies. Each one is supported with extra information, such as definitions of terms, life in Biblical times for context, artifacts, maps, and quotations. Short passages at the end of each story explain the meaning and significance of the Bible text, enhancing a child's learning. With charming illustrations, clear layout, and engaging style, this appealing ebook is a lovely keepsake for a key event in a child's religious life--one that they will want to read and treasure.




Project Management for Parents


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Project Management for Parents helps families strengthen their relationships and reduce stress by applying techniques, normally used by billion-dollar companies, to streamline their busy lives. In today’s day and age, especially amidst the changes brought about by a global pandemic, parents, stepparents, guardians, and caregivers need a set of tools that can be used with children of any age to help them focus on their priorities, get organized, and boost productivity. In Project Management for Parents, Hilary Kinney provides an accessible, repeatable framework that can transform their approach to any kind of task at home in three steps: Step 1: Build Teamwork Step 2: Establish Your Approach Step 3: Succeed as a Family What’s more, these same principles help improve family relationships by creating a positive environment, fostering communication, and encouraging children to think and act independently. This practical guidebook includes easy-to-understand exercises and tools that both parents and children can use, along with 25 real-life examples like selecting a childcare provider, managing homework, discussing risky teenage behavior, applying to college, and moving to a new city. Hilary shows parents how to apply proven project management concepts to family life, equipping families to successfully achieve their goals—together.







The Elements of Style. If You Want to Write. Illustrated


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For anyone who desires to become an author, two classic books share the necessary elements of creative writing and the habits and processes to make your writing successful. Professor William Strunk published Elements of Style at the end of the First World War. This book inspires us to write well while immersing readers in the atmosphere of a gentlemen’s writing circle where we can almost smell the chalk and tweed. The professor encourages the writer to write well, if for no other reason than to escape his stern reprimand. If You Want to Write is Brenda Ueland’s classic exploration of the essence and art of literary creativity. She believed that only by expressing one’s creative spirit can we become "generous, joyful, lively, bold and sympathetic". William Strunk: The Elements of Style Brenda Ueland: If You Want to Write




Escape Plans


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To VENTUR the Subs were a nuisance. They were fed and housed under the stern but loving care of the great machine systems. They were housed in space-saving underground accommodation, designed to protect the surface of their planet, and perfectly functional if not luxurious. Their culture was respected, some even had employment. In reality, VENTUR saved them, and their planet, from their own thoughtless harm. But some refuse to be appropriately grateful. Some refuse to know their place... Visiting the homeworld, ALIC hoped to find a little old-fashioned excitement on the "Subcontinent". A retired games creator, however, ALIC can't resist when Millie invites her to play a game that is wholly unique. One from which she struggles to escape, as her life becomes entwined with the people around her as they strive for revolution. First published in 1986, ESCAPE PLANS was lauded as an original feminist cyberpunk novel, one which pulls no punches in its exploration of humanity's relationships with computers, and our own flaws and follies.