Home Is a Window


Book Description

A family learns what home really means, as they leave one beloved residence and make a new home in another. A Notable Social Studies Trade Book for Young People Home can be many things--a window, a doorway, a rug . . . or a hug. At home, everything always feels the same: comfortable and safe. But sometimes things change, and a home must be left behind. Follow a family as they move out of their beloved, familiar house and learn that they can bring everything they love about their old home to the new one, because they still have each other. This heartfelt picture book by Stephanie Parsley Ledyard is richly illustrated by former Pixar animator Chris Sasaki. A BookPage Best Book of the Year A Bank Street Best Book of the Year




Window on the Bay


Book Description

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • When a single mom becomes an empty nester, she spreads her wings to rediscover herself—and her passions—in this heartwarming novel from #1 New York Times bestselling author Debbie Macomber. Jenna Boltz’s life is at a crossroads. After a messy divorce from her surgeon husband nearly twenty years ago, she raised her two children on her own, juggling motherhood with her beloved job as a Seattle intensive-care nurse. Now that Paul and Allie have gone to college and moved out, Jenna can’t help but wonder what her future holds. Her best friend, Maureen, is excited for Jenna’s newfound independence. Now is the perfect time to finally book the trip to Paris they’ve been dreaming of since their college days. But when it comes to life’s other great adventure—dating—Jenna still isn’t sure she’s ready to let love in . . . until an unexpected encounter begins to change her mind. When Jenna’s elderly mother breaks her hip, Dr. Rowan Lancaster saves the day. Despite his silent, stoic exterior, Rowan is immediately smitten with Jenna. And even though Jenna is hesitant about becoming involved with another surgeon, she has to admit that she’s more than a little intrigued. But when Jenna’s children approach her with shocking news, she realizes that she needs to have faith in love and embrace the unexpected—before the life she has always dreamed of passes her by.




Ideas for Great Window Treatments


Book Description

The options are endless for dressing up a window-blinds, shutters, valances, curtains, draperies, shades. This idea-packed sourcebook presents a hundred ways to give any room fresh style with the right window treatment, along with practical tips and decorating guidelines to define what works best for you.







Window Treatments Idea Book


Book Description

"From Roman shades to plantation shutters, swags, drapes, and cafe curtains, Window Treatments Idea Book has all the inspiration and practical design advice you need to create a room you'll want to spend time in"--Page 4 of cover.




A Home for Bird


Book Description

Vernon the toad takes the silent Bird on a journey in hopes of finding Bird'shome. Full color.




Young House Love


Book Description

This New York Times bestselling book is filled with hundreds of fun, deceptively simple, budget-friendly ideas for sprucing up your home. With two home renovations under their (tool) belts and millions of hits per month on their blog YoungHouseLove.com, Sherry and John Petersik are home-improvement enthusiasts primed to pass on a slew of projects, tricks, and techniques to do-it-yourselfers of all levels. Packed with 243 tips and ideas—both classic and unexpected—and more than 400 photographs and illustrations, this is a book that readers will return to again and again for the creative projects and easy-to-follow instructions in the relatable voice the Petersiks are known for. Learn to trick out a thrift-store mirror, spice up plain old roller shades, "hack" your Ikea table to create three distinct looks, and so much more.




Pie Is for Sharing


Book Description

"You're invited to a glorious Fourth of July picnic where you'll learn all about sharing, the good things along with the bad"--




Views from the Home Office Window


Book Description

In this collection of insightful essays, columnist Barish takes readers on an intimate journey of discovery as she comes to understand herself in relation to her children, marriage, work, friendships, and the world.




Hello, Goodbye Window


Book Description

Everything important in one little girl's life happens near, through or beyond her Nanna and Poppy's kitchen window.