Snuggle Down Deep


Book Description

Follow along as animal families snuggle down deep for the wintertime in this rhythmic and charming picture book perfect for little ones while they snuggle down for hibernation. It's wintertime, a quiet time, no creatures left in sight. They're dreaming, snoozing, snoring through each morning, noon, and night.... As winter arrives and fluffly snowflakes begin to fall, animal families gather together to snuggle down deep against the cold. They prepare and cozy up their dens, nests, and underground tunnels. Then they curl up nose to nose, cheek to cheek, snuggle down deep, and sleep.







Uncover the Roots of Challenging Behavior


Book Description

Teach social skills and enrich classrooms to reduce problem behaviors and nurture growth. When teachers create environments that teach skills rather than punish individual actions, they reduce behavior problems and nurture the growth of all learners. This book expertly guides early childhood teachers to analyze their classroom elements, routines, and responses to children. Much like gardeners who adjust soil, water, or fertilizer to help flowers bloom, educators of young children must look beyond challenging behaviors to what a child’s actions are communicating about her learning environment or home life. Digital content includes all forms from the book along with a PDF presentation. A free PLC/Book Study Guide for use with communities of practice is available at freespirit.com/PLC.




Panda's Magical Kite Adventure (Tipper's Toy Box Adventures 1)


Book Description

In this adorable picture book, a young panda experiences firsthand the wonders of a forest! One sunny and breezy morning, Tipper the panda cub is awoken by birds at his window. It's perfect kite-flying weather! One second Tipper makes a wish while holding the kite from his toy box - and the next he's flying through the air and far from home! But when he lands at a forest's edge eventually, Tipper loses his kite. Without it, he's not sure how he'll get back home! As he chases it down, he encounters all sorts of animals who call this particularly diverse and lush forest their home. From a skunk and a beaver to turtles, eagles, and an even bigger bear, Tipper experiences a big, wide world he's never known until now. But will he be able to get back home? This fast-paced and delightfully bouncy story gently introduces preschoolers to the grandeur of forests, including familiar animals, trees, plants, terrain, and so much more. Kids will love reading along with the lively text as they cheer on Tipper, as well as the cute and colorful illustrations that make Tipper's journey jump off the page. Backmatter includes a page of information and forest facts for kids to use as a handy reference.




Kisses and Cuddles


Book Description

EARLY LEARNING / EARLY LEARNING CONCEPTS. A little penguin loves to do many things during his fun day, but nothing beats getting kisses and cuddles from his mama! Follow a little penguin as he spends his day doing everything he loves--such as eating pancakes, playing with his toys, drinking hot chocolate, spotting rainbows, and more. But what does he love the most? Kisses and cuddles from his mama!. Ages 0+







Home Another Way


Book Description

After her mother's death and her father's abandonment, tiny infant Sarah Graham was left to be raised by her emotionally distant grandmother. As a child she turned to music for solace and even gained entrance to Juilliard. But her potentially brilliant music career ended with an unplanned pregnancy and the stillborn birth of her child. In an attempt to escape the past, Sarah, now twenty-seven, is living life hard and fast--and she is flat broke. When her estranged father dies, she travels to the tiny mountain hamlet of Jonah, New York, to claim her inheritance. Once there, she learns her father's will stipulates a six-month stay before she can receive the money. Fueled by hate and desperation, Sarah settles in for the bitter mountain winter, and as the weeks pass, she finds her life intertwining with the lives of the simple, gracious townsfolk. Can these strangers teach Sarah how to forgive and find peace? A story of grace, of God's never-ceasing love, and the sometimes flawed, faithful people He uses to bring His purposes to pass.




If You Were a Garbage Truck or Other Big-Wheeled Worker!


Book Description

The perfect picture book for any vehicle-obsessed kid to see life through the eyes of a big-wheeled worker! Fans of Goodnight, Goodnight Construction Site discover how big-wheeled vehicles really feel about the work they do. This raucous rhyming story puts preschoolers in the driver's seat as their favorite vehicles reveal the ups and downs of being a busy truck. Do diggers wish they were as big as an excavator or are they happy with the holes they can dig? Do trains get tired of staying on the same track or do they welcome all the passengers aboard? Bright and lively illustrations bring each vehicle to life.




Priya


Book Description

India is shining, and Suresh Kaushal, the stout lawyer -of sober habits', has propelled himself up the political ladder to become Minister of State for Food Processing, Animal Husbandry, Fisheries and Canneries. His wife Priya can't believe their luck and, determined to ensure it doesn't run out, struggles valiantly with -social vertigo', infidelity and menopause. Along the way she also learns vital lessons on survival, as she watches her glamorous new friend Pooonam chase status, sex and Jimmy Choo shoes, and her radical old friend Lenin ride a donkey and lose his bearings. In this wickedly funny, occasionally tender, book, Namita Gokhale resurrects some unforgettable characters from her 1984 cult bestseller Paro, and plunges them neck-deep into Delhi's toxic waste of power, money and greed.




Stifle


Book Description

"STIFLE" is a moody , abrubt story of mental illness, horrific abuse and a young girl trying to live through it all. Based in part on the author's own life, and reading as stylized fiction, "Stifle" kidnaps the reader from the first page, then holds them hostage as they embark on a journey to bi polar hill country, where Violet Cussins is holed up in her room, contemplating suicide. Once a "good apple", but now bitter as bile and rotten to the core, we see the events that have blighted her soul, and brought her to suicidal desperation. Shockingly graphic, compellingly written, "Stifle" is book of sadness and madness that will haunt. Illustrated by L. E. Mae with ethereal sketches, and told with caustic nostagia, "Stifle" is a gripping, gutty book that has "BEST SELLER" written into it.