Three Small Words. Life is a Story - story.one


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I want you I love you I need you I hate you All have a different meaning But all are meaningful This poetry book contains a collection of poems, exploring the different parts of love because it is not always a fairytale. It is filled with hope, longing, feeling, hurt, pain and disappointment.




I Choose To Try Again


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In this rhyming story, Kiara learns how to keep going even when things get too hard. Through colorful illustrations and rhythmic rhymes, Kiara reflects on her mistakes and realizes that mistakes help her grow. Instead of avoiding them, she learns from them so she can improve. Do you want your child to learn about perseverance and diligence? Your child will learn how easy it is to get back up after failing. "I Choose to Try Again" is a story with social emotional learning (SEL) in mind. It has been praised by teachers and therapists worldwide. This story told from Kiara's point of view will help open your child's mind to what it feels like to fail, and then try again. Kiara will teach your child how to be mentally strong. With Kiara in real life examples, your child will learn to develop their understanding of their own emotions. Throughout the story, Kiara will show you what perseverance looks like. Teacher and Therapist Toolbox: I Choose is an empowering series curated to empower young children to become aware of big emotions. A new book series developed in tandem with teachers and therapists to help children cope with a range of emotions and teach them that they indeed hold the power to choose their actions and reactions. Try not to say 'never.'. That brainwashes you to fail. It means that you won't have the chance To raise the victory sail. "I Choose to Try Again" was developed alongside counselors and parents to be used as a resource in a social emotional curriculum.







My Brain in Words. Life is a Story - story.one


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Welcome to 'My Brain in Words,' where I've gathered my thoughts and feelings and turned them into short texts, poems, journal prompts, and questions. It's like taking a peek inside my mind and seeing the world through my eyes. For years I wrote down these texts in my phone note app until now, when I finally get to share them with you. But more than just sharing my own perspective, I hope to spark something within you. Through these words, I aim to offer a fresh perspective, a new way of thinking and seeing things. It's like we're on an expedition together, exploring the uncharted territories of the mind and soul. Who knows what we might find along the way? The possibilities are endless.




The Prince at The End of The Word. Life is a Story - story.one


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In a broken world, where the skies are shattered, the only way to traverse the vastnes between the sunderings is by ships embued with the spirits of dragons and other mythical creatures. When the merchant prince Namwaren meets a mysterious boy on an island at the end of the world during one of his travels his life is forever changed/ turned upside down. The escape he sought from his busy life in the capital and his uncaring mother is quickly forgotten by the beautiful boy who seems to appear anywhere he goes and disappears just as quick as he shows up. Together with his sister and friend he explores the island while also growing closer to Renya. But the little island isn ́t as idyllic as it seems and there is something about Renya that he can ́t quite grasp. Set in a fantasy world inspired by the ancient empires of Southeast Asia, this book tells the story of a deeply broken world; of friendship, dragons and blossoming love.










Bringing Words to Life


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"Exciting and engaging vocabulary instruction can set students on the path to a lifelong fascination with words. This book provides a research-based framework and practical strategies for vocabulary development with children from the earliest grades through high school. The authors emphasize instruction that offers rich information about words and their uses and enhances students' language comprehension and production. Teachers are guided in selecting words for instruction; developing student-friendly explanations of new words; creating meaningful learning activities; and getting students involved in thinking about, using, and noticing new words both within and outside the classroom. Many concrete examples, sample classroom dialogues, and exercises for teachers bring the material to life. Helpful appendices include suggestions for trade books that help children enlarge their vocabulary and/or have fun with different aspects of words"--




Tree of Smoke


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Once upon a time there was a war . . . and a young American who thought of himself as the Quiet American and the Ugly American, and who wished to be neither, who wanted instead to be the Wise American, or the Good American, but who eventually came to witness himself as the Real American and finally as simply the Fucking American. That’s me. This is the story of Skip Sands—spy-in-training, engaged in Psychological Operations against the Vietcong—and the disasters that befall him thanks to his famous uncle, a war hero known in intelligence circles simply as the Colonel. This is also the story of the Houston brothers, Bill and James, young men who drift out of the Arizona desert into a war in which the line between disinformation and delusion has blurred away. In its vision of human folly, and its gritty, sympathetic portraits of men and women desperate for an end to their loneliness, whether in sex or death or by the grace of God, this is a story like nothing in our literature. Tree of Smoke is Denis Johnson’s first full-length novel in nine years, and his most gripping, beautiful, and powerful work to date. Tree of Smoke is the 2007 National Book Award Winner for Fiction.




The Writer


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