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Terrified to speak in front of her class, Molly observes her friends, and even her teacher, behaving in similar ways, and creates a show-and-tell presentation to boost everyone's confidence.
A girl who has been bullied about her appearance since second grade decides, as a sixth-grader, to stand up to Bully, once and for all. Includes Includes authors' note, an exercise, and resources for parents and teachers.
Robert Winson and Miriam Sagan, both poets and zen practitioners, spent a winter in a Buddhist monastery in the mountains of Colorado, and each kept a diary of the events of their lives. This is the result, a record of how spiritual practice really operates and how life works in a commune.
The only unusual thing about Charlie is the Bright Purple Monster that lives on his shoulder. Charlie wants to speak up in class, make friends, and score his first goal. The Bright Purple Monster wants to stop him. "Don't say that, Charlie!" "They won't like you, Charlie!" "You're going to miss, Charlie!" If it was up to Charlie, he'd send the Bright Purple Monster on its way. But conquering his fears and silencing the monster on his shoulder isn't easy. There's no way Charlie can stand up to The Bright Purple Monster. At least, that's what he thinks...
From the day Benny's family adopted him from the pound, Nacho has filled their home and their hearts with love. Come along as they explore sunny days, family, friends - both human and four-legged, unconditional love, and a bit of squirrel chasing too! Written in lyrical rhyme and told through colorful illustrations, Good Boy, Nacho! is a book that both children and adults will enjoy - over and over again. There is no doubt that Nacho will become one of the most beloved characters on your bookshelf.
This collection raises incisive questions about the links between the postcolonial carceral system, which thrived in Ireland after 1922, and larger questions of gender, sexuality, identity, class, race and religion. This kind of intersectional history is vital not only in looking back but, in looking forward, to identify the ways in which structural callousness still marks Irish society. Essays include historical analysis of the ways in which women and children were incarcerated in residential institutions, Ireland’s Direct Provision system, the policing of female bodily autonomy though legislation on prostitution and abortion, in addition to the legacies of the Magdalen laundries. This collection also considers how artistic practice and commemoration have acted as vital interventions in social attitudes and public knowledge, helping to create knowledge and re-shape social attitudes towards this history.
Every morning when Mommy goes to work, I kiss her goodbye. Daddy stays home with me, and we do everything together–we do the laundry, we dance, we read, we race to the park. Everything is fun with Daddy. At bedtime Daddy reads to me, and sometimes he falls asleep.
A stunning memoir of a mother and her daughter's survival in WWII and their subsequent lifelong struggle with faith In this captivating and elegantly illustrated graphic memoir, Miriam Katin retells the story of her and her mother's escape on foot from the Nazi invasion of Budapest. With her father off fighting for the Hungarian army and the German troops quickly approaching, Katin and her mother are forced to flee to the countryside after faking their deaths. Leaving behind all of their belongings and loved ones, and unable to tell anyone of their whereabouts, they disguise themselves as a Russian servant and illegitimate child, while literally staying a few steps ahead of the German soldie...
Read The Case Against Fragrance and you will never think about fragrance in the same way again. If you have been suffering fragrance in silence, you will know you are not alone.’ Conversation Kate Grenville had always associated perfume with elegance and beauty. Then the headaches started. Like perhaps a quarter of the population, Grenville reacts badly to the artificial fragrances around us: other people’s perfumes, and all those scented cosmetics, cleaning products and air fresheners. On a book tour in 2015, dogged by ill health, she started wondering: what’s in fragrance? Who tests it for safety? What does it do to people? The more Grenville investigated, the more she felt this was ...
In the tradition of Kristen Roupenian, Rebecca Schiff, and Ottessa Moshfegh, a darkly humorous debut collection that follows four girls from childhood to adulthood.