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This is a magical story about the bond between a child and her grandmother. With Lisa Williams' beautiful illustrations the love and wisdom in the story shines through the pages. One night, grandma comes to stay and helps Eva overcome the challenges she is facing. Grandma soothes Eva with her words and helps her to visualise things going well. This heart-warming tale teaches children how to support their happiness and have a positive focus using the practice of visualisation and meditation.
An entertaining and amusing rhyming tale about a nosey old lady called Maude and her pet parrot George. George is a gifted parrot and can imitate the local postman and policeman: "George really was a clever bird, He loved to copy every word! He could even mimic a person's voice, The postman was his favourite choice!" An intruder in the night startles George! But is he clever enough to keep his beloved Maude safe? Find out about the special bond between George and Maude in this wonderful tale of friendship.
An extraordinary story about a 7-year-old little girl called Sophie who just can't seem to see the good in herself. With the help of a teacher and some magic spectacles, Sophie gains true insight to her inner-self. Sophie sees the amazing connection we have to one another and that we all have gifts that make us shine. "Sophie looked into the window, And what she saw in her reflection, Was the beauty from within, That shone back in the projection!" Sophie regains her self-esteem and can see that she has the power to reach her dreams. The compelling message in this story is that we are all magnificent and can do anything that we desire, if we can just change the way we think!
When do you learn that "normal" doesn't include lots of yelling, lots of sleeping, lots of beating? In Blessed Are the Crazy: Breaking the Silence about Mental Illness, Family, and Church, Sarah Griffith Lund looks back at her father's battle with bipolar disorder, and the helpless sense of déjà vu as her brother and cousin endure mental illness, as well. With a small group study guide and "Ten Steps for Developing a Mental Health Ministry in Your Congregation," Blessed Are the Crazy is more than memoir—it's a resource for churches and other faith-based groups to provide healing and comfort. Part of The Young Clergy Women Project.
BOOK 2 OF THE TOWER - NOW A MAJOR ITV DRAMA 'Sensational... A brilliant, high-octane crime novel' Tony Parsons October 1987: the morning after the Great Storm. Fifteen-year-old Tania Mills walks out her front door and disappears. Twenty-seven years later her mother still prays for her return. DS Sarah Collins in the Met's Homicide Command is determined to find out what happened, but is soon pulled into a shocking new case and must once again work with a troubled young police officer from her past, Lizzie Griffiths. PC Lizzie Griffiths, now a trainee detective, is working in the Domestic Violence Unit, known by cops as the 'murder prevention squad'. Called to an incident of domestic violence, she encounters a vicious, volatile man - and a woman too frightened to ask for help. Soon Lizzie finds herself drawn into the centre of the investigation as she fights to protect a mother and daughter in peril. As both cases unfold, Sarah and Lizzie must survive the dangerous territory where love and violence meet.
Who's that creeping down the street? Who's that climbing up the wall? Who's that coming through the window? Who's that? ... It's Burglar Bill! Burglar Bill lives all by himself in a tall house full of stolen property. Every night (after eating his stolen fish and chips) he goes out to work... stealing things. From hats to baked beans, Burglar Bill will take anything! But one day, Burglar Bill steals something very unexpected indeed. And, it shows him that stealing has a cost! Discover the timeless tale that has delighted young readers for generations. The perfect bedtime story, Burglar Bill is packed with bright illustrations and easy-to-read text. Discover more Ahlberg classic children's books: The Jolly Postman Cops and Robbers Funnybones Each Peach Pear Plum Peepo!
A collection of poems which won the 1990 Signal Poetry Award. The author also wrote the "Happy Families" series, "Ten in a Bed", "Woof!", "Please Mrs Butler", "The Mighty Slide" and "Ha Ha Bonk Book".
Nominee for the 2021 NAACP Image Award in Poetry An elegiac and moving meditation on the ways in which we witness "bodies" of grief and healing. Poems and photographs collide in this intimate collection, challenging the invisible, indefinable ways mourning takes up residence in a body, both before and after life-altering loss. In radiant poems—set against the evocative and desperate backdrop of contemporary events, pop culture, and politics—Rachel Eliza Griffiths reckons with her mother’s death, aging, authority, art, black womanhood, memory, and the American imagination. The poems take shape in the space where public and private mourning converge, finding there magic and music alongsi...
"First published in Great Britain in 2020 by Quercus"--Copyright page.
From Jay Griffiths, the author of the award-winning Wild comes a passionate polemic defence of childhood 'Her work isn't just good -- it's necessary' Philip Pullman In Kith, Jay Griffiths seeks to discover why we deny our children the freedoms of space, time and the natural world. Visiting communities as far apart as West Papua and the Arctic, as well as the UK, and delving into history, philosophy, language and literature, she explores how children's affinity for nature is an essential and universal element of childhood. It is a journey deep into the heart of what it means to be a child, and it is central to all our experiences, young and old. 'An impassioned, visionary plea to restore to our children the spirit of adventure, freedom and closeness to nature that is their birthright. We must hear it and act on it before it is too late' Iain McGilchrist 'Jay Griffiths writes with such richness and mischief about the one thing that could truly save the world: its children' KT Tunstall