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The purpose and mission of my writing this book is to bring awareness to parents, especially single parents, about Childhood Sexual Abuse. I have shared my story hoping that it will ring the alarm in homes where there are children on how Childhood Sexual Abuse is a silent, invisible killer in our community. I decided to shine a light on how Trauma from Childhood Physical, Mental, Emotional, and Sexual Abuse affects and translates with Adult Survivors....
64) Otis and Alice
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Uncle Dan brought his nephew Otis a very special gift: a mouse with super-long, expressive whiskers! Otis can't believe his eyes. He has wanted a pet mouse forever! But, how long can he keep Alice? Can he convince his cat Rocket and his two moms to keep the little mouse, so full of imagination and energy?
The daily lives of many families-so different from each other-are often very much alike. Can Alice the mouse fit into Otis's family?
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La perseverancia es el camino, nosotros los viajantes.
Surcando sin miedo las aguas para llegar al ansiado puerto. Sin venirse abajo ni rendirse. Los perseverantes escriben libros, escriben canciones. Y los sueltan para que tomen vida. La perseverancia es puta. Te aprieta. Pero también es docta, y te ofrece fuerzas para el camino.En este, mi camino, me encontré ya hace tiempo con otro viajante. Juliano. Un camino que te lleva lejos, en este caso...
69) Diversity
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There are so many things that make us all the same and so many things that set us apart. Where we live, what we eat, how we dress, and even how we speak are just a few things that make us who we are. Can you imagine a world in which everyone is the same? That would be really boring! Instead, let's explore all the wonderful things that make us great people! Diversity equals difference. Isn't that great?
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In Familias diferentes, beginning readers will learn to celebrate diversity by appreciating the variety of configurations that can make a family. Vibrant, full-color photos and carefully leveled text engage young readers as they draw inferences about how diversity makes our society stronger and more interesting.
An activity helps readers identify and appreciate their own unique family, while a picture glossary reinforces new vocabulary. Children can...
71) Hikaru
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Esta primera novela de Mario Flores narra el desmoronamiento y reconstrucción de sentidos en la vida de sus protagonistas. A través de Hikaru. El poder de los elementos –un animé japonés de culto que solo se ve por internet–, un padre descubre el camino que lo puede acercar a su hija, a quien vio en una sola oportunidad. Con un exquisito trabajo narrativo y un estilo de sensibilidad latente, este bellísimo libro nos deslumbra desde el inicio,...
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Bienvenidos a este libro diseñado para enseñar a un niño con autismo. La educación es fundamental para el crecimiento y desarrollo de cualquier niño, pero puede resultar un desafío para aquellos que tienen necesidades educativas especiales como el autismo.Este libro ha sido creado para proporcionar herramientas efectivas y estrategias personalizadas para ayudar a niños con autismo a interactuar y aprender en entornos sociales y educativos....
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When their home becomes too dangerous for them, Nathalie and Grace's mothers decide that Mama Morisot will move with the girls to the city of Verity while Mama Bibi stays behind. There, they find safety and friends-Nathalie in the dashing Maia and Grace in Theodora Bear-but all is not right in Verity.
The gears of industry grind on relentlessly in the city, threatening to stifle creativity and magic, seeking to end childhood. One tragic blow at...
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Heroic actions speak volumes in a powerful middle grade novel based on real WWII events.
Life is becoming ever more terrifying for the Jewish community as the Second World War envelops their lives. For twelve-year-old Dina and her sisters, things get even harder when their father dies. Their mother must go back to work and despite many objections, the family adjusts to the arrival of their new housekeeper, Nina, who is not Jewish. But Nina's role...
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Prior to 1990, fewer than five percent of domestic infant adoptions were open. In 2012, ninety percent or more of adoption agencies are recommending open adoption. Yet these agencies do not often or adequately prepare either adopting parents or birth parents for the road ahead of them! The adult parties in open adoptions are left floundering.
There are many resources on why to do open adoption, but what about how? Open adoption isn't just something...
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Jamie Grimm has hit the big time in book four of the #1 bestselling I Funny series!
Jamie Grimm has finally accomplished his dream of proving himself the Planet's Funniest Kid Comic, and the sky's the limit from there. Enter a couple of TV executives with a huge plan for Jamie: a new show about Jamie and his oddball friends! But when Jamie struggles to learn the acting ropes, will it be an early curtain call for the biggest show of the...
Jamie Grimm has finally accomplished his dream of proving himself the Planet's Funniest Kid Comic, and the sky's the limit from there. Enter a couple of TV executives with a huge plan for Jamie: a new show about Jamie and his oddball friends! But when Jamie struggles to learn the acting ropes, will it be an early curtain call for the biggest show of the...
78) Taking Flight
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'Beyond the fence everything is dark, but in here is our own lit-up world. Just me and Flight. Our breath snakes into the night like the aftermath of a firework.' The only riding fifteen-year-old Declan has ever done is joyriding. When he's forced to stay with his snobby cousin 'Princess' Vicky on the other side of Belfast, he's shocked to find himself falling in love with horses. Vicky would do anything to keep Declan out of her already perfect life...
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Rebecca Eckler's newest book chronicles the hard truth of what it's really like to make a blended family.
Blissfully Blended Bullshit is a witty, engaging, refreshingly candid chronicle of a modern family's journey as they blend households. We follow Eckler as her partner and his two children move in with her and her daughter. Then, thanks to a reverse vasectomy, they add a baby to the mix. Readers go along for the ride in this poignant, often hilarious...
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