Bedtime Stories for the Living

Bedtime Stories for the Living
Author: Jay Armstrong
Publisher: Write on Fight on LLC
Total Pages: 290
Release: 2021-11-16
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"It is a unique experience to read a book that speaks directly to your heart. If you live with a rare life altering disease, you spend a lot of time in your head. It's hard to put the thoughts into words. In Bedtime Stories for the Living, Jay Armstrong accurately articulates the thoughts of any person living with a rare disease or anyone simply struggling to overcome their challenges." Kyle Bryant, spokesperson for the Friedreich's Ataxia Research Alliance and host of the Two Disabled Dudes podcast. A regular dad. A rare brain disease. A chance to live forever. A cell phone's ring interrupts the silence as Jay Armstrong sits in his high school classroom preparing for the year ahead. Something about the ring makes his stomach drop. It's his doctor. The words, "diffuse cerebellar atrophy, a rare, degenerative brain disease" float through the speaker. All of Jay's youthful dreams of being a writer rush back, flooding the twenty years he has spent teaching students how to appreciate novels, memoirs, and poetry. The care he put into teaching them how to write with clarity, insight, and humor, and how to dance at the prom. The bedtime stories he never told his children spin in his imagination. It will all die when he dies. Bedtime Stories for the Living is an episodic memoir in which Jay shows his children how to accept their limitations and find joy. The collection of tender, witty stories about fatherhood, persevering despite illness, and pursuing your dreams, demonstrates how love gives us the strength to face heartache with bravery, humor, and grace. Reviews: "Jay Armstrong is a wonderful storyteller. I knew this the moment he joined me on my podcast. I'm thrilled to see that his storytelling translates to the page and his book is filled with stories. Jay shares stories of his challenges, his triumphs and his medical journey. I'm so glad he continues to share his stories." Jesse Jackson, Host of the Set Lusting Bruce podcast "Jay Armstrong's debut, Bedtime Stories for the Living, is part memoir, part confession, and a love letter for his children. Cataclysmic news - a hole in his brain, a rare and poorly understood condition, steady loss of motor skills and speech obstructing his desire to share in each activity with his young children - haunt each page, woven into the prism of sundry fleeting moments. Yet here, these earthy glimpses are charged with mystery, and the holiness of love. Jay's book is about the quandary of fear and suffering that face

Stanley the Sock Monster Goes to the Moon

Stanley the Sock Monster Goes to the Moon
Author: Jedda Robaard
Publisher: little bee books
Total Pages: 0
Release: 2015-01-06
Genre: Juvenile Fiction
ISBN: 9781499800128

Here's a new picture book from the successful and popular Jedda Robaard. It's a story about perseverance and reaching for your dreams, no matter how high they seem! Stanley is a little monster that has a big dream: his one big wish is to visit the moon. Stanley’s dad tells him that he can do anything he sets his mind to. So one night, Stanley comes up with a plan. He gathers up all his space books, notes, and sketches. After a few failed attempts, Stanley’s wish comes true!

Everybody in the Red Brick Building

Everybody in the Red Brick Building
Author: Anne Wynter
Publisher: Balzer & Bray
Total Pages: 32
Release: 2021
Genre:
ISBN: 9780062865762

"In the middle of the night, a chain reaction of noises wakes the residents of an urban apartment building, and then lulls them back to sleep"--

Every Living Thing

Every Living Thing
Author: Cynthia Rylant
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
Total Pages: 100
Release: 2011-02-22
Genre: Juvenile Fiction
ISBN: 1439136165

Here are twelve deeply moving short stories from the perceptive pen of Cynthia Rylant. Each captures the moment when someone's life changes -- when an animal causes a human being to see things in a different way, and, perhaps, changes his life.

What's Alive?

What's Alive?
Author: Kathleen Weidner Zoehfeld
Publisher: Harper Collins
Total Pages: 36
Release: 1995-08-18
Genre: Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN: 0064451321

How to tell the difference between living and nonliving things—an essential first skill in scientific sorting and classifying—is explored with hands-on activities and colorful diagrams. Best Children’s Science Book List 1995 (S)

Nothing Much Happens

Nothing Much Happens
Author: Kathryn Nicolai
Publisher: Penguin
Total Pages: 284
Release: 2020-10-06
Genre: Self-Help
ISBN: 0525507493

Soothing stories to help you fall and stay asleep, based on the popular podcast Busy minds need a place to rest. Whether you find yourself struggling to sleep, awake in the middle of the night, or even just anxious as you move through the day, in Nothing Much Happens, Kathryn Nicolai offers a healthy way to ease the mind before bed: through the timeless appeal of classic bedtime stories. Already beloved by millions of podcast listeners, the stories in Nothing Much Happens explore and expose small sweet moments of joy and relaxation: Sneaking lilacs from an abandoned farm in the spring. Watching fireflies from the deck in the summer. Visiting the local cider mill in the autumn. Watching the tree lighting in the park with friends in the winter. You'll also find sixteen new stories never before featured on the podcast, along with whimsical illustrations, recipes, and meditations. Using her decades of experience as a meditation and yoga teacher, Kathryn Nicolai creates a world for you to slip into, one rich in sensory experience that quietly teaches mindfulness and self-compassion, soothes frayed nerves, and builds solid habits for nurturing sleep. A PENGUIN LIFE TITLE

Arthur's Really Helpful Bedtime Stories

Arthur's Really Helpful Bedtime Stories
Author: Marc Tolon Brown
Publisher: Random House Books for Young Readers
Total Pages: 0
Release: 1998
Genre: Aardvark
ISBN: 9780679884682

Ten classic tales, including "The Emperor's New Clothes," Puss in Boots," and "The Frog Prince," are retold with Arthur the aardvark and his friends as the characters in the stories.

The Couch Potato

The Couch Potato
Author: Jory John
Publisher: HarperCollins
Total Pages: 40
Release: 2020-11-03
Genre: Juvenile Fiction
ISBN: 006302604X

An Instant New York Times Bestseller * An Instant Indie Bestseller * An Indie Next List Selection Feeling fried? Peel yourself on the couch and meet your new pal-tato! The winning fourth picture book from the #1 New York Times bestselling creators of The Bad Seed, The Good Egg, and The Cool Bean, Jory John and Pete Oswald, will get you and your kids moving! The Couch Potato has everything within reach and doesn't have to move from the sunken couch cushion. But when the electricity goes out, Couch Potato is forced to peel away from the comforts of the living room and venture outside. Could fresh air and sunshine possibly be better than the views on screen? Readers of all ages will laugh along as their new best spuddy learns that balancing screen time and playtime is the root to true happiness. Check out Jory John and Pete Oswald’s funny, bestselling books for kids 4-8 and anyone who wants a laugh: The Bad Seed The Good Egg The Cool Bean The Couch Potato The Good Egg Presents: The Great Eggscape! The Bad Seed Presents: The Good, the Bad, the Spooky! The Cool Bean Presents: As Cool as It Gets That’s What Dinosaurs Do