Courtney Case and the Christmas Card Money

Courtney Case and the Christmas Card Money
Author: Jeannie Meekins
Publisher: Learning Island
Total Pages: 36
Release: 2018-12-04
Genre: Juvenile Fiction
ISBN:

Courtney is working on a science experiment when a knock sounds at her door. It is Nick and Andie. Someone has stolen the money their grandmother sent them in a Christmas Card! Can Courtney find the thief? What will happen when her own Christmas card arrives in the post? Will her money be gone too? Read this ninth book in the exciting Courtney Case Mystery Series to see if Courtney can solve the case. Ages 7 to 10 Chapter book Reading level: 3.8

The Christmas Dress

The Christmas Dress
Author: Courtney Cole
Publisher: HarperCollins
Total Pages: 253
Release: 2021-11-09
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 0063099861

An enchanted Christmas dress brings two generations of women together for the magic of the season in this delightful holiday story from New York Times bestselling author Courtney Cole. One Dress. Two Women. The Magic of the Holiday Season. When hopeful fashionista Meg Julliard must return to her hometown of Chicago to manage her late father’s apartment building, she thinks her dreams of making it in the fashion business are over. Add in her father’s eclectic roster of tenants who all need Meg’s attention (ASAP!), a host of building related disasters, and a handsome handyman she keeps embarrassing herself in front of, and this has all the makings for the worst Christmas she’s ever had. Ellie Wade, one of the building’s longtime residents, is also not feeling the Christmas Joy this year. She is preparing to move into a nursing home (reluctantly), and is in the process of sorting through her belongings to downsize. Every corner of her apartment holds memories, some good, some bad. But there’s one dress she hesitates to pack up as it represents both the best and worst night of her life. Ellie and Meg strike up an unlikely friendship and the story of Ellie’s dress comes out. Ellie gifts the gorgeous dress to Meg, hoping that it will bring her more luck, on the condition that she wear it to the building’s Christmas party. The dress magically fits, and while it eventually leads to the best night of Meg’s life, it also acts as inspiration for Meg to follow a life-long dream of her own, a dream that will help save the crumbling Parkview West, and restore it to its former glory, and keep it as a safe home for all of the current tenants. The dress and the magic of the holiday season helps both Meg and Ellie find their own happy endings.

Preemptive Love

Preemptive Love
Author: Jeremy Courtney
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
Total Pages: 256
Release: 2014-09-02
Genre: Biography & Autobiography
ISBN: 1476733651

The founder of the Preemptive Love Coalition, an organization based in Iraq that provides heart surgeries to Iraqi children and trains local doctors and nurses, presents an account of lifesaving and peacemaking in this war-torn country.

A Cross-Country Christmas

A Cross-Country Christmas
Author: Courtney Walsh
Publisher:
Total Pages: 0
Release: 2022-10-29
Genre:
ISBN: 9781735527635

Lauren Richmond isn't a fan of Christmas.Which is why she rarely makes the trip home to the Midwest for the holidays. After all, she has plenty to keep her busy-namely, her duties as a set decorator on a TV sitcom.But this December, Lauren's brother and his wife are expecting a baby, so her brother arranges a ride home for her with his good friend, Will.Unfortunately for Lauren, she's been trying to forget college baseball coach and childhood crush Will Sinclair for more than ten years.Now, thanks to her fear of flying, she's stuck in a car with him from California to Illinois.She's circumspect and organized. He's flirty and spontaneous. She's convinced that people don't change. He's trying to prove to her (and himself) that he has.On this cross-country road trip, they'll both discover that history doesn't exactly repeat itself. . . but like any good Christmas carol, it does have a second verse.

Old Monarch

Old Monarch
Author: Courtney Marie Andrews
Publisher: Andrews McMeel Publishing
Total Pages: 96
Release: 2021-04-06
Genre: Poetry
ISBN: 1524870307

Some people are like monarch butterflies—solitary by nature, on a passionate search for somewhere. Critically acclaimed songwriter Courtney Marie Andrews presents her first poetry collection. This poetry collection reads like a transformation, me, the narrator, being the figurative Old Monarch. Documenting this journey, the book is separated into three sections, "Sonoran Milkweed," "Longing In Flight," and "Eucalyptus Tree (My Arrival to Rest)." In the first stage of my journey, I explore my childhood in Arizona, and the naive assumptions of youth. At this stage in my journey, I am impressionable, seeing the world with all its nuances for the first time. Through the landscape of the Sonoran Desert, I explore some dark family dynamics and what a child sees. Several characters turn up in the early poems including my cowboy grandpa, and the single mother who raised me, despite many forthcomings. The early poems also explore my desire to see a brighter world of possibility beyond the dusty desert island, and see humans more clearly within the confounds of discovery. In the second stage, I have left home. I am falling in love for the first time, as I become a young woman. Finally, the last stage is the old monarch's arrival to the garden. There are a lot of metaphysical and philosophical poems in this section. I arrive at the figurative garden, and I finally understand the journey at the edge of my life. There are a lot of poems in the context of a garden here, accepting mortality and the ever-changing world. These are meant to be wise old woman poems.

A Tropical Christmas

A Tropical Christmas
Author: Bernadette Marie
Publisher: 5 Prince Publishing LLC
Total Pages: 140
Release: 2019-12-08
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 1631122428

Rebecca Webb’s best friend wins a tropical vacation of a lifetime, and then breaks up with her fiancé and refuses to go, so Rebecca becomes the recipient of her best friend’s trip. Noah Harper’s boss surprises him with a tropical vacation for Christmas—out of the blue. With no ties to anything or anyone, Noah sets off for the vacation of a lifetime. When Rebecca and Noah arrive at the hotel to find that they, two strangers with nothing in common, have to share their room and vacation plans—the adventure begins.

A Magical Christmas

A Magical Christmas
Author: Heather Graham
Publisher: Penguin
Total Pages: 224
Release: 1997-11-01
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 1101573643

More information to be announced soon on this forthcoming title from Penguin USA

Acting on the Script

Acting on the Script
Author: Bruce Miller
Publisher: Hal Leonard Corporation
Total Pages: 240
Release: 2014-08-01
Genre: Performing Arts
ISBN: 1495002047

(Applause Books). Mastery of craft depends on repetition: the more opportunities student actors have to be guided through analyzing scripts, the more likely they are to develop a reliable process for making choices when the time comes to work independently. That's why Acting on the Script contains eight short plays, which can be used independently or as parts of one full-length play, giving aspiring actors the practice they need to tell the story of the play and of their characters clearly, believably, and compellingly. With each new scene, readers are given the opportunity to think through the analysis and synthesis process independently, then they are guided clearly through that process. The first section reintroduces the basic elements of acting craft. The book then lays out how these elements relate to a script in general and then more specifically by using a short play to illustrate the basic principles. The second section focuses on specific analysis and synthesis problems using original scenes especially composed to help students develop their analysis and choice-making skills and to address individual acting issues. The plays, already tested in classes and two productions (one professional and one college), are filled with the kinds of acting problems that beginning actors often have trouble with and need to learn to solve. In addition, specific problems that actors might have with certain types of material are addressed as well.

In This House, We Will Giggle

In This House, We Will Giggle
Author: Courtney DeFeo
Publisher: National Geographic Books
Total Pages: 0
Release: 2014-10-07
Genre: Family & Relationships
ISBN: 1601426062

What do indoor picnics and funny face contests have to do with loving Jesus? More than you realize! As a mom in the throes of parenting, Courtney DeFeo believes that instilling virtues in children starts with laughter, not lecture. That perspective propelled her to create this idea-packed book, in which she offers motivating reflections, real-life stories, and a sandbox full of inventive ways to help you turn your kids’ hearts toward God. Each chapter focuses on one virtue that is key for developing your child’s character. Along with insights into how this virtue plays out in the nitty-gritty of life, Courtney includes a memory verse, activity ideas, and discussion questions to reinforce that virtue throughout the month. Here you’ll find a full year of ways to draw your children closer to God through delightful antics like Family Olympics, One Fancy Feast, and Light ’Em Up. In This House, We Will Giggle shows you how to capture the hearts of your children through fun—so that they experience the goodness of Christ, the joy of following Him, and the difference they can make in the lives of others. (Water balloons not included!)