If I Could Drive, Mama

If I Could Drive, Mama
Author: Cari Best
Publisher: Farrar, Straus and Giroux (BYR)
Total Pages: 40
Release: 2016-11-22
Genre: Juvenile Fiction
ISBN: 1466896620

When Charlie turns a plain cardboard box into a zippy new car, he can’t wait for Mama to have the first ride. He adjusts the mirror, checks to be sure there is enough gas, and reminds Mama to buckle up. Then off they go—REV REV VROOM! There are places to visit and bumps along the way. There is even a traffic jam! By the time they return home, Mama is exhausted, but Charlie can’t wait for her nap to be over so he can drive her someplace else. A Margaret Ferguson Book

Hands Free Mama

Hands Free Mama
Author: Rachel Macy Stafford
Publisher: Zondervan
Total Pages: 215
Release: 2014-01-07
Genre: Family & Relationships
ISBN: 031033814X

Discover the power, joy, and love of living a present, authentic, and intentional life despite a world full of distractions. If technology is the new addiction, then multitasking is the new marching order. We check our email while cooking dinner, send a text while bathing the kids, and spend more time looking into electronic screens than into the eyes of our loved ones. With our never-ending to-do lists and jam-packed schedules, it's no wonder we're distracted. But this isn't the way it has to be. Special education teacher, New York Times bestselling author, and mother Rachel Macy Stafford says enough is enough. Tired of losing track of what matters most in life, Rachel began practicing simple strategies that enabled her to momentarily let go of largely meaningless distractions and engage in meaningful soul-to-soul connections. Finding balance doesn't mean giving up all technology forever. And it doesn't mean forgoing our jobs and responsibilities. What it does mean is seizing the little moments that life offers us to engage in real and meaningful interaction. In these pages, Rachel guides you through how to: Acknowledge the cost of your distraction Make purposeful connection with your family Give your kids the gift of your undivided attention Silence your inner critic Let go of the guilt from past mistakes And move forward with compassion and gratefulness So join Rachel and go hands-free. Discover what happens when you choose to open your heart--and your hands--to the possibilities of each God-given moment.

Mama Can You Hear Me?

Mama Can You Hear Me?
Author: William Waters
Publisher: FriesenPress
Total Pages: 500
Release: 2016-06-06
Genre: Biography & Autobiography
ISBN: 1460272811

This book tells the story of a young man who struggles to find his way in a world that doesn't seem to want him. He isn't smart enough or handsome enough. His skin is the wrong shade and his shaking nervousness is never understood. From his first steps as a child, he is exposed to life's harsh realities: poverty, violence, sexual abuse, neglect ... until finally, seeking to escape the cruelty and unfairness of the world by immersing himself in its questionable pleasures, he drifts further and further from a salvation he doesn't even know exists. In Mama Can You Hear Me, William Waters shares the story of his life with a candor and sincerity that is as touching as it is shocking at times. With his experiences and soul laid bare, he offers up his journey, from the depths of despair to the welcoming arms of God, who lifted him up, carried him through, and picked him up when he faltered. With faith, determination, and the grace of God, it is the story of a young man who survived.

Mama Gena's School of Womanly Arts

Mama Gena's School of Womanly Arts
Author: Regena Thomashauer
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
Total Pages: 194
Release: 2002-05-01
Genre: Self-Help
ISBN: 0743242882

Mama Gena’s School of Womanly Arts shows women how celebrating their sensuality can help them achieve their dreams—“think of it as The Power of Positive Thinking as interpreted by Anais Nin” (The New York Times). Relationship expert Regena Thomashauer teaches the lost “womanly arts” of identifying your desires, having fun no matter where you are, knowing sensual pleasure, befriending your inner bitch, flirting (in a way that makes your day, not just his), and more—because making pleasure your priority can actually help you reach your goals. So if you need a refresher course in fun—and you know you do—come to Mama.

Momma, where are You From?

Momma, where are You From?
Author: Marie Bradby
Publisher: Orchard Books (NY)
Total Pages: 32
Release: 2000
Genre: Juvenile Fiction
ISBN: 9780531331057

Momma describes the special people and surroundings of her childhood, in a place where the edge of town met the countryside, in a time when all the children at school were brown. By the creators of More Than Anything Else.

Retold Tales

Retold Tales
Author: C.J. Barnes
Publisher: iUniverse
Total Pages: 87
Release: 2014-02-26
Genre: Biography & Autobiography
ISBN: 1491717858

BIOGRAPHY/AUTOBIOGRAPHY/MEMOIR In Retold Tales, author C. J. Barnes keeps the treasured, family memories alive. She shares a collection of stories featuring tales, events, and anecdotes from her growing-up years in Faison, North Carolina. This memoir reminisces about holidays, relatives, specials events, and more. In Uncle Bennie, Barnes recalls an uncle who served in the US Army in the Pacific theater during World War II and returned home with significant post-traumatic stress disorder. Wine Making shares a funny story of an unusual wine-making experience with purple briar berries. Sunbeams remembers the joys of summer vacation and the good memories made during Vacation Bible School. With humor and descriptive details, Retold Tales captures one familys stories and history as they lived their lives in a small, rural southern community. It provides insight into the life and times of a bygone era, seeking to preserve the tales of the past.

If Mommy's Being Honest

If Mommy's Being Honest
Author: Allisten Hamel
Publisher: 3 Jw LLC DBA Coco Publications
Total Pages: 38
Release: 2020-05-07
Genre: Juvenile Fiction
ISBN: 9781532387708

This is not only a raw and honest love letter to your sweet baby, but a "Children's Book" for you; the ever changing, evolving, and new-born mother. This book was written with prayer and intention to not only help mothers explain with gentle honesty how hard motherhood can be to their little one(s), but to encourage mothers with resources and information regarding postpartum depression and other perinatal mood disorders. Because awareness begins in the home, through this book, may you find the grace and tools to healing. May this open up dialogue amongst all generations of women to be vulnerable about their joys and their sorrows in mothering, and may you courageously learn to say, "mommy is learning" and "mommy cries too.

Sometimes I Lie

Sometimes I Lie
Author: Alice Feeney
Publisher: Flatiron Books
Total Pages: 272
Release: 2018-03-13
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 1250144833

ALICE FEENEYS NEW YORK TIMES AND INTERNATIONAL BESTSELLER “Boldly plotted, tightly knotted—a provocative true-or-false thriller that deepens and darkens to its ink-black finale. Marvelous.” —AJ Finn, author of The Woman in the Window My name is Amber Reynolds. There are three things you should know about me: 1. I’m in a coma. 2. My husband doesn’t love me anymore. 3. Sometimes I lie. Amber wakes up in a hospital. She can’t move. She can’t speak. She can’t open her eyes. She can hear everyone around her, but they have no idea. Amber doesn’t remember what happened, but she has a suspicion her husband had something to do with it. Alternating between her paralyzed present, the week before her accident, and a series of childhood diaries from twenty years ago, this brilliant psychological thriller asks: Is something really a lie if you believe it's the truth?

If I Could Keep You Little...

If I Could Keep You Little...
Author: Marianne Richmond
Publisher: Sourcebooks, Inc.
Total Pages: 34
Release: 2010-11-01
Genre: Juvenile Fiction
ISBN: 1402257937

If I Could Keep You Little speaks straight to your heart, illuminating the tender balance between letting your child grow up and savoring the beauty of right now. Perfect for Valentine's Day gifts, your family library, or storytime read-alouds for any day of the year. If I could keep you little, I'd keep you close to me. But then I'd miss you growing into who you're meant to be! Marianne Richmond is a bestselling author and artist who has touched the lives of millions for more than two decades by creating books that celebrate the love of family.

My Mother Is So Smart

My Mother Is So Smart
Author: Tomie dePaola
Publisher: Penguin
Total Pages: 32
Release: 2013-03-07
Genre: Juvenile Fiction
ISBN: 1101639547

Mothers are so amazing--is there anything they can't do? Through the heartfelt words of a little boy awed by all the things his mom can do, this glowing celebration of mothers has a universal appeal that will make young readers everywhere want to share it with their own moms. Featuring Tomie dePaola's classic soft illustrations and in a wonderful smaller trim size, this is a perfect gift for Mother's Day--or any day!