Little Red Car in the Snow

Little Red Car in the Snow
Author: Mathew Price
Publisher:
Total Pages: 0
Release: 2009
Genre: Automobiles
ISBN: 9781935021452

After some friends help free him from a snowbank, Little Red Car enjoys playing in the snow.

Designing Early Literacy Programs

Designing Early Literacy Programs
Author: Lea M. McGee
Publisher: Guilford Publications
Total Pages: 273
Release: 2014-04-14
Genre: Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN: 1462514286

This acclaimed teacher resource and course text describes proven ways to accelerate the language and literacy development of young children, including those at risk for reading difficulties. The authors draw on extensive research and classroom experience to present a complete framework for differentiated instruction and early intervention. Strategies for creating literacy-rich classrooms, conducting effective assessments, and implementing targeted learning activities are illustrated with vivid examples and vignettes. Helpful reproducible assessment tools are provided. Purchasers also get access to a Web page where they can download and print the reproducible materials in a convenient 8 1/2" x 11" size. New to This Edition *Fully restructured around a differentiated instruction model. *Incorporates response-to-intervention concepts and principles. *Chapter on exemplary prevention-focused classrooms, with an emphasis on playful learning. *Additional appendices: multipage assessment scoring record plus sample completed forms. *Links instruction to the Common Core State Standards.

Gone but Still Here

Gone but Still Here
Author: Jennifer Dance
Publisher: Dundurn
Total Pages: 393
Release: 2022-04-19
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 1459748794

As her recent memories fade, Mary lives increasingly in the past — returning to the secrets of her turbulent interracial love story. Coming to terms with advancing dementia, Mary has no choice other than to move into her daughter’s home. Her daughter, Kayla, caught between her cognitively impaired mother and her belligerent teenage son, soon finds caregiving is more challenging than she imagined. Sage, the family’s golden retriever, offers comfort and unconditional love, but she has her own problems, especially when it comes to dealing with Mary’s cat. Throughout it all, Mary struggles to complete her final book — a memoir, the untold story of the love of her life, who died more than forty years earlier. Her confused and tangled tales span Trinidad, England, and Canada, revealing the secrets of a tragic interracial love story in the 1960s and ’70s. But with her writing skills slipping away, it’s a race against time. Heartwarming, funny, and hopeful, Gone but Still Here is an honest, open look at the struggles of one family as they journey into the unknown.

You Are My World

You Are My World
Author: Rheta Dewberry Norman
Publisher: Xlibris Corporation
Total Pages: 145
Release: 2022-05-26
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 1669807304

Mary, a 60 year old widow and the mother of three grown children has made an oath to remain celibate until she marries again. So far, it has been easy to keep her vow. A sudden snow storm brings Michael, a 62 year old multimillionaire to her home, almost frost bitten. Because of their unwavering faith in God, they knew they were fated to be together for life. Although the vow was a constant reminder while they waited for their wedding day, as the time grew nearer, something was wrong. Michael has a premonition that something is going to happen that will not be good, and this adds to the impending doom they feel. Will they reach the joy they seek in an everlasting life together?

Christmas Swap

Christmas Swap
Author: Alyson Belle
Publisher: Alyson Belle Productions
Total Pages: 139
Release:
Genre: Fiction
ISBN:

When Albert Green donates the last $20 he has as a gesture of goodwill to a funny old man beside a mysteriously decorated tree, he’s blessed with the chance to make a single, magical Christmas wish! He closes his eyes and wishes for the one thing he’s wanted more than anything else in his whole life: to experience life as a woman. That night, the three spirits of Christmas appear to him in his dreams and work a holiday miracle on his sleeping form. When he awakens, he’s shocked to discover that he’s sixteen years old again and trapped in the body of an alternate reality version of himself that has always been female! Not only that, but she’s smoking hot. The spirits have granted him two weeks in his own past to experience what life as a woman would have been like, and Albert—now “Allie”—intends to enjoy every possible moment of it. Will Allie be able to navigate the new and foreign challenges of her strict Catholic school as a teenage girl, beat the mean queen bee Eva Grey, and get an invite to the Christmas dance from her own best friend (and hot crush) Jacob Heyward? And as she slowly falls in love with her new, feminine body, will she find a way to hang onto it? The spirits hinted that there might be a way to remain as Allie forever, but only if she manages to find something as magical as true love’s kiss before her time runs out…

The Long and Short of It

The Long and Short of It
Author: Cedric Paul Foster
Publisher: Troubador Publishing Ltd
Total Pages: 312
Release: 2018-12-18
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 1789015502

The Long and the Short of It is a collection of short stories that offer honest impressions of life, the difficulties and the tragedies of it. The book is at pains to describe the reality of living where human beings encounter huge, existential problems such as incarceration, persecution and even apparent death in two of the stories. The other two tales account for difficulties that seemed insuperable at the time, but where these were nevertheless wonderfully overcome by a stroke of fortunate circumstance. The rest of the stories are short, poignant glimpses into life much as these are projected by Japanese Haiku. Readers who enjoyed the author’s previous books, as well as candid and frank snapshots of life that suit a busy reader’s schedule, will relish The Long and the Short of It.

When Hell Broke Loose

When Hell Broke Loose
Author: Cecelia G. Davis
Publisher: Infinity Publishing
Total Pages: 268
Release: 1999-08
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 9780741402066

This story is both fact and fiction. Names, places, and some events have been changed. It is filled with humor, adventure, horror, sad times, happy times, and love. The main theme centers around the years when the Dawson family's life becomes a living hell: to the point where they are almost consumed by the fire. Later, it is believed a curse has been put on the family by an occult leader, Olivia Baal, who attended an Exorcist meeting in the family's home church. She attempts to possess Cealie Dawson's three children, and manages to get one under her control. When Cealie confronts Olivia and gets the child back, Olivia threatens Cealie and the entire family with evil things to come. The entire family almost loses their mind and their lives. Finally, Cealie cries out to God for some answers: How did this curse come about? Why did God allow it, and why the Dawson family?

Lost

Lost
Author: Gary Devon
Publisher: Open Road Media
Total Pages: 263
Release: 2016-07-19
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 1504037545

Edgar Award Finalist: A teenage psychopath searches for his kidnapped sister in this “remarkable, dark, and exquisite” suspense novel (The Washington Post Book World). When Sherman Abbott fires a bullet into his brain in front of his younger sister, Mamie, his mother’s diligent care and faith in his recovery helps him heal into some semblance of his former self. But a year later, though Sherman can walk and talk, he can relate only to Mamie and the vicious dog known as the Chinaman that lives penned up next door. Then the Abbott house goes up in flames, and Mamie ends up in the hospital, where Leona Hillenbrandt, a well-meaning, lonely young woman bonds with the injured little girl—and abducts her. As Leona flees across the country, collecting other “lost” children, she must take unusual steps to protect her brood . . . because someone is stalking them. Aided only by the ferocious Chinaman, Sherman will stop at nothing to reclaim his beloved sister, leaving a trail of blood and carnage in his wake. An Edgar Award finalist for Best First Novel and hailed as “a minor American classic” by the Philadelphia Daily News, Lost takes readers into the chilling world of a psychopath and delivers an unforgettable, deeply moving read that will keep the reader guessing at every turn.

The Cowboy on Her Trail

The Cowboy on Her Trail
Author: Janis Reams Hudson
Publisher: Harlequin
Total Pages: 210
Release: 2012-01-17
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 1459229436

WOULD SHE RUN AWAY—WITH HIS HEART? Small town girl Blaire Harding had always kept bad boy Justin Chisholm at arm's length. But after months of wooing, she finally agreed to let him into her life—and her bed. After one remarkable night, Blaire avoided the youngest Chisholm brother like the plague, leaving Justin to wonder why…. When he discovered that Blaire was in the family way, the rogue of Cherokee Rose was eager to do the right thing and marry her. But the independent Miss Harding would rather raise her baby alone than marry a man who didn't love her. Could this cowboy convince her that he cared? Or would he end up trailing her across the state of Oklahoma?

Gone to the Dogs

Gone to the Dogs
Author: Susan Conant
Publisher: Crimeline
Total Pages: 273
Release: 2011-02-16
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 0307785467

Thrown a bone—by a killer Holly Winter’s a Dog’s Life columnist in the wrong side of thirty, a canine-loving detective sniffing our crime and corruption on the streets of Cambridge. Holly is a dog’s best friend—and murder’s worst enemy. . . . If your name is Holly Winter, Yuletide can be a real female dog. When a local vet and a pampered pet suddenly disappear, Holly scents hemlock amid the pine and mistletoe and follows the tracks of a purebred killer. To get a leg up on the mystery, Holly takes her two Alaskan malamutes and hunk veterinarian Steve Delaney into the exclusive Cambridge Dog Training Club and back out onto the dangerous streets of the city. She won’t quit until she muzzles a rare breed of two-time killer because—when it comes to dognapping and sudden death—Holly has a short leash for murder. . . .