The Secret to Clara's Calm

The Secret to Clara's Calm
Author: Tamara Levitt
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
Total Pages: 38
Release: 2017-11-21
Genre: Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN: 1614293902

Clara is usually happy and friendly. But when she lost her temper one too many times, she lost her friends with it. Can Brodhi the bird teach her the secret to staying calm, even when things don't go her way?

The Secret to Clara's Calm

The Secret to Clara's Calm
Author: Tamara Levitt
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
Total Pages: 39
Release: 2017-11-21
Genre: Juvenile Fiction
ISBN: 1614294062

Clara was a happy girl—until suddenly something didn’t go her way. Clara was a happy and popular girl. But when she lost her temper one too many times, she lost her friends with it. Clara was left all alone for summer vacation, until she received an unexpected visit from the coolest customer around: Brodhi the Bird. Over butter tarts, Brodhi teaches Clara to calm her temper through the art of meditation. Come September, Clara’s ready to go back to school and win back her friends—but will her newfound sense of calm survive the first day?

Happiness Doesn't Come from Headstands

Happiness Doesn't Come from Headstands
Author: Tamara Levitt
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
Total Pages: 38
Release: 2017-04-04
Genre: Juvenile Fiction
ISBN: 1614293899

Trying—and failing—can be a path to happiness too. Leela loves to do yoga. She could do all sorts of poses, but there was one pose she couldn’t do. Every time Leela tried to do a headstand…KERPLUNK! This book explores the themes of acceptance, resilience, and self-compassion and offers the message that just because we may experience a failure does not mean that we are a failure. Written as a counterpoint to the message of The Little Engine that Could, Happiness Doesn’t Come from Headstands is a story about a girl who tries her best, but still falls down. Through the process she learns that happiness is not determined by external achievement. Through accepting our limitations and celebrating our efforts, even in the face of failure, peace can be found.

Clara's Kitchen

Clara's Kitchen
Author: Clara Cannucciari
Publisher: St. Martin's Press
Total Pages: 208
Release: 2009-10-27
Genre: Cooking
ISBN: 1429963719

YouTube® sensation Clara Cannucciari shares her treasured recipes and commonsense wisdom in a heartwarming remembrance of the Great Depression Clara Cannucciari is a 94 year-old internet sensation. Her YouTube® Great Depression Cooking videos have an army of devoted followers. In Clara's Kitchen, she gives readers words of wisdom to buck up America's spirits, recipes to keep the wolf from the door, and tells her story of growing up during the Great Depression with a tight-knit family and a "pull yourself up by your bootstraps" philosophy of living. In between recipes for pasta with peas, eggplant parmesan, chocolate covered biscotti, and other treats Clara gives readers practical advice on cooking nourishing meals for less. Using lessons she learned during the Great Depression, she writes, for instance, about how to conserve electricity when cooking and how you can stretch a pot of pasta with a handful of lentils. She reminisces about her youth and writes with love about her grandchildren and great-grandchildren. Clara's Kitchen takes readers back to a simpler, if not more difficult time, and gives everyone what they need right now: hope for the future and a nice dish of warm pasta from everyone's favorite grandmother, Clara Cannuciari, a woman who knows what's really important in life.

Project E.D.E.N.

Project E.D.E.N.
Author: B. Mauritz
Publisher: BooLogix
Total Pages: 249
Release: 2013-12-16
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 1610054415

Cedric wanted to dream of being a normal seventeen-year-old boy, but instead each night he is forced to walk through others' dreams...and nightmares. Moving from one place to the next with the only family he has ever known, he finds himself in Savannah, Georgia. His responsibility has always been to stay invisible, which becomes complicated when he meets a girl with an even more electrifying life than his own. Questioning his existence, he learns of his birthplace, Initium. The city of Initium is a secret government project that contains a utopian society that has evolved without the help of Mother Nature. Cedric finds that for every answer he receives, there are only more questions. He isn't sure if he has time to learn about history's best-kept secret before the known world is destroyed in the secret city's quest to control the future.

Secret of that Night

Secret of that Night
Author: Rajendra Padvi
Publisher: Rajendra Padvi
Total Pages: 35
Release: 2024-09-10
Genre: Antiques & Collectibles
ISBN:

When Ethan is mysteriously murdered in his own home, the shocking truth unravels, sending ripples through their close-knit circle. Clara, a homemaker, is shattered by the sudden loss of her husband. As the police begin their investigation, no one can fathom who would want Ethan dead—or why. Among the few people who truly knew the couple is Emily, a college friend who shares a strong bond with them both. But the real twist begins when a shadowy figure enters Clara’s life. This unknown man offers Clara an irresistible deal: a better lifestyle and a lucrative sum of money in exchange for one unthinkable act—murdering her own husband. Clara is horrified by the request, but as her life begins to unravel, doubts and greed creep into her mind. Desperate for an escape and lured by the promise of a new life, she agrees to go through with the plan. Ethan is found dead, but the mystery deepens. Did Clara truly go through with the heinous crime, or is someone else pulling the strings? In a shocking twist, the police investigation takes an unexpected turn, revealing secrets darker than anyone could have imagined. Clara may have agreed to a deadly pact, but she’s not the one holding the weapon. Someone else—a faceless mastermind—has been orchestrating the events from behind the scenes, leading to a final revelation that no one sees coming. Secret of That Night is a gripping tale of betrayal, manipulation, and the destructive power of greed. With layers of suspense and a series of unforeseen twists, this psychological thriller keeps you guessing until the very last page. Who really killed Ethan? Why was Clara targeted? Find out out at the end of the book.

Mindfulness in Early Years

Mindfulness in Early Years
Author: Yasmin Mukadam
Publisher: Taylor & Francis
Total Pages: 185
Release: 2023-11-22
Genre: Education
ISBN: 0429641273

This book is an accessible companion for all early years practitioners to explore how mindfulness can be integrated into an early years learning environment. It presents topical theory and research, giving practical advice on using mindfulness as an everyday pedagogical tool to improve the emotional wellbeing of children, families and staff members. Providing a step-by-step approach for adopting mindfulness practices, the book offers photocopiable resources, information on mindfulness techniques and opportunities for critical reflection to help create a ‘mindful early years curriculum’. Chapters follows the four pillars of Calm, Acceptance, Relational Approach and Empathy, and include: The benefits of adopting a mindful approach in the early years The importance of staff wellbeing A template mindful curriculum for practitioners to adapt and use Case studies of effective mindful practices Resources, activities and techniques to create your own mindfulness toolkit This delightful book will be a source of inspiration for early years practitioners, early years teachers and those who are interested in introducing and embedding mindfulness into early years practice.

Clara Barton

Clara Barton
Author: Augusta Stevenson
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
Total Pages: 196
Release: 1986-10-31
Genre: Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN: 0020418205

A story focusing on the youth of the nurse who organized the American Red Cross in Washington, D.C., in 1881.