The Talking Backpack

The Talking Backpack
Author: StoryBuddiesPlay
Publisher: StoryBuddiesPlay
Total Pages: 21
Release: 2024-03-22
Genre: Juvenile Fiction
ISBN:

The Talking Backpack Delve into the enchanting world of "The Talking Backpack," a captivating science fiction tale tailored for children seeking magical adventures and valuable life lessons. Join Maya, an inquisitive sixth-grader, as she unwraps a special birthday surprise – a talking backpack named Buckle. Initially enchanted by Buckle's ability to provide instant answers and academic shortcuts, Maya soon grapples with the moral dilemma of relying on his powers. As Maya navigates the consequences of her choices, she discovers the profound significance of integrity and hard work. With Buckle's guidance redirected toward positive endeavors, Maya embarks on an exhilarating journey of self-discovery, tapping into her own potential while leveraging Buckle's extraordinary abilities to foster learning in exciting new ways. Filled with heartwarming themes of friendship, resilience, and the allure of genuine knowledge, "The Talking Backpack" resonates with young readers, urging them to confront challenges with honesty, embrace the value of perseverance, and revel in the joy of authentic learning experiences

What's Inside Your Backpack?

What's Inside Your Backpack?
Author: Jessica Sinarski
Publisher: National Center for Youth Issues
Total Pages: 33
Release: 2021-02-04
Genre: Juvenile Fiction
ISBN: 1953945244

All around us, children are carrying backpacks that are heavy with more than just textbooks. Each day, they also bear the weight of difficult life experiences and intense feelings. Zoey Harmon just wants to feel light-hearted and carefree. Unfortunately, she keeps getting weighed down by pesky "books" in her backpack, like Worry and Shame. Much to her surprise, she's not the only one! Zoey learns that the adults in her life deal with difficult feelings too! Luckily, they have some ideas that can help her set aside the books she's not meant to carry. Will it be enough to help her unload the heaviest book of all? "You look a little worried, kiddo," Zoey's mom said, giving her a squeeze. "Sometimes I need a bright thought to help me when I'm feeling upset. Here, try this." She slid a bookmark into Zoey's hand. Zoey looked down and read: Imagine with Hope. "What's this?" asked Zoey. "When we don't know what to expect, worry wants us to imagine with fear, to think about all the worst possibilities. This is a little reminder I use to think of the good things that might happen when I imagine with hope instead." While there are no quick fixes for all of life's complex problems, What's Inside Your Backpack? highlights some of the ways we can nurture resilience in body and mind. Using the metaphor of books and bookmarks, author Jessica Sinarski offers gentle, effective strategies to help children impacted by trauma. By sharing their burdens with people they trust, kids can lighten their load and realize just how strong and courageous they really are!

The Backpack

The Backpack
Author: Tim A. Gardner
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons
Total Pages: 196
Release: 2019-04-29
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 1119576415

A guide for being fully equipped to succeed on the journey of life The Backpack: How to Understand and Manage Yourself While Loving Others Along the Way tells the story of Jon, Sofia, and Buddy whose pathways merge on a life-changing flight. Written by a senior consultant with the Flippen Group (a world-wide leader in self-awareness training), the book brings together an angry passenger, a wise flight attendant, and a down-home cowboy. Their chance meeting leads to the ride of their lives as they fully grasp the importance and meaning of their backpacks. As this engaging story reveals, self-awareness is like a backpack! If we are to be prepared to succeed on the journey of life, we need to know and accept which backpack is ours, decide what we need to put in it or take out of it, and be fully aware of how our backpacks are affecting all of the other passengers around us. The question is: Are we whacking the other passengers with our backpack as we travel through life. . . or are we helping them? Offers life lessons on self-awareness written in the form of a funny and engaging story Shows how we can lighten, fill and understand our “backpack” in order to lead a more successful life Written by a senior consultant with the Flippen Group The Backpack offers a story that explores the concepts of self-awareness and other-awareness, including the importance of appreciating your personality, living by your core values, mentally preparing for your day, being aware of your impact on others and packing your backpack wisely.

Freckleface Strawberry: Monster Time!

Freckleface Strawberry: Monster Time!
Author: Julianne Moore
Publisher: Random House Books for Young Readers
Total Pages: 34
Release: 2017
Genre: Juvenile Fiction
ISBN: 0385392001

Freckleface Strawberry wants to play monster at recess! But what if her friends have other ideas?

Rucksack Universe Box Set #1

Rucksack Universe Box Set #1
Author: Anthony St. Clair
Publisher: Rucksack Press
Total Pages:
Release: 2018-11-03
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 1940119162

For the first time ever, 5 travel fantasy adventures in one e-book box set! From Ireland to India, Hong Kong to London, join a cast of wanderers, ancient heroes, and more for adventures that go to the heart of what matters most in life. For the first time ever you can get 5 Rucksack Universe books in one e-book box set: Wander The Martini of Destiny Home Sweet Road Forever the Road The Lotus and the Barley The Rucksack Universe series combines alternate history, speculative fiction, myth, adventure, globetrotting, and intrigue—all with well-poured pints of beer. Library Journal says Anthony St. Clair’s storytelling has "universe building reminiscent of Terry Pratchett," and readers say they love the Rucksack Universe's unique combination of "quirk, wit, travel, and magic.” If you love insightful wanderers and adventures set all over the world, download a sample or buy the box set now. p.p1 {margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 11.0px 'Helvetica Neue'; color: #000000; -webkit-text-stroke: #000000} p.p2 {margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 11.0px 'Helvetica Neue'; color: #000000; -webkit-text-stroke: #000000; min-height: 12.0px} li.li1 {margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 11.0px 'Helvetica Neue'; color: #000000; -webkit-text-stroke: #000000} span.s1 {font-kerning: none} ul.ul1 {list-style-type: disc}

Forever the Road

Forever the Road
Author: Anthony St. Clair
Publisher: Rucksack Press
Total Pages: 417
Release: 2014-09-08
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 1940119081

Their entwined fate becomes his impossible choice. A strange eclipse looms above India's city of the smiling fire. When an ancient evil awakens, the world teeters on a razor's edge of life and annihilation. Rootless globetrotter Jay wanted Agamuskara to be just another place he visited, but the strange object in his backpack has other ideas. In the global secret order of Jakes and Jades, destiny-changing Jade Agamuskara Bluegold stands above the rest, all the while keeping up appearances as the humble proprietor of the Everest Base Camp Pub & Hostel. However, she struggles to untangle the terrible future she foresees and to ignore her doubts about her past choices. Despite themselves, both Jade and Jay befriend the evasive, stout-quaffing Faddah Rucksack—a man without a destiny who seems determined to direct their own. As fires rage in a land of ash, a backpacker, a bartender, and the world's only Himalayan-Irish sage become trapped between their entwined fate and an impossible choice. FOREVER THE ROAD is a captivating page-turner in Anthony St. Clair's Rucksack Universe. If you like Neil Gaiman, Terry Pratchett, or Octavia Butler, you'll love this ongoing fantasy series of globetrotting intrigue. Buy the book to start Anthony St. Clair's tale of travel twists and turns today!

Mine

Mine
Author: Miriam Cohen
Publisher:
Total Pages: 0
Release: 1999
Genre: Board books
ISBN: 9781887734592

Of all the things that are his, a baby likes his father the best.

Hardware Hacking Projects for Geeks

Hardware Hacking Projects for Geeks
Author: Scott Fullam
Publisher: "O'Reilly Media, Inc."
Total Pages: 348
Release: 2004-01-28
Genre: Computers
ISBN: 0596003145

A collection of unusual projects for computer hardware geeks of all ages explains how to create such projects as a personal Lojack system, Web-enabled coffee machine, cubicle intrusion detection systems, and a laptop battery extender.

Treasure in the Graveyard

Treasure in the Graveyard
Author: Roberto Pavanello
Publisher: Capstone
Total Pages: 129
Release: 2012
Genre: Juvenile Fiction
ISBN: 1434222497

Echo needs his new friends to help him uncover who's been searching for treasure in the cemetery.

How Not To Start A Backpack Company

How Not To Start A Backpack Company
Author: Jason McCarthy
Publisher: Goruck Media
Total Pages: 392
Release: 2020-09-09
Genre:
ISBN: 9781735437408

Business, war, love and a world traveling chocolate lab named Java all converge on a 10,000 mile road trip taken by a former Green Beret trying to build something meaningful in America - but not yet knowing how to do it. Great businesses don't always have great starts. In the summer of 2010, Green Beret Jason McCarthy was going through a divorce, separating from the military, and struggling with money issues. He used his new company GORUCK as an excuse to drive to all lower 48 states with his dog Java, to meet people and get into adventures, while searching for how to rebuild in America. How Not To Start A Backpack Company is about losing your way, losing the love of your life, and finding your way back to both - the hard way. It's an intimate and raw look at the personal struggles that almost killed GORUCK long before it became a $100 million company. And above all, it's a story of the importance of chasing your dreams with everything you got, no matter the cost. Direct from Jason: In between years at Georgetown's McDonough School of Business, I decided not to pursue a traditional internship path. Instead, I drove around the county to all 48 contiguous states with my dog Java to pursue what was little more than a hobby at the time: GORUCK. I lost a bunch of money, didn't sell any backpacks, and everyone else who came with me left, but I had a great front row seat to watch my life burn down before my very eyes. The silver lining was that this trip became instrumental in turning things around because I was motivated to not live in flames. This is not a traditional business or entrepreneurship book. There are a lot of pictures of the early days, a few pages from the original business plan (that I threw away), a journal I kept along the road that I never published, email exchanges with my then almost ex-wife, and some cautionary tales ... hell, it's almost one enormous cautionary tale. But above all I hope my story inspires others to NOT wait for the perfect time to follow their dreams, but just to get going and figure it out on the move. -JJM