Igniting a Passion for Reading

Igniting a Passion for Reading
Author: Steven L. Layne
Publisher: Stenhouse Publishers
Total Pages: 205
Release: 2009
Genre: Education
ISBN: 1571103856

Steve Layne shows teachers practical ways to engage and inspire readers from kindergarten through high school, to develop readers who are not only motivated to read great books, but also love reading in its own right. --from publisher description.

Things I Should Have Told My Daughter

Things I Should Have Told My Daughter
Author: Pearl Cleage
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
Total Pages: 320
Release: 2014-04-08
Genre: Biography & Autobiography
ISBN: 1451664699

"An inspiring and revelatory memoir of juggling marriage, motherhood and politics as she worked to become a successful writer and self-fulfilled woman"--Provided by publisher.

Love That Lasts

Love That Lasts
Author: Jefferson Bethke
Publisher: Thomas Nelson
Total Pages: 268
Release: 2017-10-10
Genre: Religion
ISBN: 071803919X

In Love That Lasts, New York Times bestselling author of Jesus > Religion Jefferson Bethke and his wife, Alyssa, expose the distorted views of love that permeate our culture and damage our hearts, minds, and souls. Drawing from Jeff’s “prodigal son” personal history and from Alyssa’s “True Love Waits” experience, the Bethkes point to a third and better way. Blending personal storytelling with biblical teaching, they offer readers an inspiring, realistic vision of love, dating, marriage, and sex. Young people today enter adulthood with expectations of blissful dating followed by a romantic, fulfilling marriage only to discover they’ve been duped. They learned about love and sexuality from social media, their friends, Disney fairy tales, pornography, or even their own rocky past, and they have no idea what healthy, lifelong love is supposed to be like. The results are often disastrous, with this generation becoming one of the most relationally sick, sexually addicted, and divorce ridden in history. Looking to God’s design while drawing lessons from their own successes and failures, the Bethkes explode the fictions and falsehoods of our current moment. One by one, they peel back lies such as, the belief that every person has only one soul mate, that marriage will complete you, and that pornography and hook-ups are harmless.

The Road to After

The Road to After
Author: Rebekah Lowell
Publisher: Penguin
Total Pages: 192
Release: 2022-05-10
Genre: Juvenile Fiction
ISBN: 0593109627

This poignant debut novel in verse is a portrait of healing, as a young girl rediscovers life and the soothing power of nature after being freed from her abusive father. For most of her life, Lacey has been a prisoner without even realizing it. Her dad rarely let her, her little sister, or her mama out of his sight. But their situation changes suddenly and dramatically the day her grandparents arrive to help them leave. It’s the beginning of a different kind of life for Lacey, and at first she has a hard time letting go of her dad’s rules. Gradually though, his hold on her lessens, and her days become filled with choices she’s never had before. Now Lacey can take pleasure in sketching the world as she sees it in her nature journal. And as she spends more time outside making things grow and creating good memories with family and friends, she feels her world opening up and blossoming into something new and exciting.

Just In Case You Ever Wonder

Just In Case You Ever Wonder
Author: Max Lucado
Publisher: Thomas Nelson
Total Pages: 35
Release: 2000-01-12
Genre: Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN: 1400323274

Just In Case You Ever Wonder tells of a father's love for his child. This perennial best seller from Max Lucado will wrap your child in its tender message of love, comfort, and protection, showing that as they grow and change, you'll always be there for them.