My Mom's Magic Bus

My Mom's Magic Bus
Author: Elliot Paderewski
Publisher: The Rosen Publishing Group, Inc
Total Pages: 12
Release: 2016-07-15
Genre: Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN: 1508124906

This fiction title supports and explains a child's world, reinforcing positive social messages around being a contributing family member, a good student, and a good citizen. When paired with its non-fiction title counterpart, it allows emerging readers to engage with both fiction and informational texts on the same subject matter, thus gaining different perspectives, new vocabulary, and new approaches to the same content.

My Mom Takes a Bus to Work

My Mom Takes a Bus to Work
Author: Elliot Paderewski
Publisher: The Rosen Publishing Group, Inc
Total Pages: 12
Release: 2016-07-15
Genre: Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN: 1508122725

Your readers will enjoy accompanying a mom while she commutes to work on the city bus. Through bright photographs and clear text, beginning readers discover what makes up a community and will recognize themselves in the daily activities this book reveals.

The Magic Puzzle

The Magic Puzzle
Author: Toni M. Blake
Publisher: Archway Publishing
Total Pages: 79
Release: 2019-07-29
Genre: Juvenile Fiction
ISBN: 1480875953

When Elita’s best friend, Carmella, disappears under mysterious circumstances. Elita feels driven to find her. She’s convinced the puzzle Carmella was working on the day she disappeared is somehow involved. She takes the puzzle and puts it together herself—and suddenly finds herself pulled into Puzzle Land. Elita is confronted by a strange and sinister man named Professor Robinson, an evil wizard who cast a spell on puzzles. In the beginning, he wanted to create a special place for the homeless children of the world, but his greed took hold. The professor began to kidnap any child he could. Soon, Andy and Aaron follow Elita and Carmella into the puzzle. As they travel through Puzzle Land, their bodies begin to take on the shape of a new creature. It is only after they learn to forgive one another, to be honest, and to work as a team that they find the strength to escape Professor Robinson and his puzzle world.

My Mother Didn't Kiss Me Good-night

My Mother Didn't Kiss Me Good-night
Author: Charlotte Herman
Publisher: Dutton Books for Young Readers
Total Pages: 34
Release: 1980
Genre: Juvenile Fiction
ISBN: 9780525354956

When his mother forgets to kiss him goodnight, Leon can't keep from speculating about the reason why.

The Honey Bus

The Honey Bus
Author: Meredith May
Publisher: Harlequin
Total Pages: 384
Release: 2019-04-02
Genre: Biography & Autobiography
ISBN: 1488095450

An extraordinary story of a girl, her grandfather and one of nature’s most mysterious and beguiling creatures: the honeybee. Meredith May recalls the first time a honeybee crawled on her arm. She was five years old, her parents had recently split and suddenly she found herself in the care of her grandfather, an eccentric beekeeper who made honey in a rusty old military bus in the yard. That first close encounter was at once terrifying and exhilarating for May, and in that moment she discovered that everything she needed to know about life and family was right before her eyes, in the secret world of bees. May turned to her grandfather and the art of beekeeping as an escape from her troubled reality. Her mother had receded into a volatile cycle of neurosis and despair and spent most days locked away in the bedroom. It was during this pivotal time in May’s childhood that she learned to take care of herself, forged an unbreakable bond with her grandfather and opened her eyes to the magic and wisdom of nature. The bees became a guiding force in May’s life, teaching her about family and community, loyalty and survival and the unequivocal relationship between a mother and her child. Part memoir, part beekeeping odyssey, The Honey Bus is an unforgettable story about finding home in the most unusual of places, and how a tiny, little-understood insect could save a life.

Katie Chin's Everyday Chinese Cookbook

Katie Chin's Everyday Chinese Cookbook
Author: Katie Chin
Publisher: Tuttle Publishing
Total Pages: 163
Release: 2016-04-26
Genre: Cooking
ISBN: 1462918344

"Katie Chin has done us all a huge favor: she's provided us with recipes for so many of the Chinese dishes we always wanted to cook but have never had clear and easy instructions to prepare…Thank you, Katie Chin!" --Martha Stewart Home chefs will enjoy preparing these Chinese home cooking-inspired dishes with this easy-to-follow Chinese cookbook. Author Katie Chin's love of cooking blossomed at an early age--watching and later helping her renowned mother, Leeann Chin, prepare delicious Chinese dishes in her popular restaurants. Born in China, Leeann was an award-winning restaurateur and author revered for her ability to demystify Chinese cooking for the American home cook. Katie inherited her mom's passion and talent, and has become a respected food writer and television personality in her own right. Sadly, Leeann passed away in 2010, but her recipes live on. Katie is eager to share her mother's food legacy with you in this book--an homage to Leeann's mastery of all that Chinese cooking has to offer. This treasury of family recipes includes many unique dishes that Leeann developed during a six-decade career in the food business, including time-honored classics that she herself learned from her mother in China. Some dishes reflect Leeann's Chinese-American childhood or are recipes which Katie and Leeann developed while together. Others are creations that Katie has developed more recently. Woven throughout the book are fond memories and anecdotes from Katie's childhood, always involving cooking and eating with her mom. Katie Chin's Everyday Chinese Cooking is a celebration of Leeann Chin's amazing mastery of the complete array of flavors and techniques in Chinese cuisine, and her unique ability to make them accessible to Westerners. Katie provides tips and techniques which allow anyone to create a refined and tasty Chinese meal at home. Favorite Chinese recipes include: Firecracker Shrimp Mu Shu Pork Peking Duck Summer Rolls General Tso's Chicken Tangerine Beef Hoisin Lacquered Ribs Tea-Smoked Sea Bass Banana Wontons Five Spice Chocolate Cake And many more… Let yourself be inspired by the exquisite flavors of Leeann and Katie Chin's signature Chinese cuisine!

Prose and Cons

Prose and Cons
Author: Wendy Corsi Staub
Publisher: Severn House Publishers Ltd
Total Pages: 222
Release: 2021-11-01
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 1448305977

Young widow Bella Jordan investigates a mystery with a literary twist in this charming, magical small-town cozy mystery from New York Times bestseller Wendy Corsi Staub. It’s been nine months since widowed mom Bella Jordan and her young son Max moved to Lily Dale, the quirky, close-knit New York community populated by people who can speak to the dead . . . if one believes in that kind of thing. Now she counts Valley View, the guesthouse she runs, as home and her psychic medium neighbours as friends. Even haughty, British Pandora, who used to own Valley View before her difficult divorce. So when Pandora sweeps in, requesting an urgent tete-a-tete, Bella expects it to be another complaint about book club. It isn’t. Pandora airily reveals her elderly Auntie Eudora is taking a last-minute cruise from London to New York with her gentleman friend Nigel – and minutes later Bella is bemused to find she’s agreed to host them at Valley View free of charge. Bella has enough on her plate: her son Max, their two kitties, a budding relationship with local vet Drew . . . not to mention this month’s book club pick to read. But when she begins to have suspicions about one of her new guests, she’s determined to uncover the truth for Pandora’s sake – even if it kills her first.

Petal Pusher

Petal Pusher
Author: Laurie Lindeen
Publisher: Star Baby Books
Total Pages: 341
Release: 2024-06-30
Genre: Biography & Autobiography
ISBN: 1950349632

Long ago, in a time before cell phones and the internet, three young women in Minneapolis, Minnesota formed a band in the late 1980s after their bad perms grew out. They called themselves Zuzu’s Petals. The band name was lifted from Frank Capra’s obscure-at-the-time movie It’s a Wonderful Life. Though never a household name, Zuzu’s Petals made some glorious indie label records and toured all over the US and the UK all without the assistance of GPS. Creating a following of loveable dorks unable to resist their infectious lack of pretension and finding their punk/pop harmonies an elixir in the time of grunge, the Petals hit their stride in 1992 with the release of their first album When No One’s Looking. But there were complications, illness, love affairs, sexism, secrets, and heartbreak. Here’s a story about music obsession, intense creativity often fueled by intense partying, all originating in the center of the Minneapolis music renaissance in the age of Prince, The Replacements, Hüsker Dü, Soul Asylum, The Jayhawks, and Babes in Toyland (to name a few). Originally published in 2007, now a new generation of readers can inhabit the world of indie rock in the late 80s-mid 90s.

Witch

Witch
Author: Chris Balch
Publisher: Lulu.com
Total Pages: 80
Release: 2009-07-30
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 0557091837

Witch is the mysterious story of two young children who encounter a strange woman who lives, unknown to the children's parents, in a shack on their land in 1950's rural Connecticut. As the children befriend and are befriended by the woman, they come to believe she is a witch. The story examines the relationship between the children (a younger brother and older sister) and illustrates the fears and mysteries of childhood in the 1950's.

Letters to a Young Theologian

Letters to a Young Theologian
Author: Henco van der Westhuizen
Publisher: African Sun Media
Total Pages: 323
Release: 2022-02-25
Genre: Religion
ISBN: 1928314988

Theology is, for many, far more than a profession. It is an identity, a passion, a way of life. While books on theology are countless, books on the identity of the theologian are all too rare. In this helpful volume, Henco van der Westhuizen has assembled an outstanding and diverse array of theologians who each offer their wisdom and reflection on what it means to be a theologian through a letter written to someone considering the field. Each letter is as unique as its author, and together they form a rich symphony on the art and craft of being a theologian.