Sophie & Sarah's New Home

Sophie & Sarah's New Home
Author: Tasia Sli
Publisher: Tasia Sli
Total Pages: 26
Release: 2021-02-10
Genre: Family & Relationships
ISBN:

A book simple enough for a child to understand their journey through foster care and a beautiful story for a foster and/or adoptive parent to read to their child.

Sleeping Arrangements

Sleeping Arrangements
Author: Madeleine Wickham
Publisher: Macmillan
Total Pages: 304
Release: 2008-07-08
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 1429926864

Chloe needs a holiday. She's sick of making wedding dresses, her partner Philip has troubles at work, and the whole family wants a break. Her wealthy friend Gerard has offered the loan of his luxury villa in Spain--perfect. Hugh is not a happy man. His immaculate wife Amanda seems more interested in her new kitchen than in him, and he works so hard to pay for it, he barely has time for his children. Maybe he'll have a chance to bond with them on holiday. His old friend Gerard has lent them a luxury villa in Spain--perfect. Both families arrive at the villa and realize the awful truth--Gerard has double-booked. What no one else realizes is that Chloe and Hugh have a history; and as tensions rise within the two families, old passions resurface. It seems that Gerard's 'accidental' double booking may not be an accident after all...

Hate is Such a Strong Word...

Hate is Such a Strong Word...
Author: Sarah Ayoub
Publisher: HarperCollins Australia
Total Pages: 228
Release: 2013-09-01
Genre: Young Adult Fiction
ISBN: 1743099169

'Finally a book that tackles the big issues - and the ones all girls face (frizzy hair, formal dates, and what to do about that boy).' - Sarah Tarca, Editor of Girlfriend Seventeen-year-old Sophie hates Monday mornings, socks worn with sandals, and having to strategise like she's a battle sergeant every time she asks her parents if she can go out. But she especially hates being stereotyped because she's Lebanese. When New Guy, Shehadie Goldsmith, is alienated at her Lebanese school because his dad's Australian, she hates the way it makes her feel. Like she's just as prejudiced as everyone else. Like she could make a difference if she stopped pretending she's invisible. Like the attraction between them might be too strong to fight... But hate is such a strong word... Can Sophie find the strength to speak out - even if it means going against everything she's been brought up to believe? A brilliant debut novel about identity, love, culture and finding your place.

The Child's Curriculum

The Child's Curriculum
Author: Colwyn Trevarthen
Publisher:
Total Pages: 353
Release: 2018
Genre: Education
ISBN: 0198747101

All children are born with emotional talent. If left untended, those talents can wane during the first five years of life. The text focuses on children's readiness for learning. It addresses the natural joy explicit in children's early conversations and engagement with music and their development through play with both adults and other children.

BTEC National Early Years

BTEC National Early Years
Author: Sandy Green
Publisher: Nelson Thornes
Total Pages: 220
Release: 2002
Genre: Child care
ISBN: 0748767940

Written in line with the 2005 specification for the BTEC National in Early Years qualification, this photocopiable book contains guidance notes, quiz sheets, OHTs, and assignments. The CD-ROM incorporated in the pack provides editable worksheets and activities to help tutors customise the course to suit the needs of their students.

No Longer and Not Yet

No Longer and Not Yet
Author: Joanna Clapps Herman
Publisher: State University of New York Press
Total Pages: 234
Release: 2014-01-14
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 1438450354

The stories in No Longer and Not Yet look at the ways our lives are lived in the split seconds between what is no longer but is still not yet. Most take place on Manhattan's iconic Upper West Side, in the shops, hallways, and parks that reveal this well-known "big city" neighborhood for the tiny, even backwater village it more often resembles. An Upper West Sider herself, Joanna Clapps Herman draws her characters honestly yet tenderly, revealing them as much through how they move—the slope of a shoulder, a vocal inflection, the weight of a football—as by what they do, as though their bodies speak the truths they can't express. Here, Hannah Arendt's ghost haunts the building where she once lived, a hawk carries the apparition of a lost loved one, a homeless woman becomes Demeter. Small moments and intimacies of life weave together to form a bigger picture: the squeak of the hotel bed, a leaf on a saucer, the quality of light in the therapist's office, the doorman's familiar jokes, the open cupboards, the unspoken words. These stories show that, although we may think of ourselves in larger mythic narratives, our days are set in the terrain that is the opposite of the vast.

Dimensional Observer

Dimensional Observer
Author: Michael Retsina
Publisher: AuthorHouse
Total Pages: 169
Release: 2018-12-17
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 1728382165

Michael Morrow was working on his laptop when he found that he had downloaded the program Dimensional Observer. What does he find out about it?

Crier In The Woods

Crier In The Woods
Author: Theodore Marquez
Publisher: Club Lighthouse Publishing
Total Pages: 264
Release: 2019-01-22
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 1772170968

An aged Sofia Medina who resides in Aqua Serena, a small village setting at the base of Mt. Serena in Southwestern Colorado, is mystified when she is confronted with a supernatural force plaguing Agua Serena during the month of August in the year 1900. Many villagers are left baffled and frightened as the legend of "La Llorona" surfaces. Sofia is notorious for her tales of La Llorona as she gathers the village children for their frequent fables she shares with them as she had done for generations. A dark cloud descends upon Agua Serena. Sarah, a five year old girl, seems to have a supernatural connection with La Llorona and her visits to Agua Serena. Sofia becomes aware of this connection as she adores little Sarah. Visits from La Llorona become more frequent and intense as days and nights go by. Sofia hunts for the vision on her own terms, paying visits to the creek where the legendary wails are heard. There she encounters a ghostly figure of a young woman that soon haunts her day and night. She is determined to unravel the truth behind the visits and legend. After many incidences with La Llorona and many happenings in Agua Serena, Sofia and the villagers confront La Llorona during her unsuccessful attempt to lure Sarah into her grasps. La Llorona is driven from Agua Serena with the only means the villagers could come up with. Sarah is pulled to safety and Agua Serena is left serene once more.

The Tunnel

The Tunnel
Author: Marty Drago
Publisher: Lulu.com
Total Pages: 328
Release: 2014-07-27
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 1471677117

On one long forgotten summer day, DI Rob Warner's life changed. His little girl disappeared forever. His crusade to find her boosted his career, but killed his marriage.Just when he thought he was doomed to spend the rest of his life alone, he finds new love with seemingly normal Sarah. Then while working on the abduction of Sophie, a local child, the main suspect dies suddenly.He starts to question Sarah as she talks in her sleep, revealing names from his case.Not only that, she mentions his long lost daughter, digging up the past he tried so hard to forget.He accuses Sarah of snooping, and being involved with the abduction. The couple fall out, but in a twist of fate, Rob's ex wife unites them, as she tells him the truth about Sarah. Together they journey into Rob's past to find the horrid truth about his daughter. Then guided by forces that Rob doesn't even understand, the race is on to find Sophie before it's too late.

Left Holding the Bag

Left Holding the Bag
Author: Carol Dean Jones
Publisher: C&T Publishing Inc
Total Pages: 212
Release: 2019-01-20
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 1617457353

A new neighbor and her suspicious foster son keep a senior sleuth on her toes in this mystery by the author of Tattered & Torn. Quilt pattern included! When sixty-eight-year-old Sarah Miller moves into the Cunningham Village retirement community, she is mourning the loss of her husband, her young grandson, and the place that has been home for forty-two years. But Sarah is a survivor. As she reaches out into the retirement community that is to become home, she finds friends, activities, new hobbies, and a possible love interest. The tenth installment of this fun, friendly series of cozy mysteries contains a new friend, trunks full of vintage fabric, credit card fraud, a budding romance, and murder—and Sarah and her friends are at the center of it all.