A tender new story from the award-winning creator of Julian Is a Mermaid celebrates first-time camping, father-child bonding, and feeling at one with the universe. "We're going camping, you and me.""Where?" I ask."The desert," says Dad . . . "To shake hands with the universe." Going to bed each night can be dark and scary. The night sky stretches out endlessly, making one sensitive child feel small in comparison. So Dad comes up with a plan: a night of camping out in the desert. Together, the two load up Darlin', the old pickup truck, and drive over the mountain with the radio on, stopping to shoot the breeze at a junkyard before setting up camp, jumping in sand dunes, and lying back to name all the birds they can see. After sunset, when the young thinker feels tiny against the vast sky, Dad knows just what to ask--and just what to say--to soothe away fears. Maybe this night spent under the stars (and a surprise from Mom and the baby later) are just what is needed to show that the univ
A thoughtful book that explains to children what to do if they are ever separated from their parents in public.Lu is excited to go to the marketplace with Mama today. It's crowded, and she clings to Mama's red coat, but when she stoops for a second to pet the cutest little puppy, Mama is suddenly gone. She looks around quickly, but she can't find Mama. She does cross paths with a little boy, Roberto, who is also lost, and has been for a while. Luckily, Lu knows just what to do to help herself and, now, Roberto. She recites the steps they must complete while Roberto dries his tears. Though Lu advises Roberto to stay put and to call his father on his cell, Roberto cannot remember his father's phone number—and Lu refuses to go with a stranger to his car where the man says she can use his phone. The next step is to find the police, not because Lu and Roberto are criminals, of course, but because the police will help Lu find Mama and Roberto find his father. Lu and Roberto must fight the ur
Facing summer with her two boys, ages ten and seven, Pam Lobley was sifting through signups for swim team, rec camp, night camp, scout camp, and enrichment classes. Overwhelmed at the choices, she ask
From rising picture-book star Andrew Arnold comes a book for anyone who’s ever felt too shy, too afraid,or too silly to raise their hand and ask a question.For Stevie, speaking up in class can be scary. So when Ms. Gail asks, “Are there any questions?,” Stevie looks around the classroom, hoping someone will raise their hand. But no one does. No one has a single question. Except Stevie.“I can’t ask, can I? If I do, I know just what will happen,” Stevie thinks, beginning a journey of worried imagination. Everyone will certainly laugh, they'll think the question is silly, they'll think Stevie is silly.But Stevie has to know. Stevie has to ask.Written with humor, empathy, and tenderness, Andrew Arnold's I Have a Question is wonderfully funny and mightily empowering―inspiring anyone who has ever felt too shy, too silly or too afraid to raise their hand.
What can I say to parents who have lost an infant? Where do I find the time to be a good pastor and a loving husband and father too? These are just some of the tough questions most pastors ask at one
Bat just wants to make friends, but everyone is scared of him! When other animals see Bat's shadow at their window, they're terrified and think he's a monster. How can Bat show them that he just wants to share some cake? This is the perfect snuggle-up bedtime story, with rich, glowing pictures, and a gentle, reassuring story. Children will fall in love with little Bat, who longs to share his baking with some friends A gorgeously illustrated picture book, full of sweet, endearing characters and a story that children will ask for again and again I'm Not Scary would make a great non-scary gift for Hallowe'en! I'm Not Scary is the fabulous debut picture book by hugely talented illustrator, Raahat Kaduji.Raahat loves creating gorgeous, atmospheric scenes and sweet, endearing characters. Her work is inspired by nature, wildlife and the English countryside where she lives. She especially likes to create pictures that are gently comforting - but with a touch of adventure!
An empowering handbook on how to have candid conversations around race and become a better advocate, written by a Black woman and a white woman who ask and answer 20 common, uncomfortable-but-critical questions about racism.Many people struggle to have honest conversations about race, even those who consider themselves allies or identify as anti-racist. For anyone who wants to have better, more productive discussions, COURAGEOUS DISCOMFORT is an empowering handbook that teaches you how to do just that.In these pages, authors (and best friends), Shanterra McBride, who is Black, and Rosalind Wiseman, who is white, discuss their own friendship and tap into their decades of anti-racism work to answer the 20 uncomfortable-but-critical questions about race they get asked most often, including:• Should I see color?• I'm a good person―how can I be racist?• What if I say something wrong?• What kind of apology makes a difference?These 20 questions-as-chapters invite you into the conversation wit
One of the projects of this opaque but increasingly popular text is to ask ourselves how we can know ourselves better. In these 20 papers international contributors do just that, examining genealogy i
在爺爺家撿到的火龍果，竟然種出小火龍？藍彼得圖書獎入圍、水石書店童書獎決選，幽默奇幻故事《The Boy Who Grew Dragons》系列全六冊。男孩湯瑪斯與他陰錯陽差種出來的小龍寶寶，一人一龍爆笑又溫馨的夥伴生活正式展開…等等，你說龍不只一隻？The 'Boy Who Grew Dragons’ is the first in a series of funny, magical, heartwarming books that prove once and for all it’s surprising where you can find magic, if you choose to look.9781848126497 The Boy Who Grew Dragons (Book 1)‘When people ask me what we grow in Grandad’s garden, I think they expect the answer to be cucumbers, tomatoes or runner beans. I don’t think they expect the answer to be dragons. But there it is. We grow dragons. And I can tell you this – they’re A LOT more trouble than cucumbers.’When Tomas finds a dragon-fruit tree in his grandad’s garden and a tiny dragon bursts out of one of the fruit, he discovers just how much more trouble than cucumbers they are.But it’s not all about the chaos and exploding poo. The first time Flicker curls his tail around Tomas’ neck and looks at him with those bright diamond eyes, Tomas finds there’s a wh
