"The Kente Dress for Kwanzaa Day" is a heartwarming story about Amara, a young girl who eagerly anticipates celebrating Kwanzaa with her family. Through the beautiful tradition of Kwanzaa, Amara learns valuable life lessons rooted in unity, purpose, creativity, and more. Her grandmother guides her through each day of the celebration, sharing wisdom about the principles that strengthen their community and cultural pride. As Amara explores the significance of lighting the Kinara, storytellin...

Learn hand and machine sewing techniques and helpful advice to help you create twenty-five fun projects in this amazing guidebook for beginners.This clear and easy-to-follow guide is the ideal tool for the complete beginner to machine sewing. It is packed with sewing expert Caroline Smith's helpful advice and twenty-five exciting projects, ranging from pillows and curtains, to an apron, children's playtime tepee and tote bag.It covers all the equipment, tools...

My Childhood Back Garden tells the story of the making of RHS Garden Harlow Carr through the eyes of someone who quite literally grew up inside it. Blending accurate historical research with vivid, often amusing personal recollections, Caroline Smith offers a perspective never previously recorded. Born into the early years of the garden and living on site for the first sixteen years of her life, she brings to life the characters, challenges and quiet triumphs behind its creation. ...

"Celebration Days In Every Way" is a vibrant journey through the different ways people celebrate around the world. From lively parades to intimate gatherings, each chapter introduces a unique celebration filled with music, dance, food, and fun. While the children come from diverse backgrounds, they learn that celebrations—though different in form—are united by love, laughter, and shared joy. The story encourages empathy and understanding, inviting children to explore new cultures while res...

*Elisa dropped the pen she was holding and turned around slowly. In front of her was one of the most beautiful men she had ever seen. His eyes and hair were dark and he was dressed in the style of the ancient Egyptians—a linen kilt with metal armbands and a collar where she could clearly make out lapis and carnelian. She glanced at the body of the mummy and then at the figure in front of her. Even in death, the features were unmistakable.Elisa felt her heart racing and her mouth go...

"Sea Shells Sing Across Shared Shores" is a beautifully illustrated children's book that follows the adventures of Nico, a young marine biologist, as he uncovers the hidden songs within seashells along the shore. Each shell Nico collects carries echoes of distant gatherings, songs of gratitude, remembrance, and renewal. As Nico explores sandy beaches, coral coves, and rocky tide pools, he learns that the ocean connects all people, cultures, and creatures, offering lessons in diver...

Bill Pronzini is crime-writing royalty. His more than eighty published novels have won or been nominated for Edgar, Hammett, Anthony, Shamus, and Macavity awards—a clean sweep of the crime fiction award field—and received rave reviews from critics. He crafts masterful stories, often from multiple perspectives, in which the human condition is on full display. The Violated is no exception.In Echo Park, in the small town of Santa Rita, California, the mutilated body ...

In Bycatch, a new collection by the Ted Hughes Prize shortlisted-poet Caroline Smith, the poems ask where personhood is when memory and language are gone. They capture the faltering years of a life gradually scraped bare by the deep-sea trawler of dementia – yet find amongst the isolation and sadness, moments also of clarity, epiphany and love.Whilst these poems chart deep waters, they remind us also of the enduring and miraculous bond between those who ha...

A beautiful and touching coming-of-age love story with a touch of fantasy. Johnny, a 14-year-old boy from Brooklyn, and Brook, a 14-year-old Native American girl From South Dakota, meet at a summer job working at a cowboy show in the suburbs of New York City—first meeting as antagonists, then like childhood friends. Coming from different cultures and lifestyles, they learn a lot from each other. Johnny, a good kid but lazy with no ambition, and Brook, dealing with a tragedy, comfort each o...

Born of Scrat and satyr, the child is outlawed, coveted, and cursed. Only the Scarlet Warrior stands between her and oblivion.Gwin has spent long weeks tending a High Lord scarred by fire and broken by his fall from the Obsidian Citadel. Her world shifts when Aliona arrives. The Queen of Kaelunis is exquisite, terrifying, and the bestower of Lord Dewer's immortal life. When Gulpe reaches out from the changelings' hidden refuge, Gwin must choose between rebellion an...

A grieving PI meets a sick woman he feels compelled to help. A veteran returns from war unsure of his place in the world. A mysterious pack of dogs show up to protect a woman recovering from an abusive relationship. A woman struggles with isolation and a misbehaving sewing machine during a pandemic.Caroline Smith's imaginative stories weave myth and realism into a modern Southern Gothic world, reimagined. They are filled with the tragedy and struggle of what make us human, always w...

A grieving PI meets a sick woman he feels compelled to help. A veteran returns from war unsure of his place in the world. A mysterious pack of dogs show up to protect a woman recovering from an abusive relationship. A woman struggles with isolation and a misbehaving sewing machine during a pandemic.Caroline Smith's imaginative stories weave myth and realism into a modern Southern Gothic world, reimagined. They are filled with the tragedy and struggle of what make us human, always w...