Step into God's Presence with Spiritual Walking MeditationsFrom biblical times and throughout the ages, people of faith have walked and prayed. There's something profoundly reorienting about integrating prayer with our embodied experience of forward movement. We engage our senses, breathe deeply, quiet our minds, and center our hearts. It's a multisensory journey that integrates mind, body, and spirit as we notice God's gentle leading, one step at a time.In...

It seems like Galleria and the Cheetah Girls have been waiting forever to record the demo tape that's going to set the music industry on fire. They were all set to go last month, but then an accident put one girl on crutches and the Cheetahs' dreams on ice. Once they're all walking again, the Cheetahs set a date with their producer—but a four-legged problem is about to derail their plans.Galleria's next-door neighbor has a pregnant dog, and she insists that Galleria's pooch Toto is ...

First in the series that inspired the Disney Channel films—about fashion, music, and a group of girlfriends on the road to diva-hood in New York City . . .Galleria is fourteen, half black and half Italian, and a new student at Manhattan's Fashion Industries High School. Luckily her best friend, Chanel, is right there by her side. Wanting to beef up their cash flow, they decide to form a singing group of their own—and invite three other girls to join them.No...

After what seems like forever, the Cheetah Girls are finally on their way into the recording studio to put together a demo tape with the help of superfamous producer Mouse Almighty. All sorts of things have held them up, from puppies and plagiarism to broken bones and social services, but now they finally have a recording date. There's just one problem: Angie and Aqua aren't going to be there!The twins' smooth vocals are the foundation of every Cheetah track, but the two are going t...

From biblical times and throughout the ages, people of faith have walked and prayed. There's something profoundly reorienting about integrating prayer with our embodied experience of forward movement. We engage our senses, breathe deeply, quiet our minds, and center our hearts. It's a multisensory journey that integrates mind, body, and spirit as we notice God's gentle leading, one step at a time.In Spiritual Wayfinding, spiritual director Deborah Gregory invites you on a ...

For fans of Kate Atkinson, Barbara Trapido, and Alice Hoffman--the magical story of an unconventional family in the English suburbsEve has grown up in a decidedly unconventional family, one of seven multi-racial children with different fathers and a mother named Victory who raises them her own way. When Eve is eight, Victory calls upon her hidden talent--second sight, 'the ability to harness chance.' It's a gift that often brings Victory forebodings of disaster, but...

Chanel doesn't want to wait until the Cheetah Girls strike it rich to earn enough to buy all the clothes she adores, so she starts charging on her mom's credit card.

Now that the record company is going to give the Cheetah Girls a test single deal, Chanel and Galleria duke it out for control of the group. At last they compromise and write a new song together, "It's Raining Benjamins."

In this latest book of a contemporary series for black teens, featuring a five-member singing group, Dorinda tries to hide the fact that her sister is white, which presents a problem when her sister decides to show up at the Cheetah Girls' concert.

After winning the talent competition at the Harlem School of the Arts, the Cheetah Girls have cred uptown and down. Dorinda, the most stylish Cheetah of all, thinks they're finally on their way to music industry millions. But just when things are clicking for the Cheetahs, Dorinda's home life threatens to come apart at the seams.Dorinda lives in foster care with almost a dozen other children, and even though Mr. and Mrs. Bosco aren't their real parents, they're the only fa...

Chanel has never written a song before, and she's overjoyed when her first effort, "It's Raining Benjamins," proves a hit for the Cheetah Girls. But when another group accuses her of stealing lyrics, Chanel admits that not all the words were her own. Broken-hearted and ashamed, Chanel is so low that she's considering taking up ballet, which could mean giving up on the Cheetah Girls—for good!American Ballet Theatre is recruiting junior dancers, and Chanel is going to get on that dan...

Whether they're backstage at a Mariah Carey concert or on stage at a Houston rodeo, the Cheetah Girl twins Angie and Aqua know how to have fun. But since their father started dating the high priestess Abala Shaballa—yes, that's really her name!—there's one place the fun never starts: their apartment. Abala talks like she's from outer space, decorates like she's designing a haunted house, and has their dad on an all-herbal diet that's turned him as skinny as a skeleton. The high priestess m...