Bonnie Blue Button may be tiny, but that doesn't stop her from being a colossal bully.Sewn onto a beautiful dress beside two dazzling buttons, Bonnie believes she's better than everyone else. She mocks the mismatched, scoffs at the plain, and refuses to let anyone forget how "important" she is.But when the dress is left carelessly on the floor one night, Bonnie learns that even the fanciest button isn't safe from trouble. After a slobbery, scratch-filled mi...

Get ready for a delightful, laugh-out-loud picture book that's all about perseverance, confidence, and finding your special place in the world!Meet Norman the Button! He's super proud of his job, keeping his winter coat snug and his person warm and dry. But one day, things take a turn when he gets snagged on a branch and pops off his coat. Suddenly, Norman is off on a brand new adventure! With a big dose of courage, creativity, and a positive attitude, he tries out...

Will Sam's jealousy keep him from seeing his new sister as anything more than trouble?Life in the craft box hasn't been the same since baby Maggie arrived. The other buttons only seem to notice her, leaving Sam feeling completely invisible. No one watches his fancy scooter tricks or admires his latest artwork. They're even upset that he won't share his favorite toy!It's classic sibling rivalry—and Sam doesn't like how it feels. Adjusting to a new baby is ha...

Truly touching poetry at its finest capturing life's essence and purpose. Beautiful, relatable, and exceptionally inspiring to read! A gift to the poetry world indeed!

Critical University Studies and Performance explores how we contend with issues of power, race, class, and gender in higher education, specifically as they relate to the complexities of theater and performance studies programs. In what ways might the fields of theater, performance, and dance studies, as they operate in institutions of higher education, support hegemonic logics as well as model reparative practices, given their perhaps unique disciplinary relationships to staging r...

A heartwarming Christmas picture book about friendship, love, and the true spirit of giving!Norman the Button has everything ready for Christmas… except one very important thing: a gift for his best friend, Freddy the Teddy!In a festive frenzy, Norman sets off on a wild adventure to find the perfect present. From over-the-top ideas to last-minute mishaps, nothing seems to go quite as planned. With time running out and his budget stretched thin, Norman disco...

Classroom on the Road: Designing, Teaching, and Theorizing Out-of-the-Box Faculty-Led Student Travel explores real-world, out-of-the-box examples of faculty-led student travel that challenge the dominant paradigms of conventional tourism. Contributors share teaching methods that can be adapted for a variety of university travel scenarios and encourage students to be responsible and thoughtful members of the global community who seek out valuable experiences in other cultures to go...

This edited collection highlights how people connected with friends and family, students and colleagues, and leaders and communities, in their quest to persevere during the pandemic. The chapters describe how people enjoyed their passions for the arts in new and unexpected ways, given the restrictions of COVID-19 safety protocols, and how scripted and reality television programming helped them escape, however briefly, from the traumas of the pandemic, the racial injustice, the political ma...

Emily has a big decision to make... and her tummy is tied in knots!Emily LOVES dancing with her ribbon—it's her favorite thing in the whole world! But she's SO afraid of making a mistake that she's never danced in front of anyone. Not even her best friend, Becky. So when Becky asks Emily to join the talent show, panic sets in. Will Emily let her anxiety hold her back—or can she be brave and step into the spotlight to help a friend?With guaranteed giggles an...

Feeling discouraged and need some encouragement?Read 31 Devotions for Writers, written by published authors who want to help encourage you in your writing through God’s written Word.Writing can often be discouraging. Some writers have spouses or children who don’t understand why they spend so much time on the computer. You may face a multitude of rejection from agents or publishers. Or you may not get encouragement in the form of reviews or be nominated for an award. So why...

This international collection discusses how the individualised, reflexive, late modern era has changed the way we experience and act on our emotions. Divided into four sections that include studies ranging across multiple continents and centuries, Emotions in Late Modernity does the following*:*Demonstrates an increased awareness and experience of emotional complexity in late modernity by challenging the legal emotional/rational divide; positive/negative concepts of ...

Stories … They are the building blocks of our lives. They are our memories. They are how we come to know our history. They are our escapism and entertainment. Some fact, some fiction, and some are a clever little mix.These thirty-one stories are fiction. Short and scary. Delivered to you in small, terrifying bursts, much the way you’d experience each individual room in a haunted-house attraction. They were specifically written to be enjoyed by both the not-too-young and old alike. ...