This booklet provides parents with information on child protection and welfare, based on Children First: National Guidance for the Protection and Welfare of Children. Topics include: What parents should know about child abuse; The different types of child abuse.

This guide is for parents who want to understand how they can work with childcare providers to give their child the best opportunities and experiences possible.

This guide, updated in 2018, provides parents with information about the value of early childhood learning and the impact it can have on a child's quality of life, their whole development and their future opportunities and experiences.

Nestled in the wooded hills east of the San Francisco Bay, Dublin�s sprawling valley has welcomed people from a variety of backgroundsthroughout its rich history. At the heart of the tri-valley region, this former agricultural area has grown exponentially over the years, forming a moderncity with a solid community-oriented heritage. From California�s first native inhabitants, through the Spanish and Mexican periods, to the arrival of the first American settlers, Dublin has long been at the...

A scarred loner with a tragic past rescues an amnesiac Goldilocks whose deadly secrets may destroy them.Of all the ways Daisy would have wanted to wake up in a stranger's bed, having that stranger staring at her from a foot away was not one of them.She cried out and flung herself backward, nearly falling off the bed in the process. It was some small comfort that he did the same thing, slamming into the wall.Now, at a more comfortable remove of ten f...

Obey the curfew. Never fly past Elysia's boundaries. Above all—never speak to humans.For twenty-one summers, Sylvia has evaded the ironclad rules set by her village, driven by an insatiable curiosity to know the world beyond the confines of the willow her fellow fairies call home.Her exploration is shattered by a bullet through her wing—courtesy of Jon and Cliff, seasoned monster hunters who suspect her involvement in gruesome disappearances. A harrowing ca...

The Spring 2024 Issue. Ploughshares is an award-winning journal of new writing. Since 1971, Ploughshares has discovered and cultivated the freshest voices in contemporary American literature, and now provides readers with thoughtful and entertaining literature in a variety of formats. Find out why the New York Times named Ploughshares “the Triton among minnows.”The Spring 2024 Issue, guest-edited by Laila Lalami, features poetry and prose by Mosab Abu Toha, Nathalie Handal, January...

Young couple Cynthia and Jason have talked about bringing another man into their bedroom before, but have never followed through with it. When Jason's friend Tony enters the picture, Cynthia is crushing hard, and Tony can't keep his eyes off of Cynthia either.When Tony decides to crash on their couch after a long night of partying, Jason realizes that this is the perfect opportunity for his fantasies of seeing his wife with another man come true. Will Jason finally have the courage...

Two months after her exile from Elysia, Sylvia is adrift in a world both strange and exhilarating. As she journeys toward Aelthorin with Jon and Cliff, every step is fraught with uncertainty. Though she promised her mother she'd reunite with her family, Sylvia finds herself drawn deeper into a forbidden bond with Jon.Jon struggles to suppress his growing feelings for Sylvia, determined to help her obtain a powerful gemstone that could grant her the impossible–a power that might all...

Good Will Toward Men 1994/2025 is a collection of interviews with twenty-two progressive women, most of whom identify as feminist and one of whom was the national president of NOW from 1974 to 1977.They talk about fairness, social justice and respect between men and women as a two-way street.Updated in 2025 with a new Introduction and three Appendices to examine and comment on the question of whether good will toward men has increased or decreased since 1994, wheth...

Newlyweds Liz and Danny have just relocated to a new city, where the only person they know in town is Danny's long lost childhood friend, Jake. After meeting Jake for the first time, Liz soon learns that her husband's old friend has grown up into a tanned, muscular lifeguard who can't keep his eyes and hands off of her.Unsatisfied by her husband, and longing to be properly filled, she knows she won't be able to resist Jake's advances for long.Lucky for Liz, she soon finds o...

This audiobook is narrated by a digital voice.Jack Fynn’s dad isn’t dead. He’s just... missing. At least, that’s what the Army says. But when a funeral goes sideways and a mysterious stranger on a motorcycle roars into their lives, Jack and his twin sister, Macy, are pulled into something way bigger than they expected.That stranger? Their grandfather, Ace—a washed-up, semi-pro wrestler with a wild past and one colossal secret: he’s a Sentinel—protector of a hidden gateway t...