A heart-warming children's story about a cheerful pumpkin who helps his busy mom find her joy again. By helping her to embrace a childlike spirit and playful ideas, Ravi reminds her of the simple pleasures in life.When Ravi notices that Mama isn't smiling like she used to, he sets out on a heartfelt mission to bring back her laughter. Through a surprise breakfast, a game, and a whole lot of love, Ravi tries his best to help his hardworking Mama find her joy again. Ravi Helps Mama B...

"So, are you ready?" Lucia asked with a bright smile, her tone almost too cheerful."You remember everything, right? Isaac's favorite meal, Elias's schedule—""Yes, Maria, I remember everything," she cut in, rolling her eyes. "I stayed up all night memorizing and practicing it all."The final toast was coming. After that, Lucia would take her place in the car…and Maria would disappear.He runs a hand through his hair, the weight of it all pressing on his shoulde...

Belinda Bencic’s Training Secrets is a practical guide for amateur players inspired by a champion’s approach. Learn simple drills, smart tactics, serve and return tips, fitness routines, and mental strategies to improve your tennis quickly and effectively. Train smarter and play better just like a pro.

Are your lips often peeling, rough, and dry when changing seasons? You're probably thinking of buying a bottle of lip balm from a supermarket, DON'T. It and its chemicals will only make your lips worse. Instead of those chemicals, you should use things from nature that are not harmful. This book helps you achieve softer, fuller lips by making your own all-natural lip balm.It’s better to live a wholesome life with the following vitamin-rich ingredients, found in these organic DIY li...

"Flor Fernandez Barrios ushers readers into startling proximity to a Cuba seen through the eyes of a woman whose childhood was both shaped and shattered by the beautiful island. The indelible quality of Barrios's observations, specific and true, make Blessed by Thunder an important chronicle of the Cuban experience." — The Bloomsbury Review"Fernandez's book is a visually rich portrait of a tumultuous era. Fernandez knows how to craft a compelling narrative best of...

"So, are you ready?" Lucia asked with a bright smile, her tone almost too cheerful."You remember everything, right? Isaac's favorite meal, Elias's schedule—""Yes, Maria, I remember everything," she cut in, rolling her eyes. "I stayed up all night memorizing and practicing it all."The final toast was coming. After that, Lucia would take her place in the car…and Maria would disappear.He runs a hand through his hair, the weight of it all pressing on his shoulde...

"Mate!"The desperate roar of his wolf, Jax, shatters Alpha Zane's world the instant his gaze collides with little Mercedes — a fragile pup peeking out from behind his Beta's legs. Shock slams into him. This child? My mate?The bond feels impossible, unsettling. Yet Jax is unyielding: Mercedes of the Silver Moon pack is destined to be his Luna.Zane makes a vow. He will wait. He will guard her childhood, nurture her trust, and build a bond that grows stronger with ever...

7 Sunrises with God is a devotional journey designed to help readers begin each day with purpose, faith, and spiritual clarity.Through seven guided reflections rooted in biblical truth, this book invites you to slow down, listen to God's voice, and cultivate a deeper relationship with Him in everyday life. Each day includes Scripture meditation, spiritual insight, reflective questions, and practical application to help transform faith from theory into daily experience.This ...

Multicultural Literature for Latino Bilingual Children: Their Words, Their Worlds 2nd Edition makes a needed contribution to the field of children's literature by addressing the social, cultural, academic, and linguistic needs of bilingual learners who continue to be underserved through current school practices. This 2nd edition presents a balance of theory, research, and practice. The authors conceptualize different forms of social knowledge that can serve as cultural resources f...

The purpose of this volume is to revisit the core principle that growth is a function of communication, encapsulated in the term, negentropy, in the light of noteworthy initiatives that applied this construct in the pursuit of development goals. The book explores evolutions in the theory of information and communication for development, and offers concrete examples of theory in practice, drawing heavily from the author’s own experience. Presented as an autoethnography, it incorpor...

Knowledge Co-Construction in Online Learning is a comprehensive, foundational resource that explores the study of social construction of knowledge through platforms, social dynamics, and other aspects of today’s technology-enhanced education. The interactive spaces, from formal computer-supported collaborative learning settings to informal social media-integrative environments, that comprise asynchronous online learning offer a rich source of data for analyzing teaching and learni...

This book provides an overview of the fundamentals of Automatic Question Generation (AQG) for computational linguistics researchers, test developers, and educators. The author presents a variety of AQG system architectures, including generating questions from syntactic analyses, semantic resources, neural architectures, ontologies and knowledge graphs, and large language models. The advantages and pitfalls of a variety of AQG evaluation methods, including multi-aspect ratings by human expe...