Alex the Alligator has a negative reaction to his best friend asking Alex's brother for help. Alex tells his mom that his friends are mean, that his brother, Andre, stole his friend, and that his friends do not like him. This book asks the readers to think about what really happened in the story and to come up with different strategies Alex could use to better handle his feelings with the same situation.

This comprehensive volume presents the biographies of 1,000 women who were active in the British decorative arts over the last few centuries. Some of these women are known today, some are not, yet all made valuable contributions in areas such as stained glass, metalwork, pottery, woodcarving, illustration, bookbinding and decoration, sculpture, decorative embroidery, decorative jewellery, and illumination.This volume is the largest of its kind to document the lives...

**Full of joy and wisdom, a heart-stopping, emotional debut showing that a life isn't measured in how long it stretches, but in how much love it can hold.“Fans of A Man Called Ove will devour this, as I did. Like a perfect piece of music, there is not an off note in this entire book. I loved it.” —Annabel Monaghan, New York Times bestselling author of Dolly All the Time**Alexander Kirk writes perfect love stories—but he doesn’t believe in them.

A deeply moving story of love, loss and the extraordinary impact one life can have on another . . .‘Fans of A Man Called Ove and great writing will devour this’ ANNABEL MONAGHAN‘An absorbing, tender exploration of love’ JOSIE LLOYD‘A refreshingly nuanced take on romance tropes’ MAURENE GOOLife is not measured by the years we have, but by the love it holds.Al...

**Full of joy and wisdom, a heart-stopping, emotional debut showing that a life isn't measured in how long it stretches, but in how much love it can hold.“Fans of A Man Called Ove will devour this, as I did. Like a perfect piece of music, there is not an off note in this entire book. I loved it.” —Annabel Monaghan, New York Times bestselling author of Dolly All the Time**Alexander Kirk writes perfect love stories—but he doesn’t believe in them.

A deeply moving story of love, loss and the extraordinary impact one life can have on another . . .‘Fans of A Man Called Ove and great writing will devour this’ ANNABEL MONAGHAN‘An absorbing, tender exploration of love’ JOSIE LLOYD‘A refreshingly nuanced take on romance tropes’ MAURENE GOOLife is not measured by the years we have, but by the love it holds.Al...

Educating from the Heart: Theoretical and Practical Approaches to Transforming Education is based on the questions: "What does it mean to educate from the heart? What does it mean to educate with spirit?" It offers both theoretical overviews and practical approaches for educators, academics, education students and parents who are interested in transforming schools. Well-respected voices in the field of education provide a framework that includes recent findings from the world of n...

Discover the creatures of the wild outdoors!Through the eyes of our naturalist knitter, you'll discover a world of interesting creatures. Inside, you'll find her sketches of animals in their habitat, scientific notes, and her knitting patterns that capture the unique personality of each animal. The easy-to-follow instructions show you how to knit a total of 25 endearing animals, including a hedgehog, timber wolf, rainbow trout, red squirrel, rabbit, badger, meadowlark, bald eagle, ...

By exploring past, current, and future intersections between leisure and health, this book considers research and academic thought to reveal and critique the nuanced ways that leisure impacts health as well as considering how health professions use leisure as a 'tool'. Aided by the diverse chapters, readers will be challenged to explore future intersections between leisure and health using an overarching eco (ecological/environmental), bio(biological), psycho (psychological), social (socio...

He'll move mountains for her . . .When Patrek, a giant Skarr alien, hires a human for a covert mission, he doesn't expect a female to take the gig. Nor does he expect his long-dormant mating instinct to ignite for someone so tiny! When the heist goes awry and they're forced to hide out together until the heat dies down, the close quarters reveal that, though they're vastly mismatched in size, their hearts are a perfect fit.To escape with his freedom, Patrek...

He'll ruin realms for her . . .Skarr giant Alrek was one of the lucky ones. He had a mate—the very last female of their kind. Now the widowed chief of a dying clan, he has only two hopes for the future: saving as many other species as possible from the same extinction . . . and exacting revenge on the invasive humans who caused it.But then she walks into his territory. Tiny. Sweet-smelling. Infuriatingly human.At first, he just wants her of...

He'll cross oceans for her . . .Skarr giant Hinrivik has been in love with the human he guards for years. But when her marriage is arranged—and he's assigned to deliver her to her groom across the sea—he loses hope that she'll ever return his feelings.When they arrive at their destination, she'll step off the ship into her new life as someone else's wife. Can Hinrivik convince her to consider him, a wildly mismatched monster, as her mate? He'll hav...