You may feel like a confident person but we've all been there when we hear that little voice that creeps up in your head saying "you're really going to screw this up."That little voice in your head, is like a saboteur and I call her Karen (sorry Karen's of the world). You'll meet her in my Confidence Quotient book, and she starts talking full blast and high speed.You freeze, you second guess yourself, sometimes, if you are honest, you walk away.But you don't have to...

In the late 19th century, natural silk was a luxury reserved exclusively for the ultra-wealthy. When a French chemist named Hilaire de Chardonnet invented the very first "artificial silk," he democratized high fashion. There was only one slight problem: his beautiful, shimmering new fabric was made from nitrocellulose—the exact same chemical compound used to manufacture military explosives. Chardonnet's process involved treating wood pulp with nitric acid and pushing the resulting highly v...

When Mouse sets out on his adventure, he discovers that brave isn't something you are—it's something you do!Mouse's day is full of big moments and bigger feelings. But with each step forward—jumping to shake off fear, accepting a friend's comforting hug, or simply pausing to breathe—he builds his courage toolkit. Because taking a brave journey doesn't mean you have to be fearless. It means you know how to just keep going.in her first book for children, form...

A mother’s love is always for her children no matter how good or bad and she would do anything for her children either one or ten children, I always said the hardest job in the world is raising children from sun up to sun down or a woman’s job is never easy I think it’s time for men to stand up for the hard working women or men who raise God’s precious angels.

Now She Leads: The Call No One Can Deny is a bold, Spirit-led declaration for the Church—and for every woman who has ever wondered if her voice, gifts, or leadership truly belong at the table.Dr. T. Lynn Smith takes readers on a deeply personal and theological journey through Scripture, history, and lived experience to dismantle the myths that have silenced women for generations. With pastoral insight, cultural clarity, and unwavering faith, she examines the patterns of resistance ...

The Last Stop on Market Street: An Instructional Guide for Literature provides lesson plans and activities for this award-winning literary work. This valuable resource guides teachers with ways to add more rigor with complex literature. Text-dependent questions help students analyze the text with higher-order thinking skills, with lessons focused on story elements, vocabulary, and more. Close reading activities throughout the literature units encourage students to use textual evidence as t...

This is story is dedicated to the men and women who respond to releases of hazardous materials in transit. These dedicated individuals aren’t hip shooting cowboys that rush in where angels fear to tread. They are professionals that work very methodically and with great care to minimize personal danger before addressing life and environmentally threatening situations. The instances in this story are true; however, the chronology, characters, and locations are fiction. All the descriptions o...

After being shot outside Maggie Evan's door, Willie Loomis is incarcerated at the Windcliff Institute. Fear and pain cloud his memory, until a golden angel appears and takes him on a journey through past exploits with his friend, Jason...

In the afterlife, Josette has made a pact with the Dark Lord to try Angelique for crimes against true love. But Josette’s time spent as a restless spirit has taken its toll. Is she strong enough to take on her old adversary?

Build the foundational skills that all first graders need using this engaging resource! Based on today's standards, the activities in this book are designed to develop students' skills in reading, word study, language, writing, mathematics, social studies, and science. It also features fun, yet challenging, critical-thinking and extension activities and games. Divided into 10 engaging units, one for each month of the school year, this book is designed to supplement students' learning to he...

Conquering Kindergarten is a must-have resource! Based on today's standards, the activities in this book are designed to develop students' skills in reading, word study, language, writing, mathematics, social studies, and science. It also features fun, yet challenging, critical-thinking and extension activities and games. Divided into 10 engaging units, one for each month of the school year, this book is designed to supplement students' learning to help solidify the concepts they are learn...

Un libro especialmente pensado para las maestras y maestros de primera infancia. Tiene como objetivo ayudarles en la enseñanza, estimulación y supervisión de las habilidades y destrezas de motricidad gruesa de los niños y niñas: locomotoras, manipulativas, sensoriales, lúdicas, etc. Cada capítulo presenta, describe e ilustra, de manera científica y básica a la vez que práctica y sencilla, muchísimos juegos y actividades, individuales y de grupo, para desarrollar la psicomotricidad de los n...