Children's Stories by Grandma Dee Dee is a light and breezy collection that is good on it's own, is at its very best when read as intended: to young children by those in their lives who love them very much.- Pacific Book ReviewThese short storied have sold stuctures, interesting characters, rising and falling action, a climax, and satisfying endings.-BlueInk ReviewsThe strong family-focused nature of the stories make ...

This fun, useful and affordable collection of articles on how men should treat women is really appropriate for any age man. It's the perfect gift for your boyfriend, husband, son or lover, and ideal for a bridal shower or bachelor party.Attention Ladies, 15-60 and beyond: This fun, useful and affordable collection of articles on how men should treat women is really appropriate for any age man. It's the perfect gift for your boyfriend, husband, son or lover. No matter how well he tr...

My father, Andy, to whom this book is dedicated, used to read us bedtime stories. When I had a granddaughter, Nicole, I did the same thing, except that I made the stories up. I also made up stories for my niece, Amanda. One day, I decided to write these stories down so that I could share them with other children.Delores (Dee) Ray was raised in a small resort town in Northern Wisconsin with 4 sisters and 2 brothers. She has one son, Lonnie, one granddaughter, Nicole, and a 3-month-o...

Current play therapy resources offer details on how to conduct play therapy, but are limited in addressing the challenges that develop when therapists conduct play therapy with real-life clients. Using the Child-Centered Play Therapy Approach, Ray has written the first book to address these complex play therapy subjects. Topics covered include: integrating field knowledge of play, development, and theory into the advanced play therapist’s knowledge base; working with difficult situations, ...

This multidisciplinary book shows how to foster meaningful relationships between therapists and vulnerable children, through exploring the concept of communicative musicality and creating rhythms of connection.It includes broad and in-depth contributions from leading therapists from diverse backgrounds - including Peter A. Levine, Daniel Hughes, Stephen Porges, Dennis McCarthy and many more. Contributors reflect on their own experiences, providing insights from the fields of music ...

Can Itty stop a cheater from winning the Cloud Race? Find out in this fifth adorable book in the Itty Bitty Princess Kitty chapter book series!It’s time for Lollyland’s big Cloud Race, and Itty Bitty Princess Kitty and her friends are finally old enough to enter! Everyone is used to riding clouds around the kingdom, but now they’ll learn how to steer one too. Itty’s driving lessons go smoothly until she overhears a fox say that he might break the rules and...

Noah Z. Jones turns well-known fairy tales upside-down in this humorous new series!This series is part of Scholastic's early chapter book line called Branches, which is aimed at newly independent readers. With easy-to-read text, high-interest content, fast-paced plots, and illustrations on every page, these books will boost reading confidence and stamina. Branches books help readers grow!In the Land of Fake Believe, Princess meets a strange girl named Moldylocks. When Princess's st...

The instant New York Times bestseller featured on NPR's Weekend Edition with Scott Simon! B. J. Novak (bestselling author of The Book With No Pictures) described this groundbreaking poetry collection as "Smart and sweet, wild and wicked, brilliantly funny--it's everything a book for kids should be."Lauded by critics as a worthy heir to such greats as Silverstein, Seuss, Nash and Lear, Harris's hilarious debut molds wit and wordplay, nonsense and oxymoron, ...

Join Simon and Chester in their second adventure featuring all the ups-and-downs of a sleepover party! A hilarious new graphic novel series for fans of The Bad Guys and Dog Man.Welcome to the world of Simon and Chester, ghost and boy duo extraordinaire.They like to kick butt and take names.They don't like chores.They are best friends.And they are about to hit Chester's VERY FIRST SLEEPOVER.(Oh, and eat some snacks probably.)

This beautifully illustrated childrens collection is brimming with fun and activities for you and your little one. There is so much to look at together, and each lively page helps with vital early learning skills. Alphabet animals such as the greedy goat, a kind koala, a diving duck and all their friends introduce the sounds of the alphabet. There are classic nursery rhymes to help with reading, talking, and even tickling! Fun activities involving jumps, jiggles, finger wiggles and lots of...

After losing her husband on her first wedding anniversary, Sarah "Spooky" Walters is left pregnant with no job, still trying to get her PhD. When her mother suggests she contact Matchrimony to find herself a new husband so she can have some semblance of a good life, she agrees to meet with Dr. Lachele Simpson, the matchmaker involved.Chase Appleby lost the only woman he'd ever loved to a man with a gun just before they'd finished college. Now, years later, he was ready for a wife, ...

Creating childrens literature means producing a delivery that will retain their attention. When reading this childrens book, you will see that one way I have found to be effective is to provoke a response through humor. This powerful method of including illustrated lessons and pictures can be a practical tool for learning and will nourish young minds for a lifetime.