The bullies know nothing about me. They don't know that I cry when I see a sad movie. They have no idea that I like to walk along the beach and put my feet in the sea. They don’t know that I love drawing. They will never know that I like the smell of strawberry jam and that I wake up every single morning hoping that this will be the day that finally I find a friend.Egghead The Movie is a story about bullying written primarily for school children who are learning English as a second ...

Isandra and her brother, Alejandro, visit a local funfair. Everyone is having a good time. There are balloons, candyfloss, and lots of people. It’s fun – and funny! But something seems strange about the two visitors. Can you guess what it is?

I hear the noise one Friday evening. That night there is a big storm. The rain is tapping on my window, trying to get inside. But this noise is bigger than the storm. And it's bigger than the music I'm listening to in my room.'Thud, Bang, Crash!!!'I look around to see where the noise is coming from. It's outside! It's in the garden. What is it? I have to go out to see for myself. I have to know. I walk out under the midnight sky into the garden because I have to know what i...

Boloroo is a curious girl who likes to ask questions. Why is the sky blue? What are stars? Does anybody live on the moon? Why do we have to eat vegetables? Her questions get me complicated as she gets older. Why do we have to go to school? What are dreams? Where do we go when we die? But there is one question that no one can answer. It is Boloroo's big question. Do you know the answer?

Sheed & Ward, in partnership with the Commonweal Foundation and with funding from the Pew Charitable Trust, proudly presents the first of two volumes in a groundbreaking series called American Catholics in the Public Square. The result of a three-year study sponsored by Pew aimed at understanding the contributions to U.S. civic life of the Catholic, Jewish, mainline and evangelical Protestant, African-American, Latino, and Muslim communities in the United States, the two volumes in this se...

Hope isn't something you will into existence.It is something that is produced in a well-tended garden, one that flourishes with the constant presence of gratitude, praise and worship, wisdom from God, time in His Word, prayer, and reflection.Praise is the prescription for hope, gratitude increases faith, and faith lends to a hope that does not disappoint.Following this study journal to get closer to the Source of all good things, closer to God Himself.How to u...