WOO HOO!: Beloved cartoonist, author, and songwriter Sandra Boynton offers motivation and encouragement with her screaming chicken. Each month brings one of her iconic chickens cheering you on and reminding you of your awesomeness with messages like You are simply FANTASTIC! and Your laughter SPARKLES!MAGNETIC FORMAT: With plenty of space to write your family's goings-on throughout the year and a magnetic backer plus drill-hole, these 9½" x 81/4" padded calendars are perfect for the fridge, desktop, or to hang on the wall-wherever a daily reminder is needed. NOW PLASTIC-FREE!: Workman magnetic calendars are now packaged in a paper envelope-no more shrink-wrap!
Sandra's Hands is a true personal story written by a young teacher responding to the challenge of educating children who have been severely traumatized by violence. The book describes events in the life of Paul Berg between the years of 1966 and 1976, beginning with Berg's service in the Vietnam War and following his life as he returns to America. Berg struggles to adjust to civilian life, becomes a Bureau of Indian Affairs teacher, and encounters another war on the Pine Ridge Indian Reservation in South Dakota. In 1973 tensions on the reservation exploded and culminated in the 72 day siege of the village of Wounded Knee. Berg finds himself drawn into the conflict as he strives to provide quality education to his students. One of his students, a young Lakota woman named Sandra Woundedfoot, changes his life and would forever change the lives of thousands of people on the reservation. Sandra's Hands provides one of the most accurate accounts of the conflict which took place on the Pine Ridge Reservation during the 1970's.
Showcasing Boynton’s zesty animal characters in full color, each monthly page delivers ample space to record the annual mileposts of those dear to you. One caveat: you must fill in the calendar with the yearly events you wish to recall AND refer to the calendar. Otherwise, you will fail again at expressing timely birthday accolades to Stuart. Features include:6" x 12" sizePrinted on FSC certified paper with soy-based inkSpiral binding with hangerUndated and reusable each yearPresented by Sandra Boynton’s captivating animal characters
Goof Off Day (March 22), Chicken Dance Day (May 14), and International Tongue Twister Day (November 10) are just three of the exceptional observances offering plentitudes of serious silliness for teachers, kids, parents, coworkers, and anyone else needing a reason to celebrate. Each monthly spread showcases a large, witty cartoon highlighting one of the month’s many fabulous holidays taking up the entire top page, while the month’s grid on the bottom page includes a frenzy of Boynton’s beloved characters illustrating the many fabulous/peculiar holidays. Features include:12" x 12" size (12" x 24" open)Printed on FSC certified paper with soy-based inkSpans January–December 2024Official major world holidays and observancesYear in a glance for 2023, 2024, and 20252025 planning366 spectacular holidays, presented by Sandra Boynton with her amazing cows, chickens, hippos, and other delightful animals
From beloved cartoonist, humorist, and New York Times bestselling author Sandra Boynton, the 17-month calendar begins with the school year in August 2025 and runs through December 2026. With ample space for up to 5 family members’ activities, appointments, and schedules, it also includes 2 sheets of fun stickers and an ample drop-down pocket for storing papers you don't want to lose –– especially those stray $100 bills! Other features include:12" x 12" (12" x 24" open)Matching plastic-free envelopePrinted on FSC certified paper with soy-based ink17-months: August 2025–December 2026Space for 5 family members’ activitiesOfficial major world holidays and observancesYear-at-a-glance for 2025, 2026, and 2027300+ stickers on 2 separate sheets, so children can help highlight special occasionsHandy gusseted storage pocket––perfect for coupons, notes, and stuff you want to saveShowcasing the joyful, captivating characters of Sandra Boynton, author of The Going to Bed Book, Barnyard Dance!, and Pajama Time
Every day presents an honest-to-goodness official holiday, such as January 10––Peculiar People Day, April 12––Big Wind Day, and August 27––Banana Lover’s Day. Each month showcases an entertaining cartoon on the top half of the spread highlighting one of the month’s fabulous holidays. Meanwhile, Boynton’s silly, boisterous characters whirl about the monthly grids illustrating the holidays. Features include:12" x 12" (12" x 24" open)Cover design eliminates need for plastic packagingPrinted on FSC® certified paper with soy-based inkSpans January–December 2026Official major world holidays and observancesYear in a glance for 2025, 2026, and 20272027 planning365 spectacular holidays, presented by delightful characters from Sandra Boynton’s books, such as The Going to Bed Book, Barnyard Dance!, Pajama Time, Belly Button Book!, Banana Bop!, and others
The 1st adventure in this new series.With her famous father and brother in Africa on a research project, Sandra Swift felt she had a full plate with helping to run Swift Enterprises. But then she receives a visit from two FBI agents who present her with a diary written by her grandfather: Barton Swift. Fifteen years before he had disappeared when the airship he had been traveling in had crashed somewhere in South America. The diary is the first bit of solid information to have surfaced.Armed with this new knowledge, and desperate to find out more, Sandy decides to immediately investigate and sets out for Ecuador, accompanied by best friend Phyllis Newton, and by new arrival "Bingo" Winkler. In Ecuador they encounter secret agents, double-crosses, corporate conspiracies, ghostly apparitions and threats both above and below the surface of the ocean as they try to uncover answers concerning the fate of Barton Swift.
The 2nd adventure in this new series.Two experimental robots have vanished while undergoing field tests on the surface of the Moon. All evidence points to the presence of an unknown person in the area, but no one can reasonably account for how the person could have been there. Sandra Swift decides to investigate and, accompanied by Bud Barclay, travels to the Swift Enterprises Moonbase. From there they go to the last reported position of the robots, but suddenly end up falling through a narrow crevice.Now trapped deep beneath the surface of the Moon, Sandy and Bud struggle for survival, exploring a vast system of underground caverns as they attempt to contact help. But they soon encounter additional mysteries in the form of a lost human colony living in a ruined spaceship, as well as an insane woman bent on revenge. Fighting to stay alive, Sandy and Bud join forces with the lost colony, squaring off against an adversary who will stop at nothing . . . including nuclear annihilation . . . to kill anyone who stands in her way.
The 8th novel in this new series. For thousands of years the Earth has been under observation by a race of extraterrestrials. Ten years ago contention among the aliens caused a meteor-like probe to make contact with Tom Swift and Tom Swift Jr. The probe's covert function was to help the aliens determine on how best to deal with what they felt was the problematical expanding intelligence among humans. A few years later, in Ecuador, Sandra Swift encounters a second alien probe. It destroys itself, but not before subtly reprogramming part of Sandy's brain, making her an unwitting spy for the "Space Friends". Now the Sun itself is undergoing a change. Self-replicating machines are forming a shell which, if unchecked, will eventually enclose the star that gives life to our world. And Sandy realizes that the events which began in Ecuador are reaching a terrible conclusion. The Space Friends... up to now aloof and mysterious... are making their presence increasingly known. It's the first note in a vast closing act, and Sandy soon comes to understand that the future of seven billion people depend on how willing she is to put her life on the line.
Paintings by American contemporary artist Jordan. The book contains paintings, descriptions of the art as well as the otherworldly happenings that inspired much of the surreal paintings.
In this true crime story, it's the family court system that's criminal. Attorney Michelle MacDonald sues a Judge for violating mother, Sandra Grazzini-Rucki's civil rights, and the next day is forced to proceed with Sandra's child custody trial while "under arrest"--- in handcuffs, a wheelchair, with no shoes, no glasses, no files, and no client. And did we mention that the children had run away? Later, this mother of 5 with no criminal record is jailed with a murderer, the missing teens turn up after two years, and a history of violence and criminal activity by her dangerous ex-husband is ignored. Since her children were found, Sandra's tragic family story has received international attention. With he said/she said accusations and confusing terms like "parental alienation", the truth may seem difficult to reach. It's a story of domestic violence, family court corruption and a compliant media, including ABC's 20/20, covering up the whole sordid tale.
George Meredith, OM (12 February 1828 - 18 May 1909) was an English novelist and poet of the Victorian era. He was nominated for the Nobel Prize in Literature seven times. LIFE: Meredith was born in Portsmouth, England, a son and grandson of naval outfitters. His mother died when he was five. At the age of 14 he was sent to a Moravian School in Neuwied, Germany, where he remained for two years. He read law and was articled as a solicitor, but abandoned that profession for journalism and poetry. He collaborated with Edward Gryffydh Peacock, son of Thomas Love Peacock in publishing a privately circulated literary magazine, the Monthly Observer. He married Edward Peacock's widowed sister Mary Ellen Nicolls in 1849 when he was twenty-one years old and she was twenty-eight. Meredith collected his early writings, first published in periodicals, in an 1851 volume, Poems. In 1856 he posed as the model for The Death of Chatterton, a notable painting by the English Pre-Raphaelite painter Henry Wallis (1830-1916). His wife ran off with Wallis in 1858; she died three years later. The collection of "sonnets" entitled Modern Love (1862) emerged from this experience as did The Ordeal of Richard Feverel, his first "major novel". Meredith married Marie Vulliamy in 1864 and settled in Surrey. He continued writing novels and poetry, often inspired by nature. He had a keen understanding of comedy and his Essay on Comedy (1877) remains a reference work in the history of comic theory. In The Egoist, published in 1879, he applies some of his theories of comedy in one of his most enduring novels. Some of his writings, including The Egoist, also highlight the subjugation of women during the Victorian period. During most of his career, he had difficulty achieving popular success. His first successful novel was Diana of the Crossways published in 1885.Meredith supplemented his often uncertain writer's income with a job as a publisher's reader. His advice to Chapman and Hall made him influential in the world of letters. His friends in the literary world included, at different times, William and Dante Gabriel Rossetti, Algernon Charles Swinburne, Cotter Morison, Leslie Stephen, Robert Louis Stevenson, George Gissing and J. M. Barrie. His contemporary Sir Arthur Conan Doyle paid him homage in the short-story The Boscombe Valley Mystery, when Sherlock Holmes says to Dr. Watson during the discussion of the case, "And now let us talk about George Meredith, if you please, and we shall leave all minor matters until to-morrow." Oscar Wilde, in his dialogue The Decay of Lying, implies that Meredith, along with Balzac, is his favourite novelist, saying "Ah, Meredith Who can define him? His style is chaos illumined by flashes of lightning"...........
