What happens when a ballerina loses her will to dance, and live? That exactly what has happened to Rosalinda after the death of her husband and dance partner, but now her manager says its time to dance again...can she, or more importantly...will she...or give up ballet forever
A Promised Place by J. MarieFifty years separate their lives, fifty years separate their stories, but one house and a similar, soul-searching journey unite them.You may have met Lauryn and Elliott in J. Marie's first novel Find Your Way Home, but if not, you are sure to become friends with them in this new novel A Promised Place.Although the story continues where the first novel left off, A Promised Place stands uniquely on its own with its tender story of holding fast to love through the tough times and the search for a deeper faith through the midst of it.When Lauryn Grant purchases the house at 316 Promise Place in Rivers Bend, Minnesota, she finds an enticing project to add to the list of home renovations featured on her website and in her social media. While she's aware that the house has an interesting history, she finds the most intriguing story written in a journal that has been hidden in a secret place inside the house for fifty years, just waiting to be discovered.The journal that she finds tells the story of a simple, small-town man with a past life that doesn't quite fit the rigid constructs of his present one. Unexpectedly, Lauryn finds his captivating story not only influences how she deals with struggles in her life and with her faith, but it also has the power to change her forever.
Happy Together is a heartwarming book to help share the family building story with a young child. A story told through clear language and cheerful watercolor illustrations, readers will join Mommy and Mama bear on the journey to fulfill their greatest wish of becoming parents With help from a doctor, a seed from a donor and Mommy's egg, a baby grew in Mommy's tummy and was welcomed with great joy This is 1 in a collection of 8 Happy Together books to help introduce young children to IVF, donor conception and surrogacy.
Happy Together, a single mother by choice story, is a heartwarming book to help share the family building story with a young child. A story told through clear language and cheerful illustrations, readers will join Mommy bear on the journey to fulfill her greatest wish of becoming a parent. With help from a doctor and a donor, Mommy's dream came true and a baby was welcomed with great joy This is 1 in a collection of 8 Happy Together books to help introduce young children to IVF, donor conception and surrogacy.
Discover the magical world of storyteller Pandora, adorer of brave and beautiful words, weaver and forger of tales. Pandora is an explorer, a collector of words (even ones that misbehave). Once she has the words she needs, she watches them flower and then forges them into the most magical stories. Friend to all the story-starved children, Pandora knows a secret: once read, a story unfurls in your heart. Enter her world and you’ll never see words in quite the same way again.
The third in a series designed to take students from elementary through high school, Telling God’s Story, Year Three shows children the surprising way of life that Jesus brought, as seen in his parables, miracles, and teaching. The Instructor Text and Teaching Guide provides content-filled background information for the teacher, and a scripted explanation of the passage designed especially for children to grasp with ease. The accompanying Activity Book provides historically accurate coloring pages, learning projects, and group activities to fill out an entire week of home, school, or Sunday School study. The graphic novel, The Parables of Jesus, brings Jesus' parables to life for students. A hurricane howls towards a house built on sand. A nighttime intruder creeps onto enemy land. A boy leaves home to seek adventure. Robbers menace a lonely traveler. And the unexpected happens. This new and innovative graphic-novel translation of the parables of Jesus puts a modern twist on an ancient art form: stories that begin with mundane events and end with a glimpse of a deeper reality. Earnest Graham’s illustrations, ranging in style from West African kente and Japanese prints to vivid modern realism, interpret these well-loved stories for the next generation of readers. All three texts are combined in this bundle to provide a full year of religious instruction.
Listen to the stories of Jesus’ first followers. Learn about the way of life he gave to us. And see what it looks like to live in the new community he is creating. These weekly lessons guide elementary and middle grade students through the Book of Acts and the New Testament Letters, while also deepening the understanding of parents and teachers. Each lesson provides pithy, content-filled background information for the teacher and a scripted explanation of the biblical passage designed especially for children to grasp with ease. The accompanying Activity Book, feature the work of talented artists, designers, parents, and educators and provides craft projects, coloring pages, Bible memory work, classroom games, and group activities to accompany every lesson. This fourth volume of the Telling God’s Story series completes the student’s introduction to the New Testament. This bundle also includes the graphic novel James: A Letter to the Scattered: For two thousand years, a single ancient letter has inspired deeds of world-changing bravery and has kindled compassion of millions of lives. In James: A Letter to the Scattered, Earnest Graham’s dramatic illustrations follow women and men around the globe and through time. Follow hunted Christians into Roman catacombs, accompany missions of mercy in modern hospital corridors, see courage and kindness amidst the carnage of the Thirty Years’ War, witness the fight for justice in 19th-century Mexico, and march beside protestors in 1960s Alabama. This graphic novel brings the ancient wisdom of the Epistle of James to a new audience.