For Becky Hewlitt, life is about coffee, a good book, and her job at Masterson's, her local bookstore. But when a competition offering a writing course by best-selling author Michael P. Carter sees her playing lackey to the winners, she begins to wonder if this is as good as it's ever going to get. As Becky wrestles with her demons, both past and present, she finds herself heading towards a confrontation with her future. Will she overcome her grief and heartbreak in time before love leaves for good? Or will she be forever held back by the mistakes she once made and the loss that she never understood.
Suzy Has A SecretThis book teaches a child, ages four to eight years-old, about personal safety and body ownership. Children learn how to identify who safe adults are in a child's life. This book shows in positive and practical ways how parents, and educators, can talk to children about personal safety. Children learn about bad touch and good touch, and how their body belongs to them. Parents and educators can help children learn who the safe people are in their lives, and that they can always tell one of them about anything that may happen, and they aren't comfortable about. Using little bug fairies and fairy houses, ensures that children aren't scared when this story is read to them, or they read it on their own. Minimal illustrations used so that younger children don't become distracted by extraneous elements.Reviews"Suzy Has A Secret" is a must read book for those with small children or for those that have little ones in their life. Children don't always know when or who to tell. We teach them to respect their elders and be quiet when asked; to behave and not to tattle. This needs to change "Suzy Has A Secret" explains to children that we must always tell our parents or others when something doesn't feel right. I recommend this book highly. Susan Vance, Author "Suzy Has a Secret" is a great resource in instructing children about good touch/bad touch. I think it is smartly written and developed, and easy for children to read. This is a difficult subject to tackle, and the authors have done a brilliant job. I would highly recommend this book. Kristina Ball, Author As children, we've been taught to listen to our parents and to do everything they tell say us. We know how much they love us and they won't do anything to hurt us. One of these things concerns tattling on someone else who did something they shouldn't have done, because doing it wouldn't be a nice thing to do.But what happens when a relative, like Uncle Bob, starts doing something he shouldn't and tell us to keep it a secret even from our parents. This is what Suzy has to deal with in this brief story when he starts touching her in places she somehow feels is wrong; she becomes scared and doesn't want to get in trouble for tattling on her uncle to her parents.This creates a conflict in her young mind since her parents had also taught her that if something is bothering her she should come to them. When she tells her friend Lucy what's happening, Lucy's older brother tells Suzy to tell her parents and that she wouldn't get into trouble. Suzy follows his advice, tells her parents who respond by sitting down and talking to her about what Uncle Bob did to her.Inappropriate touching is a sensitive, everyday occurring issue which parents need to discuss with their young child, and this book serves as marvelous beginning from which this discuss can begin. The book then gives parents ideas as to how to go about doing this. For trying to help parents, especially first-time young parents, in dealing with this important, sensitive issue, there's no way I can't give Ms. Jackson 5 STARS for her endeavor here. Mrs. D., AuthorAwards2016 Reader's Favorite Five Stars2017 Silver Second Place Medal Literary Titan
Take your seat in the front row with the world’s preeminent fashion authority, Suzy Menkes, as she delves into her personal archive of diaries and behind-the-scenes snapshots to share insider-only experiences—replete with her signature sharp wit and analysis—spanning over 30 years and exclusively published here for the first time. In this first of two volumes, Suzy Menkes, the leading fashion commentator of her generation, provides exclusive entrée into the most intimate corners of the fashion world. A fashion editor for over 50 years, most notably for the Paris-based International Herald Tribune and Vogue International, Menkes’s catwalk commentary is legendary. Her strong, independent point of view and unique access to designers, models, and fashion moguls made her columns essential reading. But Menkes harbored a secret: she kept a personal diary—and took photographs—of her life in the fashion world from 1989 to 2019. Recording her many behind-the-scenes encounters with such notable names as Karl Lagerfeld, Kate Moss, André Leon Talley, Anna Wintour, Gwyneth Paltrow, Donatella Versace, Pharrell, Valentino, Alexander McQueen, Claudia Schiffer, Stella McCartney, and Rihanna, and featuring never-before-seen images from her personal archive, including the photograph that Karl Lagerfeld said captured his true character, in My Fashion Diaries: The Early Years, Menkes divulges fashion’s private moments and juiciest gossip, revealing the inner workings of a world mostly seen, until now, through polished runway shows and glossy magazine spreads.
Suzy Snake loves her garden home, with its flowers and shrubs and vegetable plants creating a perfect place for her to enjoy the sunshine and eat the many yummy pests that live there, too. Life is almost perfect until a new family moves into the house-a new family with two little girls who love to play outside, laughing and stomping about, completely unaware of Suzy's existence ... until one of them steps on Suzy's tail Chaos ensues, with Suzy hissing in shock and slithering away and the children screaming their heads off, terrified that there's a snake in the garden-though they're not nearly as terrified of Suzy as Suzy is of them. Luckily, Mom soon comes to the rescue-as moms generally do-and quickly realizes that Suzy is just a harmless garter snake. Now she just has to try to convince her nervous children that having a snake like Suzy in their garden is actually a good thing, and that sharing it with her is a better option than trying to keep it all for themselves.A colourfully entertaining and informative story for children (ages 4-10), Suzy Snake, Garden Explorer teaches young kids about one of nature's most misunderstood and feared animals, the snake, and the value of both protecting the natural world and sharing it peacefully with its non-human inhabitants ... even the creepy ones.
Suzy Snake loves her garden home, with its flowers and shrubs and vegetable plants creating a perfect place for her to enjoy the sunshine and eat the many yummy pests that live there, too. Life is almost perfect until a new family moves into the house-a new family with two little girls who love to play outside, laughing and stomping about, completely unaware of Suzy's existence ... until one of them steps on Suzy's tail Chaos ensues, with Suzy hissing in shock and slithering away and the children screaming their heads off, terrified that there's a snake in the garden-though they're not nearly as terrified of Suzy as Suzy is of them. Luckily, Mom soon comes to the rescue-as moms generally do-and quickly realizes that Suzy is just a harmless garter snake. Now she just has to try to convince her nervous children that having a snake like Suzy in their garden is actually a good thing, and that sharing it with her is a better option than trying to keep it all for themselves.A colourfully entertaining and informative story for children (ages 4-10), Suzy Snake, Garden Explorer teaches young kids about one of nature's most misunderstood and feared animals, the snake, and the value of both protecting the natural world and sharing it peacefully with its non-human inhabitants ... even the creepy ones.
Suzy is growing up fast in troubled times. Crops are failing, the world is starving, and a shadowy global elite appears to be behind it all. But when Suzy decides to spy on her peculiar next-door neighbour, she discovers a lot more than she bargained for.Is the turnip that lives in Mrs. Limpke's secret backyard chamber just another cruciferous vegetable, or is it something else entirely? Perhaps even the key to unlocking mysteries of time and space that can save the world? These questions lead Suzy on an odyssey of exploration-and self-discovery-that takes her not just to the other side of the world but into parallel dimensions where her sense of reality is shaken to its core.The mysterious turnip has powers that draw out Suzy's own hidden potential. Powers that put her and her magical charge in great danger from dark forces that tolerate no rivals and no interference with their nefarious plans. Years ago, Suzy's parents disappeared, and her aunt and uncle can only do so much to protect her. Caught up in the struggle, along with a team of other "special" teens and their mentors, Suzy begins to realize that the magic she discovers through the turnip might not just save the world, but also hold the key to understanding the true nature of reality.But how can Suzy unlock the secrets of time and space while dealing with all the awkward struggles of a young teen? Can her quest to understand herself and her place in this perilous world succeed in a universe that is weirder and harder to comprehend than she could ever have imagined?
Suzy is growing up fast in troubled times. Crops are failing, the world is starving, and a shadowy global elite appears to be behind it all. But when Suzy decides to spy on her peculiar next-door neighbour, she discovers a lot more than she bargained for.Is the turnip that lives in Mrs. Limpke's secret backyard chamber just another cruciferous vegetable, or is it something else entirely? Perhaps even the key to unlocking mysteries of time and space that can save the world? These questions lead Suzy on an odyssey of exploration-and self-discovery-that takes her not just to the other side of the world but into parallel dimensions where her sense of reality is shaken to its core.The mysterious turnip has powers that draw out Suzy's own hidden potential. Powers that put her and her magical charge in great danger from dark forces that tolerate no rivals and no interference with their nefarious plans. Years ago, Suzy's parents disappeared, and her aunt and uncle can only do so much to protect her. Caught up in the struggle, along with a team of other "special" teens and their mentors, Suzy begins to realize that the magic she discovers through the turnip might not just save the world, but also hold the key to understanding the true nature of reality.But how can Suzy unlock the secrets of time and space while dealing with all the awkward struggles of a young teen? Can her quest to understand herself and her place in this perilous world succeed in a universe that is weirder and harder to comprehend than she could ever have imagined?
10 Recipes...10 Coloring Pages. Color and cook, and customize your book. But, best of all, this book contains the ice cream base ingredients as well as conversion amounts so you can experiment with your own flavor profiles
Suzy was a mermaid. She was kidnapped by a pirate and taken to a far off land. She lived in the ocean near an island where a pirate lived. In her new place she made lots of friends with seahorses other mermaids and a handsome merman. She had some magical powers. which a fairy had given her and she was practicing using them . Sometimes she got the spell wrong and the fish started to swim upside down. They all wanted warning a before she started to practice. An amusing underwater tale with gorgeous pictures the children will love.
Suzy, the silly goose with a mind of her own, returns in a brand new read-aloud Christmas picture book.When Suzy Goose decides that the Christmas tree is missing a star, she sets off on a journey to fetch the shiny star in the sky. No matter how far she travels, she never reaches it. But when she finds herself back at the tree, everyone has a beautiful Christmas surprise!
