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The culture of China is rich with marvelous folklore and legendry that has informed its tale telling from the era of oral storytelling up through the current age of the written word. “Chinese Myths and Folk Tales” draws on that magnificent repository of lore, featuring more than 200 fables and folk tales drawn from Strange Stories from a Chinese Studio and other classic compendiums of traditional tales. Here are stories of ancient demons, strange...
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From visiting Santa's home in Lapland to spotting penguins in Patagonia or touring temples in Laos, this book makes family travel easier. Our team of parent-authors provides ideas and advice for every aspect of travelling with junior adventurers, giving parents the tools and the confidence to plan the trip of a lifetime in more than 80 countries around the world. • Hundreds of fun travel ideas for children of all ages • Information and advice...
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How Far Will You Go? Priorities change, new routines are adopted - but here at Lonely Planet we don't believe imaginative holidays have to end when kids arrive. So welcome to our first supplement specifically aimed at those who want to introduce the delights of world exploration to their children. The guide draws on our new Travel with Children book - 224 pages of inspiration and advice, whether you're looking for simple new ideas in familiar destinations...
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From the collective wisdom of more than two dozen experts, the Southeast Psych's Guide for Imperfect Parents is full of practical advice for parents of kids at all ages and stages.
The authors are all psychologists, licensed professional counselors, licensed clinical social workers, or other mental health professionals, who write in first-person and share personal stories that engage the reader. Drawing from their personal and professional experience,...
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Des histoires pour célébrer la présence extraordinaire de nos soeurs dans notre vie et dans notre coeur.
Que vous soyez la cadette qui admire sa soeur plus âgée, l'aînée de la famille qui laisse sa jeune soeur l'accompagner, ou le frère qui apprend rapidement qu'une soeur peut se battre aussi bien qu'un garçon, ce livre révèle le rle spécial que tiennent les soeurs dans notre vie. Avec humour et perspicacité, chacune des histoires relate...
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Every family has a rainbow sheep! These are some of their stories. The premiere publication in Qommunicate Media's LGBTQ+ True Stories Anthology Series features stories and poems by children of gay dads and lesbian moms, transgender fathers and children, queer aunts and uncles, and others about life in their families - all "straight" from the rainbow sheeps' mouths.
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More than a decade after the New York Times bestselling anthology The Bitch in the House spoke up loud and clear for a generation of young women, nine of the original contributors are back-along with sixteen captivating new voices-sharing their ruminations from an older, stronger, and wiser perspective about love, sex, work, family, independence, body image, health, and aging: the critical flash points of women's lives today
"Born out of anger,"...
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Giving Thanks! Join Mariana, various children and Spot in deciding what they are thankful for. Enjoy poems featuring what food animals are grateful to eat. Explore a traditional Thanksgiving feast with a fun light story about a girl who wants to have an authentic Pilgrim meal. Stories by Highlights for Children, Leslie Kimmelman, Laura Goering, Marianne Mitchell, and Marileta Robinson.
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Activities are better together! There are so many fun things to do. How will you spend your day? Enjoy a poem about a visit from Grandma. Then read about animals all having fun on a teeter-totter. Then Tex and Indi go to an art museum and find inspiration. Stories by Lissa Rovetch, Vijaya Bodach, Sherry Shahan, and Eileen Spinelli.
31) Bathroom
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It's time to go to the bathroom, again. If you're looking for a book to help with potty training or a way to build a curious child's vocabulary, check out BATHROOM. Featuring 24 full color images of objects typically found in a bathroom, each with a title beneath, young children learn the words from the things they see every day. Used as a jumpstart for interaction, Discover Series Picture Books are a great way to introduce new images, words and concepts...
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The stories and poetry in this volume were written by authors between the ages of 11 and 13 and selected for publication in Stone Soup magazine. Since its beginning in 1973, Stone Soup has published art, poetry, and short fiction springing from the imaginations of young writers and artists. For the under-14s, family-or the lack of it-is not only at the center of their world, for the most part, family is their world.
In this collection, we encounter...
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Die Vorfreude auf den lang ersehnten Urlaub ist groß. Umso größer ist die Enttäuschung, wenn die Reise vorzeitig abgebrochen werden muss, das Gepäck abhandenkommt oder im Ausland eine medizinische Notsituation eintritt. Gut, wer für den Ernstfall vorsorgt und auf Reisen mit Reisekrankenversicherung, Reiserücktrittsversicherung und Co. für einen ausreichenden Versicherungsschutz sorgt.
Die Versicherer bieten zahlreiche Policen an, die Versicherungsschutz...
36) Vice Versa
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Vice Versa by Vera Veryovkina is a book that follows the lives of a group of connected people as they live, work, interact, love, and generally cope with the world they are familiar with. Their lives are similar enough to ours to be recognisable to most of us and yet different in many ways. Whether that difference is good or bad is perhaps for you to decide.
37) Babies
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Discover Series Books for Babies,Toddlers Who's a pretty baby? Babies and toddlers love looking at other babies. In this charming collection of photos of babies, children will delight in seeing babies in costume and going about their daily routines. Used as a jumpstart for interaction, Discover Series Picture Books are a great way to introduce other babies, words and concepts to kids. The Discover Series Books feature a large photo and a word or two...
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It is a complex time to be a parent. Our climate is in crisis, and economic inequality is deepening. Racialized violence is spreading, and school shootings are escalating. How do we, as parents, cultivate in our children a love of the earth, a cry for justice, and a commitment to nonviolence? Where do we place our bodies, so we teach our kids, that resistance is, crucial and change is possible? What practices do we hold as a family to encourage them...
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Los textos de Ejercer la medicina: enfoque práctico. Sobrevivir al año rural proponen conductas médicas sustentadas en la evidencia y la experiencia para abordar patologías de alta prevalencia en el contexto de las áreas rurales o de escasos recursos en Colombia. Incluyen además de las recomendaciones prácticas para el diagnóstico y tratamiento inicial de diversas situaciones clínicas, aspectos como la identificación oportuna de factores...
40) Babies / Bebés
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A Novel that Stood the Test of Time"But I do know that about ten times as many people find their lives dull, and unnecessarily dull, as ever admit it; and I do believe that if we busted out and admitted it sometimes, instead of being nice and patient and loyal for sixty years, and then nice and patient and dead for the rest of eternity, why, maybe, possibly, we might make life more fun." - Sinclair Lewis, Babbitt. Although it was first published in...
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