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As parents, we strive to help our kids grow into their full potential. We help them with their homework, get them involved in planned activities, and invest for their college education.
But while we may plan for their success, we can overlook a vital part of their personal development: Nurturing and encouraging a solid foundation of faith.
It can be easy to assume our children are growing spiritually in church youth groups and programs. Yet it's vital...
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At least 30-35% of the adult population is currently living the single life. In the Old Testament there was a clear stigma to being an adult single, this was to be avoided at almost any cost. The perception was that happiness and God's blessing could not be found outside of marriage and children. While marriage is still God's plan for the majority, He does call some to live a single life temporarily or permanently. It is not because God "has it out"...
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This book may be used by teachers or given as gifts to children. Anyone who knows these common folk tunes will be able to sing the songs immediately. If you do not know any of the tunes, you can find them on the internet. If you use this book to teach children's Bible classes, you will find that sometimes one song will cover your entire series, such as the life of Moses or of Paul. You will be pleased to know that the converts mentioned by name in...
845) "Why are all the Black kids sitting together in the cafeteria?" and other conversations about race
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"The classic, bestselling book on the psychology of racism-now fully revised and updated Walk into any racially mixed high school and you will see Black, White, and Latino youth clustered in their own groups. Is this self-segregation a problem to address or a coping strategy? Beverly Daniel Tatum, a renowned authority on the psychology of racism, argues that straight talk about our racial identities is essential if we are serious about enabling...
846) A Cinderella story
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c2004
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Full screen ed.
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High school senior Sam lives at the beck and call of her self-obsessed step-mother Fiona and her wicked step-sisters. With her sights set on attending Princeton, Sam finds her less-than-sparkling social life wonderfully complicated when she meets her Prince Charming online. But when her cyber soul mate turns out to be her high school's ultra-popular quarterback Austin, Sam makes a mad dash back to reality. Fearing rejection if her secret is revealed,...
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From L.A. Times columnist and ESPN Around the Horn panelist Bill Plaschke, a story of tragedy, triumph, and the remarkable power of high school football in one small California town
On November 8, 2018, the Camp Fire ravaged the town of Paradise, California. The fire, which burned up to 80 acres per minute, killed 86 people, and nearly every building and home in the town was reduced to ashes. In a single day, Paradise, a proud working-class town...
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2007
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With Princess Asula hot on their tails, the kids travel deep into the Earth Kingdom in search of an Earthbending master for Aang. There they encounter an Earthbending tournament, a tank-train full of giant lizards, and a library buried deep underground. To top it off, Appa is captured!
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An extraordinary, literary memoir from a gay white South African, coming of age at the end of apartheid in the late 1970s.
Glen Retief's childhood was at once recognizably ordinary--and brutally unusual. Raised in the middle of a game preserve where his father worked, Retief's warm nuclear family was a preserve of its own, against chaotic forces just outside its borders: a childhood friend whose uncle led a death squad, while his cultured grandfather...
850) Betty before X
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Raised by her aunt until she is six, Betty, who will later marry Malcolm X, joins her mother and stepfamily in 1940s Detroit, where she learns about the civil rights movement.
851) Shadowhouse fall
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Shadowshaper cypher volume 2
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In addition to the ordinary problems of a Puerto Rican teenager in Brooklyn, Sierra Santiago is working on developing her shadowshaping skills, and she is beginning to think she may need all the skill she can summon because it seems that when she channeled hundreds of spirits through herself in order to defeat Wick she woke up something very powerful and very unfriendly and put her family and friends at risk.
852) Laugh out loud
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Imaginative middle schooler Jimmy follows his dream to start a unique book company while he is still a child.
853) Souris!
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[2011]
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The author relates, in graphic format, her experiences after she injured her two front teeth and had to have surgeries and wear embarrassing braces and headgear, all while also dealing with the trials and tribulations of middle school.
855) Montessori Method
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Looking for an innovative and effective way to educate your child? Look no further than "Montessori Method" audiobook!
Here are some of the key benefits and features of this groundbreaking resource:
Comprehensive approach: "Montessori Method" presents a holistic approach to learning, covering the entire spectrum from birth to adulthood. This means that you can use these techniques to support your child's growth and development at every stage of...
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A brother of an autistic child profiled in the trilogy that began with A Boy Called Noah describes the challenges he faced growing up in his brother's shadow, in an account that interweaves the social history of autism and its related research with the author's sideline experiences in childhood and adulthood.
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"In this jaw-dropping, darkly comedic memoir, a young woman comes of age in a dysfunctional Asian family whose members blamed their woes on ghosts and demons when in fact they should have been on anti-psychotic meds. Lindsay Wong grew up with a paranoid schizophrenic grandmother and a mother who was deeply afraid of the "woo-woo"--Chinese ghosts who come to visit in times of personal turmoil. From a young age, she witnessed the woo-woo's sinister...
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Magical reality of Nadia volume 2
Pub. Date
2021.
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First edition.
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"Nadia loves fun facts. Here are a few about her. There was a magical--and hilarious--ancient Egyptian teacher named Titi trapped in her hippo amulet until she freed him last fall. Her school is choosing a new mascot and her idea is totally going to win. She's going to kick butt writing for the school newspaper this term--maybe. A couple of weeks in, the newspaper is a big mess. The mascot contest is mayhem, too ... Then Nadia and Titi discover that...
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Giving your child a quality education experience for a life of happiness and purpose is possible, and it only takes four hours a day or less!
We want our kids to have the best education, but less-than-ideal school environments and concern about our kids' specific needs have parents uncertain about traditional schooling. Trusted homeschool expert with 25 years of experience homeschooling her own eight children, Durenda Wilson offers a better way and...
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A book to help you unlock the power of the mind-body connection that's essential for achieving your peak figure skating performance.
Perfect for skaters of all ages, as well as their parents and coaches, Embodied Confidence: 30 Days of Radical Mindset Shifts for Figure Skaters, is designed to help you unlock the power of the mind-body connection that's required to access your peak performance potential.
You'll learn to notice the mindsets that prevent...
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