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In a true tale of a young girl in Iran and her grandmother, this beautiful ode to family celebrates small moments of love that become lifelong memories. In this big universe full of many moons, I have traveled and seen many wonders, but I have never loved anything or anyone the way I love my grandma. While Mina is growing up in Iran, the center of her world is her grandmother. Whether visiting friends next door, going to the mosque for midnight prayers...
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Klein's Inner Shaman guided her from a passive relationship with all things spiritual to an immersion into the metaphysical. This transformation began when she acknowledged her spiritual bankruptcy after her mother's transition and began a search for something to fill that void.
Little did she know, all the answers were within. But she needed a guide to discover, acknowledge and embrace many facets of the Self that she'd denied, didn't know or...
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A collection of thirteen Little Critter classic stories.
"A deluxe Little Critter hardcover collection featuring the original classic stories from Mercer Mayer! This deluxe 320-page Little Critter storybook includes the original classic Critter stories created by Mercer Mayer! Children ages three to seven will love the heartwarming stories in this hardcover collection! Featured stories include: Just For You, Just Me and My Dad, Just Me and My...
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"Every day, funeral director Caitlin Doughty receives dozens of questions about death. The best questions come from kids. What would happen to an astronaut's body if it were pushed out of a space shuttle? Do people poop when they die? Can Grandma have a Viking funeral?In Will My Cat Eat My Eyeballs?, Doughty blends her mortician's knowledge of the body and the intriguing history behind common misconceptions about corpses to offer factual, hilarious,...
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Nguyen kids volume 3
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The third book in the early chapter book series The Nguyen Kids features the youngest sibling, Jacob, and continues the series' exploration of social justice themes, specifically gender expression and identity, with a supernatural twist. BOOK 3: THE MYSTERY OF THE PAINTED FAN Excerpt: When I shut the door, I hold my painted fan. I breathe in and out. I wonder . . . will Grandma Noi help me? Thoughtful and creative, Jacob is tired of being the baby...
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This sunny, happy, and lovingly humorous story follows a child alligator, who lives in NYC, as he visits his grandma in her Florida home. "I love my grandma and grandma loves me," he says, as they visit the beach, and theme parks, and, best of all, walk and talk and enjoy each other's company. Everyone will find something in the story to remind them of their own relationships with beloved grandparents or grandchildren. With bouncing rhymes and colorful...
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"Known for her outstanding performances on The Good Wife and ER, Julianna Margulies now unleashes her sharp talent with a powerful debut memoir chronicling her life and her work, examining from within, her journey from chaos to calm. "When an actor is on a long running television show, especially when the writing is superb as was the case with The Good Wife, the character becomes a second skin; they grow as you grow, they change as you change. Being...
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"Hi, I'm Benny Blanco. I'm in a television show with my best friend Dave and I probably produced most of the songs you have heard on the radio from 2008 until now. When I was thirteen, my friend got a George Foreman Grill and it changed my life forever. We would invite friends over, get stoned, and make the most elaborate sandwiches our prepubescent minds could fathom. I became obsessed with food and cooking for friends. I know what you are going...
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"Alzheimer's disease is the most common type of dementia in the world. In 2019, about 5.8 million Americans were living with this disease. Alzheimer's is often called a "family disease" because watching a loved one's health decline can affect the entire family. Understanding this situation can be especially difficult for children. Why doesn't grandma remember my name? Why did grandpa have to move into a care home? This book will help young readers...
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"Bringing together dozens of voices in her distinctive style, Last Witnesses is Svetlana Alexievich's collection of the memories of those who were children during World War II. These men and women were both witnesses and sometimes soldiers as well, and their generation grew up with the trauma of the war deeply embedded in them--a trauma that would forever change the course of the Russian nation. This is a new version of the war we're so familiar with....
20) Abuelos
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Grandparents - The fifth book in the dazzling bestselling saga about family love. A tribute to the lifelong bond between grandparents and grandchildren. "My grandparents are around me in all different ways. I can feel them in the wind, and in the flight of the butterflies" Today I'm going to write a letter straight from the heart, hoping that words can explain what my grandparents mean to me. I'd like to capture on a piece of paper every afternoon...
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