Download or read book Grandpa You Forgot Your Pants written by Clarissa Fells Smith and published by Tate Publishing & Enterprises. This book was released on 2016-08-16 with total page 42 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: It can be one of the top real fears of today: memory loss. Just the thought of losing your mind can make you want to forget the idea of losing your mind. Did you know that millions of older people have some form of memory loss today even though it's not a normal part of aging? In this story, Janet knows something is not quite right with her grandad. She can't figure out why he went outside without his pants. Then she notices that he talks about his past life. Just when you thought that was too much, he can't even remember her! Grandpa, You Forgot Your Pants introduces children to memory in a way that leaves children asking more questions. Besides, there are so many grandparents caring for grandchildren, it was only a matter of time before this issue was brought to the forefront! You could literally take every page and discuss it over hot cocoa in front of the fireplace or at the dinner table with your family. Can children really be taught that older people who have memory loss still need love and value? This book opens much needed dialogue today for families, classrooms, churches, and communities around the world.
Download or read book Grandpa You Forgot Your Pants written by Clarissa Fells Smith and published by . This book was released on 2016-01-15 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is a Caregiving Kids Series Book. This book introduces to children to memory in a way that leaves them asking more questions. Children can be taught that older people with memory loss still need much love and value. Memory loss is one of the top fears of growing older today. Millions of people are suffering with dementia and Alzheimer's Disease, although it's not a normal part of aging. This book opens much needed dialogue today for families, classrooms, churches, and communities around the world.
Download or read book STORYTELLER written by M Teresa Clayton and published by Lulu.com. This book was released on 2010-09-28 with total page 162 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: M Teresa Clayton does it again with Storyteller, a compilation of short fictional stories. Storytellers have been reaching beyond the ordinary for ages - channeling stories from somewhere beyond our own reasoning. After the story is told the questions begin. What if we could see what it is that whispers our name? What if there is intelligent life inside a drop of rain? What if we could navigate time and space? These and other questions are asked within the stories told herein. A word of warning, the price of hearing the story is greater than the telling of it. RL Hodge provides dark imaginative images to compliment the stories therein.
Download or read book Not Forgotten written by George Lee Miller and published by Lulu.com. This book was released on 2019-11-12 with total page 308 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A boy in a Davy Crockett outfit discovers a dead woman in the San Antonio River. Her death is ruled accidental drowning. Two months later, the dead woman is forgotten by everyone but her mother. She's convinced it was murder and turns to former Marine and rookie private investigator Nick Fischer for justice. Nick follows the trail to the grandson of one of the richest oilmen in Texas, a dirty cop, and a popular local attorney running for governor. Somewhere in the mix lies a secret they will kill to keep. Anyone else would quit, but Nick made a promise to keep going until justice is served.
Download or read book Hold On Someone is on the Other Line written by Darmonica Alexander and published by Xlibris Corporation. This book was released on 2011-03-30 with total page 271 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The book is about all of my dreams that I had that never came true. This book will also give the inside track of what I learned about me in my life as I travel through the journey of life. People have always talked about the truth about their life, but what about the whole truth, the good, the bad and the ugly? I am just a normal and regular person who is not perfect in no form shape or fashion. This book is just an insight of my life with all of the encounters coming from a very large family. By coming from a large family today caused many problems for me because I did not realize exactly how poor I was until I began to attend college. Not saying that most of our family didn’t pull themselves out of their situations. Happiness came from the inside of your to come true. This book will show that I thought that it was the choices that I made, but in the end I found out that it wasn’t only the choice, but it was other individual choices, but it was the decision of my parents that turned my life upside down and on its head. From my experience, as a child growing up here in America in the 60’s and 70’s life was to have dreams in our small little heads about becoming a fireman, sports photographer, doctor, or even a player playing sports. As a child having dreams are the responsibility of the parents to every effort to make their child dreams come true and this will make them successful and most of all very happy with their accomplishments. See I love the game of football and other sports as well, such as baseball, basketball and track and field, but football was my favorite. The reason that I loved football was my most favorite. The reason it was my favorite because on the football field this was where the smaller player could get even with the bigger bullies who wanted to talk trash to some of the small players. While I played the game of football in the little Pop Warner Football League, I silence the bigger boys without talking trash. As this book unfolds you will find out that other people in my life and bad timing played a role in my unsuccessful dreams. Then you will find out that my life was not only my decision alone. But on the side of all of this I had a good life and I maintained to stay happiness. Now if I had not exposed my life to you, many people would never know the pain and hardship that I experienced in my life time. I am still the same Darmonica who you have know in the past who love sports and love lending a helping hand where it’s needed. For the love of life is to love yourself, help another and take the worst of life and make the best of it, and I did just that. Without my family and friends I would not be the person who I am NOW! That’s why I say, Hold on, someone is on the other line!
Download or read book Quilt of Souls written by Phyllis Biffle Elmore and published by Charlesbridge Publishing. This book was released on 2022-11-08 with total page 312 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Yellow House meets Hidden in Plain View in this multigenerational memoir that celebrates African American quilting, family, and honoring the past. At age four, Phyllis Biffle Elmore was plucked off her front porch in Detroit and dropped on her grandmother Lula Horn’s doorstep in rural Alabama. Phyllis felt utterly abandoned until Grandma Lula showed her both all-encompassing love and her intricate “Quilts of Souls.” Phyllis listened intently as Lula told epic stories of folks who had passed on as she turned their clothing into breathtaking quilts for their families. Grandma Lula’s generosity of spirit, strong will, and creative soul animate every page and through the quilts, she paints portraits of extraordinary Black women born before and after the Civil War. They are enslaved people, laundresses, storytellers, healers, and quilters whose stories have gone untold until now. Beautifully written and brilliantly told, Phyllis weaves back and forth through time, piecing together true tales of racism, sexism, and colorism, but also strength and pride, creating a multigenerational patchwork honoring her family and ancestors. From the lush visuals to the powerful history, Quilt of Souls is oral tradition written and preserved for posterity. “Like the women of Gee’s Bend, Alabama, who create masterpieces from cast-off fabrics, Phyllis Biffle Elmore in Quilt of Souls: A Memoir uses snippets of history and fragments of memories to craft a narrative that is a powerful and poignant read.” –Jessica B. Harris, New York Times best-selling author of High on the Hog "A fascinating read that unravels how storytellers are born and made, with the goal or retelling family history, culture, loves, losses, victories, and the tragedies of memoerable people, from cradle to grave." –Omar Tyree, best-selling author and NAACP Image Award winner
Download or read book The Lost Celt written by A. E. Conran and published by Goosebottom Books. This book was released on 2016-03-15 with total page 265 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Written in the voice of Mikey, a fourth-grader who believes that eating crunchy things will get your neurons to fire, The Lost Celt follows Mikey's adventures after a chance encounter with what he thinks is a time-traveling Celtic warrior. With the help of his best friend Kyler, and clues from his military history book, Mikey tracks down the stranger, and in the process learns about the power and obligations of friendship. Full of heart, The Lost Celt throws a gentle light on some of the issues facing our veterans and their families, but it's the humor and infectious camaraderie throughout this book that makes it so memorable.
Download or read book A Bowl Full of Ice Cream written by Ting Kuang Cheng and published by ARMOUR PUBLISHING PTE LTD. This book was released on 2011 with total page 90 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Rainbow Master written by James Garrett and published by iUniverse. This book was released on 2002-07-03 with total page 220 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Rainbow Master is a delicate and heart warming tale of a hidden world beyond our everyday senses. Where brightly colored rainbows exemplify the ultrimate love in the universe. A spectacular mosaic of adventure unfolds quite rapidly as our characters weave their way through episodes of everyday life and into this magical kingdom. They find themselves enlightened by the very nature of their own existence, and discover that each one of us is a wondrous world within ourselves. The storyteller brilliantly enchants the reader, with soft beautiful melodies intermingling throughout the book while guiding the characters toward ageless mysteries and fascinating self-realizations. You will find your emotions playfully entertaining, as the beat of your heart turns each page. The chapters are profoundly set in motion by this most powerful invisible influence. The storyline whimsically sweeps up the characters and accelerates them in the direction of a more positive understanding and a better tomorrow. The Rainbow Master calls out your name and beckons you to join in the journey. Beware! "Only an Open Heart," can gain you entry. You might find yourself viewing life in a different light as you reevaluate your priorities.
Download or read book The Back Porch written by and published by Jan Shinpaugh. This book was released on with total page 72 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Sons of Nels Swenson written by Jeanne Martz and published by iUniverse. This book was released on 2021-06-09 with total page 185 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: “The Sons of Nels Swenson” is a coming-of-age story of four young teens whose lives connect as they struggle to move into maturity. Mario Fontanini, grandson of the Swenson’s, is studious, computer savvy, small in stature, and has health issues not conducive to farm work, but he contributes to the business in many other ways. Hans Swenson, their son, is built for farm life, a sports enthusiast, and protector of Mario, and Lupita Morales, the migrant worker’s daughter. Bobby Bengtson lives on a small neighboring pig farm and prides himself with being the school bully, a pretty good liar, and a permanent fixture in the principal’s office. The relationship of these teenagers promises to be a heart rendering tale of social issues with their peers, domestic abuse, death, and first love as they make their way to becoming responsible adults.
Download or read book Cowboy in the Jungle written by Bill Trotter and published by Xlibris Corporation. This book was released on 2022-12-06 with total page 1005 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Trying to decide what you're going to do for the rest of your life is not an easy decision to make. But this is the quandry that Hank Stuart finds himself in. Motivated by 'do-gooder' tendencies, Hank who comes with an agricultural and ranching background, is concerned whether or not the world will be able feed itself over the next 30 - 40 years. With this motivation and these concerns Hank decides to leave his beloved family ranch in the Sandhills of Nebraska to search for answers and his individual purpose in life. Initially his departure leads him to Arizona State University with a goal in obtaining a Master's Degree in International Agriculture. Following graduation he departs for Central and South America visiting farms and ranches as well as meeting people from all sorts of various backgrounds. Two years later while living on a ranch in Paraguay, Hank is confronted by a decision where he must decide his purpose as it relates to the future of his family and ranch in Nebraska and to the agricultural dilemma confronting the world and the process of feeding the people of the world.
Download or read book He and Him written by Claude Britt, Jr. and published by Xlibris Corporation. This book was released on 2012-08 with total page 514 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: He and Him is an autobiography dealing with both psychology and archaeology in the author's life. He was born during the Great Depression. His parents were an Ohio .farmerette and a man from the Tennessee mountains who had become an alcoholic on moonshine whiskey. It was a dysfunctional family from the start. The mom soon developed very serious emotional problems apparently because she wasn't satisfied with the man whom she had married. When the author was a six-year-old boy she told him that she planned to take him and leave his dad. However, she did the exact opposite and had more kids. Upon adding more offspring to the household; the author, then seven years old, became the victim of terrible physical and emotional abuse, as well as complete neglect. From the age of seven the author had to essentially raise himself. He tried to avoid his parents as much as possible by spending his days in the fields and meadows by himself collecting butterflies, pretty rocks, and looking for prehistoric Indian arrowheads. After finding a few Indian arrowheads on farms in Ohio he started a collection of Indian arrowheads and other artifacts at a very young age. His collection eventually turned into a very renowned private museum as he got a little older. When the author was almost thirteen years old his parents quit farming and started operating their own country store in a different community. Chapter 3 in this book describes life in country stores in Ohio during the 1940s and 1950s. The author lived in such a country store environment until he turned eighteen and went away to college. He was the first of any of his relatives to ever go away to college. His mother furnished him money to attend college, but he did it completely on his own with absolutely no family encouragement or support to get a degree. From "the time that the author started getting educated his mom refused to ever call him by his given name. She only referred to him as either "He or Him." Others in the family soon became full of covetousness towards him because they perceived that he had advantages which they didn't have. Competitive jealousy of others in the household mounted, their believinq that they had to try to outdo the educated member of the family. A long, drawn-out, bitter family war against the author ensued. Disrespect for the author's higher education continued in later years by not only the third generation, but also by in-laws who didn't even know the author when he was in college! After receiving both a BS degree and an MA degree in geology, with a master's thesis dealing with archaeology of Archaic Indian sites near his hometown, the author took a temporary summer job as a national park ranger at Canyon de Chelly National Monument at Chinle, Arizona. Canyon de Chelly is located in the center of the vast Navajo Indian Reservation. Getting to live and work in such a beautiful natural area was like a dream come true. That first summers work at Canyon de Chelly motivated the author to eventually work as a seasonal park ranger in six other national parks and monuments. After working at Canyon de Chelly for one summer , the author ended up going back to Arizona where he lived for ten more years. He married a woman in Kansas who he hardly even knew, then he went to the University of Arizona where he spent two years working towards a PhD degree. After that, he and his wife spent eight more years back on the Navajo Indian Reservation. During those years on the reservation he taught Navajo Indian children on a substitute teaching certificate. It was a full-time job in the winter. Almost all of his students were Navajo Indians. He taught all grade levels from kindergarten through high school. Chapters 6, 7, and 8 of this book are devoted to stories about life in remote areas of the reservation in the 1960s and 1970s. At that time the author's doctor and grocery stores were 145 miles from where he lived. There we
Download or read book The Vulnerable Heart of Literacy written by Elizabeth Dutro and published by Teachers College Press. This book was released on 2019 with total page 145 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: What is trauma and what does it mean for the literacy curriculum? In this book, elementary teachers will learn how to approach difficult experiences through the everyday instruction and interactions in their classrooms. Readers will look inside classrooms and literacies across genres to see what can unfold when teachers are committed to compassionate, critical, and relational practice. Weaving her own challenging experiences into chapters brimming with children’s writing and voices, Dutro emphasizes that issues of power and privilege matter centrally to how attention to trauma positions children. The book includes questions and prompts for discussion, reflection, and practice and describes pedagogies and strategies designed to provide opportunities for children to bring the varied experiences of life, including trauma, to their school literacies in positive, meaningful, and supported ways. “This stunning book about trauma interrogates the very notion. Dutro excels at interweaving her stories with those of teachers and students and at challenging readers to find their way into the fabric. I recommend this book to teachers so that they might accept her challenge to explore and understand the importance of both witnessing and testimony in relation to trauma in literacy curriculum and pedagogy.” —Mollie Blackburn, The Ohio State University
Download or read book Bawling Sugar Soul written by M.E. Purfield and published by trash books. This book was released on with total page 176 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: How do you prove your innocence when you can’t even prove it to yourself? Psychic Miki Radicci is turning one year older and it’s time to celebrate. One club, a lot of drinks, a cute guy, and a perfect end. The next morning, Miki wakes up to find the guy dead in her bed. The police arrest Miki for murder. As far as she can remember - through her psychic visions - she was the one who killed him. Or is the psychic ability she totally trusts failing her? Join the many blown-away readers of this twisting urban fantasy about a girl against the wall willing to risk anything to break out.
Download or read book Lost written by Johnathon Loughry and published by Archway Publishing. This book was released on 2023-05-01 with total page 131 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is a true story. It has been a ridiculous life since the early eighties. It involves true love, pain beyond what most would endure. And an innocent Kid that destroys all He comes in contact with it seems.
Download or read book Memories of Yesteryears written by Carolyn Hambrick Hatcher and published by Xlibris Corporation. This book was released on 2010-10-26 with total page 74 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The early morning rain had stopped and a cool mist shrouded the lonesome mountainside. The smell was fresh and invigorating to me as I stood beside the old hickory tree with its new leaves, an iridescent bright green, glowing against the dreary gray sky. I stood quietly and watched a lone eagle soar above, looking for an unsuspecting prey hidden in the overgrown weeds in the long neglected fields. I had stayed away too long, now, I wanted to return to the source of my childhood.
