Download or read book Lola at the Library written by Anna McQuinn and published by Charlesbridge. This book was released on 2013-01-07 with total page 28 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Lola has a big smile on her face. Why? Because it's Tuesday--and on Tuesdays, Lola and her mommy go to the library. Join Lola in this cozy celebration of books and the people who love them.

Download or read book The Therapist s Notebook for Children and Adolescents written by Catherine Ford Sori and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2015-07-24 with total page 387 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In The Therapist's Notebook for Children and Adolescents, 2nd ed, you'll find the most powerful tools available for aiding children with their feelings, incorporating play techniques into therapy, encouraging appropriate parental involvement in family sessions, and providing group therapy to children. This ready reference is divided into ten thoughtfully planned sections to make it easy to find the right activity, handout, or intervention for the problem at hand, whether you’re looking for creative ideas, running a children’s group, putting interventions into practice in the classroom, or looking for ways to increase parental and familial involvement. Instructions for the activities are clearly explained and highlighted with case examples and many illustrations. Chapters are by leading experts, including Eliana Gil, Risë VanFleet, Liana Lowenstein, Howard Rosenthal, and Volker Thomas, and explore strategies for treating children both individually and in a family context. With more than 60% new material, this expanded version delves into the latest research and thinking on family play therapy and addresses many pertinent issues of our time, including bullying, suicidal ideation, ADHD, autism, adolescents and sex, and cultural issues. It’s a must-have arsenal for both novice and experienced professionals in family therapy, play therapy, psychology, psychiatry, counseling, education, nursing, and related fields.

Download or read book Losing Lola written by Shannon Eilers and published by AuthorHouse. This book was released on 2010-03-30 with total page 142 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Set in a rural town in Texas, Losing Lola is a memoir of losing a mother to brain cancer. While Lola was dying, her daughter Shannon struggled with the reality at hand while battling mental illness and a drug addiction. As Shannon tried to cope with Lola's impending death she was also dealing with a marriage in shambles. Shannon was suicidal and her husband was not supportive, but pushed her over the edge. Lola's mother also died of brain cancer which influenced Lola's decision to not treat the cancer in any way. Lola's mother fought her brain cancer and lived in a nursing home mute and unable to walk. Lola did not want to die like her mother. Suffering for three years. After Lola died Shannon's drug use increased. She used LSD, crack, marijuana and cocaine. Marijuana was used daily during her mother's illness and after her death. Divorce came next as Shannon retreated to Germany to be with her high school sweetheart. A passionate love affair began and Shannon married Roger at a quiet ceremony at the Austin courthouse. Shannon continued to live with mental illness and drug abuse. Roger demanded that Shannon go to rehab. After six months in rehab Shannon relapsed many times until Roger had hired a divorce attorney and had found an apartment to move into. Devastated, Shannon stopped using drugs and learned how to be a good wife and mother. Ten years after her mother's death, Shannon and Roger have a happy life with two wonderful boys. A story of sadness and illegal behavior ends in joy and a new understanding of life.

Download or read book Lola Gets a Cat written by Anna McQuinn and published by Charlesbridge Publishing. This book was released on 2017-02-14 with total page 32 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Lola wants a cat, but Mommy says taking care of a pet is a lot of work. So Lola does her homework. At the library she finds books about cats and pet care and she and Mommy learn as much as they can. She pretends her stuffed kitty is real and practices taking care of it. When the time comes, Lola is allowed to pick out her new friend at an animal shelter. With patience and care, her kitten settles in at home. Lola is a book-loving favorite, and this delightful story is a new treasure in the series. "This sweet story of first-time pet ownership is sure to appeal to young animal lovers of all kinds and especially to feline fanciers"—Kirkus Reviews "A solid introduction to pet ownership, probably best shared one-on-one"—School Library Journal

Download or read book The Private Diaries of Lola Jones and Perry Martin written by Stark Hunter and published by Xlibris Corporation. This book was released on 2006-04 with total page 202 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Private Diaries of Lola Jones and Perry Martin represents Stark Hunter's fourth published opus. His three other published works include the novel, In-A-Gadda-Da-Vida (2002), his poetry collection, Carnivorous Avenues (2004) and an allegorical novel, Flies (2005). He has been a teacher of language arts in southern California for the past 26 years. Pictured is Mr. Hunter back in the 1970's when wrote Private Diaries.

Download or read book The Lola D rez S T E M Mysteries written by A.M. Gonzalez and published by Christian Faith Publishing, Inc.. This book was released on 2022-08-01 with total page 184 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: About the Book Series This book series for teens and tweens is designed to raise awareness of the physical and chemical world around them and the direct connections they have to it. Presented in a fictional story format, concepts that seem boring and irrelevant to young readers are presented in the familiar context of a fictional teenager's life. More topics and themes can be presented in this format than there are elements in the periodic table! About the Phantom Vandals Mystery A visit to the high school that Lola Derez and her friend Zendeeka will be attending in the fall turns into a nightmare. Lola catches two intruders vandalizing campus--but she is the only witness! When she becomes the prime suspect to the crime, she vows to prove her innocence using logic and some chemistry she learned at home. But can Lola be resourceful and bold enough to convince her family and friends--and the police--that she didn't do it? About the Friendly Enemies Mystery The start of summer is a time of celebration for Lola Derez and her family. This year is extra special: her grandparents are making a rare visit. But an unexplained accident at the Recycling Center where Lola's dad works sparks a drastic change in some familiar people. They set in motion a string of events that puts an entire neighborhood in danger--including Lola and her family! Curiosity and quick thinking help her discover a plot of revenge. But can Lola act in time to stop a sinister attack on innocent people?

Download or read book The The Lola D rez S T E M Mysteries Book 2 written by A.M. Gonzalez and published by Christian Faith Publishing, Inc.. This book was released on 2024-06-24 with total page 225 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Episode 3: The Cave Island Menace Needing a break from the city's midsummer heat wave, Lola Derez and her family travel to a National Park for their first camping experience. But the peaceful weekend is ruined when the natural environment becomes a dangerous menace to a group of campers! Lola has to choose whether or not to be selfless and take risks she's never taken before. Can she remember what she learned about rocks and minerals in time to save a helpless family from a horrible tragedy on Cave Island? Episode 4: The Ghost-Horse Rescue Lola Derez is invited to visit the O'Connor family she tried to help on Cave Island. Lola arrives to a strange world of horse ranches, pickup trucks, and strange accents. Things in the country town of Porkoopsie are completely different from Ciudad City! And she learns that her "friend" Becky O'Connor is out of town, so...who invited Lola? When she discovers a group of ranchers stealing horses, they decide Lola must be stopped before she tells on them. Lola has to figure out whom to trust for help. Will the angry ranchers capture Lola, or will she find the town's sheriff in time to rescue the stolen animals...and save herself?

Download or read book Last But Not Least Lola and the Wild Chicken written by Christine Pakkala and published by Astra Publishing House. This book was released on 2015-10-06 with total page 234 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Lola doesn't want to share her on-again, off-again best friend Amanda with Jessie (who seems to be around all the time)—much less with the new girl Savannah. But when the four girls embark on a school field trip to a local farm, a crazy encounter with a wild chicken may be just what's needed to steer them all toward one another. Young readers will find this latest caper starring loveable Lola hilarious and heartfelt.

Download or read book Lola Reads to Leo written by Anna McQuinn and published by Charlesbridge. This book was released on 2013-11-14 with total page 32 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Join Lola as she learns what it means to be a big sister, in the third installment in the loveable Lola series. We all know how much Lola loves books, so it is no surprise that she can’t wait to share her love of reading with her new baby brother, Leo. Lola gets ready for little Leo’s arrival by reading books about brothers and sisters and picking out the perfect stories that she just knows her little brother will love. When the baby is finally here, Lola takes on the role of big sister—she helps her mommy and daddy around the house and tells Leo stories to cheer him up when he cries. Simple text and bright and charming illustrations celebrate family, reading, and what it means to be a big sister.

Download or read book written by Sara Samarasinghe and published by AuthorHouse. This book was released on 2006-10-01 with total page 254 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Wealthy Lola Selina has just been released into the world for the first time ever after being ensconced in a mansion for thirteen years. She is sent off to a boarding school called Dalaina, and here she has to face the cliques, enemies, and troubles of friendships. From the moment Lola embarks upon the airplane journeying to her new school, Lola knows that leaving home is a bad idea. She worries about making friends, and being freshly exposed to the real world's terrors. She instantly makes a best friend, Monique Surls, and a fresh foe, Tiffany Remina, who soon become a great element of her life. Lola is easily contented with her new lifestyle, but soon an incident turns things around, and Tiffany and Monique's somewhat shady pasts are revealed. Once Lola came along, the bond linking Tiffany and Monique was broken, but they become closer again, and Lola is left painfully alone, with tension reaching its pinnacle. However, Lola will learn how to live with the problems in life, and how she can improve their conditions. Things may change again for the worse, but can she adapt once again? Lola has yet to find out through a whirlwind of hidden wonders.

Download or read book Lola Levine Is Not Mean written by Monica Brown and published by Little, Brown Books for Young Readers. This book was released on 2015-11-03 with total page 62 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Lola Levine likes writing in her diario, sipping her mom's cafe con leche, eating her dad's matzo ball soup, and playing soccer with her team, the Orange Smoothies. So what if she doesn't always fit in? Lola is fierce on the field, but when a soccer game during recess gets too competitive, she accidentally hurts her classmate Juan Gomez. Now everyone is calling her Mean Lola Levine! Lola feels terrible, but with the help of her family, her super best friend, Josh Blot, and a little "pencil power," she just might be able to turn it all around. In this first book in a series, young readers will be inspired by Lola's big heart and creative spirit as she learns to navigate the second grade in true Lola style!

Download or read book Love Lucas written by Chantele Sedgwick and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2015-05-05 with total page 223 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A 2015 Whitney Award Nominee! A powerful story of loss, second chances, and first love, reminiscent of Sarah Dessen and John Green. When Oakley Nelson loses her older brother, Lucas, to cancer, she thinks she’ll never recover. Between her parents’ arguing and the battle she’s fighting with depression, she feels nothing inside but a hollow emptiness. When Mom suggests they spend a few months in California with Aunt Jo, Oakley isn’t sure a change of scenery will alter anything, but she’s willing to give it a try. In California, Oakley discovers a sort of safety and freedom in Aunt Jo’s beach house. Once they’re settled, Mom hands her a notebook full of letters addressed to her—from Lucas. As Oakley reads one each day, she realizes how much he loved her, and each letter challenges her to be better and to continue to enjoy her life. He wants her to move on. If only it were that easy. But then a surfer named Carson comes into her life, and Oakley is blindsided. He makes her feel again. As she lets him in, she is surprised by how much she cares for him, and that’s when things get complicated. How can she fall in love and be happy when Lucas never got the chance to do those very same things? With her brother’s dying words as guidance, Oakley knows she must learn to listen and trust again. But will she have to leave the past behind to find happiness in the future? Sky Pony Press, with our Good Books, Racehorse and Arcade imprints, is proud to publish a broad range of books for young readers—picture books for small children, chapter books, books for middle grade readers, and novels for young adults. Our list includes bestsellers for children who love to play Minecraft; stories told with LEGO bricks; books that teach lessons about tolerance, patience, and the environment, and much more. While not every title we publish becomes a New York Times bestseller or a national bestseller, we are committed to books on subjects that are sometimes overlooked and to authors whose work might not otherwise find a home.

Download or read book Local Shakespeares written by Martin Orkin and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2007-05-07 with total page 231 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book shows how 'local', 'non-metropolitan' knowledges and experiences might extend our understanding of various aspects of Shakespeare's plays, using as a particular example the presentation of masculinity in the late plays.

Download or read book Threads written by Ami Polonsky and published by Little, Brown Books for Young Readers. This book was released on 2016-11-04 with total page 220 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Don’t miss Ami Polonsky’s stunning new novel, World Made of Glass To Whom It May Concern: Please, we need help! The day twelve-year-old Clara finds a desperate note in a purse in Bellman's department store, she is still reeling from the death of her adopted sister, Lola. By that day, thirteen-year-old Yuming has lost hope that the note she stashed in the purse will ever be found. She may be stuck sewing in the pale pink factory outside of Beijing forever. Clara grows more and more convinced that she was meant to find Yuming's note. Lola would have wanted her to do something about it. But how can Clara talk her parents, who are also in mourning, into going on a trip to China? Finally the time comes when Yuming weighs the options, measures the risk, and attempts a daring escape. The lives of two girls -- one American, and one Chinese -- intersect like two soaring kites in this story about loss, hope, and recovery.

Download or read book Death By Chick Lit written by Lynn Harris and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2007-06-05 with total page 232 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: These days, it seems no one Lola knows can write a letter to the editor without having it optioned for a major motion picture. Sure, Lola thinks, I have a great geek-hottie husband and a cool apartment in “up and coming” Brooklyn—but just once, can’t I write some random article and have Jodie Foster call me for the film rights? Or jeez, okay, Minnie Driver. Just something? Then one night at a swanky book party, Lola finds her author friend Mimi McKee dead in the basement, throat slashed with a broken martini glass. And when the bodies of It-Girl writers begin to pile up, Lola starts asking dangerous questions: Are the murders connected? Am I next? If not, um, why not? If I solve the mystery, then will my agent remember my name? As Lola digs deeper, the stakes grow higher. Will getting her hands on the killer—and the book deal bound to follow—mean losing the people she loves most?

Download or read book The Other Lola written by Ripley Jones and published by Wednesday Books. This book was released on 2024-03-12 with total page 231 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The sequel to Ripley Jones's unforgettable YA thriller Missing Clarissa, The Other Lola is about what happens when the people you love the most are the people you can trust the least. In the months after Cam and Blair broke their small hometown’s legendary missing-girl story and catapulted to accidental fame, they vowed never to do it again. No more mysteries, no more podcasts, and no more sticking their heads where they don’t belong. Until Mattie Brosillard, a freshman at their high school, shows up on their doorstep, begging Cam and Blair for help. Mattie's sister Lola disappeared mysteriously five years ago. No trace of her was ever found. Now, she's back--but Mattie is convinced the girl who returned is an impostor. Nobody believes Mattie's wild story--not Mattie's brother, not Mattie's mother, and not even Cam and Blair. But something is definitely wrong in the Brosillard family. And Blair has her own reasons for wanting to know what really happened to Lola while she was gone. With Cam and Blair still struggling with the aftermath of their first mystery—and with new secrets swirling between them—the stakes are higher than ever in this can’t-miss sequel to Missing Clarissa.

Download or read book The Magical Imperfect written by Chris Baron and published by Feiwel & Friends. This book was released on 2021-06-15 with total page 336 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Highly recommended... Perfect for readers of Wonder and Erin Entrada Kelly's Hello, Universe."— Booklist magazine, starred review Etan has stopped speaking since his mother left. His father and grandfather don’t know how to help him. His friends have given up on him. When Etan is asked to deliver a grocery order to the outskirts of town, he realizes he’s at the home of Malia Agbayani, also known as the Creature. Malia stopped going to school when her acute eczema spread to her face, and the bullying became too much. As the two become friends, other kids tease Etan for knowing the Creature. But he believes he might have a cure for Malia’s condition, if only he can convince his family and hers to believe it too. Even if it works, will these two outcasts find where they fit in?