Download or read book Simply Mae written by Kyle Fiorelli and published by . This book was released on 2019-01-14 with total page 24 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Mae is a special little girl that travels the world through her vibrant imagination. Share in her adventures each day as she shares something extraordinary! With colorful illustrations and a great story, this is sure to be a family favorite!"Mae is a little girl with cerebral palsy. She needs a walker to move around. She calls her walker Wendy. Although she needs Wendy to help her walk, Mae doesn't need anyone to help her spirit fly with her wonderful imagination. She is like any other child: she can fly through space, ride a pirate ship, be a secret agent, tame the lions at the circus. All with Wendy in tow, not to help her, but as a friend. Imagination is a wonderful gift for anyone, child or adult. Imagination is the power to overcome the difficulties of real life, whether these difficulties are physical disabilities like cerebral palsy, or difficulties dealing with life and people in general. Mae has a powerful imagination; it is a great gift. She also has the ability to realize when imagination isn't needed. She honors herself for who she is. Mae is, after all, simply Mae. Kyle Fiorelli's picture book story, Simply Mae, is a beautiful way to create a world full of wonderful possibilities, not only for a child with disabilities, but any child. The story is told in rhyming verse, with a rhyme and an imaginative adventure for every day. Except Sunday. On Sunday, Mae is simply Mae. And what a wonderful thing it is to be simply oneself. The colorful illustrations are spectacular and help lead the story along. On each day, on each imaginative adventure, Wendy, Mae's trusty walker, is there with her, but not in the sense of helping her. The girl holds Wendy like a treasured trophy. A powerful story that is sweet and charming." 5 Stars, Readers Favorite

Download or read book Air written by Geoff Ryman and published by Macmillan + ORM. This book was released on 2004-10-01 with total page 506 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Chung Mae is the only connection her small farming village has to culture of a wider world beyond the fields and simple houses of her village. A new communications technology is sweeping the world and promises to connect everyone, everywhere without power lines, computers, or machines. This technology is Air. An initial testing of Air goes disastrously wrong and people are killed from the shock. Not to be stopped Air is arriving with or without the blessing of Mae's village. Mae is the only one who knows how to harness Air and ready her people for it's arrival, but will they listen before it's too late?

Download or read book Simply Woman written by Crystal Andrus Morissette and published by Simply Woman Publishing. This book was released on 2018-04-16 with total page 259 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Travels with Mae written by Eileen Julien and published by Indiana University Press. This book was released on 2009 with total page 145 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: With a series of lyrical vignettes Eileen M. Julien traces her life as an African American woman growing up in middle-class New Orleans in the 1950s and 1960s. Julien's narratives focus on her relationship with her mother, family, community, and the city itself, while touching upon life after the devastation of Hurricane Katrina in 2005. Haunted by a colonial past associated with African presence, racial mixing, and suspect rituals, New Orleans has served the national imagination as a place of exoticism where objectionable people and unsavory practices can be found. The destruction of Hurricane Katrina and its aftermath revealed New Orleans' deep poverty and marginalized population, and brought a media storm that perpetuated the city's stigma. Travels with Mae lovingly restores the wonder of this great city, capturing both its beauty and its pain through the eyes of an insider.

Download or read book Oceania written by Alfred Reginald Radcliffe-Brown and published by . This book was released on 1958 with total page 700 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Includes the sections "Reviews" and "Bibliographical notes."

Download or read book Still Dancing written by Jameson Currier and published by Lethe Press. This book was released on 2008 with total page 302 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Currier brings together 20 short stories spanning three decades of the impactof the AIDS epidemic on the gay community.

Download or read book The Road Home written by Frankie J. Jones and published by Bella Books. This book was released on 2007-10-01 with total page 295 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Lynn Strickland’s life is about to turn upside-down. When she and her partner Crissy stumble across a winning lottery ticket, Lynn thinks her new life as a millionaire is goingto be nothing but happy and carefree. Unfortunately, the lottery ticket comes complications that Lynn could not have possibly expected. As Lynn finds herself in one adventure after another, she discovers that true wealthmay have very little to do with money after all…

Download or read book Not Pink written by Margaret D. Kasimatis and published by Margaret Kasimatis. This book was released on 2018-04-10 with total page 290 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Mary Therese Panos, "Mae," has been let down by too many people in her life. When she is ten years old, she is shipped off to boarding school by her uncle. She clings to the dream that her mother will rescue her from her loneliness, and they will be a happy family once again. Her mother never comes, and Mae struggles year after year at St. Mary's. To hide her vulnerabilities, she puts up a prickly exterior and dabbles with drugs. Her stabs at self-definition are sometimes funny, sometimes scary. Many years and impulsive choices later, Mae's unhealthy methods of coping only get worse. Now, she's stuck as a stereotypical seventies housewife with a husband who was certainly not her first choice. The only joy in her life is her daughter, Kristy. It's not enough to ward off days filled with depression and self-hatred. Mae discovers that the act of cutting herself is the only thing that allows her to feel connected. As she plunges deeper and deeper into her cycle of drug abuse and self-harm, Mae will have to confront the demons in her past. It's her only chance of breaking the cycle and becoming the mother Kristy deserves.

Download or read book JUST PATTY written by Jean Webster and published by e-artnow. This book was released on 2022-01-04 with total page 139 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Patty and her two best friends Conny and Priscilla are appalled when they find out they've been separated as roommates for their senior year at Saint Ursula's boarding school. Patty will not let it stand and the girls come up with schemes to go back to rooming with one another. They get into all sorts of mischief and shenanigans as they complete their final year at their private boarding school.

Download or read book Autumn written by Marc MacDonald and published by FriesenPress. This book was released on 2024-09-04 with total page 279 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: For Alex Chambers, the burden of past mistakes hinders his ability to move forward in life, stifling his readiness to embrace the present. His journey to Silver Springs Health and Rehabilitation Centre was meant to be a path to redemption, a chance to make amends for youthful errors. Little did he know that fate had a different plan in store. From the moment he steps into the facility’s weathered corridors, Alex is greeted not by the easy path he envisioned but by a series of challenges that test his resolve in ways he never anticipated. His hopes of finding forgiveness from the woman he wronged are dashed, replaced by a new, unexpected purpose: caring for Mae Seasons, a plucky, foul-mouthed, unapologetic senior resident of Silver Springs. With her sharp wit and disregard for social niceties, Mae becomes Alex’s unlikely companion on a journey of self-discovery. As he struggles to unearth Mae’s secrets while guarding his own, Alex finds himself gradually unravelling the knots of his past, reevaluating his present, and tentatively embracing a future filled with newfound hope. Through laughter and tears, trials and triumphs, Alex and Mae form a bond that transcends age and circumstance, forged through a series of comically bizarre, heart-warming, and enlightening adventures that prove one can find friendship and love when least expected, in the strangest of places, and with the most unlikely people. Autumn is a poignant tale of forgiveness, redemption, and the transformative power of human connection. It reminds us that, no matter our past mistakes or present struggles, love and friendship can bloom in the unlikeliest of places, bringing light to even the darkest corners of our lives.

Download or read book Just Spirituality written by Mae Elise Cannon and published by InterVarsity Press. This book was released on 2013-01-25 with total page 209 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Mae Elise Cannon opens the annals of activist history to see if there is a correlation between great acts of compassion and advocacy and great depths of prayer. Looking at the lives of Mother Teresa, Dietrich Bonhoeffer, Martin Luther King Jr. and others, Cannon finds a depth of spiritual practice at the root of courageous social action.

Download or read book The Kinder Poison written by Natalie Mae and published by Razorbill. This book was released on 2020-06-16 with total page 418 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "A DELICIOUS HIGH-STAKES ADVENTURE." —PEOPLE MAGAZINE Perfect for fans of Victoria Aveyard and Holly Black, The Kinder Poison is an enthralling fantasy adventure that follows a teenage girl chosen to be the human sacrifice in a deadly game between three heirs who will do anything for the crown. Zahru has long dreamed of leaving the kingdom of Orkena and having the kinds of adventures she's only ever heard about in stories. But as a lowly Whisperer, her power to commune with animals means that her place is serving in the royal stables until the day her magic runs dry. All that changes when the ailing ruler invokes the Crossing. A death-defying race across the desert, in which the first of his heirs to finish—and take the life of a human sacrifice at the journey's end—will ascend to the throne. With all of the kingdom abuzz, Zahru leaps at the chance to change her fate if just for a night by sneaking into the palace for a taste of the revelry. But the minor indiscretion turns into a deadly mistake when she gets caught up in a feud between the heirs and is forced to become the Crossing's human sacrifice. Now Zahru's only hope for survival hinges on the impossible: somehow figuring out how to overcome the most dangerous people in the world.

Download or read book Florette written by Anna Walker and published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. This book was released on 2018 with total page 43 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A 2018 New York Times and New York Public Library Best Illustrated Picture Book When Mae's family moves to a new home, she wishes she could bring her garden with her. She'll miss the apple trees, the daffodils, and chasing butterflies in the wavy grass. But there's no room for a garden in the city. Or is there? Mae's story, gorgeously illustrated in watercolor, is a celebration of friendship, resilience in the face of change, and the magic of the natural world.

Download or read book The Difference written by Justine Delaney Wilson and published by Hachette Books Ireland. This book was released on 2016-05-05 with total page 172 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: On a January morning, Beth and Steve bring three-day-old Ismae home from the hospital. A little girl to complete their suburban family. Except Beth knows that Ismae is different. And that, as she gets older and stronger, her difference will become more obvious. As the future Beth imagined grows even more out of reach, the walls of their vast house close in on her, isolating her from Steve. Then she makes a terrible discovery ... Will Ismae's difference break her family apart? Or will Beth be able to see that it's the one thing that can save her? 'Little Ismae is an unforgettable character ... readers will be glad they've met her' BELINDA McKEON 'A novel about one woman's quest for an authentic life. When extraordinary new baby Ismae turns Beth's world inside out, she begins to understand the fierce power of mother-love and,through her daughter, learns to know and trust herself. A moving, convincing story of courage and burgeoning hope' NUALA O'CONNOR, AUTHOR OF MISS EMILY

Download or read book How to Win a Slime War written by Mae Respicio and published by Wendy Lamb Books. This book was released on 2021-09-14 with total page 289 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Slime entrepreneurs face off in an epic battle to see who can sell the most slime, while navigating sticky situations with friends and family. From the award-winning author of The House That Lou Built comes another story about a creative kid with something to prove. Alex Manalo and his dad have just moved back to Sacramento to revive their extended family's struggling Filipino market. While Alex likes helping at the store, his true passion is making slime! He comes up with his own recipes, playing with ingredients, colors, and textures, which make his slime truly special. Encouraged by a new friend at school, Alex begins to sell his creations, leading to a sell-off battle with a girl who previously had a slime-opoly. Winner gets bragging rights and the right to be the only slime game in town. But Alex's dad thinks Alex should be focused more on "traditional" boy pastimes and less on slime. As the new soccer coach, Dad wants Alex to join the team. Alex is battling on multiple fronts--with his new friends at school, and with his dad at home. It will be a sticky race to the finish to see who oozes out on top.

Download or read book A Kid of Their Own written by Megan Dowd Lambert and published by Charlesbridge Publishing. This book was released on 2020-02-11 with total page 36 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this fresh and funny follow-up to the Ezra Jack Keats Honor Book A Crow of His Own, rooster Clyde is forced to adjust to new roommates on the farm when Fran the goat and her kid, Rowdy, take up residence. Can Clyde handle having a new kid in town? Rooster Clyde has just settled in and found his voice when everyone demands that he take his hard-earned crow down a notch so as to not disturb newcomer Rowdy. That doesn't sit well with Clyde. Neither does the fact that motherly goose Roberta seems to have taken the new animals' side. The farm community learning to deal with a young member of the group is the main story in text and is paired with a wordless story in illustrations that shows Farmer Jay and Farmer Kevin getting ready for their adopted child to arrive on the farm.

Download or read book Kafira written by John G. O'Neill and published by AuthorHouse. This book was released on 2013 with total page 551 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is a story of tragedy, unrequited love, international suspense, and driving ambition to defeat the grab for world domination. Kafira Weiss is an Israeli Biomedical Scientist whose passionate life purpose is to find a cure for the world s most deadly disease. After a tragic beginning, Kafira becomes the World s leading expert on the disease, working at CDC in Atlanta to continue her research as the Associate Director of the Special Pathogens Unit. In 1981, the Supreme Leader of North Korea lands rockets on the Moon, claiming the Moon for North Korea, to the exclusion of every other nation on Earth. To force the United Nations and the Member Countries to agree to his Claim, Kim iI Jong threatens to infect the world with a deadly disease. Shin Min Shu, is a North Korean Biomedical Scientist who has been forced to develop a more deadly strain of the virus central to the Claim. But Shin Min Shu is unhappy to be party to the killing of women and children that will inevitably occur if the United Nations rejects the North Korean Claim. Charles Edmonds is an ex Royal Marine Commando turned Astronomer who is now the Special Assistant to the Director of NASA. Charles becomes involved in the investigation of a teenage boy s observation of a flash on the Moon that has been reported to the FBI. The investigation reveals a ruthless organisation that will stop at nothing to ensure that the Claim is agreed. The CIA believes that the United States is being threatened, but needs proof. Kafira, as the World s leading expert on the disease has been requested to be part of the Lunar Module crew, to investigate the suspected presence on the Moon. Kafira agrees, and in doing so creates history as the first woman to walk on the Moon. The desperate question facing Kafira is whether she is able to find a cure for the disease that the North Koreans intend to use before the deliberate infections reach epidemic proportions.