The ultimate reference and resource for new Classroom Moms by actual Classroom Moms from across the country. Room moms from across the country share their classroom tips inside this special activity deck of 45 brightly illustrated cards and classroom-friendly pointers and projects. Aimed at grades K--3, the Classroom Mom Deck houses cards inside a flip-top box for easy storage. Divided into five tabbed sections, each card in the Classroom Mom Deck highlights a tip from a real-life room mom. Sections include: * Nuts and Bolts—everything from a room mom's job description to specific details on logistics like emergency preparedness. * Parties—room moms will find suggestions on party planning, treats, decorations, activities, and more. * Indoor/Outdoor Games--no matter what the weather, room moms can count on an array of games to keep kids occupied. * Arts and Crafts--includes a variety of seasonal craft projects and ideas for hands-on art lessons * Teacher Appreciation Week--activities and suggestions to ensure your teacher knows you care.

Classroom Mom Deck: A School Volunteer's Survival Kit

Crafts, Hobbies & Home

McGuinness, Lisa

Crafts & Hobbies

Andrews McMeel Publishing

What makes an ordinary animal extraordinary? This animal dictionary will help kids discover exactly what that is. From A to Z, authors Leslie Jonath and Lisa McGuinness single out common animals and highlight specific qualities that make them unique. Each fact-filled entry is ideal for newly independent readers. Entries include a physical description of the animal as well as information about the animals' environment, eating habits, prey, and more.
The Dictionary of Ordinary Extraordinary Animals sends a message parents and children will find inspiring—a seemingly average animal having incredible characteristics that make it special. Children who feel ordinary themselves will swell with pride when they learn fascinating facts they can share with their friends!

The Dictionary of Ordinary Extraordinary Animals

Children's Books

Jonath, Leslie

Animals

Running Press

Gotcha Covered! is the big sister or friend-in-the-know that every 9- to 12-year-old girl needs. By answering questions, setting the record straight on what's what, offering helpful tips and tools, and teaching girls how to find what works for them personally, Gotcha Covered! will help young women navigate their way through this life-changing event.Includes book, calendar, stickers, and zippered supplies case.

Gotcha Covered!: Everything You Need to Know About Your Period

Boral, Chris

Growing Up & Facts of Life

Chronicle Books+

The Caffeinated Ideas Journal features witty text that defines ten types of creative inspiration and includes recipes for delicious specialty coffees and teas, is chalk full of enlightening quotes and has blank pages to jot ideas, thoughts, musings and dreams. Pay attention to your hopes, desires and goals then write them down on these pages. Tuck this little book in your purse or backpack, put it on your bedside table or in the glove box of your car. Scrawl in it. Underline things that catch your attention. Doodle. Whether a quick idea pops into your mind — an Espresso Idea — an inspired thought that will require some steeping to thoroughly develop — a French Press Idea — or another stimulating concoction, the Caffeinated Idea Journal is the place to jot down all of your brilliant musings. Have a double shot Americano and let the synapses start firing!

Caffeinated Ideas Journal

Religion & Spirituality

TMA Press

The New York Times best-selling author Lisa McGuinness interweaves the stories of four generations of strong, vibrant women and has created characters both idiosyncratic and adventuresome. Born at the end of the Nineteenth Century and nestled in South Western Italy, Catarina Pensbene’s life in Perdifumo is full of sun-drenched olive orchards, lush grape vines, delicious peasant food, family and love. Because of an unexpected plunge into an untenable situation, Catarina decides to take a huge risk to become a mail order bride and sets out across the ocean. Interwoven with Catarina’s Ring, is the story is of her witty and self-deprecating granddaughter, Juliette Brice. Born and raised in Northern California, Juliette experiences an unfortunate tragedy that serves as the impetus for her to shake up her life, and travel to her grandmother’s homeland, where she enrolls in a six-month cooking class in Lucca, Italy. While abroad, Julliette becomes romantically involved with a handsome Italian man, yet her own destiny dictates she is to return to California once her class ends. Through her attention to detail and employing both historically accurate and thoroughly modern storytelling, Catarina's Ring serves up Italian delicacies, luminous characters, a delicious escape and completely inspiring storytelling.

Catarina's Ring: A Novel

Literature & Fiction

United States

Say it with flowers. This visual bouquet includes a photographic glossary of popular flower types and their Victorian meanings, followed by step-by-step instructions for creating 25 beautiful arrangements. From Celebration and Luck, to Happiness and Forgiveness, each bespoke bunch of flowers suits an important occasion or recipient. Blooming with inspiring lifestyle photography and watercolor botanical illustrations throughout, Meaningful Bouquets brings a truly personal touch to flower arranging.

Meaningful Bouquets: Create Special Messages with Flowers - 25 Beautiful Arrangements

Okies, Leigh

A Survivor Story Featuring Strong Female Characters, an Undercover Cop, and the Hills of San FranciscoWith the perfect mix of tragedy and humor, love and loss, pain and redemption, this riveting novel explores the lives of two spectacularly brave and resilient trafficked women living in a San Francisco safe house. A contemporary survivor story. Raised in Thailand and brought to the United States against her will, quiet and intelligent Suda is hiding from a sex trafficking ring and the man she believed was on her side. Claire, admired as bright and beautiful in high school, now hides her striking looks and wears her sharp wit as a protective shield. Determined to show Suda and Claire a path that allows for a life of their own, Simone, the safe house operator, offers them a haven and a healing path to the future. Part suspense, romance, and social novel. Moving between the hills of Thailand and San Francisco, this incredible novel traces the journey of two trafficked women pursuing healing and hope. With strong female characters, an undercover cop, and a warmhearted Christian, Across the Deep is an unforgettable, alluring, suspenseful story about the resilience of the human spirit, of lives stolen and enduring hope for the future. If you enjoyed novels like Girl in Pieces, The Sea of Lost Girls, Please See Us, and Then She Was Gone, then you'll love Across the Deep.

Across the Deep: A Novel (Friendship, Romance, Suspense, Human Trafficking, Social Justice)

Genre Fiction

Yellow Pear Press

Have Fun and Transform Your Relationship TooOur world has changed rapidly, and we can expect more change in the future. We are all living in a "new normal" where strong relationships and good parenting are more important than ever. What are you and your daughter doing to build a healthy and lasting connection? The Mother Daughter Activity Journal is here to help! "We sense that 'normal' isn't coming back, that we are being born into a new normal: a new kind of society, a new relationship to the earth, a new experience of being human." - Charles Eisenstein A modern-day mother-daughter journal for the challenges of our new normal. Mother-daughter journals or diaries have been popular and entertaining items for families seeking to enrich their relationships for the last decade. Just Between Us ; Love, Mom and Me ; and Just Us Girls were among favorites of mothers and daughters before the challenges of the new normal entered our lives. Now you and your daughter can find a fresh new supportive place to promise to keep each other's secrets and share your thoughts, dreams, worries, cares, and life experiences-and have fun too. A place to be real. The Mother Daughter Activity Journal is a place to show your support and that you love each other no matter what. It's filled with writing prompts, places to add doodles, quizzes and plenty of blank space to add your own thoughts and musings, as well as notes to each other and sections to jot down your daily experiences or whatever is on your mind. There are also suggestions for activities and things to do together and plenty of time for fun! Sure to be a hit for mothers and daughters. A lovely keepsake for you and your daughter, this beautifully constructed diary includes engaging illustrations, a charmingly designed hardcover, and much more. Order your Mother Daughter Activity Journal now and build a new respect, more openness, and a special mother-daughter friendship.

Mother Daughter Activity Journal: Connecting Better with Each Other (Mother Daughter Daily Journaling)

Self-Help

Relationships

A Fresh Twist on Vintage Flower Meanings & ArrangementsThis floriography guide is a gorgeous and inspired combination of vintage Victorian flower meanings, quotes, and lore perfectly entwined with a contemporary toolbox for creating stunning flower arrangements and bouquets. For those who want to create beautiful bouquets and flower arrangements with history. Blooming with inspirational lifestyle photography by Jess Buttermore of Cedar House Farms, The Love Language of Flowers will blow you away with an intriguing history of flowers alongside step-by-step instructions for creating 25 tasteful, meaningful arrangements. Express yourself and show others you care. With stunning photographs of different types of flowers, a detailed list of floral arranging tools and supplies, and fascinating Victorian flower meanings, The Love Language of Flowers provides you with an elegant way to express your feelings or bring your self-care to the next level. Inside The Love Language of Flowers, find: * A visual glossary of flowers and their Victorian meanings * Simple step-by-step instructions for creating twenty-five gorgeous floral arrangements * Suggestions for introducing contemporary plants and other interesting elements to bring a fresh look to classic bouquets If you like botanical books illustrated with stunning photography and floral design, such as Floriography, The Complete Language of Flowers, or Growing Flowers, you'll love The Love Language of Flowers .

The Love Language of Flowers: Floriography and Elevated, Achievable, Vintage-Style Arrangements (Types of Flowers, History of Flowers, Flower Meanings)

Arts & Photography

Buttermore, Jess

Photography & Video

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