<p>Sammy the Dragon is lonely and wants to be included. The animals in the forest are afraid of Sammy s fierce fire from his nostrils and his appearance. Sammy decides to take the risk to look for his friends after a snowstorm. The animals learn Sammy is a kind-hearted friend that wants to play with everyone. He learns that it is not so hard to approach his neighbors when he takes this risk. Readers are reminded that we all have strengths that can help each other out and to take time to understand who someone is on the inside. Illustrated with bright colors and solid lines, the story engages a child's imagination as well as social skills, teaching the value of gift-giving and responsibility, among other qualities, in building friendships.</p>

Sammy the Dragon

Children's Books

Anne Marone

Animals

Grateful Steps Foundation

Nell is a heartwarming story of life in the early 1900s in America's largest privately owned home, the Biltmore House in Asheville, North Carolina. Beautiful illustrations by Virginia Palmer bring to life the main character, Lilly Staton. Lilly and her parents travel to the foothills of the Blue Ridge Mountains of North Carolina to receive treatment for Lilly, who has tuberculosis, a dreadful disease of the era. Cornelia Vanderbilt, the only child of George and Edith Vanderbilt, befriends Lilly. The Vanderbilts were one of the wealthiest families in America during the Gilded Industrial age.The two friends are soon joined by Ellen Jorith, an African-American child, also recovering from tuberculosis. Amid wonderful, physical descriptions of the Biltmore House, My Days with Nell portrays the Vanderbilts as compassionate, caring people and faithful friends.My Days with Nell captivates the imagination of children, transporting them to another time. It inspires the reader to do as George Vanderbilt did: "Leave a Legacy" of blessings for others.

My Days with Nell

Victoria Blake

Dr. Graffagnino was a physician who enlisted in the U.S. Army and won a Silver Star and a Presidential Unit Citation for staying with wounded men when under enemy fire. Not abandoning the men, he became a prisoner of war. He endured a grueling hundred-mile march through the snow and ice of Northern Poland after being released from a German POW camp. After his rescue, he experienced extreme Post-Traumatic Stress disorder.In an amazing piece of literature-found among the author's papers by family members years after his death in 1984-this astute and articulate physician describes his descent into what he calls a "break with reality." His mental status deteriorated to insanity. However, on his return to America, Dr. Graff entered a Texas hospital and was eventually cured. His recovery was so complete that his physician colleagues saw him as a revered leader and mentor, never suspecting the toll that war had once placed on his health.

Dr. Graff Remembers: World War II Reflections

Peter Carl Graffagnino

From the Author's Note:"Medicine in the early days ofAsheville is of interest primarilybecause of the absorbing life storiesof the physicians who practicedduring that period. In addition,the physicians and their practiceof medicine in Asheville-in theantebellum days and during thedifficult years of the Civil Warand Reconstruction and for manyyears thereafter-present a strikingcontrast with the present day.""Perhaps most interesting are thefifty-odd years beginning in the1880s when Asheville became thenation's best-known center for thetreatment of tuberculosis, and itstuberculosis specialists were widelyrecognized as authorities in theirfield.""Asheville's medical history isreplete with unusual and captivatingcharacters from the earliest days tothe most recent times. The littlepublicizedaccomplishments of theseindividuals need to be recordedlest they be lost. Consequently,biographical sketches of manyAsheville physicians are scatteredthroughout this history to acquaintthe reader with these unusualmen and women and their careers.Because they represent such anexceptional group, Asheville'swomen physicians receive specialattention. Similarly, because it islittle known, the interesting story ofAsheville's black physicians also hasa special section."

The History of Medicine in Asheville

Medical Books

Stephens, Freeman Irby

History

Bathsheba has been seen in some circles as a slut. In others, she is highly esteemed, a role model for motherhood as the successful mother and nurturer of King Solomon, who became the ruler at Israel's most glorious time.Starting as a simple country girl, she experienced the richness, intrigue and perplexities of life in David's palace before winning her way to be the Queen Mother in Solomon's kingdom. This book tells her story of that journey.

Bathsheba's Book: A Woman's Tale

Ann P. Saab

Zak and Niki: A first look at rising above racism

Cynthia Yancey

<p>My Sock Market Crashed tells of a boy, Dylan, helping his grandmother sell the beautiful socks she knits. A venture into mass production is abandoned because Grammy could not knit fast enough to supply her popular socks for the demand, and the socks provided by the mass-production company were not nearly as desirable as Grammy's. Dylan rescues the situation by redirecting Grammy's socks to help children in the hospital. The book endorses public efforts to provide socks to the needy.</p>

My Sock Market Crashed

Ramsey, Dianne

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