A complete collectors guide to vintage Walt Disney character ceramics produced in California from the 1930s through 1960s. Over 200 bright and vivid photographs capture the collectible works of Brayton Laguna, Vernon Kilns, American Pottery, Metlox and Hagen Renaker. Historical information on art pottery production is also included. A must have guide for thoses who specialize in Disney, art pottery, figurines or just wonderful design.

Disneyana Collectors Guide to California Pottery

Devin Frick, Tamara Hodge

Park Place Press

Longer Than Forevermore

Longer than Forevermore 978-0-9886784-2-2 by Martha Sears West Annotation: Likely to become a classic, debut author West's richly illustrated book affirms the unbreakable bond between grown-ups and their children at every stage of life. No matter how high, how far, or how deep you go, we will always love you just the same. "More than all the grains of sand, which we could never count. And if we add them all, we'll love you more than that amount." Full color. 8 x 10. 40 pp. (Available now). West writes so that others may experience the love and harmony she felt in her own childhood. "My books are meant to entertain as well as to provide a safe haven from the realities of a harsh world. To a reader who hungers for the clean, kind, and gentle things of life, these qualities are just as real, and exposure to them can be vital to a healthy human being." One Mother's Day morning the author looked back on the sweetness of earlier years with three small children. She was flooded with gratitude for her children who are grown and now have families of their own. With these words she told them of her tender feelings: "One thing never changes, and will last forevermore: We'll love you still when you are grown, exactly as before." Biographical Note : As a child growing up in Bethesda, Maryland, West used to lie in a pile of leaves with pencil and paper, trying to compose poems of profound incomprehensibleness. She was so successful that she couldn't understand them herself. She now prefers crafting stories that she can understand, and that make others smile and feel warm. West is married to a man named Steve who has cheered her on in many endeavors, including that of being a full-time mother. When she was in her fifties, he made many a peanut butter sandwich while she was earning a B.A. in linguistics from the University of Maryland. Reviews : "West deserves a place on the bookshelf alongside Nash and Milne, whose classic poetry carries timeless reflections on the universal condition of being a sensitive human being." -Karen McCarthy, ForeWord Clarion Review "Certain to charm children and parents of all ages. If you like Robert Munch's I Love You Forever, you will LOVE West's Longer than Forevermore." -Valerie Milano, Hollywood Today < Publisher Marketing: Targeted national trade launch-date campaign to reviewers, award and festival entities, electronic/social media/direct-mail to vendors and public, author book signings, and other special event audiences. For advance reader copies, press materials and author appearances, visit www.CleanKindWorldBooks.com, www.ParkPlacePress.com or contact ymaddox@ParkPlacePress.com

Parenting & Relationships

West, Martha Sears

Parenting

"I'm sorry, Liz," she said finally. "I'm so sorry. I just don't know what's happening to me." Had Elizabeth Murray not been absorbed with her own ill health, she might have been more concerned about her mother's memory lapses and unusual behaviour. She wanted to believe that her mother's actions were nothing more than the normal aging of a sometimes difficult and determined woman. It was easier to push aside her worries than to confront her fears that her mother was in the early stages of a debilitating disease. Holding On To Mamie is a daughter's poignant memoir of her mother's bewildering decline from dementia. The symptoms - loss of short term memory, mood swings and a growing paranoia - all played a role in the insidious transformation of a once vibrant woman. When her mother suddenly turned against her, Elizabeth was devastated but it was the discovery of a cache of acerbic notes that hurt her the most. Dementia became a relentless enemy as Mamie fought to avoid its grip and Elizabeth struggled to hold on to the loving mother she had always known. Elizabeth Murray lives In Winnipeg, Canada with her husband, son and two Standard Poodles. After a second bout of cancer in 1997, she retired from law to spend more time with her family. "When my mother was diagnosed with dementia, I wasn't prepared for the changes in her personality. In hindsight it's easy to see the early signs of her illness, but at the time I didn't want to believe that dementia was lurking. My motivation for writing Holding on to Mamie evolved over time but my mother's notes were always my inspiration. After her death, I read and re-read the notes, trying to make sense of what had happened to our relationship. Writing my story began as a quest for redemption. I needed to prove to myself that I wasn't the spiteful daughter that my mother described, and that my mother and I did have a close and loving relationship."

Holding on to Mamie

Elizabeth Murray

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Disneyana Collectors Guide to California Pottery

Longer Than Forevermore

Holding on to Mamie