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In The Big Deposit, each student has been assigned to present a simple business plan to the class and the bankers. The student with the best business plan wins a cash prize and a bank account at the bank. A surprise ending leaves the whole class happy.

In Exercise Is Fun, the Brite Star Kids meet the new gym teacher at Brite Star School. Coach Jill gives the class a lesson on the importance and different types of exercise.

In Chunk, Brook finally gets a pet dog, Chunk. As Brook learns what is required of a pet owner, the other sisters watch as she accepts the responsibility.

One mistake can change everything. Ashlyn Calvert finds that out the hard way when a bad decision leads to the death of her best friend, Noah Anderson. Only Noah isn't really gone. Thanks to his parents' company, the Infinity Division, there is a version of him skipping from one dimension to another, set on revenge for the death of his sister, Kori. When a chance encounter brings him face-to-face with Ash, he's determined to resist the magnetic pull he's felt for her time and time again. But there's more going on than either of them knows: a mysterious project called Omega.

The time is 1921. The place, Aaronsville, Indiana. When Carrie McFarland is accused of putting a voodoo hex on the keynote speaker at the Negro Voters League Banquet, it's clear that someone has it in for her. Is it ward boss William C. Tisdale, a major bootlegger and the town's only Negro lawyer? Is it Herman Scott, the ambitious politician angling to take Boss Tisdale's place? To get to the bottom of things, Carrie will need the help of her mentor, 80-year-old Hoodoo Queen Sister Marie Brown. The women will need to use their psychic gifts and street smarts to clear Carrie's name.

Broadway star Jazzy Summers doesn’t do showmances. The only thing she wants is to be the performer she’s been since she was a kid. And if that means she’s a bit of a loner, that’s okay by her. The work is her life. Mateo Williams was the biggest pop sensation in the world 15 years ago—until he wasn’t. When his third album flopped, the charismatic star mysteriously disappeared and now is rarely seen. A chance meeting—and Mateo’s incredible smile—gives Jazzy butterflies. But when she learns more, she is quick to write him off.

Learning to Be Good is a series of books that teach important living skills to children ages three to eight. The series is built around a collection of animal friends who interact with each other. The Learning to Be Good stories are intended to teach and reinforce positive relationships and help develop the living skills children need to grow into responsible adults. In The Best Butterfly Catcher in the World, Bru learns a tough lesson about pride.

Apples for Sale is a story about cheating. Puddles and KaWally have some nice apples until they are tricked by the fox. While they are chasing after the fox to get their apples back, Puddles falls for the same trick. Peter Pan Learning to Be Good books are intended to teach and reinforce positive relationships and help develop the living skills children need to grow into responsible adults.

Learning to Be Good is a series of books that teach important living skills to children ages three to eight. The series is built around a collection of animal friends who interact with each other. The Learning to Be Good stories are intended to teach and reinforce positive relationships and help develop the living skills children need to grow into responsible adults. In Stripes and Spots, PJ jumps to a conclusion that causes him serious worry. He learns a valuable lesson about making assumptions and their consequences.

Learning to Be Good is a series of books that teach important living skills to children ages three to eight. The series is built around a collection of animal friends who interact with each other. The Learning to Be Good stories are intended to teach and reinforce positive relationships and help develop the living skills children need to grow into responsible adults. An Old Hat is a story about judging others. When Bru finds an old hat, he jumps to conclusions about the person who lost the hat. He has the gang convinced he is right until the owner of the hat shows up.

Learning to Be Good is a series of books that teach important living skills to children ages three to six. The series is built around a collection of animal friends who interact with each other. The Learning To Be Good stories are intended to teach and reinforce positive relationships and help develop the living skills children need to grow into responsible adults. In Who Will Help Kitty, the gang learns they can accomplish more by helping each other.

Everyone has a bad day once in a while, but Bru is having a real bad day. In Bru’s Bad Day, Bru almost loses a good friend and learns an important lesson about anger. Peter Pan Learning to Be Good books are intended to teach and reinforce positive relationships and help develop the living skills children need to grow into responsible adults.

Learning to Be Good is a series of books that teach important living skills to children ages three to eight. The series is built around a collection of animal friends who interact with each other. The Learning to Be Good stories are intended to teach and reinforce positive relationships and help develop the living skills children need to grow into responsible adults. The Magic Lamp is a story about Greed. Bru is convinced an old lamp that McWhiskers bought is magic and makes a bad decision based on greed.

A Pail of Purple Paint is a story about self-control. PJ goes wild with a pail of purple paint. He just can’t stop himself. He thinks it is the most beautiful thing he has ever seen. The rest of the gang works hard to show to make PJ see the error of his ways.

A Box for Fox is a story about honesty. Tux and KaWally find a bunch of apples and have to make the decision to either keep them or return them to their rightful owner—even if the owner is the fox.

For Smoke and his daughter Denny, life on the Sugarloaf Ranch is more valuable than all the gold in the world. Which works out fine, since all the gold mines in Big Rock were squeezed dry years ago. Even so, that won’t stop a pair of businessmen from the East from trying to squeeze out a little more. One of them has developed a newfangled method for extracting gold—something called “hydraulics”—and they’ve bought up all the old mines to do it. Smoke isn’t sure what to think of. Especially when they hire a small army of gunfighters to protect their mines from sabotage.

In May 1968, first-year English teacher Carolyn Wood takes a day off from school to campaign for Robert F. Kennedy. Invigorated by the senator's hopeful message, Wood develops big dreams to effect change beyond just her classroom. So when she's invited to be the family's governess, the appeal is undeniable. Class Notes follows her journey from the classroom into the famous family, still reeling from Robert Kennedy's assassination. From inside the Kennedy Compound, stories emerge, the glimmer of fame fades, and the young teacher discovers instead the value of enough.

Have you made personal sacrifices to pursue something—a career, a relationship, or a quality family life—and now it has changed, gone away, or just doesn’t feel as rewarding anymore? If so, you may be looking for a new source of energy, significance, and joy in the next season. Shayne Moore and Carolyn Castleberry Hux know from experience what it means and how difficult it can be to navigate this territory. In Women at Halftime, Shayne and Carolyn offer you the building blocks for getting unstuck and finding renewed joy and purpose.

Poetry can give voice to opinions and feelings which would otherwise not be shared. This writer, in no uncertain terms, expresses in verse the frustration, disappointment, and worries the last six years have provoked. Brexit, COVID, climate change, and geopolitical upheaval, including the Russian invasion of Ukraine, are all here, as are some more personal reflections. Occasionally funny, sometimes satirical, sometimes reflective, usually thought-provoking. With a historical perspective on a tumultuous few years through poetry, it is not hard to detect a point of view!

A "novel in stories" by Jen Knox, winner of the Prize Americana for Prose.