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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.

There are three things Kori knows for sure about her life: One: Her army general dad is insanely overprotective. Two: The guy he sent to watch her, Cade, is way too good-looking. Three: Everything she knew was a lie. Now there are three things Kori never knew about her life: One: There's a device that allows her to jump dimensions. Two: Cade's got a lethal secret. Three: Someone wants her dead.

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.

Tucked away in the heart of the Colorado Rockies is a hamlet called Read, home of Mary Doyle, a farmer’s daughter. Down the road was the Mauldin family, home of Cecil and Carl Mauldin... two brothers who loved Mary.

This place was built for secrets. No one is who they seem. Coming to Larkspur wasn’t my idea, but so much has happened in the short time I’ve been here that I can’t possibly leave. Not without answers. Not without hope. Not without a home to return to.

The woman has taken things from me. People. One of them I can never get back. She started this war thinking we’d simply fall down at her feet. You know, kiss her expensive little stilettos. After all, she’s the most powerful mage in existence. And she’s got help.

After marrying her partner, Rick Bonito, Amelia and her husband travel to the beautiful Louisiana Bayous for their honeymoon, where yet another mystery must be solved. The newly married couple continues to have their romantic moments along with solving a mystery. After returning from their honeymoon, they visit the many intriguing lighthouses along the coast, searching for Rick's missing uncle who disappeared a few years ago.