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Questions to Bring You Closer to Grandma and Grandpa: 100+ Conversation Starters for Grandparents of Any Age
by Stuart GustafsonWhat is your favorite family memory?How did the world you grew up in differ from today's world?Is there anything in life you wish you did, but never have?From childhood and family matters to aspirations and fears, these are just a few of the thought-provoking questions you will find in Questions to Bring You Closer to Grandma and Grandpa. This wonderfully compelling book helps you gain a deeper understanding of your eldest family members and discover some interesting family history too!Through intimate conversations, you will soon know more about your grandparents than you ever thought possible. Questions to Bring You Closer to Grandma and Grandpa promises to open up your relationship and strengthen the bond between you for years to come. And with plenty of space to write in your answers, it truly is a keepsake worth preserving!
Questions to Bring You Closer to Mom
by Stuart Gustafson Robin Freedman SpizmanWhat is your greatest accomplishment? How do you handle feeling overwhelmed? Has your faith ever been tested? These are just a few of the thought-provoking, conversation-starting questions you will find in Questions to Bring You Closer to Mom. This wonderfully compelling book helps you gain a deeper understanding of the woman who's given you life and love all these years. Through intimate conversations, you will soon know more about your Mom than you ever thought possible. No matter what your mother's age, Questions to Bring You Closer to Mom promises to open up your relationship and strengthen the bond between you for years to come!
Questions to Bring You Closer to Mom
by Robyn Freedman Spizman Stuart Gustafson100] Conversation Starters for Mothers and Children of Any Age
Questions to Bring You Closer to Mom: 100+ Conversation Starters for Mothers and Children of Any Age
by Stuart GustafsonA Simon & Schuster eBook. Simon & Schuster has a great book for every reader.
Quick & Easy Dinner Solutions: Simple Meal Plans for Your Family throughout the Week
by Jenny Warsén70 Delicious, Low-Cost Recipes for Meat, Seafood, Vegetarian, Dessert, and Party DishesWhat&’s for dinner? That&’s always the question on every child&’s and parent&’s minds when they return home for the day—until now! Quick & Easy Dinner Solutions, written for the busy homemaker or home cook who is out of ideas, is full of yummy, creative, and easy-to-make recipes for weekly dinners that the whole family will love—and that will save you time and money. Choose among seventy simple and tasty recipes, and make life even easier by following a four-week menu plan. Prepare meat, seafood, vegetarian, and dessert dishes for weeknights, as well as more festive party meals for weekends, such as: Creole Stew with ChorizoHomemade Chicken NuggetsFamily-Size MeatloafSpicy Shrimp Tacos with GuacamoleCreamy Vegetarian PastaSignature Family PizzaPecan PieAnd More!
Quick and Easy 5-Ingredient Cookbook: 30-Minute Recipes to Get Started in the Kitchen
by Eileen KellyGive your home-cooked meals a 5-ingredient makeover with this easy cookbookYou don't need to be a professional chef with a pantry full of hard-to-find items and complicated recipe instructions to whip up something mouthwatering. With the Quick and Easy 5-Ingredient Cookbook, you can execute 60 tasty, healthy recipes in 30 minutes or less using minimal ingredients.Enjoy breakfast, lunch, dinner, and snacks—and discover time-saving strategies, equipment suggestions, and tips on how to run an efficient kitchen—in this easy cookbook. Infuse amazing flavor in your dishes with a homemade spice blend or sauce that uses five ingredients or less!This easy cookbook includes:60 in 30—All 60 enticing recipes can be made in a half-hour or less.Mix it up—Try delicious variations in Master Recipes like Cheesy Pesto Flatbread and Mini Cheesecakes that will inspire you to experiment in the kitchen.S-I-M-P-L-E—This is the perfect, easy cookbook for both newcomers and experienced home cooks to make good meals every day.Find out how effortless making appetizing food can be with this easy cookbook!
Quick and Easy Ways to Connect with Students and Their Parents, Grades K-8: Improving Student Achievement Through Parent Involvement
by Diane MierzwikThe research is indisputable. The more involved parents are with their child’s education, the more successful that child will be in school. Therefore, finding ways as a teacher to reach out to students and their parents is crucial in improving academic performance.Quick and Easy Ways to Connect With Students and Their Parents, Grades K-8 provides strategies to enrich the classroom environment, motivate students, and improve communication with parents. Supplying numerous sample forms, documents, and letters that teachers can use or adapt for their own purposes, author Diane Mierzwik offers simple, classroom-tested methods for building relationships with students and their parents.Designed for both beginning and experienced teachers, this hands-on guidebook includes information on:• Facilitating constructive parent-teacher conferences• Preparing for Back-to-School nights• Reaching out to uninvolved parents• Talking to parents about troubled students• Motivating even the most difficult students• Using e-mail as a communication tool and other time-saving tipsThe activities, suggestions, and techniques in this book can help any teacher make a substantive impact on the lives of students.
Quicksand Pond
by Janet Taylor LisleNewbery Honor winner Janet Taylor Lisle’s gorgeous and profound new novel about a pivotal summer in two girls’ lives explores the convictions we form, the judgments we make, and the values we hold.The pond is called Quicksand Pond. It’s a shadowy, hidden place, full of chirping, shrieking, croaking life. It’s where, legend has it, people disappear. It’s where scrappy Terri Carr lives with her no-good family. And it’s where twelve-year-old Jessie Kettel is reluctantly spending her summer vacation. Jessie meets Terri right away, on a raft out in the water, and the two become fast friends. On Quicksand Pond, Jessie and Terri can be lost to the outside world—lost until they want to be found. But a tragedy that occurred many decades ago has had lingering effects on this sleepy town, and especially on Terri Carr. And the more Jessie learns, the more she begins to question her new friendship—and herself.
Quiero confiar en ti, pero no puedo: Avanzar cuando eres escéptico de los demás, temeroso de lo que Dios permitirá, e incrédulo de tu propio discernimiento
by Lysa TerKeurstLysa TerKeurst, autora de best sellers del New York Times, te muestra qué hacer con tu escepticismo y desconfianza para que puedas sanar de las traiciones del pasado y avanzar con fuerza y resiliencia.La confianza es el oxígeno de todas las relaciones humanas. Pero también es lo que te hace tropezar después de haberte quemado. Puede que un amigo te decepcione constantemente. Un líder o una organización que respetas resulta ser diferente de lo que aparenta. Tu cónyuge te engaña. Un familiar te traiciona. Estás agotado por las decisiones de los demás y empiezas a cuestionarte tu propio discernimiento. Y te preguntas: "Si Dios permite que esto ocurra, ¿se puede confiar en Él?&”.¿Cómo puedes vivir bien y avanzar hacia el futuro cuando sigues tropezando con problemas de confianza? Lysa TerKeurst dice que no se trata simplemente de encontrar personas mejores con quienes caminar. Se trata de desarrollar la estabilidad que anhelas dentro de ti y con Dios, para que no te vuelvas cínico y lleves un sistema de creencias equivocado a cada nueva relación. En Quiero confiar en ti, pero no puedo, Lysa te muestra cómo:identificar cuáles de las once banderas rojas relacionales están despertando tu desconfianza, para que puedas determinar con exactitud por qué te sientes incómodo;dejar de tener más fe en que tus miedos se hagan realidad que en que Dios te ayude, haciéndote preguntas cruciales del tipo "qué pasaría si..." para procesar mejor tus dudas;reconocer cuándo puede repararse una relación fracturada considerando una lista razonable de características necesarias para reconstruir la confianza; ycomprender el impacto físico, emocional y neurológico de las traiciones que has experimentado y empezar a sanar desde dentro.En un mundo en el que tantas cosas parecen alarmantes, este libro te dará una paz que no depende de personas, circunstancias o experiencias impredecibles. En su lugar, te ofrece formas prácticas y bíblicas para progresar realmente hacia perspectivas y relaciones más sanas, y hacia un futuro que puedas esperar auténticamente. I Want to Trust You, but I Don't...New York Times bestselling author Lysa TerKeurst shows you what to do with your skepticism and distrust so you can heal from past betrayals and move forward with strength and resilience.How can you live well and step into the future when you keep stumbling over trust issues? Lysa TerKeurst says it's not simply about finding better people to walk with. It's about developing the stability you long for within yourself and with God, so you don't become cynical and carry a broken belief system into every new relationship. In I Want to Trust You, but I Don't, Lysa shows you how toidentify which of the eleven relational red flags are stirring up distrust, so you can pinpoint why you're feeling uneasy;stop having more faith in your fears coming true than God coming through for you by asking crucial "what if" questions to better process your doubts;recognize when a fractured relationship can be repaired by considering a reasonable list of characteristics necessary for rebuilding trust; andunderstand the physical, emotional, and neurological impact of the betrayals you've experienced and start healing from the inside out.
Quiet As They Come
by Angie Chau"Heartbreaking tales of ordinary people lost between the extraordinary circumstances of history. Bitter and beautiful all at once."-Sandra Cisneros"We call it naturalization, but these bright, authentic, well-made stories both personalize and illuminate just how unnatural the first twenty years in America felt for thousands of Vietnamese families who fled to San Francisco to escape the Vietnam War. Angie Chau writes with humor, intensity and forgiveness about lives full of danger, insult, momentary reprieve, unending tenacity and undying hope."-Pam Houston"Quiet As They Come is a beautifully rendered, intimate, and dramatic story of family and country. Each character is drawn with such honesty and generosity, such insight and imagination. Angie Chau has impressed and enthralled me and I was very sorry to come to the last page."-Karen Joy Fowler"Quiet As They Come announces the arrival of an astonishing literary talent with a great deal to say about the intricacies of family life, coming of age, emigration, and-above and-above all-the treasures buried in the human heart."-Carolina De Robertis, author of The Invisible MountainQuiet As They Come is a beautiful and at times brutal portrait of a people caught between two cultures. Set in San Francisco from the 1980s to the present day, this debut collection explores the lives of several families of Vietnamese immigrants as they struggle to adjust to life in their new country, often haunted by the memories and customs of their old lives in Vietnam. While some are able to survive and assimilate, others are crushed by the promise of the "American Dream." No matter their fate, you will never be able to forget the people you meet in this remarkable collection.Angie Chau was born in Vietnam and has since lived on three continents and an island. She graduated with a master's degree in creative writing from the University of California, Davis where she also taught undergraduate fiction and was the fiction editor for The Greenbelt Review. She has been awarded a Hedgebrook Residency and a Macondo Foundation Fellowship. Her work has appeared in the Indiana Review, Santa Clara Review, Slant, and the anthology Cheers to Muses. In 2009, she won the UC Davis Maurice Prize in Fiction.
Quiet Kids
by Christine FonsecaBeing an introverted child is difficult, especially in an ever-increasingly noisy world. Often viewed as aloof, unmotivated or conceited, introverted children are deeply misunderstood by parents, educators and even their peers. That's where Quiet Kids: Help Your Introverted Child Succeed in an Extroverted World comes in. Designed to provide parents with a blueprint for not only understanding the nature of introversion, Quiet Kids provides specific strategies to teach their children how to thrive in a world that may not understand them. Presented in an easy-to-read, conversational style, the book uses real-world examples and stories from introverts and parents to show parents and educators how to help children develop resiliency and enhance the positive qualities of being an introvert. With specific strategies to address academic performance, bullying, and resiliency, Quiet Kids is a must read for anyone wishing to enhance the lives of introverted children.
Quiet Kids: Help Your Introverted Child Succeed in an Extroverted World
by Christine FonsecaBeing an introverted child is difficult, especially in an ever-increasingly noisy world. Often viewed as aloof, unmotivated, or conceited, introverted children are deeply misunderstood by parents, educators, and even their peers. That's where Quiet Kids: Help Your Introverted Child Succeed in an Extroverted World comes in. Designed to provide parents with a blueprint for understanding the nature of introversion, Quiet Kids provides specific strategies to teach children how to thrive in a world that may not understand them. Presented in an easy-to-read, conversational style, the book uses real-world examples and stories from introverts and parents to show parents and educators how to help children develop resiliency and enhance the positive qualities of being an introvert. With specific strategies to address academic performance, bullying, and resiliency, Quiet Kids is a must-read for anyone wishing to enhance the lives of introverted children.
Quiet Time with My Seeya
by Dinalie DabareraA lush and endearing picture book about the special days a child spends with her Sinhalese grandfather, her Seeya, despite their language barrier.Sometimes, the moments that Sona spends with her seeya are quiet. They speak different languages and don't always use words. But they do communicate in other ways. Sometimes, they're loud. They play dress-up, stomp in puddles, and pretend to be puppies. They cook pittu, tease each other when they're messy, and read to each other, even though they might not understand what the other is saying.Any time that Sona and Seeya share is special, whether quiet or loud, because they get to spend it together. Dinalie Dabarera's debut picture book is an achingly tender meditation on the unconditional love that can transcend all languages.
Quinito, Day and Night / Quinito, día y noche: Quinito, Día Y Noche (Quinito)
by Ina CumpianoFrom the author and illustrator of Quinito's Neighborhood comes this delightful story full of opposites.From first thing in the morning until he goes to sleep at night, Quinito is up and running-fast or slow, depending on the day. If it's sunny, he's off to the park to swing high and low. If it's rainy, Quinito stays home, where he can be quiet at nap-time and loud at playtime. There's so much to do before the sun sets. Ina Cumpiano teams up with José Ramírez once more to show young readers that everywhere they look, opposites abound. Quinito, Day and Night is a delight for all kinds of readers: young or old, tall or short, messy or neat.
Quinn
by Em Strang* A New Statesman Most Anticipated Title for 2023 * From an award-winning Scottish poet, an unforgettable novel about memory and radical forgiveness How far would you go to overcome the limits of your own forgiveness? Quinn is serving a life sentence for a crime he's convinced he hasn't committed. Surely the authorities have got it wrong, and when they find his childhood sweetheart, Andrea, his name will be cleared. His parole is drawing near when he receives an unexpected letter from Andrea's mother, who invites Quinn to share her home. It soon becomes apparent that what appears to be a genuine act of forgiveness is influenced by more complex motivations. As they navigate the thorny terrain of guilt, justice and mutual need that underpins their relationship, the story of Quinn's past is gradually revealed, setting in motion a final reckoning. Em Strang's first novel is a hypnotic rendering of an unravelling mind and a visceral story about the very limits of forgiveness.
Quintessence
by Jess RedmanA 2021 NCTE Charlotte Huck Award Honor BookA Bank Street Best Book of 2021Quintessence is an extraordinary story from Jess Redman about friendship, self-discovery, interconnectedness, and the inexplicable elements that make you you.Three months ago, twelve-year-old Alma moved to the town of Four Points. Her panic attacks started a week later, and they haven’t stopped—even though she’s told her parents that they have. She’s homesick and friendless and every day she feels less and less like herself.But one day she finds a telescope in the town’s junk shop, and through its lens, she watches a star—a star that looks like a child—fall from the sky and into her backyard. Alma knows what it’s like to be lost and afraid, to long for home, and she knows that it’s up to her to save the star. And so, with the help of some unlikely new friends from Astronomy Club, she sets out on a quest that will take a little bit of science, a little bit of magic, and her whole self.This title has Common Core connections.
Quints: The Cleanup
by Leslie McguireThe Quints are five adorable, identical little babies born to loving families everywhere. Join each special set of Quints in their "Adventures for 5" and see what happens when every little thing they do is 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 times the fun!
Quipu
by Damien BroderickCaroline is about to go psychotic—and given her family, it&’s no surprise. Joseph cannot talk to women even if he is a certified high-IQ clever dick trying to take snapshots of the end of the universe. Ray and Marj have their own hassles with in‑laws, but student terrorists get in the way. Meanwhile, Brian, misogynist and wit, appalls everyone in the quipu world. Quipus? They are the scandalous fanzines that hikes traded before blogs were invented. Hikes? High-IQ clever dicks, of course. In Quipu, Australian writer Damien Broderick reimagines his prize‑winning 1984 novel Transmitters as the surprising saga of a &“family&” of genius‑level, one‑of‑a‑kind individuals.
Quirk Books Entertains Your Kids: 20 Crafts, Recipes, Activities, and More!
by Raising QuirkThis summer, Raising Quirk&’s mission is to keep your kids from ever having to say &“I&’m bored.&” So we&’ve rounded up our favorite crafts, recipes, games, and activities from Quirk Books titles and jam-packed them into our funnest, awesomest, and kid-friendliest e-sampler yet. Whether you&’re taking your family on the road or stuck indoors on a rainy day, we&’ve got you covered. Projects include: COOKING: How to Teach a Kid to Cook Robot Bites Banana Split Pops Little-Bitty Fudge Puppies CRAFTING: Bottle-Cap FramesStarburst Straws Turtle Magnet Get Your Kid to Clean Up OUTDOOR ADVENTURE: Get Your Kid to Put On Sunscreen Plan a Scavenger Hunt Yakima! Choreograph a Fight Scene Nick and Tesla&’s Low-Tech (Practically No-Tech) Bottle Rocket and Launcher RAINY DAY ANTICS: Get Your Kid to Play Alone Futaleufú Mattress Rafting Put on a Comedy Show Learn a Magic Trick FUN ON THE GO: How to Keep a Family Happy During Car Trips Make Trail Mix and Hit the Trails! How to Build a Sand Castle Games to Play in the Car Children don&’t come with an owner&’s manual, so Raising Quirk brings together advice, activities, entertainment, and, most important, other parents who still feel kinda like kids themselves. Our motto: We help cool parents raise cool kids. After all, parenting is a lifelong adventure, and we&’re all in it together. Consider us your virtual playgroup and join us at Raising Quirk online.
Quirky Kids
by Perri Klass Eileen CostelloThe toddler whose tantrums scare all the other kids on the playground . . . The three-year-old who ignores all his toys but seems passionately attached to the vacuum cleaner . . . The fourth-grade girl who never gets invited to a birthday party because classmates think she’s “weird” . . . The geek who is terrific at math, but is failing every other subject. Quirky children are different from other kids in ways that they–and their parents and teachers–have a hard time understanding or explaining. Straddling the line between eccentric and developmentally impaired, quirky children present challenges that standard parenting books fail to address. Now, inQuirky Kids, nationally known writer/pediatrician Perri Klass and her colleague Eileen Costello, a seasoned pediatrician with a special interest in child development, finally provide the expert guidance and in-depth research that families with quirky children so desperately need. A generation ago, such children were called odd ducks or worse. But nowadays, they are often assigned medical, psychiatric, or neurological diagnoses. The diagnoses often overlap or shift, but the labels can be frightening. Klass and Costello illuminate the confusing list of terms applied to quirky children these days–nonverbal learning disability, sensory integration disorder, obsessive-compulsive behavior, autistic spectrum disorder, pervasive developmental disorder, Asperger’s syndrome–and explain how to assess what exactly each diagnosis means and how to use it to help a child most effectively. Quirky Kidstakes you through the stages of a child’s life, helping to smooth the way at home, at school, even on the playground. How do you make it through mealtime, when emotions often erupt? How do you help the child’s siblings understand what’s going on? Is it better to “mainstream” the child or seek a special education program? How can you make a school more welcoming and flexible for a quirky child? How do you help your child deal with social exclusion, name-calling, and bullying? Choosing the right therapy for quirky children is especially difficult, because their problems fall outside traditional medical categories. Coping strategies might include martial arts or horseback riding, or speech and occupational therapies. Klass and Costello cover all the options, as well as offer a thorough consideration of the available medications, how they work, and whether medication is the best choice for your child. Drs. Klass and Costello firmly believe that the ideal way to help our quirky kids is to understand and embrace the qualities that make them exceptionally interesting and lovable. Written with upbeat clarity and informed insight, their book is a comprehensive guide to loving, living with, and enjoying these wonderful if challenging children.
Quirky Kids
by Perri Klass Eileen CostelloThe toddler whose tantrums scare all the other kids on the playground . . . The three-year-old who ignores all his toys but seems passionately attached to the vacuum cleaner . . . The fourth-grade girl who never gets invited to a birthday party because classmates think she's "weird" . . . The geek who is terrific at math, but is failing every other subject. Quirky children are different from other kids in ways that they-and their parents and teachers-have a hard time understanding or explaining. Straddling the line between eccentric and developmentally impaired, quirky children present challenges that standard parenting books fail to address. Now, in Quirky Kids, nationally known writer/pediatrician Perri Klass and her colleague Eileen Costello, a seasoned pediatrician with a special interest in child development, finally provide the expert guidance and in-depth research that families with quirky children so desperately need.A generation ago, such children were called odd ducks or worse. But nowadays, they are often assigned medical, psychiatric, or neurological diagnoses. The diagnoses often overlap or shift, but the labels can be frightening. Klass and Costello illuminate the confusing list of terms applied to quirky children these days-nonverbal learning disability, sensory integration disorder, obsessive-compulsive behavior, autistic spectrum disorder, pervasive developmental disorder, Asperger's syndrome-and explain how to assess what exactly each diagnosis means and how to use it to help a child most effectively. Quirky Kids takes you through the stages of a child's life, helping to smooth the way at home, at school, even on the playground. How do you make it through mealtime, when emotions often erupt? How do you help the child's siblings understand what's going on? Is it better to "mainstream" the child or seek a special education program? How can you make a school more welcoming and flexible for a quirky child? How do you help your child deal with social exclusion, name-calling, and bullying? Choosing the right therapy for quirky children is especially difficult, because their problems fall outside traditional medical categories. Coping strategies might include martial arts or horseback riding, or speech and occupational therapies. Klass and Costello cover all the options, as well as offer a thorough consideration of the available medications, how they work, and whether medication is the best choice for your child. Drs. Klass and Costello firmly believe that the ideal way to help our quirky kids is to understand and embrace the qualities that make them exceptionally interesting and lovable. Written with upbeat clarity and informed insight, their book is a comprehensive guide to loving, living with, and enjoying these wonderful if challenging children.From the Hardcover edition.
Quirky Kids: Understanding and Helping Your Child Who Doesn't Fit In- When to Worry and When Not to Worry
by Perri Klass Eileen CostelloThe toddler whose tantrums scare all the other kids on the playground . . . The three-year-old who ignores all his toys but seems passionately attached to the vacuum cleaner . . . The fourth-grade girl who never gets invited to a birthday party because classmates think she’s “weird” . . . The geek who is terrific at math, but is failing every other subject. Quirky children are different from other kids in ways that they–and their parents and teachers–have a hard time understanding or explaining. Straddling the line between eccentric and developmentally impaired, quirky children present challenges that standard parenting books fail to address. Now, in Quirky Kids, nationally known writer/pediatrician Perri Klass and her colleague Eileen Costello, a seasoned pediatrician with a special interest in child development, finally provide the expert guidance and in-depth research that families with quirky children so desperately need.A generation ago, such children were called odd ducks or worse. But nowadays, they are often assigned medical, psychiatric, or neurological diagnoses. The diagnoses often overlap or shift, but the labels can be frightening. Klass and Costello illuminate the confusing list of terms applied to quirky children these days–nonverbal learning disability, sensory integration disorder, obsessive-compulsive behavior, autistic spectrum disorder, pervasive developmental disorder, Asperger’s syndrome–and explain how to assess what exactly each diagnosis means and how to use it to help a child most effectively. Quirky Kids takes you through the stages of a child’s life, helping to smooth the way at home, at school, even on the playground. How do you make it through mealtime, when emotions often erupt? How do you help the child’s siblings understand what’s going on? Is it better to “mainstream” the child or seek a special education program? How can you make a school more welcoming and flexible for a quirky child? How do you help your child deal with social exclusion, name-calling, and bullying? Choosing the right therapy for quirky children is especially difficult, because their problems fall outside traditional medical categories. Coping strategies might include martial arts or horseback riding, or speech and occupational therapies. Klass and Costello cover all the options, as well as offer a thorough consideration of the available medications, how they work, and whether medication is the best choice for your child. Drs. Klass and Costello firmly believe that the ideal way to help our quirky kids is to understand and embrace the qualities that make them exceptionally interesting and lovable. Written with upbeat clarity and informed insight, their book is a comprehensive guide to loving, living with, and enjoying these wonderful if challenging children.From the Hardcover edition.
Quizmas
by Gordon Pape Deborah KerbelStart a new Christmas tradition with Quizmas Ever wonder why we kiss under the mistletoe? Are the lights on the Christmas tree just pretty decorations or do they symbolize something deeper? And speaking of Christmas trees, where did that idea come from? Why would we bring a tree into our homes, hang ornaments on it, and treat it as the focal point of Christmas morning? Answers to these questions and hundreds more can be found in this delightful and utterly unputdownable collection of fabulous Christmas trivia. "Loads of fun...the perfect stocking stuffer."--Santa
Quizmas Carols
by Gordon Pape Deborah KerbelIn this fun and festive follow-up to Plume's popular Quizmas and Family Quizmas trivia books, Gordon Pape and Deborah Kerbel turn to the holiday season's best-loved songs. Featuring an introduction to the history of Christmas carols; Quizmas-style questions organized by era, region, and genre; and interesting stories about the carols themselves; Quizmas Carols covers every favorite tune, from "The First Noel" to "The Chipmunk Song." Do you know: * What carol was written by a newspaper reporter? * Which Judy Garland movie introduced "Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas"? * Which carol became a hymn against slavery in its English translation? * In which European city Handel's "Messiah" was first performed? * Which cowboy movie star wrote "Here Comes Santa Claus"? Full of little-known facts and merry multiple-choice answers, Quizmas Carols is the perfect stocking stuffer for anyone who loves the music of Christmas. [Answers: "We Three Kings of Orient Are," Meet Me in St. Louis, "O Holy Night," Dublin, Gene Autry]
Quiéreme bien (Trilogía de Elena #Volumen 3)
by Anaí LópezElena Balboa tiene diecinueve años y también tiene trece. Dos tiempos simultáneos narrados desde su presente. De un capítulo a otro, de una página a la otra, nos llevará por todo tipo de experiencias que nos harán testigos de las coincidencias y los contrastes entre dos momentos clave en la vida de una joven. Tras el éxito conquistado con Quiéreme cinco minutos y Quiéreme si te atreves, regresa Elena Balboa, que ahora se la vive entre desveladas y cafés, sacando fotocopias, escapándose a la playa, estudiando, descubriendo, reventando, subida en la montaña rusa de una nueva e intensa etapa de su vida: la universidad. Pero comenzar a ser adulto no es fácil cuando nadie te sigue el paso. Elena siente que sus amigos de la prepa se quedaron a años luz, su hermano parece un burócrata cuarentón y su mamá se porta como si tuviera dieciséis. A veces cree que está sola en sus ansias por cambiar al mundo, y sólo parece entenderla un profesorque le mueve el tapete. Eso no sería tan grave si no tuviera un novio que la adora, pero que empieza a dar señales de querer volar alto... y lejos. A ratos Elena se siente más confundida que cuando tenía trece años y descubrió que el mundo no era tan rosa como se lo habían pintado. Con las agallas y sentido del humor que la caracterizan, Elena se lanza otra vez a una trepidante aventura. Ahora más que nunca, está dispuesta a demostrarse que está hecha de lo que se necesita para ser una gran mujer. Una que sabe querer bien.