![]() ![]() How could she, Santa’s only daughter, be so attracted to a man who refuses to believe her father exists? Posing as Miss Kane, the children’s new nanny, Carol pulls out all the stops to show Ben how fun Christmas can be, all the while struggling to understand how one man could hate the holidays so much. ![]() Joining single father Ben Hanson and his children for the holidays seems an easy enough task until Santa informs her that Ben is the man behind the disturbing new book ‘Beyond Bah Humbug: Why Lying to Your Children about Santa Claus is a Bad Idea’. With Christmas only three days away, Carol Claus agrees to her father’s request that she leave the North Pole on a mission to help save Christmas. A quick and uncomplicated story that’s certainly worth a read to get you ready for Christmas. Quick Review (read on for full review) A little twee and saccharine, perfect for a light-hearted, festive read. Miss Kane’s Christmas is the first book in the Christmas Central series by Caroline Mickelson. ![]()
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A variety of familiar animals invite young children to copy their antics, and as they play, they will learn such important skills as careful listening, focusing attention, and following instructions. ![]() Can you do it? ‘ I can do it!’ is the confidence-building message of this fun-filled interactive picture book. From their heads down to their toes, kids will be wriggling, jiggling, and giggling as they try to keep up with these animals!Alligators wiggle, elephants stop, gorillas thump, and giraffes bend. Watching giraffes bend their necks or monkeys wave their arms is fun, but nothing could be better than joining in. Can you? From the creator of such beloved classics as The Grouchy Ladybug and The Mixed-Up Chameleon comes this interactive story that invites kids to imitate animal movements. What does an elephant do? It stomps its foot. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Some debts, it turns out, cannot be repaid. 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So when the handsome Duke of Wyatthaven shows up with a proposal, she accepts. ![]() ![]() The last thing Fredericka wants is a hurried-up marriage to a man she doesn’t know―much less love, but she’ll do it for the children. Fredericka is powerless to stop her, but having a husband might sway the ruling. She’s been caring for her deceased sister’s three young children, and now a childless cousin has petitioned the court for custody. Yours Truly, The Duke is the first novel in the historical romance Say I Do trilogy about dukes needing to wed to tap into their wealth by New York Times bestselling author Amelia Grey.įredericka Hale needs a husband, and fast. ![]() ![]() ![]() OL17788140W Page_number_confidence 89.60 Pages 390 Partner Innodata Pdf_module_version 0.0.17 Ppi 300 Rcs_key 24143 Republisher_date 20200708200254 Republisher_operator Republisher_time 440 Scandate 20200623001844 Scanner Scanningcenter cebu Scribe3_search_catalog isbn Scribe3_search_id 9781250080059 Tts_version 4. Fifteen-year-old Fletcher assists blacksmith Berdon, haggles with the town guards, and dodges bullies daily. A young orphan makes friends (and enemies) at a magic school in this solid series opener. 1 by Taran Matharu RELEASE DATE: May 5, 2015. ![]() Access-restricted-item true Addeddate 16:06:51 Boxid IA1859706 Camera USB PTP Class Camera Collection_set printdisabled External-identifier ![]() ![]() During the nineteenth century white evangelicals split apart, first North versus South, and then, modernist versus fundamentalist. A populist rebellion against the established churches, it became the dominant religious force in the country. The evangelical movement began in the revivals of the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries, known in America as the Great Awakenings. "We have long needed a fair-minded overview of this vitally important religious sensibility, and FitzGerald has now provided it" (The New York Times Book Review). ![]() * Winner of the 2017 National Book Critics Circle Award * National Book Award Finalist * Time magazine Top 10 Nonfiction Book of the Year * New York Times Notable Book * Publishers Weekly Best Books of 2017 This "epic history" (The Boston Globe) from Pulitzer Prize-winning historian Frances FitzGerald is the first to tell the powerful, dramatic story of the Evangelical movement in America-from the Puritan era to the 2016 election. ![]() ![]() ![]() “A 13-year old South African boy turns tricks in Cape Town in Duiker's emotional whiplash of a debut novel, available in the US for the first time…. ![]() “Duiker is to literature what Steve Biko is to politics, both having died at the tender age of 30 but leaving indelible footprints in our collective memory.” ![]() Told from Azure’s perspective, Duiker weaves a narrative that lays bare the violence, exploitation, racial and sexual politics found just under the surface of South African society.” Sello Duiker’s short novel, Thirteen Cents is simultaneously gruesome, violent, deeply disturbing, whimsical, and beautiful…. “A gritty, dagga-infused tour through a Cape Town underworld of street children, hustlers, and cruising ‘johns.’” Winner of the 2002 Commonwealth Writers’ Prize for Best First Book (Africa) ![]() |