Here I Am! Who Are You?

Author: Jesper Juul
Publisher: AuthorHouse
ISBN: 1468579355
Category : Family & Relationships
Languages : en
Pages : 109

Book Description
In this excellent, short and instructive book - maybe one of Jesper Juuls best - he explains how to handle yourself as an adult in conflict with children. The many ideas, concepts and practical suggestions apply whether you are a parent or a professional working in the educational system. The title summarizes the essence of true dialogue and through plenty of everyday examples this book provides adults with alternatives to shouting, criticizing and blaming - while respecting the personal integrity of everyone involved. Jesper Juul shows how to use personal language and thereby develop relationships built on equal dignity. Ultimately, this book helps adults become more authentic so children can be treated as real people.

Here I Am

Author: Jonathan Safran Foer
Publisher: Penguin UK
ISBN: 024196637X
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 639

Book Description
THE NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER From the bestselling author of Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close, Everything is Illuminated and We are the Weather - a rich and moving novel about modern family lives and the ties that bind 'Towering and glorious: a tale of social, familial and marital breakdown and the End of the World. The funniest literary novel I have ever read' The Times 'A rich, beautifully written, ambitious and grandly moving novel, which looks both at the world at large and at the deepest concerns of individual lives' Evening Standard 'Lays bare the interior of a marriage with such intelligence and deep feeling and pitiless clarity, it's impossible to read it and not re-examine your own family' Time 'Astonishing. So sad and so funny and so wry' Scotland on Sunday Jacob and Julia Bloch are about to be tested . . . By Jacob's grandfather, who won't go quietly into a retirement home. By the family reunion, that everyone is dreading. By their son's heroic attempts to get expelled. And by the sexting affair that will rock their marriage. A typical modern American family, the Blochs cling together even as they are torn apart. Which is when catastrophe decides to strike . . . Confronting the enduring question of what it means to be human with inventiveness, playfulness and compassion, Here I Am is a great American family novel for our times, an unmissable read for fans of Jonathan Franzen and Michael Chabon, a masterpiece about how we live now.

Here I Am

Author: Patti Kim
Publisher: Capstone
ISBN: 1404882995
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 42

Book Description
"Tells the story in pictures of an Asian family newly immigrated to the United States and the challenges of starting a life in a new place"--Provided by publisher.

I Am the Wolf ... and Here I Come!

Author: Bénédicte Guettier
Publisher: Gecko Press (Tm)
ISBN: 1877579424
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 13

Book Description
The big bad wolf gets dressed, from his underpants to his great big coat.

Isaiah for Beginners

Author: Mike Mazzalongo
Publisher: BibleTalk.tv
ISBN:
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 66

Book Description
In this book, Mike will provide a comprehensive introduction to Isaiah explaining the structure, style and various themes Isaiah addresses as well as several lessons developed from key passages in Isaiah's book.

I Am Every Good Thing

Author: Derrick Barnes
Publisher: Penguin
ISBN: 0525518770
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 34

Book Description
An upbeat, empowering, important picture book from the team that created the award-winning Crown: An Ode to the Fresh Cut. A perfect gift for any special occasion! I am a nonstop ball of energy. Powerful and full of light. I am a go-getter. A difference maker. A leader. The confident Black narrator of this book is proud of everything that makes him who he is. He's got big plans, and no doubt he'll see them through--as he's creative, adventurous, smart, funny, and a good friend. Sometimes he falls, but he always gets back up. And other times he's afraid, because he's so often misunderstood and called what he is not. So slow down and really look and listen, when somebody tells you--and shows you--who they are. There are superheroes in our midst!

I'm New Here

Author: Anne Sibley O'Brien
Publisher: Lerner Publishing Group
ISBN: 1430130164
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 32

Book Description
Three children from other countries (Somalia, Spain, and Korea) struggle to adjust to their new home and school in the United States.

First Grade, Here I Come!

Author: D. J. Steinberg
Publisher: Penguin
ISBN: 044848921X
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 34

Book Description
Follows a child through all the big first grade moments.

Here I Am the One You Love

Author: Stephanie Schureman
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780983599500
Category : Children
Languages : en
Pages : 40

Book Description
Illustrated children's book

Hey World, Here I Am!

Author: Jean Little
Publisher: Harper Collins
ISBN: 006440384X
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 100

Book Description
Kate Bloomfield is back! And she's got a lot to say -- about school and friends and parents, about cartwheels (she can't do them), about parsnips (she won't eat them), about being alone and being herself, about life and love...even about Dave Nelson, who doesn't know she's alive. Outspoken, funny, sometimes confused but always observant, Kate is writing it all down -- "Hey World, Here I Am!" Notable Children's Books of 1989 (ALA) Best Books of 1989 (SLJ) Notable 1989 Children's Trade Books in Social Studies (NCSS/CBC) Children's Books of 1989 (Library of Congress) 1989 Children's Books (NY Public Library)