The Post-Adoption Blues

Author: Karen J. Foli
Publisher: Rodale Books
ISBN: 1609616103
Category : Family & Relationships
Languages : en
Pages : 327

Book Description
Over 150,000 people adopt children each year, and more than 2 million parents are now raising adopted children and grandchildren. While the path to parenting through adoption is rich with rewards and fulfillment, it's not without its bumps. This compassionate, illuminating, and ultimately uplifting book is the first to openly recognize the very normal feelings of stress that adoptive families encounter as they cope with the challenges and expectations of their new families. Where do parents turn when the waited-for bonding with their adopted child is slow to form? When they find themselves grieving over the birth child they couldn't have? When the child they so eagerly welcomed into their home arrives with major, unexpected needs? Until now, adoptive parents have had to struggle silently with their feelings, which can range from flutters of anxiety to unbearable sadness. At last, Karen J. Foli, a registered nurse, and her husband, John R. Thompson, a psychiatrist, lift the curtain of secrecy from "Post Adoption Depression Syndrome" (PADS). Drawing on their own experience as adoptive parents as well as interviews with dozens of adoptive families and experts in the field, the couple offers parents the understanding, support, and concrete solutions they need to overcome post-adoption blues-and open their hearts to the joy adoption can bring.

Anne of Green Gables

Author: L. M. Montgomery
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
ISBN: 0689846223
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 484

Book Description
Anne, an eleven-year-old orphan, is sent by mistake to live with a lonely, middle-aged brother and sister on a Prince Edward Island farm and proceeds to make an indelible impression on everyone around her.

Complete Anne of Green Gables Collection (Delphi Classics)

Author: L. M. Montgomery
Publisher: Delphi Classics
ISBN:
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 3074

Book Description
L. M. Montgomery has charmed readers for over a century with her delightful tales of ‘Anne of Green Gables’, detailing provincial life in turn-of-the-century Canada. This eBook features the Complete Anne of Green Gables novels and short stories, organised in the traditional Delphi Classics quality format, with bonus features. * Beautifully illustrated with images relating to Montgomery's life and works * Concise introductions to the novels and other works * All the Anne of Green Gables Books - including the rare works sometimes missed out of collections * Images of how the books were first printed, giving your eReader a taste of the original texts * Excellent formatting of the texts * ANNE OF GREEN GABLES is fully illustrated with W. A. J. Claus’ original artwork * Features special bonus text: Montgomery's autobiography THE ALPINE PATH - discover the author’s literary life Please visit www.delphiclassics.com to browse through our range of exciting titles CONTENTS: Anne of Green Gables Series ANNE OF GREEN GABLES ANNE OF AVONLEA ANNE OF THE ISLAND ANNE OF WINDY POPLARS ANNE’S HOUSE OF DREAMS ANNE OF INGLESIDE RAINBOW VALLEY RILLA OF INGLESIDE The Short Story Collections CHRONICLES OF AVONLEA FURTHER CHRONICLES OF AVONLEA The Autobiography THE ALPINE PATH: THE STORY OF MY CAREER Please visit www.delphiclassics.com to browse through our range of exciting titles, including our bestselling Beatrix Potter, E. Nesbit and L. Frank Baum eBooks of classic children's literature.

Anne of the Island Illustrated

Author: Lucy Maud Montgomery
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 280

Book Description
Anne of the Island is the third book in the Anne of Green Gables series, written by Lucy Maud Montgomery about Anne Shirley. Anne of the Island was published in 1915, seven years after the bestselling Anne of Green Gables. Anne leaves Green Gables and her work as a teacher in Avonlea to pursue her original dream (which she gave up in Anne of Green Gables) of taking further education at Redmond College in Nova Scotia. Gilbert Blythe and Charlie Sloane enroll as well, as does Anne's friend from Queen's Academy, Priscilla Grant. During her first week of school, Anne befriends Philippa Gordon, a beautiful girl whose frivolous ways charm her. Philippa (Phil for short) also happens to be from Anne's birthplace in Bolingbroke, Nova Scotia.

Anne of Green Gables: 14 Books Collection

Author: Lucy Maud Montgomery
Publisher: Good Press
ISBN:
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 3579

Book Description
Lucy Maud Montgomery's collection of 14 books, including the iconic 'Anne of Green Gables', showcases her talent for capturing the whimsical and heartfelt journey of Anne Shirley, the imaginative and spirited orphan who finds a home in Green Gables. Montgomery's writing style is characterized by vivid imagery, witty dialogue, and insightful exploration of themes such as identity, friendship, and the beauty of nature. Set in the late 19th and early 20th centuries, the series offers a charming glimpse into rural Canadian life and the enduring spirit of a young girl determined to find her place in the world. Lucy Maud Montgomery's own experiences growing up in rural Prince Edward Island undoubtedly influenced her portrayal of Anne's adventures, adding depth and authenticity to the beloved character. Through her timeless storytelling, Montgomery continues to captivate readers of all ages with Anne's endearing escapades, making this collection a must-read for anyone seeking a delightful and enriching literary experience.

The Collected Unabridged Anne Shirley Stories: 12 Books (Anne of Green Gables, Anne of Avonlea, Anne of the Island, Anne's House of Dreams, Rainbow Valley, Rilla of Ingleside, Chronicles of Avonlea etc.)

Author: Lucy Maud Montgomery
Publisher: e-artnow sro
ISBN: 8026804015
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 3050

Book Description
This carefully crafted ebook: “The Collected Unabridged Anne Shirley Stories” contains 12 books in one volume and is formatted for your eReader with a functional and detailed table of contents. Anne Shirley is a fictional character introduced in the 1908 novel Anne of Green Gables by Lucy Maud Montgomery. The central character, Anne, an orphaned girl, made Montgomery famous in her lifetime and gave her an international following. The first novel was followed by a series of sequels with Anne as the central character. Table of contents: Anne of Green Gables (1908) Anne of Avonlea (1909) Anne of the Island (1915) Anne's House of Dreams (1917) Rainbow Valley (1919) Rilla of Ingleside (1921) Chronicles of Avonlea (1912) Further Chronicles of Avonlea (1920) The Story Girl (1911) The Golden Road (Sequel to The Story Girl, 1913) Kilmeny of the Orchard (1910) The Watchman and Other Poems (1916) There are two books in the Anne of Green Gables series which were published after 1922 and can't yet be included in this collection because of copyright restrictions in the USA: "Anne of Windy Poplars" (1936) and "Anne of Ingleside" (1939). Lucy Maud Montgomery (1874 – 1942), was a Canadian author best known for a series of novels beginning with Anne of Green Gables. Montgomery went on to publish 20 novels as well as 530 short stories, 500 poems, and 30 essays.

Anne of Green Gables - With Audio Level 2 Oxford Bookworms Library

Author: L. M. Montgomery
Publisher: Oxford University Press
ISBN: 0194631397
Category : Foreign Language Study
Languages : en
Pages : 64

Book Description
A level 2 Oxford Bookworms Library graded reader. This version includes an audio book: listen to the story as you read. Retold for Learners of English by Clare West. Marilla Cuthbert and her brother Matthew want to adopt an orphan, to help on the farm at Green Gables. They ask for a boy, but they get Anne, who has red hair and freckles, and who talks and talks and talks. They didn't want a girl, but how can they send a child back, like an unwanted parcel? So Anne stays, and begins a new life in the sleepy, quiet village of Avonlea in Canada. But it is not so quiet after Anne comes to live there . . .

Textual Transformations in Children's Literature

Author: Benjamin Lefebvre
Publisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1136227172
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 229

Book Description
This book offers new critical approaches for the study of adaptations, abridgments, translations, parodies, and mash-ups that occur internationally in contemporary children’s culture. It follows recent shifts in adaptation studies that call for a move beyond fidelity criticism, a paradigm that measures the success of an adaptation by the level of fidelity to the "original" text, toward a methodology that considers the adaptation to be always already in conversation with the adapted text. This book visits children’s literature and culture in order to consider the generic, pedagogical, and ideological underpinnings that drive both the process and the product. Focusing on novels as well as folktales, films, graphic novels, and anime, the authors consider the challenges inherent in transforming the work of authors such as William Shakespeare, Charles Perrault, L.M. Montgomery, Laura Ingalls Wilder, and A.A. Milne into new forms that are palatable for later audiences particularly when—for perceived ideological or political reasons—the textual transformation is not only unavoidable but entirely necessary. Contributors consider the challenges inherent in transforming stories and characters from one type of text to another, across genres, languages, and time, offering a range of new models that will inform future scholarship.

Reflections on Our Relationships with Anne of Green Gables

Author: Jessica Carniel
Publisher: Cambridge Scholars Publishing
ISBN: 152757203X
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 196

Book Description
This collection of essays brings together passionate readers and literary critics from Canada, the US, Japan, and Australia. The essays ruminate on readers’ individual and collective relationships to one of the most iconic characters of Western literature: Anne of Green Gables. This relationship is imagined and interrogated through a range of critical and creative lenses, including studies of fan culture, translation, adaptation and imagination. The collection is unique in inviting responses that draw deeply on personal connections to Anne, and the ways that readers’ relationships to her have shifted over time. The book will appeal most particularly to readers seeking essays and other works that bridge the divide between a critical and a more personal response to ‘our Anne girl’.

News Notes of California Libraries

Author: California State Library
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Libraries
Languages : en
Pages : 608

Book Description
Volumes for 1971- include annual reports and statistical summaries.