LEGO

Author: Jonathan Bender
Publisher: Turner Publishing Company
ISBN: 047090903X
Category : Sports & Recreation
Languages : en
Pages : 302

Book Description
An adult LEGO fan's dual quest: to build with bricks and build a family There are 62 LEGO bricks for every person in the world, and at age 30, Jonathan Bender realized that he didn't have a single one of them. While reconsidering his childhood dream of becoming a master model builder for The LEGO Group, he discovers the men and women who are skewing the averages with collections of hundreds of thousands of LEGO bricks. What is it about the ubiquitous, brightly colored toys that makes them so hard for everyone to put down? In search of answers and adventure, Jonathan Bender sets out to explore the quirky world of adult fans of LEGO (AFOLs) while becoming a builder himself. As he participates in challenges at fan conventions, searches for the largest private collection in the United States, and visits LEGO headquarters (where he was allowed into the top secret set vault), he finds his LEGO journey twinned with a second creative endeavor—to have a child. His two worlds intertwine as he awaits the outcome: Will he win a build competition or bring a new fan of LEGO into the world? Like every really good love story, this one has surprises—and a happy ending. Explores the world of adult fans of LEGO, from rediscovering the childhood joys of building with LEGO to evaluating LEGO's place in culture and art Takes an inside look at LEGO conventions, community taboos, and build challenges and goes behind-the-scenes at LEGO headquarters and LEGOLAND Tells a warm and personal story about the attempt to build with LEGO and build a family Whether you're an avid LEGO freak or a onetime fan who now shares LEGO bricks with your children, this book will appeal to the inner builder in you and reignite a love for all things LEGO.

The Geek Dad's Guide to Weekend Fun

Author: Ken Denmead
Publisher: Penguin
ISBN: 1101528605
Category : Family & Relationships
Languages : en
Pages : 241

Book Description
The wildly popular DIY dad follows up his instant New York Times bestseller with a fresh batch of geeky weekend science projects for the whole family to enjoy. Ken Denmead struck a chord with parents and kids across America with his GeekDad blog on Wired.com, which receives more than one million page views per month. His debut book, Geek Dad, was on bestseller lists and in its seventh printing just two months after hitting store shelves. With The Geek Dad's Guide to Weekend Fun, he keeps the nerdtastic novelties coming, with projects that teach readers how to: •Build homemade robots from scratch •Write and direct simple stop-motion movies •Hack into mechanical toys to add cool electronic twists, and more United by the premise that to really understand science and how something works you must design and build it yourself or remake it better, Geek Parents everywhere will celebrate this latest installment of weekend workshop wonders. Watch a Video

Penny's World

Author: Jacinda Ann Downing
Publisher: Dorrance Publishing
ISBN: 1638678944
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 174

Book Description
About the Book Topper and Penny are two young siblings that are growing up fast. Now in fourth and fifth grade, they love their family and friends and all the laughter and entertainment that comes with them. Even though they are very different and act like normal children, they show that love comes from all the interactions they have together, not just unique events like sibling squabbles. They interact with each other and their friends and family like real children, with a child’s understanding and knowledge, that any reader can relate to their own experience as a child. About the Author Jacinda Ann Downing has worked as an Early Childhood educator for over twenty years. She believes this is a God-given gift that she certainly does not take for granted. She has one daughter and two sons. Her hobbies include reading, writing, working out, weekend getaway, playing and watching sports, and window shopping. Downing also attends church regularly for spiritual growth and fellowship, has an active prayer life, and most of all enjoys helping others. She is very family-oriented and believes that a strong family is developed through prayer, love, gatherings, and communication.

The Futilitarians

Author: Anne Gisleson
Publisher: Little, Brown
ISBN: 0316393894
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 249

Book Description
A memoir of friendship and literature chronicling a search for meaning and comfort in great books, and a beautiful path out of grief. Anne Gisleson had lost her twin sisters, had been forced to flee her home during Hurricane Katrina, and had witnessed cancer take her beloved father. Before she met her husband, Brad, he had suffered his own trauma, losing his partner and the mother of his son to cancer in her young thirties. "How do we keep moving forward," Anne asks, "amid all this loss and threat?" The answer: "We do it together." Anne and Brad, in the midst of forging their happiness, found that their friends had been suffering their own losses and crises as well: loved ones gone, rocky marriages, tricky child-rearing, jobs lost or gained, financial insecurities or unexpected windfalls. Together these resilient New Orleanians formed what they called the Existential Crisis Reading Group, which they jokingly dubbed "The Futilitarians." From Epicurus to Tolstoy, from Cheever to Amis to Lispector, each month they read and talked about identity, parenting, love, mortality, and life in post-Katrina New Orleans, In the year after her father's death, these living-room gatherings provided a sustenance Anne craved, fortifying her and helping her blaze a trail out of her well-worn grief. More than that, this fellowship allowed her finally to commune with her sisters on the page, and to tell the story of her family that had remained long untold. Written with wisdom, soul, and a playful sense of humor, The Futilitarians is a guide to living curiously and fully, and a testament to the way that even from the toughest soil of sorrow, beauty and wonder can bloom.

Ezra and the Great Bin Jah Meen

Author: R. D. Stevens
Publisher: Dreamsphere Books
ISBN:
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 187

Book Description
Eleven-year-old Ezra Ben Castle of 23 Somerset Drive isn’t your regular type of hero. He has a super-fast brain, a miniature schnauzer called Parker for a best friend, and a lingering sense that he’s always been a little bit...elsewhere. Primary school is almost over, but when the last day of term arrives, Ezra’s granny is taken ill. With his adoptive parents preoccupied, non-stop rain soaking the garden, and the looming torture of secondary school to come, the summer holidays are definitely not looking good. Meanwhile, in the distant world of Ankh Bah, the mysterious and powerful Great Bin Jah Meen has appeared out of nowhere, stopping the sun in the sky and using his dark magic to cast all who live there into the depths of anger and despair. Desperate for help, the Sahs—Ankh Bah’s small, furry residents—end up somewhere unexpected. When a half-sized steam train bursts out of a spinning portal at the bottom of Ezra’s garden and two Sahs hop out, his dreary summer suddenly looks much more interesting, even if peril awaits…

Fathering Your Toddler: A Dad's Guide To The Second And Third Years

Author: Armin A. Brott
Publisher: WW Norton
ISBN: 0789210851
Category : Family & Relationships
Languages : en
Pages : 311

Book Description
"At what age should you introduce your child to computers? When and how should you go about drawing up a will? The day your child starts preschool, how will you cope with the pangs of adult separation anxiety? The answers to these questions and hundreds more are found in the pages of this information-packed volume. Author Armin Brott devotes a chapter to every three months of the second and third years. In each chapter, Brott charts the physical, intellectual, verbal, and emotional changes the child is going through and examines the emotional and psychological developments the father may be experiencing. He discusses issues that may develop between fathers and their partners as well as matters that involve the whole family. In addition, each chapter contains a section called “You and Your Child,” in which activities and issues appropriate to the given age are discussed. New topics in this revised and expanded edition cover the latest research on child development, including brain growth. There is more advice for dads who are older, single, or in the military; fathers of preemies and multiples; stepfathers; and stay-at-home dads. This new edition adds information on a wide range of subjects, from helping a child grieve over the loss of a relative or a pet to health and safety issues to care of special-needs children. Incorporating the author’s and other fathers’ personal experiences, as well as the advice of top researchers in the field, and illustrated throughout with delightful New Yorker-style cartoons underscoring the universality of the joys and woes of parenting, Fathering Your Toddler is an essential sourcebook for every dad. It’s certain to give every mom helpful insights as well."

The New Father: A Dad's Guide to The Toddler Years, 12-36 Months (Third Edition) (The New Father)

Author: Armin A. Brott
Publisher: WW Norton
ISBN: 0789260719
Category : Family & Relationships
Languages : en
Pages : 238

Book Description
The essential guide for fathers of one- and two-year-olds, completely revised and updated Learn how to make a positive impact in these milestone years of your child's development, when he or she goes from crawling to walking, and from knowing just a few words to speaking in complete sentences. Armin Brott guides you through this crucial phase of fatherhood three months at a time, in the third volume of the New Father series trusted by millions of dads nationwide. Each chapter covers: Your child’s physical, intellectual, verbal, and emotional/social development What you’re experiencing as a father Age-appropriate activities you and your child can enjoy together Family matters, including your relationship with your partner, sibling relationships, and more This new edition of The New Father: A Dad’s Guide to the Toddler Years has been thoroughly updated to cover the issues dads face today, from balancing work and family to managing kids’ screen time. Dads will rely on this friendly yet authoritative book—and moms will find it helpful, too.

Red Sky at Night

Author: Robin Brindley Johnson
Publisher: Lulu.com
ISBN: 0244693447
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 414

Book Description
A thrilling, hilarious and unforgettable science-fiction novel about the least likely of heroes to stand in the way of catastrophe... GINGERS!!! Brothers Joel, Taylor and Logan Jones, along with fellow redhead Libby Baxter, face the same issues that many kids growing up have to deal with: Why won't my parents let me blow things up? Who would win if Marvel took on DC? What exactly is the point of going to school? Can my hair look cool when it's ginger? An ominous red sky over the city of Chester heralds the onset of an unprecedented global event. The four children try to figure out what is happening, unaware that it is they who hold the key to stopping the monstrous fate that awaits the Earth.

Lessons in Teletherapy

Author: Louis Propp
Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield
ISBN: 1538195593
Category : Psychology
Languages : en
Pages : 175

Book Description
Lessons in Teletherapy provides composite case studies and a treatment framework for clinicians exploring virtual therapy with clients, . Louis Propp, a seasoned clinical psychologist specializing in child, adolescent, and family therapy, draws from his experience rapidly transitioning to telehealth during the first year of the COVID-19 pandemic. These stories mirror the real patient and provider challenges and progression, in monthly segments, addressing such issues as family domestic violence, behavioral issues, neurodivergence, substance abuse, social discrimination, grief, and psychopathology. Using a cognitive behavioral therapy-based treatment intervention—developed from ideas common to both in-person and virtual therapy—Dr. Propp demonstrates and explains how this framework may be applied to each client’s unique situation.

The Chair

Author: Arlene Hill
Publisher: Lulu.com
ISBN: 1387056018
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 234

Book Description