![]() ![]() A girl whispers, asking Faizah about the hijab. I’m walking with a princess.” Once they arrive at school, the reactions of other children alternate with spreads depicting Faizah’s thoughts about Asiyah’s hijab, which are paired with Mama’s words. Mama takes Asiyah and Faizah to the hijab shop so that Asiyah can pick out her “first-day hijab.” Mama likes pink, but Asiyah picks out “the brightest blue.” Faizah has a new backpack and light-up shoes for the first day of school, but when Asiyah walks out in her blue hijab, “It’s the most beautiful first day of school ever. ![]() A young girl admires her older sister’s “first-day hijab” in this team effort by hijabi Olympian Muhammad ( Proud, 2018) and YA novelist Ali ( Love From A to Z, 2019). ![]()
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![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() 5 STARS for Rivers of Sunlight:* "The science is superb." - Horn Book, starred review* "The pairing of uncomplicated text and lavish illustration feels expansive, conveying amazement and awe through clear, yet poetic, visual explanations.A handsome invitation to earth science." - Kirkus Reviews, starred review * "An enlightening book on a vital topic." - Booklist, starred review*"Bang continues her Sunlight series with a poetic, in-depth exploration of the sun's role in the water cycle." - Publishers Weekly, starred review *"An outstanding choice for introducing young children to the water cycle. ![]() ![]() ![]() Now when she and Josh reconnect, it seems like it might finally be in the right place at the right time for them to make it work. Eden Edy McCrorey is the protagonist of The Way I Used to Be. Months after Eden and two other girls publicly accuse their rapist, Eden is starting college while her case goes to trial. Unbeknownst to Josh, Eden was carrying the burden of a devastating sexual assault, while Josh was dealing with his own private struggle of having an alcoholic father. ![]() When they dated in high school, they each had their own problems getting in the way of the deep connection they felt toward one another. Eden and Josh never had a fair shot at a healthy relationship. Eden and Josh decide to give their relationship another chance in this much anticipated sequel to the New York Times bestseller The Way I Used to Be that explores how to move forward after trauma-in life and in love. ![]() ![]() ![]() To avoid Vexley’s clutches and a ruinous scandal, Camilla is forced to enter a devil’s bargain with Waverly Green’s newest arrival, enigmatic Lord Ashford ‘Syn’ Synton, little expecting his game will awaken her true nature. ![]() And now it seems Vexley isn’t the only scoundrel interested in securing her unique talents as a painter. The trouble with scoundrels and blackguards is that they haven’t a modicum of honor, a fact Miss Camilla Antonius learns after one desperate mistake allows notorious rake-and satire sheet legend-Lord Phillip Vexley to blackmail her. With a powerful artifact and his own future at stake, Envy is determined to win, though none of his meticulous plans prepare him for her, the frustrating artist who ignites his sin-and passion-like no other… ![]() Riddles, hexed objects, anonymous players, nothing will stand in his way. And when a cryptic note arrives, signaling the beginning of a deadly game, he knows he’ll be called much worse before it ends. These are wicked names the Prince of Envy welcomes. The adult debut of #1 New York Times bestselling author Kerri Maniscalco, Throne of the Fallen is a seductive new standalone novel set within her fan-favorite Kingdom of the Wicked world, perfect for readers of fantasy, romance, and mystery alike. ![]() ![]() ![]() ‘If you’ve been to Israel, this book will feel like a return trip. In this unique and tender story of an unlikely romance, popular author Eva Marie Everson takes readers on a journey through the heart of a young woman bound for the unknown. If for any reason you can’t go, Reflections of God’s Holy Land is the next best thing. ‘You’ve always wanted to go to the Holy Land, and this book will only deepen that longing. Historical and archaeological comment and present day perspective.Beautiful photographs with cross referenced scriptures of 40 significant biblical locations Reviews arent verified, but Google checks for and removes fake content when its identified. ![]() Providing more than a coffee table book of slick photographs, authors Everson and Feinberg Vamosh one Christian, one Jewish enlighten readers with a deeper understanding of the land of Israel the land that holds not only God’s story but the story of His people. This unique armchair tour of Israel includes four color photographs, related scriptures, historical and archaeological information about each area, and a description of what it looks and feels like to be there today. ![]() ![]() Fred Everson is the controller of Emerald Lake Naturist Resort and RV Park, a nudist campground and resort in. Discover the origin of the Word of God, and the Land of His Heartbeat in Reflections of God’s Holy Land: A Personal Journey Through Israel. Would be good to share views and opinions. ![]() ![]() By the time we make eye contact the first night we visit Club Sin, it’s too late. We’ve been made into soldiers, but none of us saw Ella coming. She makes me warm when I’ve been cold for far too long. ![]() ![]() Not even Landon, even if he is our oldest friend. I’ll make sure she stays safe because she’s ours. When Owen, Barrett and Colt are assigned to protect me, how far will it go? Will they keep me safe? Will they show me a new way to play, a new fantasy I didn’t even know I had? How long will it last? Once they sink their teeth into me, will I ever be able to walk away again?Įlla thaws the ice around my heart. ![]() With the enemies Landon’s made, he’s the reason I could be in danger. Now they’re back and working for Landon at Sullivan Protections. Then they all went off to serve our country while I grew up. My brother, Landon, is the reason I knew them way back when. Maybe I haven’t changed enough because the moment I see them again, I know they’re the only ones who can give me what I want, what I need. I know I’ve changed since they saw me last and, in some ways, they have too. I wasn’t expecting to walk in one night to find three men who I haven’t seen in ten years. It’s a place where no one knows more than I want them to, and I feel free. I’ve found pleasure, but I’m still searching for what or who makes my body come alive like it never has before. ![]() I’ve explored a lot within the walls of Club Sin, but it hasn’t been quite right. ![]() ![]() ![]() Between health challenges, interfering church mothers Sasha Pray Onn and Bea Blister, her pastor's challenging love life and just plain old stubbornness between two lifelong singles, that simple desire is in jeopardy. Pat G'orge-Walker took us there once again with a side-splitting tale of Sister Betty and her family/friends/foes/folks she's not sure about.Īll Sister Betty wants to do is get to the altar with her beloved, Trustee Freddie Noel. ![]() With her happiness, the church’s future, and Tom’s sanity on the line, Sister Betty will need to kick some spiritual butt, take names-and fight for some major soul-saving miracles. While this no-nonsense prayer warrior needs all the holy backup she can get, her pastor, Reverend Leotis Tom, is desperately dodging temptation as Mother Pray Onn’s wild-child niece and Betty’s young cousin compete to become his First Lady. But she’s armed with enough sense and scripture to keep contentious church busybodies Bea Blister and Sasha Pray Onn from sowing even more chaos amid the congregation-until a rehearsal disaster and an unexpected secret causes Freddie to break off the engagement without explanation… Unfortunately, she knows the chances of having a peaceful ceremony in their beloved Crossing Over Sanctuary Church are slim to none. An inspiring, devilishly funny tale of hope, secrets-and hard-knock faith that can make the most impossible situations right…įor Sister Betty, the marriage proposal from trustee Freddie Noel is a once-in-a-lifetime surprise blessing. ![]() ![]() ![]() Toni Morrison came up with the character beloved after she started writing. ![]() "That was more than enough to fire my imagination." 2. "She was very calm she said, 'I’d do it again,'" Morrison told The Paris Review. Once apprehended, her trial transfixed the nation. A posse caught up with Garner, who killed her youngest daughter and attempted to do the same to her other children rather than let them return to bondage. ![]() While compiling research for 1974's The Black Book, Morrison came across the story of Margaret Garner, a runaway slave from Kentucky who escaped with her husband and four children to Ohio in 1856. Here are some notable facts about Morrison’s process and the novel’s legacy. All the awards aside, Beloved is a testament to the horrors of slavery, with its narrative of suffering and repressed memory and its dedication to the more than 60 million who died in bondage. The book won the Pulitzer Prize and was a key factor in the decision to award Morrison the Nobel Prize in 1993. Toni Morrison-who was born on February 18, 1931, and passed away on August 5, 2019-made a name for herself with The Bluest Eye, Sula, and Song of Solomon, but it wasn’t until 1987’s Beloved, about a runaway slave haunted by the death of her infant daughter, that her legacy was secured. ![]() ![]() ![]() Bich Minh Nguyen’s wonderfully imagined literary history gets to the truth about mothers, daughters, frontiers, and the meaning of home. “I love how the Little House legend takes a wild detour into contemporary life in Pioneer Girl. Cristina García, author of King of Cuba and Dreaming in Cuban Navigating Vietnamese ‘immigrant guilt’ and a stalled academic career, Lee Lien finds escape in trying to solve a literary mystery which leads her deep into her own heart and history. “Elegant, sharp-eyed, and very funny, Pioneer Girl is ultimately about how one finds kinship-familial, cultural, literary-that transcends the usual lexicon about identity and belonging. ![]() ![]() ![]() In explaining the early nineteenth-century culture of self: the exploitation of hypochondria, health fads, seaside resorts, cures, she contends that Sanditon is an innovative, ebullient study of human beings' vagaries - rather than using common sense, Sanditon's characters follow intuition and bodily signs believing that desire can be translated into physical facts and speech can transform fantasy into reality. She examines the moral and social problems of capitalism, entrepreneurship, and whether wealth trickles down to benefit the place it is made. This beautifully illustrated volume combines the full novel and Todd's ground-breaking essay, where she contextualizes Austen's life and work, Sanditon's connection with Northanger Abbey (1818) and the Austen family's speculation in England and the West Indies. ![]() ![]() ![]() A comedy, it continues the strain of burlesque and caricature she wrote as a teenager and in private throughout her life. Sanditon is Jane Austen's last novel, left unfinished when she died. "I so enjoyed Janet Todd's beautifully produced book." Andrew Davies, screenwriter. Coming to PBS Masterpiece Classic soon Gorgeous, profound, delightful, useful, original, this fully illustrated, informative volume combines Jane Austen's Sanditon novel and Janet Todd's ground-breaking essay. ![]() |