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The idea of setting children up to be confident and fluent readers is daunting for most parents, but it doesn’t need to involve formal lessons or an in-depth understanding of the curriculum...in fact, it shouldn’t. The best way to set your child on the path to becoming an enthusiastic, curious, and confident reader is to integrate literacy skills into your everyday life...and above all, make them fun. In Teaching Your Child to Read, you’ll find a modern and straightforward approach to teaching your child early reading skills.

Embracing Age: How Catholic Nuns Became Models of Aging Well examines a community of individuals whose aging trajectories contrast mainstream American experiences. In mainstream American society, aging is presented as a “problem”, a state to be avoided as long as possible, a state that threatens one’s ability to maintain independence, autonomy, control over one’s surroundings. Aging “well” (or avoiding aging) has become a 21st-century American preoccupation.

Many of us wish to get better in our careers and personal relationships to improve the quality of our lives. But how? How can we grow? What exactly do we have to do to get better and live out our dreams? Is there a guide or a road map we can follow? These are the questions that Nafez Eirekat answers in his book 8 Simple Steps to Improve Your Life. As the name implies, the book provides an eight-step guide guaranteed to take you from where you currently are to where you wish to be.

Under the Sun Publishing brings you a book that will let you experience history in a whole new way. My Dinner with the Founding Fathers is a book for all ages, with exciting tales about dining and conversing with the men who built America. Hear about the Revolutionary War from the perspective of the generals who fought in it, learn about the Declaration of Independence from the men who signed it, and see what America’s first presidents think about some of today’s top issues—all in their own words!

A fun short story of how Naidra discovers that pollinators see flowers in ultraviolet—ultra-V! It emphasizes reading, research, engaging with nature and being kind to plants. The story begins with Naidra sitting in their parents' garden observing a caterpillar. One day, the caterpillar disappears. Naidra investigates the whereabouts of the caterpillar through reading and exploring, ultimately learning about how pollinators see the world.

Max Masters His Anger is a book about a little boy who is navigating different situations that make him angry. Listen along as he works through these situations and learns to master his anger. This book contains relatable story lines and helps children to recognize and cope with their anger through communication. It offers a variety of calming techniques, which can improve kids' self-regulation skills.

In Shut Up and Sit: Finding Silence and All the Life Changing Magic That Comes With It, Consciousness Coach and Consultant Yedda takes her personal and professional years of study into the science and psychology of mindfulness and distills those teachings down to their clearest and yeah, their sassiest essence, making the practice of meditation accessible to anyone. Through a collection of stories, the latest research, exercises, and tools, Yedda brings the power of mindfulness down from the monk’s mountaintop and shares it in a way that speaks directly to Western listeners.