Voted "Teacher of the Year" by The Autism Society of America, Toni Flowers has more than twenty years of experience teaching individuals with autism. She believes all children benefit from art because it encourages creativity. As a result, children with autism may find a form of expression when they've been handicapped by delayed and/or disturbed language skills and/or abnormal sensory responses. Reaching the Child with Autism through Art offers teachers and parents specific tools and "plans" in four mediums: college, painting, play and sculpture.
A renowned international designer shares some signature French Country interiors in a volume that reveals his personal decorating ideas, style, and principles, along with tips on how to incorporate a variety of floral accessories in every room, from mini-herb bouquets for the kitchen to potted flowers, with tips on selecting unusual floral containers, dressing a table for a special occasion, and more.
Ever since Toni Raben’s poetry debuted in the American Poetry Review, it was clear that a dramatic and original new voice had arrived. In Terracotta Smoke, an absorbing and powerful volume of her finest work to date, Ms. Raben puts forth relentlessly vivid and haunting poems, eschewing the familiar for more daringly coiled takes on the shrouded pangs and pleasures that pulse deep within the human psyche. Ms. Raben’s poetry will bring to mind the expressive musical journeys explored by many of the more adventurous jazz artists of decades past. They referred then to a place – more a state of mind – called The Big Room, wherein the music was stretched to the limits of melody, chord changes and rhythmic shifts that pressed the imagination to imagistic heights. Toni Raben brings to her poetic Big Room Terracotta Smoke, and those drawn in will be captivated. Cover Art by: Alan Dick
Let me show you, little one— A garden can be lots of fun! It’s springtime, and a young girl points to what’s outside the kitchen window, wondering about Grandma’s special spot. It’s a garden filled with vegetables, flowers, fruits, and more! Grandma takes the little girl outside and shows her how she can help make all the plants grow. From pulling weeds to planting seeds and watering plants to keeping the bugs away, Grandma and granddaughter work together till harvest time. Then it’s back to the kitchen for a wonderful dinner . . . and of course, dessert. Told from the point of view of the granddaughter, and featuring lush illustrations of lettuce, cabbage, peas, apricots, marigolds, cacti, tomatoes, peaches, and more, this simple journey from awe to understanding will become a treasured read-aloud for grandmothers and their grandchildren.
Murder She Writes presents a one-of-a-kind romantic suspense anthology with ten all-new short stories and novellas that promise thrills, chills, romance, intrigue, passion, danger, murder...and love. Penned by New York Times and award winning authors, some stories in this exclusive collection will make you laugh out loud while others will force you to sleep with the lights on. These never-before-published stories were penned by: Lori Armstrong, Allison Brennan, Josie Brown, Toni McGee Causey, Sylvia Day, Laura Griffin, Lorelei James, Sophie Littlefield, Roxanne St. Claire, and Karin Tabke. MurderSheWrites.com is a six-year-old blog of suspense and romance writers who collectively have more than 150 books published, nearly two years on the NYT best seller list, and are the recipients of several major awards, including the RITA, the Shamus, the Anthony, and the Daphne.
Winner of the Miguel Mármol Prize, this collection of inter-related stories delves into the life of Andi Rowe—a young woman of Mexican and Irish heritage—to give an intimate account of one family’s passage from the immigrant story to the American story, and the cycle of loss, adaptation, and rediscovery that is innate to that experience. Set largely in Los Angeles’s San Gabriel Valley, and crossing generations and borders, these stories focus on the quiet moments between explosions, where tension simmers just beneath the surface. From a Border Patrol agent whose own mother crossed the border illegally to a lonely woman seeking companionship with her hired day-laborer, characters seek revelation in the most ordinary of experiences, their actions filled with humor, longing, and honesty. In the tradition of Flannery O’Connor, Toni Margarita Plummer explores themes of grace and redemption as each story spirals toward a surprising but inevitable conclusion. The Bolero of Andi Rowe, an impressive work by an exciting new talent, offers a compassionate look at the struggle between meeting cultural expectations and seeking happiness, and the sacrifices and triumphs made along the way.
The idea for this book came about in a lecture about vermicomposting. The speaker was discussing the types of materials used to make bedding for the worms and mentioned that you could use shredded paper. She jokingly said you could feed them your phone bill. Instead of a student claiming the dog ate their homework, now they can claim the worms ate my homework. The joke in a meeting turned into a book idea.
“The secret to making the most of later life is to keep doing what you love. With practical advice and gentle inspiration, Gattone shows us how gardening can work for people of any age.” —Carl Honoré, author of In Praise of Slowness You can keep gardening for life, you just need to make adjustment as you age. In The Lifelong Gardener, adaptive gardening expert Toni Gattone shares her proven methods for making your favorite hobby easier on your aging body—techniques that that will help you garden smarter, not harder. This helpful guide includes dozens tried-and-true methods that help eliminate the physical strain of gardening, like buying ergonomic tools, using raised beds, and moving tools around in bins on wheels. The Lifelong Gardener celebrates the joy of gardening, and Gattone’s message of empowerment will stir you to find joy in your garden for years to come.
Toni Flynn's writing reflects a journey inspired and sustained in faith." --Jeff Dietrich "I ask the reader to turn to the first essay, 'Growing Up Catholic.' Such a weaving of our darkness and our light is the character of this grace-filled book. Read, enjoy, and see the darkness and the light as one. --Jim Douglass "Toni Flynn opens that hardened box where we keep all those things we really don't want to talk about, those hurts and doubts that we believe are tangential to our more important work of peacemaking--those painful experiences that have convinced us that a heart of flesh is too thin a vault to keep in the bad neighborhood of this world." --Jonathan Parfrey
SPARK IN TIME is Toni Raben's long-awaited follow-up to her acclaimed debut TERRACOTTA SMOKE in 2011. Here again, Ms. Raben creates provocative, often spellbinding poetry. Rich in her trademark, ethereal imagery and one-of-a-kind voice that ranges from lush to blunt, SPARK IN TIME seamlessly weaves moments that are hard-hitting, heartbreaking and even hilarious. There is only one Toni Raben. SPARK IN TIME is more evidence of her unique presence in the poetry world.
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