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Baking With Tiny Tots
by Becky JohnsonA selection of recipes that the whole family will enjoy baking and eating. Easy-to-follow instructions for over 50 tasty cakes and bakes that kids will love to make. Children find it really rewarding to serve up food they've cooked themselves. And, as a bonus, cooking together encourages family time and develops important skills. Cooking teaches kids skills in a fun way - weighing out ingredients familiarizes them with numbers, while mixing, spreading and spooning aid co-ordination.
Baking in the Fairy Mound
by Cassandra RasmussenMaude finds herself trapped in a realm of fairies. But with the help of an old woman, she works to free herself and help her family in the process.
Baking on Her Own: A Skill-Building Cookbook for Girls
by Sarah AmoreseGirl-powered baking—a challenging girls cookbook for ambitious bakers ages 8 to 12Help young pastry pioneers take their baking skills to the next level. With this girls cookbook as a guide, they'll explore more than 30 different sweet treats to make from scratch—with only a little help from an adult.Some of them are easy, and some take a little more practice, but all of them are fun, delicious, and designed for curious kids to try. From cakes and cookies to custard and cream, every recipe will teach budding bakers new skills while they whip up delightful confections to share with friends and family.This girls cookbook lets aspiring young chefs:Start with the basics—Kids will learn tricks like how to crack an egg, whip cream into fluffy peaks, test if baked goods are done, and helpful baking lingo.Test their skills—Every chapter ends with an extra-challenging recipe so kids can put what they've learned to the test.Go beyond baking—Practicing the art and science of baking with this girls cookbook helps kids gain the knowledge, confidence, and creativity to take on other projects that inspire them.Give kids 8-12 the guidance they need to work independently in the kitchen with this exciting girls cookbook.
Baking with Mi Abuelita (Step into Reading)
by Julissa MoraFamily traditions are special, especially when they include baking a "delicioso" cake with your abuelita! This Step 2 Reader includes some words in Spanish!It's Papi's birthday! Which means it's time to get in the kitchen and bake the traditional family cake — Tres Leches! Together, we'll measure the ingredients and when some of it sticks to the pan, no worries! Abuelita is there to save the day. The family is working together on this special tradition, just like Papi did with Abuelita when he was young! Step 2 Readers use basic vocabulary and short sentences to tell simple stories, for children who recognize familiar words and can sound out new words with help. Rhyme and rhythmic text paired with picture clues help children decode the story.
Balance Is a Crock, Sleep Is for the Weak
by Amy Eschliman Leigh Oshirakwickedly funny, girlfriend-to-girlfriend survival guide for working mothers who want real answers, not mommy manifestos or sappy crap on finding "balance" Most books for working mothers are earnest, serious guides with some usefull information, but lack the snark and praticality that today's overworked moms relate to. Marketing veterans Amy Eschliman and Leigh Oshirak know firsthand what a struggle it can be to hold down a stressful job while raising a family-and that sometimes the only way to preserve your sanity is with laughter. A survival guide for the rest of us, Balance is a Crock, Sleep is for the Weak is filled with bitterly funny topics like: * Congratulations. Now, where do I slot "baby" in Outlook? * Maternity Leave: Vacation or Hell? * The Breastaurant is Open for Business: The pump and grind of nursing after you return to work. * You Are Not Your Husband's Mother! and other time-sucking obligations. * And more day-to-day advice for surviving the working-mommy trenches Balance is a Crock, Sleep is for the Weak is the indispensable "what to expect when you're expected back at work" guide for working mothers or any woman considering returning to work after baby. Watch a Video
Balanced And Barefoot: How Unrestricted Outdoor Play Makes For Strong, Confident, And Capable Children
by Richard Louv Angela HanscomIn this important book, a pediatric occupational therapist and founder of TimberNook shows how outdoor play and unstructured freedom of movement are vital for children’s cognitive development and growth, and offers tons of fun, engaging ways to help ensure that kids grow into healthy, balanced, and resilient adults. <p><p> Today’s kids have adopted sedentary lifestyles filled with television, video games, and computer screens. But more and more, studies show that children need “rough and tumble” outdoor play in order to develop their sensory, motor, and executive functions. Disturbingly, a lack of movement has been shown to lead to a number of health and cognitive difficulties, such as attention deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD), emotion regulation and sensory processing issues, and aggressiveness at school recess break. So, how can you ensure your child is fully engaging their body, mind, and all of their senses? <p> Using the same philosophy that lies at the heart of her popular TimberNook program—that nature is the ultimate sensory experience, and that psychological and physical health improves for children when they spend time outside on a regular basis—author Angela Hanscom offers several strategies to help your child thrive, even if you live in an urban environment. <p> Today it is rare to find children rolling down hills, climbing trees, or spinning in circles just for fun. We’ve taken away merry-go-rounds, shortened the length of swings, and done away with teeter-totters to keep children safe. Children have fewer opportunities for unstructured outdoor play than ever before, and recess times at school are shrinking due to demanding educational environments. <p> With this book, you’ll discover little things you can do anytime, anywhere to help your kids achieve the movement they need to be happy and healthy in mind, body, and spirit.
Balancing Act
by Heidi StevensComprising selections from "Balancing Act," the weekly column from Chicago Tribune lifestyle writer Heidi Stevens, this book is a colorful look at contemporary parenting and the joys and challenges that accompany being a worker, parent, partner, and individual. Through poignant professional interviews and endearing personal stories, Stevens offers advice on juggling life and work in a not-always obliging world.Her experience as a mother of two small children and her journey from divorce to remarriage inform her lighthearted yet thoughtful tone in this deeply personal collection. The columns reflect on the challenges today's working parents face, and offer advice on how to find pleasure in daily tasks, focus your energy, and seek joy in small moments.Balancing Act empathizes with parents during those moments of feeling adrift without a guide. It delivers sage advice through Stevens's journalistic diligence, asking experts and investigating both sides of a story. What sets this book apart most is the warm, open writing style that makes Stevens one of the Chicago Tribune's most popular columnists. Readers can reflect on the ups and downs of being a parent, professional, and individual, while taking Balancing Act's central theme to heart by learning to worry less and enjoy more.
Balancing Act (Lake in the Clouds)
by Emily MarchReturn to Lake in the Clouds, Colorado, with this feel-good, emotional story about family, healing, and second chances from a New York Times bestselling author! Genevieve Prentice is learning that reinventing herself is a bit like downsizing a house. Deciding what to keep and what needs to go gets complicated. After settling into life in Lake in the Clouds, Colorado, with her sister&’s help, she&’s finally finding her balance. But Genevieve&’s newfound steadiness is threatened when her daughter Willow unexpectedly arrives carrying a mountain of emotional baggage. Willow Eldridge needs a fresh start, but that can&’t happen until she comes clean about her family&’s secrets. Thankfully, between caring for her two young children and planning her brother&’s wedding, Willow has plenty of reasons to delay the uncomfortable heart-to-heart with her mother. Yet when Willow grows close to her kind but standoffish neighbor and suspects he is keeping secrets of his own, she realizes there&’s no moving forward without facing what came before… Can Genevieve and Willow jettison the pain of the past to create the future they so desperately crave? Beneath the crystal blue skies of Lake in the Clouds, anything seems possible.
Balancing Family-Centered Services and Child Well-Being: Exploring Issues in Policy, Practice, Theory and Research
by Marc Mannes Elaine Walton Patricia Sandau-BecklerWith contributions ranging from academic and professional theorists and policy developers to independent social workers, this book explores the development of family-centered services, the processes by which these services are implemented, the problems the field now faces, and prospects for the future. Multi-faceted examinations of the field show how family-centered services and child well-being can be linked on a daily basis to better the lives of both parents and children.
Balkan Yearbook of European and International Law 2022 (Balkan Yearbook of European and International Law #2022)
by Ivana Kunda Dušan V. Popović Zlatan Meškić Enis OmerovićThe fourth volume of the Balkan Yearbook of European and International Law (BYEIL) presents nine new articles offering scholarly insights into a variety of legal issues, with a special focus on the countries of Southeast Europe. All six articles in the special section reflect the authors’ efforts to untangle difficult questions concerning family property in private international law. Addressing a range of topics, leading national experts in the respective areas discuss Bosnian and Herzegovinian, Croatian, Greek, Lithuanian and Turkish law. In turn, the general sections on European law and international law include three articles on diverse topics in private and public law, from a fresh take on the legal and practical effects of Brexit over EUTMs, and the legal nature of cryptocurrencies in different jurisdictions, to difficulties establishing the rule of law in Bosnia and Herzegovina.
Ballad of the Black and Blue Mind
by Anne RoipheIn the rarefied world of New York City psychoanalysts and their patients, Dr. Estelle Berman belongs to a dying breed. A distinguished analyst who lives and practices on the Upper West Side, she inspires devotion among her patients. But she has started falling asleep during meetings and forgetting her patients' names. Her colleagues Dr. H. and Dr. Z. observe her mental decline with the objectivity of a Greek chorus, but when it comes to the disappointments in their own lives they are far less detached. And then there are the patients themselves: Justine, a movie star with a penchant for stealing things; Edith, who writes poems in secret and eats to subdue feelings of panic; Anna, a self-harming college student whose depression baffles her parents; and Mike Wilson, a widower whose disgraced son has fled the country. Ballad of the Black and Blue Mind is a novel of psychological realities, teeming humanity, and glorious contradictions.From the Hardcover edition.the doctor herself. Ballad of the Black and Blue Mind is a novel of psychological realities that cut close to the bone, a book that dares to observe knowingly the vanities of which we are made. From the Hardcover edition.
Ballerina and the Greek Billionaire
by Suzanne MerchantIn Suzanne Merchant's latest Harlequin Romance, two weeks on an idyllic Greek island with a reclusive billionaire might just be the healing she needs! Kindred spirits…in paradise! Cataloging reclusive billionaire Loukas Ariti&’s art collection would be Sophia&’s dream job—if it weren&’t for Loukas! He&’s distractingly handsome, but clearly views her presence on his idyllic private island as a massive intrusion. Having never fully recovered from the loss of her ballet career, Sophia suspects that his gruff exterior hides a hurt that matches her own. Could two weeks with the Greek heal both their hearts?From Harlequin Romance: Be swept away by glamorous and heartfelt love stories.
Ballet
by Laura SassiThis little ballerina loves to dance in her tutu, especially when her daddy joins her! Have you ever tried to dance ballet?
Ballet Brown (Bellen Woodard Original Picture Book #2)
by Bellen WoodardAn inspiring and profoundly moving story about speaking up for yourself and creating healthy spaces from acclaimed CEO, author, and activist Bellen Woodard, creator of the More than Peach project.Bellen Woodard adores ballet and always looks forward to reaching new heights. Though as she moves through dance, she begins to notice that pink leotards, pink shoes, and pink or white tights — often referred to as ballet pink — are synonymous with ballet. But what about brown tights and shoes? When her dance studio doesn’t act, Bellen takes matters into her own hands and creates a way for all of us to see the “many beautiful colors of dance” — and she names it ballet brown.This second inspirational picture book from Bellen Woodard is all about standing up for what you know is right, even if the right decision is a difficult one.
Ballet Shoes: A Story Of Three Children On The Stage (The Shoe Books #25)
by Noel StreatfeildIn the tradition of Frances Hodgson Burnett’s The Little Princess come Noel Streatfeild’s classic Shoes books. In this story, three orphan girls vow to make a name for themselves and find their own special talents. With hard work, fame just may be in the stars!Pauline, Petrova, and Posy love their quiet life together. The girls are orphans who have been raised as sisters and when their new family needs money, the girls want to help. They decide to join the Children's Academy of Dancing and Stage Training to earn their keep. Each girl works hard following her dream. Pauline is destined for the movies. Posy is a born dancer. And Petrova? She finds she'd rather be a pilot than perform a pirouette.This beautiful children's classic is perfect for girls who love to dream about ballet, friendship, and finding their own special talents. Adult readers may remember them as the "Shoes" books from You've Got Mail!
Ballpark Mysteries #10: The Rookie Blue Jay
by David A. Kelly Mark MeyersBatter up! Ballpark Mysteries combine baseball action with exciting whodunits for early chapter book readers! Mike and Kate can't wait to watch their rookie hero Dusty Martin in action. But something is throwing the Blue Jays' star off his game. Then, when no one else is looking, Mike sees mysterious ghost lights flying across the field. Is the ballpark haunted? And could Dusty have seen the lights, too? Ballpark Mysteries are the all-star matchup of fun sleuthing and baseball action, perfect for readers of Ron Roy's A to Z Mysteries and Matt Christopher's sports books, and younger siblings of Mike Lupica fans. Each Ballpark Mystery also features "Dugout Notes," with more amazing baseball facts.
Balm of Gilead
by Adina SenftThe third installment in the Healing Grace series finds young Amish widow Sarah Yoder facing her greatest challenge--herself.Sarah Yoder hasn't seen Henry Byler since he became engaged to an Englisch woman, which is best for her peace of mind. Since Henry never joined the Amish church, any relationship but a neighborly one is impossible. So she stays busy with her family, welcoming her son back from the ranch he's been working on in Colorado, doing a little matchmaking for her sister-in-law, and making the teas and tinctures that heal the members of her church.Then Henry seeks her out, desperate for a balm for his sensitive hands before his success as a potter is jeopardized, and Sarah must call on every ounce of strength to deny the cry of her heart. Yet there is Someone who just might have a special cure in mind-a healing balm with the power to change everything. But with Henry's wedding only weeks away, is it already too late?
Balm: A Novel
by Dolen Perkins-ValdezThe New York Times–bestselling author of Wench returns with a “deeply moving” tale of love, healing, and magical gifts in post-Civil War Chicago (USA Today).The Civil War has ended, and Madge, Sadie, and Hemp have each come to Chicago in search of a new life. Madge was born with the power to discern others’ suffering, but to mend her own damaged heart, she must return to Tennessee to face the women healers who rejected her as a child. Sadie can commune with the dead, but until she makes peace with her father, she, too, cannot fully engage her gift. Searching for his missing family, Hemp arrives in this northern city that shimmers with possibility.In the bitter aftermath of a terrible, bloody war, as a divided nation tries to come together once again, Madge, Sadie, and Hemp will be caught in a desperate battle for survival in a community that years to lay the pain of the past to rest. Beautiful in its historical atmosphere and emotional depth, Balm is an ““elegantly crafted [novel that] captures the fierce energy, diversity, and suffering of Civil War-era Chicago” (Publishers Weekly).
Banana
by Zoey AbbottA quirky and hilarious picture book parable about parental distraction and a daughter's clever solution.My dad is the best. We love hanging out together. Recently, he got this banana. At first, we had a great time with the banana — it does cool stuff and it&’s really fun. But lately he&’s spending too much time with the banana. He&’s distracted, and he&’s not enjoying the things he used to enjoy, like hanging out with me. I don&’t think this banana is good for him. It&’s time to take action. Zoey Abbott tackles parental distraction in a quirky and hilarious way in this parable about too much of a good thing. With her trademark wit and engaging illustrations, she introduces a very wise kid and a not-so-wise parent who eventually see eye to eye in a story that will delight readers of all ages.
Bandana-rama Wrap, Glue, Sew: Kids Make 21 Fast & Fun Craft Projects
by Judith CressyTurn your old bandanas into stylish new creations with these 21 fast, fun and easy-to-complete crafting projects for kids ages 8 and up. Full of inspiration for crafty kids, Bandana-rama shows how the classic bandana is also the ideal crafting material. Here you will find twenty-one easy inventive crafting projects that are easy for kids of all experience levels to complete. From headbands, belts, and hoodies, to pillows, guitar straps, and hoodie linings, all the projects can be achieved by hand sewing, machine sewing, or in some cases, by simply using scissors and glue. Since bandanas are prehemmed, they cut down on time spent sewing borders and following stitching lines. As a result, there's more time for kids to explore their creativity and come up with a style that's all their own.
Banish Boredom: Activities to Do with Kids That You'll Actually Enjoy
by Rebecca GreenBased on her popular blog, Not-So-SAHM , Rebecca Green takes readers on an inspiring journey using beautiful color photos that she took of her children doing activities she describes in the book. Taking a lighthearted approach to the serious business of parenting, Banish Boredom helps parents find activities that they enjoy, while their children learn and have fun. Green suggests ways for parents to maintain their own identities and pursue their own interests while raising children who are creative, confident, and independent thinkers. Although it offers valuable tips to parents, this book is not a parenting book. Rather, it's a source of inspiration and new ideas for parents who are looking for fun and educational activities that they can do with their kids, but that are also fun and interesting for the parents themselves. The book emphasizes adapting activities to suit the particular interests of each child, while also taking into account the personality of the parent.
Banished (Banished #1)
by Sophie LittlefieldSixteen-year-old Hailey Tarbell, raised by a mean, secretive grandmother, does not know that she comes from a long line of healers until her Aunt Prairie arrives with answers about her past that could quickly threaten her future.
Banjo Granny
by Sarah Martin BusseGranny’s heart is set to see her new grandbaby, but how can she ford a fast river, climb a steep mountain, and cross a wide desert? With a dose of determination, a well-stocked banjo case, and the charm of a simple bluegrass song-that’s how! Part tall tale, part lullaby, this rhythmic story, illustrated with warm pastoral paintings, celebrates the meeting of grandmothers and grandbabies everywhere.
Banjo of Destiny
by Cary FaganNominee for the 2012 Silver Birch Express Award in the Ontario Library Association's Forest of Reading Program. Jeremiah Birnbaum is stinking rich. He lives in a house with nine bathrooms, a games room, an exercise room, an indoor pool, a hot tub, a movie theater, a bowling alley and a tennis court. His parents, a former hotdog vendor and window cleaner who made it big in dental floss, make sure Jeremiah goes to the very best private school, and that he takes lessons in all the things he will need to know how to do as an accomplished and impressive young man: etiquette lessons, ballroom dancing, watercolor painting. And, of course, classical piano. Jeremiah complies, because he wants to please his parents. But one day, by chance, he hears the captivating strains of a different kind of music -- the strums, plucks and rhythms of a banjo. It is music that stirs something in Jeremiah's dutiful little soul, and he is suddenly obsessed. And when his parents forbid him to play one, he decides to learn anyway -- even if he has to make the instrument himself.
Bank Holiday Monday
by Henry SuttonA holiday weekend in Norfolk, England, conjures up an unsettling past in this “intelligent and unusual novel” by the author of Get Me Out of Here (The Times Literary Supplement). The vast marshes on the coast of Norfolk hold many secrets. Henderson, haunted by this landscape since childhood, is finally returning for an August holiday weekend with his wife, Laura, their five-year-old son, and Laura’s cousin, Alice. They are joined by another couple of old friends, and all seems set for a relaxing break. But as the weekend progresses, the dynamic of this friendly group becomes as slippery as the land. Each day, Henderson leads them on journeys across the marshes, revisiting the volcano-shaped dune and the fairy woods. But among the prehistoric forest remains where he played with his sister as a child, Henderson is forced to confront his shocking past, while Alice is reminded, all too vividly, of why she fled the Australia outback. Meanwhile, Laura battles to keep the group from splitting apart before the bank holiday is over, fearing irredeemable harm not only to her marriage but also to her little son.