Rose is a young scarlet macaw whose life begins in Costa Rica, where her parents care for her in the hollow of an old palm tree. They do their best to keep Rose safe, even if it means being strict. Then one day, when Rose and her parents go out to fly, she is stolen away from her family and the rainforest. Rose wants to fly and learn to be like her parents but she is stuck in a very drabby room, with only dry brown seeds to eat and a mean human who won't teach her anything. Rose is determined to be the bird she was meant to be, even if it means attempting a daring escape, eating a bug, or clucking like a chicken! This children's tale shares the true story of a young, scrappy bird as she sets out on a journey to find her way home.

This book is Dyslexic inclusive; it is printed in a font that everyone can read, including people with dyslexia. Maew is a beautiful seal point Siamese, long and graceful with big blue eyes. Despite his beauty, Maew is just another humble homeless cat living on the streets of Pittsburgh, PA. Maew has a grand dream, but that dream means leaving the comfort of living behind a Thai restaurant, and the scraps of food the kind humans share with him. Join Maew as he embarks on the adventure of his lifetime, and find out if all of his wishes come true. Level Learner Books #5 - Complex plots, challenging vocabulary, and high-interest topics for the independent reader. For more info about the font, go to www.Dyslexiefont.com Go to www.mcp-store.com to find out more about the typeface and discounts.

When Christie Purifoy arrived at Maplehurst that September, she was heavily pregnant with both her fourth child and her dreams of creating a sanctuary that would be a fixed point in her busily spinning world. The sprawling Victorian farmhouse sitting atop a Pennsylvania hill held within its walls the possibility of a place where her family could grow, where friends could gather, and where Christie could finally grasp and hold the thing we all long for--home. In lyrical, contemplative prose, Christie slowly unveils the small trials and triumphs of that first year at Maplehurst--from summer's intense heat and autumn's glorious canopy through winter's still whispers and spring's gentle mercies. Through stories of planting and preserving, of opening the gates wide to neighbors, and of learning to speak the language of a place, Christie invites readers into the joy of small beginnings and the knowledge that the kingdom of God is with us here and now. Anyone who has felt the longing for home, who yearns to reconnect with the beauty of nature, and who values the special blessing of deep relationships with family and friends will love finding themselves in this story of earthly beauty and soaring hope.

A unique, positive collection of essays profiles a number of forgotten female Jewish leaders who played key roles in various American social and political movements, from suffrage and birth control to civil rights and fair labor practices.

A Jew in Austro-Hungary, Rose Warmer had talents which seemed to predict a bright future. Yet her life had no meaning, no value. When she finally came to Christ, life began for her. Particularly concerned for her own people, she witnessed to all Jews she could make contact with, especially as Nazi clouds of hate and terror drew near. All this led to Rose Warmer's incredible decision to volunteer to be sent to the Nazi concentration camps, so she could minister to her beloved Jewish people. She didn't know what she would face, or if she would live or die, but she was confident God would be in the holocaust with her.

To survive the long shadow of the Third Reich, many children were placed in hiding, forced to keep their true identities--names, religion, places of birth, even gender--secret. Among these "hidden children" was Evelyne Juliette, born in Paris to privileged Hungarian immigrants of high intellect and great passion. Scarcely a year following her birth, France would fall to the Nazis, plunging Europe further into chaos and placing Evi's family among hundreds of thousands on the run. Her father, forced to go underground, never again emerged. Her mother, the indomitable Magda, managed to send her young daughter to temporary safety before being imprisoned in a forced labor camp. Evi, just barely three, was eventually brought by an aunt to Budapest under her cousin's passport. "Claude Pollak" would be only the first of many false identities assumed to protect the shattered remnants of this young child's life. Brimming with novelistic detail, vivid characterizations, and a sharply observed emotional terrain, Magda's Daughter depicts, in the words of the author herself, the life of a "perpetual refugee," forced by historical circumstance to live in rootless exile, while yearning for something she never really knew--life "before." Evi Blaikie, a gifted storyteller, writes against the limits of language and defies traditional definitions of "survivorship," while reminding us that no war is ever over until the last survivor is gone.

Two brothers need all their wilderness skills to survive when they set off into the woods of Wyoming in search of their absent father. Jake and Taylor Wilder have been taking care of themselves for a long time. Their father abandoned the family years ago, and their mother is too busy working and running interference between the boys and her boyfriend, Bull, to spend a lot of time with them. Thirteen-year-old Jake spends most of his time reading. He pores over his father’s journal, which is full of wilderness facts and survival tips. Eleven-year-old Taylor likes to be outside playing with their dog, Cody, or joking around with the other kids in the neighborhood. But one night everything changes. The boys discover a dangerous secret that Bull is hiding. And the next day, they come home from school to find their mother unconscious in an ambulance. Afraid that their mom is dead and fearing for their own safety, the Wilder Boys head off in search of their father. They only have his old letters and journal to help them, but they bravely venture onward. It’s a long journey from the suburbs of Pittsburgh to the wilderness of Wyoming; can the Wilder Boys find their father before Bull catches up with them?