Crafts, recipes, and games are designed to give a sense of the early 1900s, or the period setting for books in the American Girls collection which feature the character named Samantha.

From the “New York Times friendship correspondent,” a definitive step-by-step guide to understanding the fundamental mechanics of friendship Modern friendships can be painfully ambiguous. But they don’t have to be. Journalist Anna Goldfarb has your back. “It’s understandable if your friendships are floundering. You’re up against historically new forces that we, as a culture, have no precedent for navigating,” she says. With Modern Friendship, Anna shares a manual for understanding what is pushing our friendships to the brink and provides actionable advice for forming authentic, enduring connections today. It’s never been easier to shed friendships, which is precisely why we need a new approach to keeping them strong. Anna argues that we need to update our approach to friendships in a way that accounts for the hyper-fluid society we live in. The key to forming a lasting bond is what Anna calls “Wholehearted Friendship”—proven strategies to enhance enthusiastic connection. Blending keen insights, cutting-edge social research, and intuitive practical tools, she invites you to explore: • Why modern friendships are so ambiguous—and how to get clarity • How desire influences friend selection, why friendships fail, and how to hone your friendship intuition • Mattering to others—establishing boundaries, being flexible, having fun, and setting up your friendships for success • Tools for the tough times—exercises, prompts, scripts, and advice on keeping friendships active even when life gets hectic • Practicing Wholehearted Friendship—how to be caring, curious, appreciative, and supportive to a friend in any situation • Trying a 14-day Friendship Cleanse—two weeks of actionable advice to clarify your wishes in friendship and strengthen your connections, both old and new Grasping the mechanics of friendships will liberate you from the prison of self-doubt. “Your friendships are precious. They’re vital. They matter. So let’s understand, cultivate, and harness their incredible power,” says Anna. With Modern Friendship, you’ll discover how to be a more self-assured and empowered friend to the most meaningful people in your life. Let Anna show you how.

Attention: Enter the captivating world of "Samantha's Magical Garden," where young hearts yearning for magical experiences will find a tapestry of wonder and delight on every page. Interest: Join Samantha, a lively little child, on an amazing trip as she finds a mystery seed that grows into an unbelievable garden. This engrossing children's book sets the mood for a magnificent journey by inviting them to discover the marvels of friendship and the natural world. Desire: Benny the friendly butterfly, talking tulips, and lively fairies may all be found among the blooming pages of the garden for kids. Children are enthralled with Samantha's stories of dancing daisies and giggly grasshoppers, and they want to join her in this realm of limitless imagination. Enchanting ponds, ethereal animals, and petal walkways make it impossible to avoid experiencing the charm. Interest: Young readers will turn each page with eager fingers as they explore the fascinating sunflower labyrinth, absorb the wisdom of the wise old oak, and learn from the amusing frogs. Celebrate the great finale with flowering endings that leave a lasting impression on young readers' hearts, and harvest joy with Samantha during the Harvest Moon Festival. In "Samantha's Magical Garden," the activity is not just reading the stories but also accepting the charms of compassion and goodwill that are interwoven with each one. As you follow Samantha's experiences, sow the seeds of compassion, imagination, and friendship, encouraging young hearts to blossom with optimism. With its interactive experience, this storybook goes beyond the typical and encourages creativity and curiosity. Come along with Samantha as she sows the seeds of happiness, love, and caring to create a stunning tapestry that blooms beyond the pages. "Samantha's Magical Garden" is more than just a children's book; it's a doorway to a world where kids may help create amazing things. This book becomes a treasured friend, encouraging a love of reading and nourishing the limitless potential of young minds with its bright images and endearing stories. A literary sanctuary where children may dream, study, and develop is created by the engrossing trip that takes place in Samantha's garden. This storybook is more than simply a book of stories; it's a magical container that provides a haven where ideas germinate and grow into an infinitely creative landscape.

Funny, fast paced and uplifting! First in a series following the antics and spiritual awakening of a young woman, The Cheerful Troublemaker is touching, spiritually uplifting at times wildly funny. This girl's thirst for fun and laughter is not easily quenched until a glimpse into the tragedy of others places a heavy burden on her conscience. Only then does she begin to see the power of gratitude in action. The truth is that she has always known how to have fun. Now she needs to learn how to give thanks. Carrie Elizabeth is wild, carefree and always, always and eternally in trouble. The fifth daughter in a gaggle of girls, she's able to find fault with her overly demanding parents, her accomplished sisters and her headmaster - you name it. Sassy, often downright cheeky, she has it all figured out. That is, until a tragedy gets her to start thinking about what is most important in life and how much she has to be thankful for. >From start to finish, Carrie is a fascinating character who walks an >incredibly thin line between creating more mayhem and being a better >person

Friends. You gotta have 'em, but sometimes they drive you crazy. You love 'em, but sometimes they make you mad. They'll help you through a crisis...unless they are the crisis. So What's the Deal? Friends are more than just the people you hang out with. They make you laugh, they keep your secrets, they offer advice (some good, some bad), they give you a shoulder to cry on. Sometimes they move away, or betray your trust, or flake out, but mostly they are the people who are always there for you. And they know you'll be there when they need you most. Because that's what it means to be a friend. Sometimes friendship is overwhelming, sometimes it's confusing, sometimes you feel like you don't have a friend in the world, but don't worry, it's like that for everyone. That's what the stories in this book are all about. They're from real teens, and they're about the bizarre, difficult and wonderful things that really happened to them and their friends. Put that together with weird facts, cool graphics, fun advice and quizzes designed to help you figure out what you and your friends are all about, and you've got the real deal on friendship!

The authors describe their success with narrative therapy, a lighter, playful approach to the serious problems encountered in child and family therapy. They provide case vignettes in the first two sections which show how children who might have been labeled belligerent, hyperactive, anxious, or out of touch with reality are found to be capable of taming their tempers, controlling frustration, and using their imaginations to the fullest. They address the helpful role of family members, as well. The third section of the text offers five extended case stories. Annotation copyrighted by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR

Radcliffe the rabbit has hurt his foot and suddenly comes face to face with Luciano the lion. Oh no! What happens next? Hayes the hedgehog is teased by his friends as he's covered in pointed quills. But, when they are confronted by a big, bad, grey wolf, does Hayes come to their rescue? Susan the squirrel is upset that she has to share her bed and her acorns and berries with her cousin Samantha and doesn't include her in any games and conversations. Does Susan realise her mistake? These three delightful, humorous and insightful bed time or any-time stories will please both children and adults.

Every man feels the need to be a hero for the woman he loves, while every woman holds a hidden desire for a knight in shining armor to sweep her into a life of true love. After twenty-three years, Colonel James Paul Gordon, a retired air force pilot, is thrust into such a position. His lost love, Samantha Marissen, daughter of one of the countrys wealthiest men and recently divorced from an emotionally and physically abusive man, is arrested in an unstable foreign land and charged as a spy in an unwarranted retaliatory act against the United States. Past and present collide as Jim Gordon, a man with no family, lays his life on the line to reunite the family of Ed Marissen, his nemesis.

Many times children have been born on the same day even if they are in no way related, but rarely are they born at precisely the same time at the same hospital to two different mothers, but that was the case with Amanda Thompson and her close-friend Sarah Smith, who had little girls born at the exact same time at the same exact hospital on July 16,2016 and not surprisingly, not only are the two Mommies close friends, but their two baby girls quickly become BFF's: Best Friends Foreve