One family, one summer, a whole lot of fun. While on a family camping trip this summer, the Jaspers meet a huge black bear, and that's just one of their adventures. Jason, Katie, and Ben are three siblings who are always trying something new. From warding off wildlife to burying secret treasure, this family is constantly learning and growing together and always having a good time. Jason, age nine, is the leader of his siblings, and he's always ready to play a game. Preparing to enter first grade, Katie, age six, is smart and energetic. At age three, little Ben likes to tag along, but he's still got a lot to learn. With a little something for everyone, come along and Meet the Jaspers! "The Jasper family's heartwarming tales of adventure and fun will be sure to keep both boys and girls actively involved in reading. This wholesome and timeless read- aloud for seven-to-twelve year olds will draw parents and children together in a delightful reading experience." Holly Michael Guideposts for Teens/Sweet 16 ghostwriter and author of Crooked Lines

When Jasper the cat plants a bean, he has the highest of hopes. But after he lavishes care on his bean for a week and nothing happens, Jasper fears it will never grow. So when it finally does sprout, and grows into an enormous beanstalk, Jasper is jubilant. He's also "sure" that there's a giant at the top! Full color.

The boys of Jasper Falls Ranch are grown and its high time they each found a wife. With the help of the pastor’s wife, the oldest, Jasper Winslow places out an ad in a western travel magazine for a bride. Annette Mason happens to discover the magazine while cleaning the home of her employer. Determined to leave the city of Chicago behind, Annette answers it in spite of her parents’ disapproval. Follow Annette’s journey as defies her parents and seeks to discover if she can find true love by answering a mail order bride ad. Mail Order Brides of Jasper Falls Ranch series starts with Jasper’s Bride. Read the books in any order. Each story is a clean western historical romance with strong Christian tones.

For years Jasper, a moon bear, lived a miserable existence, held captive in a cage by bear farmers in rural China. The farmers extracted the bile from Jasper's body and sold it to be used in traditional medicines. It's a horrific practice and conducted on thousands of moon bears each year. But now Jasper has the chance to be free and live a life away from pain and torture. In 2000, Animals Asia, an animal welfare organization, rescued Jasper and other captive moon bears, taking them to its Moon Bear Rescue Centre. Here veterinarians attended to the bears' wounds, hoping to give them some chance of a peaceful existence in the animal sanctuary. But after so many years of abuse Jasper's wounds, both physical and mental, are extensive. Can Jasper mend his body and mind and finally enjoy the life he was meant to live?

“This book is a treasure—a touching story of friendship, loss, and finding beauty in the everyday, with characters who stay with you long after you’ve turned the final page. I absolutely loved it.”—R. J. Palacio, New York Times bestselling author of Wonder Laurel Snyder, author of Orphan Island, returns with another unforgettable story of the moments in which we find out who we are, and the life-altering friendships that show us what we can be. The school year is over, and it is summer in Atlanta. The sky is blue, the sun is blazing, and the days brim with possibility. But Leah feels. . . lost. She has been this way since one terrible afternoon a year ago, when everything changed. Since that day, her parents have become distant, her friends have fallen away, and Leah’s been adrift and alone. Then she meets Jasper, a girl unlike anyone she has ever known. There’s something mysterious about Jasper, almost magical. And Jasper, Leah discovers, is also lost. Together, the two girls carve out a place for themselves, a hideaway in the overgrown spaces of Atlanta, away from their parents and their hardships, somewhere only they can find. But as the days of this magical June start to draw to a close, and the darker realities of their lives intrude once more, Leah and Jasper have to decide how real their friendship is, and whether it can be enough to save them both.

The authoritative guide to implementing the Joint Attention, Symbolic Play, Engagement, and Regulation (JASPER) intervention. With a strong evidence base, JASPER provides a clear, flexible structure to bolster early skills core to social communication development. The authors show how to assess 1- to 8-year-olds with autism spectrum disorder (ASD), set treatment targets, choose engaging play materials, tailor JASPER strategies to each individual, and troubleshoot common challenges.