Sunny Side Upbringing is a simple parenting toolkit designed to make your life easier and more fulfilled by keeping your family values on the forefront of daily life. Parent educator, Maria Dismondy, took her greatest advice, research, ideas, activities and educational resources from over the last 20 years and put them down on paper for us all to benefit from. The result is a month-by-month parenting resource (kind of like a parent's best friend) that's loaded with enriching content thatfosters creative parent-child interactions rooted in the values that matter most to you. With all the research done for you, all you have to do is open the page and jump into the fun of parenting with purpose.

Choose happiness! I was smiling and nodding my head at this books fresh and honest wisdom from the very first page. Laurens thoroughly researched take on how young people can get out of their own way and live a life with grace, gratitude, acceptanceand a heck of a lot of fun! is required reading for a new generation. Lauren Cook is a welcome new voice to shake us out of our doldrums. Lisa Bloom, New York Times bestselling author of Think and Swagger Do you ever find yourself saying, Ill be happy when... or I cant wait until (this or that) is over? Most of us are caught red-handed wishing our time away or thinking we will be happy only after we have either achieved our dream job, bought our perfect home, or married, the one. But hold on happiness is not something to hope for in the future, it is something to have right now Today!

Baking with Papan is always an adventure as stories swirl in the kitchen. Join Papan and Vanessa as they go from the bumpy Pyrenees Mountains into fancy Paris and to the tropical island of Cuba while kneading, dancing and singing along the way.Based on a true story, this was how Vanessa Garcia (author) learned to bake bread with her grandfather when she was a little girl. While baking together, her grandfather told her incredible stories of his life. Through his stories, Vanessa learned about her roots and the power of love and family. Get a copy of What the Bread Says and celebrate family, cultures, and the resilience of the human spirit. There is a FREE Reader's Guide for children. The guide contains interactive lesson plans that deepen comprehension and encourage critical thinking skills. The Reader's Guide and coloring pages are available for FREE download from the publisher website.