Remember that grade-school feeling of elation, waking up on the first day of summer vacation? This book celebrates that feeling, and recounts the entertaining adventures of a few friends who manage to make the most out of every day off!

For the legions of fans who asked for seconds after devouring French Women Don’t Get Fat, a charming and practical guide to adding some joie to your vie and to your table, every day of the year. By letter, by email and in person, readers of Mireille Guiliano’s phenomenal bestseller French Women Don’t Get Fat have inundated her with requests for more advice. Her answer: this buoyant new book, brimming with tips and tricks for living with the utmost pleasure and style, without gaining weight. More than a theory or ideal, the French woman’s way is an all-encompassing program that can be practised anytime, anywhere. Here are four full seasons of strategies for shopping, cooking and moving throughout the year. Whether your aim is finding two scoopfuls of pleasure in one of crème brûlée, or entertaining beautifully when time is short and expectations are high, the answers are here. And here too are 100 new simple and appetizing recipes that feature French staples such as leeks and chocolate and many more unexpected treats besides, guaranteeing that boredom will never be a guest at your table. Woven through this year of living comme les françaises are more of Mireille’s delectable stories about living in Paris and New York and travelling just about everywhere else – in the voice that has already beguiled a million honorary French women. Lest anyone still wonder: here is a new compendium of reasons – both traditional and modern – why French women don’t get fat.

*A Kirkus Reviews Best Book of 2018!* All Summer Long, a coming-of-age middle-grade graphic novel about summer and friendships, written and illustrated by the Eisner Award–winning and New York Times–bestselling Hope Larson. Thirteen-year-old Bina has a long summer ahead of her. She and her best friend, Austin, usually do everything together, but he's off to soccer camp for a month, and he's been acting kind of weird lately anyway. So it's up to Bina to see how much fun she can have on her own. At first it's a lot of guitar playing, boredom, and bad TV, but things look up when she finds an unlikely companion in Austin's older sister, who enjoys music just as much as Bina. But then Austin comes home from camp, and he's acting even weirder than when he left. How Bina and Austin rise above their growing pains and reestablish their friendship and respect for their differences makes for a touching and funny coming-of-age story.

This is the next book in the series Puppy Poems by Keith N. Waldrop. Puppy Poems Summer Fun are children poems about all the fun things we do in the summer after school is out. Read the continued story of Tollie, Toby, and Tanner (the 3Ts) as they journey through life and have fun.

A book of verse so plain and clear To ease the mind and please the ear. So easy to read, no burdensome lines. No lingering stories of trouble times. This poetry is written in a style different from any I have seen before. Each poem is distinctly different from others within the book. Collectively they are entirely different from any book of poetry it has been my pleasure to read. I believe the poems contained in this book will be of interest to anyone regardless of their station or status in life. This is beautiful poetry that is sad at times, passionate and inspiring at others. The reader can expect to be transported away to different times and places.

Kate Kerrs autobiography takes us through her lifes journey from being an Illinois farm girl to a professional woman. She struggles to overcome her negative view of herself through her marriage, motherhood, and divorce. With the help of psychoanalysis and after earning her doctorate in marriage and family therapy, Kate emerges with a new appreciation of her self-worth and potential. In Tallahassee, she meets a man, John Kerr, who will become the love of her life, her soul mate, and her husband. Tragically, John is diagnosed with colon cancer; he dies eighteen months later ending their marriage of twenty-six years. Alone and without John, Kate finds life has changed dramatically. She grieves, then confronts her feelings. Seeking and finding happiness through friends, family and new pursuits, she emerges once again.

“This is Not My Story” is a thoughtful look at sexual abuse through the eyes of a survivor and insights into the way God intervenes and blesses during the journey of healing from abuse. You will read specific scriptures and how they came to life during her own healing from incest and abuse. This book is intended to show God’s glory in the midst of darkness. It’s a rare and most honoring moment when you are invited into someone’s healing journey. As a licensed mental health practitioner, it is one that I don’t take lightly. It is in these moments when you’re able to discover something unique about your own trauma through another’s painstakingly painful years of agony and horror. It is in this place where doors and pathways are opened that shed light on what was once drowned in darkness. A light comes on and a discovery of hope and healing lies in your grasp, for maybe the first time ever. And you are finally able to say, “maybe their journey of healing could be mine also”. “This is Not My Life; - God’s Providence through my story of Abuse and Recovery.” does just that, as my dear friend and former colleague, Jodeen Bradfield discloses the deepest of pain and suffering that comes from being on the wrong side of abuse. This book is a game changer for those looking for hope, when everything tells you that there is none. Be prepared to be rocked to your core as you navigate your own healing journey while walking alongside Jodeen in hers. Our greatest victories are often granted at the sacrifice of others. At the core, this is what Jodeen has birthed, as she has dedicated her life to bringing hope and healing to those suffering from the effects of trauma and abuse. You will walk away forever changed.” Chelsey Burr, MS, LMHP, LPC