Describes a baby falling asleep while sailing out in a silver moon boat.

The Baby Boat resonates with the joys and sorrows adoptive parents face. With dry humor and a quietly beautiful literary style, Patty Dann recounts the hurdles she and her husband encountered at every step during their journey to adopt a baby, from the endless waiting, through the heartbreaking loss of the infant girl who might have been their adoptive daughter, to their flight home from Lithuania with their son in their arms. As much an affecting love story as the poignant tale of one couples struggle to adopt, The Baby Boat captures the complex and subtle emotions of an adoptive parents experience.

A bright flotilla awaits in this exciting nonfiction board book-- perfect for toddlers who love things that go, go, go! Rowboats, canoes, sailboats, speedboats, cruise ships, submarines, tugboats, and more! Boats come in all sizes and we use them in different ways: for recreation, for transportation, and even for police work and fighting fires. Learn all about boats, how they move, and what we use them for in this sturdy, bright board book by an award-winning children's author. Don't miss Gail Gibbons' other exciting board book transportation titles, including Trucks, Planes, and Bicycles! Acclaimed nonfiction author Gail Gibbons "has taught more preschoolers and early readers about the world than any other children's writer-illustrator" according to The Washington Post. These accessible, kid-friendly introductions to the world around us are now available in board-book form, simplified and formatted for the youngest readers and designed to spark their curiosity.

More Toddlerific features 12 themed lessons for toddlers and two-year-olds. Each session offers a fun activity that supports a truth from God's Word, introduces a verse, or shares a Bible story. Reproducible pages make preparation as easy as 1, 2, 3. And through positive play and hands-on activities, little ones experience the simple message that God is love.

Summer, 1960, the Upper Midwest. A mostly honest boy named Roy Ulysses Hollister, with family and friends on board, navigates the choppy waters of summer between the islands of 8th Grade and high school. The adventure begins when Roy discovers he has an unusual ability that must remain secret. During his journey, Roy will suffer physical and emotional injuries, including broken bones, true infatuation, raw jealousy and confusion about sexuality. A dispute with a bitter rival will turn into a duel on the baseball diamond. Worst of all, shadows of death will at times cloud the skies. The wild card in Roy’s journey is Eleanor Eden, a world-famous anthropologis who moves next door to Roy’s family.She also harbors a big secret. Together they will explore recent history, as well as currents events. An icy cold war, a new red scare in distant lands, a presidential election pitting a dynamic future against a complacent past, and the beginning of attempts to right civil wrongs against colored people. Eleanor will open Roy’s eyes to the possibilities of future change. Roy will open Eleanor’s eyes to life in the middle of nowhere.

With its unparalleled coverage of English slang of all types (from 18th-century cant to contemporary gay slang), and its uncluttered editorial apparatus, Cassell's Dictionary of Slang was warmly received when its first edition appeared in 1998. 'Brilliant.' said Mark Lawson on BBC2's The Late Review; 'This is a terrific piece of work - learned, entertaining, funny, stimulating' said Jonathan Meades in The Evening Standard.But now the world's best single-volume dictionary of English slang is about to get even better. Jonathon Green has spent the last seven years on a vast project: to research in depth the English slang vocabulary and to hunt down and record written instances of the use of as many slang words as possible. This has entailed trawling through more than 4000 books - plus song lyrics, TV and movie scripts, and many newspapers and magazines - for relevant material. The research has thrown up some fascinating results