Welcome to the Wonderful World of Grandparenthood! Whether you are a Meema, Nana, Granny or Grandma, (or Papa!) this adventure is for you! Each Meema and Papa book has a story to read together and at least four projects per book, recipes, supply lists and instructions are always included! It is for you to share with those little ones in your life that make it so special! Meema's latest adventure takes you and your special child on an Adventure Trail. Alyssa plays in Meema's backyard all the time. Little does she know there is a world of adventure living along Meema's Adventure walk. Along the trail Alyssa learns a little about nature and sharing. As always we find Papa along the trail, craft a few items and remember to journal our memories. Meema's Adventure Trail has six nature related crafts and instructions to creat your own "Pizza Garden." Children and Adults of all ages learn and "grow" together! The series of Meema and Papa books are designed to help you make and record the memories that will last a lifetime, enjoy!

The gorgeous story of two friends separated by everything in the world—except love. Readers and animal lovers of every age will want to relive this journey over and over again. Katya and her Meema are spending another normal summer at their cottage in Alaska, when a chance accident leaves Katya face-to-face with the biggest creature she’s ever seen… an enormous kodiak bear, soon to become her closest friend. But when Katya suddenly returns home to Seattle, the two are torn apart, leaving Kodi to do whatever it takes to reunite with his fragile human friend. It’s a wild adventure packed with breathtaking views, new companions, and danger around every turn.

Maya continues to delve into her past lives after death, and strives to complete the tentative journey required to reunite with her loved ones in heaven. The darkest hour is just before dawn, and in Maya’s last hour, the test of faith proves darkest with two more incarnations: a young woman caught up fighting in the American Civil War, and a German woman institutionalized at the deadly rise of Hitler’s power as he plans to purge Germany of its mentally ill. Maya is tested to a breaking point as she learns the most ethereal of spiritual lessons: faith. Faith in herself, in others, in the future, to the path, and to a higher purpose, even when things don’t go as planned. Special Note: Infinite Faith is not a standalone; side effects of reading the series out-of-order include headache, confusion, and though extremely rare, disinterest in continuing the series.

In Blue Sky Dream: A Memoir of America’s Fall from Grace, award-winner David Beers offers a powerful, personal vision of the rise and fall of the American middle class. Here is a dazzling literary chronicle of a family, a people, and a nation: the “blue sky tribe” of ever-optimistic middle-class Americans who believed in something called the American Dream, then woke up one day to discover it was gone. Blue Sky Dream is a book incredibly rich in ideas, in ways of seeing the recent past with stunning clarity. David Beers explores issues that define our times—downsizing, middle-class anxiety, the profound anger with government, the sense that something has gone awry with the United States—with such skill, personal immediacy, and compassion that readers will see their own histories in his prose. Blue Sky Dream can rightly be called a communal memoir, because in telling his family’s tale—growing tensions and disillusionment in their suburban paradise, a son rejecting his parents’ values, one sudden and inexplicable moment of violence—Beers tells the story of his people, the blue sky tribe “who imagined ourselves to be living the inevitable future, and are very surprised today to discover we were but a strange and aberrant moment that is now receding into history.”

In a world between worlds, Molly Grace, a very special teenage girl, struggles with her destiny to lead both humans and an amphibious race of aliens on their shared, parallel journey of transformation. Both races are swept up in a tide of evolutionary revolution, and each will learn that they need the other in ways neither could predict. Escape to Ecclesia brings together the disparate fields of science and spirituality to tell the story of two different species who share a common challenge. This adventure unfolds as an unexpected journey through the experience of an ever-expanding universe, highlighting the spiritual power of personal energy and focus. As told from Mollys point of view, the story brings new perspectives to certain significant moments of human history as their places in the big picture are revealed. Mollys quest is not without challenge or conflicts, as both human and alien encounter obstacles along the way. Her journey is a metaphor for the greater journey both species face, and in her successes and failures she inspires and educates them both. This story offers a new look at some old ideas and proposes creative perspectives on the age-old belief of a utopian society of the future.

In a magical world where the sun never sets, a gifted girl dreams to be in the royal court but once inside, she may not be prepared for the drama. Sylvie has always known she deserves more. Out in the permanent twilight of the Dusklands, her guardians called her power to create illusions a curse. But Sylvie knows it gives her a place in Coeur d’Or, the palais of the Amber Empress and her highborn legacies. So Sylvie sets off toward the Amber City, a glittering jewel under a sun that never sets, to take what is hers. But her hope for a better life is quickly dimmed. The empress invites her in only as part of a wicked wager among her powerful courtiers. Sylvie must assume a new name, Mirage, and begin to navigate secretive social circles and deadly games of intrigue in order to claim her spot. Soon it becomes apparent that nothing is as it appears and no one, including her cruel yet captivating sponsor, Sunder, will answer her questions. As Mirage strives to seize what should be her rightful place, she’ll have to consider whether it is worth the price she must pay . . . Lyra Selene weaves a lush and thrilling story of sacrifice, secrets, and star-crossed love set in a Parisian-inspired world where the sun never sets in this remarkable YA fantasy debut. Praise for Amber & Dusk “A shimmering tapestry of language, woven through with soaring beauty and subtle menace.” —Sara Holland, New York Times–bestselling author of the Everless series “Full of riotous color, fantastical locations, and surprising plot twists.” —School Library Journal