Timeless family drama from the best-selling author of Tuppence to Cross the Mersey. With over 3 million copies sold around the world, Helen Forrester’s hard-hitting and gripping fiction set in Liverpool continues to move readers.

"Blessed are the pure in heart for they shall see God". What better words would describe the special children whose lives depend on people's compassion and understanding of their status. Chico, the star of this book is a special child diagnosed to have moderate to advance autism at a time when autism was still almost unheard of. This was in 1988 when Chico at the age of two started to begin his journey in a world that was totally different from the world we know. The struggle of his parents to give him a normal life would be a story that is poignant and touching.

In this beautifully illustrated children’s book, a heartwarming tale of motherly love unfolds in the Arctic north. In a timeless and universal story, a child tests the limits of independence and comfortingly learns that a parent's love is unconditional and everlasting. The lyrical text introduces young readers to a distinctively different culture, while at the same time showing that the special love that exists between parent and child transcends all boundaries of time and place. The story is complemented by graphically stunning illustrations featuring whales, wolves, puffins, and sled dogs. This tender and reassuring book is one that both parents and children will turn to again and again.

THE STORY: shows how Mama, with the help of her husband and Uncle Chris, brings up the children in their modest San Francisco home during the early years of the century. Mama, a sweet and capable manager, sees her children through childhood, manage

Mama of ten Abbie Halberstadt helps women humbly and gracefully rise to the high calling of motherhood without settling for mediocrity or losing their minds in the process. Motherhood is a challenge. Unfortunately, our worldly culture offers moms little in the way of real help. Mamas only connect to celebrate surviving another day and to share in their misery rather than rejoice in what God has done and to build each other up in hard times. There has a be a better way, a biblical way, for mamas to grow and thrive. As a daughter of Christ, you have been called to be more than an average mama. Attaining excellence doesn’t have to be unsettling but it will take committed focus and a desire to parent well according to God’s grace and for His glory. M is for Mama offers advice, encouragement, and scripturally sound strategies seasoned with a little bit of humor to help you embrace the challenge of biblical motherhood and raise your children with love and wisdom. Mama, you are worthy of the awesome responsibility God has given you. Now it’s time to start believing you can live up to it.

Mama is a true life story about growing up under difficult circumstances. Marijke is ten years old when her beloved Mama dies. The many changes in her life that ensue send her into turmoil. Hurt, angry, confused, she rides an emotional roller-coaster through adolescence trying to come to grips with the loss of her mother. Told with subtle humour, this little personal drama is a joy to read. ABOUT THE AUTHOR: Marijke Lockwood was an auditor before she began writing for enjoyment after retiring from the workforce. Used to writing long legal and financial reports, she relished the idea of writing with emotion and from the heart. Born in Amsterdam, the Netherlands, in 1947, she was the fourth of twelve children. With her parents and (then) six sisters and two brothers she migrated to Tasmania, Australia, in 1960. Married to George since 1967, they have two adult children, Paul and Fiona. Marijke and George are well travelled and visit the Netherlands regularly, where she enjoys absorbing the culture and history of her birth-country, and visiting her large extended family.

An egotistic and perverse English lad who was taught to see his "coloured" views from a different perspective with the assistance of an old patient and humble Chinese lady who came to live with his family. His "white" ideas and views eventually came to a coloured ending.