Books with author Avis Berman

Ray, a young boy finds himself living in squalor. Crying out to the Universe for help, he is visited individually by a cast of helpful characters. Each one is an expert in a specific aspect of cleaning.Told in the style of "A Christmas Carol" and "The Wizard of Oz," this is a fun and enjoyable way to teach children the importance and responsibility of keeping their environments neat and clean. A book whose lessons can be taken and applied into adulthood.

CLIMBING LIFE’SMOUNTAINHOW VALUES, PRIORITIES, CHARACTER,AND REPUTATION SHAPE OUR LIVESThe avalanche roared down the valley Al had just left. Itcarried his climbing team over a cliff and buried themunder tons of snow - his close friends were gone forever.At that moment, Al vowed to never climb again. But, thathad changed because of the letter in his pocket. It wasfrom the United Nation’s Climate Change Committee. Theywere asking Al to lead a team of climbing scientists up theMountain of Life to collect highly critical climate data. Buthis team was gone. To select his new team, Al conductedrigorous training sessions, with two objectives in mind:1) to test their climbing skills and 2) more importantly:to get a measure of each person’s Values, Priorities,Character and Reputation. Al knew that these were thekey elements that would determine success on the slopesof the Mountain of Life. With the team selected, the climbbegins. Values, Priorities, Character, and Reputation shapeour lives. Several elements of these traits are woven intoeach segment of our climbing team’s difficult ascent asthey face a series of challenges on the Mountain of Life.This dangerous environment magnifies the importance ofthese traits. After each climbing segment, an original storytranslates these concepts into daily life situations. Thesestories are sad, humorous, adventuresome, mysterious,and are always descriptive lessons of how to grow andreach our life’s POTENTIAL. This is a good family andmentoring book for all ages.