Books with author Brad Anderson

Back to School Journals for KidsBack to School Journals make great memory scrapbooks or keepsakes and are a wonderful way for kids to record all of their school memories for each year in one handy place.There is space to paste photos, write their feelings, draw or color, most pages pose a creative question to spur activity.Kids write about their first day of school, their classmates, their favorite things and lots more.For ages 6-12 years old.Help your child remember all of their life's journeys and school memories with this easy to fill-in format. It's never too early to begin to journal!

Us and Them? explores the distinction between migrant and citizen through using the concept of 'the community of value'. The community of value is comprised of Good Citizens and is defined from outside by the Non-Citizen and from the inside by the Failed Citizen, that is figures like the benefit scrounger, the criminal, the teenage mother etc. While Failed Citizens and Non-Citizens are often strongly differentiated, the book argues that it is analytically and politically productive to consider them together. Judgments about who counts as skilled, what is a good marriage, who is suitable for citizenship, and what sort of enforcement is acceptable against 'illegals', affect citizens as well as migrants. Rather than simple competitors for the privileges of membership, citizens and migrants define each other through sets of relations that shift and are not straightforward binaries. The first two chapters on vagrancy and on Empire historicise migration management by linking it to attempts to control the mobility of the poor. The following three chapters map and interrogate the concept of the 'national labour market' and UK immigration and citizenship policies examining how they work within public debate to produce 'us and them'. Chapters 6 and 7 go on to discuss the challenges posed by enforcement and deportation, and the attempt to make this compatible with liberalism through anti-trafficking policies. It ends with a case study of domestic labour as exemplifying the ways in which all the issues outlined above come together in the lives of migrants and their employers.

Older siblings love teaching their younger siblings everything they know.In this adorable story about siblings, loving big sister Taylor learns just how difficult it can be to pass down those important life lessons to her beloved baby brother Joey. Each time she tries to teach him something new she is met with the same challenge…baby Joey wants to get a taste of everything… literally. As Taylor tries over and over again to teach Joey some basic rules to live and play by, she discovers that it is a tough job being the big sister. Joey is simply too young to understand much more than putting everything in his mouth. Big sisters and big brothers alike will be able to relate to this humorous tale of the frustrations of being the older sibling. It is a must have for any child library!!

An eleven-year-old girl and her incestuous stepfather. Two star-crossed lovers. A strung-out drug addict. A struggling single parent. An inspiring ballet dancer. A single young woman. A loving middle-aged married couple. All embodied in one woman. Revealing the evolution of Alexander Scott. Bold and stimulating, Butterfly Uprising takes a provocative, uncompromising look at the metamorphosis of one woman's life in multiple dramas. Plunging headlong into the distinct fusion of heartfelt tribulations, this gripping emotional drama spans the resilient existence of a multi-troubled woman's struggles to overcome her stumbling blocks as they careen in and out of her life. In the gray areas between blaming others and self-destruction, the victimized and the perpetrator, there are no easy answers. Comedic, triumphant, and always unforeseeable, Butterfly Uprising creatively correlates the developmental stages of a butterfly through the maturation of Alex and uncovers our inner ability to prevail through undeniable grace. Butterfly Uprising tells interlocking stories of incest, infidelity, divorce, domestic violence, and drug addiction, the highs and the lows, the peaks and valleys, all these experiences embodied in the lifetime of one woman. Lesser crisis claim lives every day, leaving victims of shame and torment. Sometimes, yes, they rise above it, although it is never this simple. Their unrealized transformation may be in vain, their realized transformation may be life changing, and who knows what heights they can reach.

When there is a problem in the barnyard everyone wants to help! In Slippers for Hannah the farm animals are a great example of friendship and love as they work together to help Hannah solve a problem. The author has used real pictures of farm animals to display personalities as the animals work together to solve the problem. The background pictures of the beautiful mountains of Idaho create the perfect setting for this story. The author/illustrator has a style all her own to instill important values while entertaining the reader. The ending will surprise you.

Can Hannah and her friends solve a problem in the barnyard?Solving problems requires teamwork, friendship and love. In "Slippers for Hannah" the barnyard animals work together to solve a problem. Will they be able to help each other?Encourages problem solvingConversation starter with you and your childTeaches team workDemonstrates friendshipDemonstrates loveShows problems can be solved togetherBright pictures of live farm animalsThe giggles and laughs at the end of the story will warm your heart.Perfect for children preschool age to age 8.