Books with author Elizabeth Barber

"The wind is rising, and the air is wild with leaves. We had our summer evenings, now for Autumn eves." One of the most popular adult colouring book for adults on the market, Autumn Harvest Adult Colouring Book contains 35 sophisticated composition of distinct patterns that provides hours of relaxation and creativity. Each page features a delightful drawing, waiting to be washed with your favourite hues. Autumn Harvest Colouring Details: Dozens of seasoned drawings to colour— from pumpkins, leaves, and flowers to scarecrows, hearts, and so much more! Each unique design is placed on its own black-backed page to reduce bleedSuitable for markers, gel pens, colouring pencils, fine linersDesigns range from simple to more complex for every skill levelLarge 8 x 11" format, professional quality designs One perfectly crafted book for colouring amateurs and enthusiasts of all ages, this colouring book is the ideal way to spend your time! When was the last time your mind stayed focused so intently on something that wasn’t a screen? Also Available!Complete your autumn collection with the brand new Autumn Harvest - An Adult Colouring Book, Midnight Edition!

A delightful novel about surprising friendships, community, and the way small acts of kindness can change a life, from the bestselling author of The Story of Arthur Truluv Lucille Howard is getting on in years, but she stays busy. Thanks to the inspiration of her dearly departed friend Arthur Truluv, she has begun to teach baking classes, sharing the secrets to her delicious classic Southern yellow cake, the perfect pinwheel cookies, and other sweet essentials. Her classes have become so popular that she's hired Iris, a new resident of Mason, Missouri, as an assistant. Iris doesn't know how to bake but she needs to keep her mind off a big decision she sorely regrets. When a new family moves in next door and tragedy strikes, Lucille begins to look out for Lincoln, their son. Lincoln's parents aren't the only ones in town facing hard choices and uncertain futures. In these difficult times, the residents of Mason come together and find the true power of community-just when they need it the most. "Elizabeth Berg's characters jump right off the page and into your heart" said Fannie Flagg about The Story of Arthur Truluv. The same could be said about Night of Miracles, a heartwarming novel that reminds us that the people we come to love are often the ones we don't expect

My Life By Me is a personal memory book for terminally ill kids with prompts to help them record and create pages of their life, history, experiences, and memories. It can help children work through questions about their illness and understand thoughts and feelings that may be difficult to put into words. This book can be used alone or with parents or caregivers to help recreate and document important events, stories, and people from a child’s life. This book allows kids to create their own story of life—something beautiful and unique—and gives them an opportunity to share this book with their family and friends should they choose. For parents and other adult caregivers, a comprehensive guide is available on the APA website and includes additional information on child development, grief, and facilitating difficult conversations and open communication for terminally ill children and their families. From the introduction:Dear Reader: My Life By Me is just for you. It’s a book where you can write all about you—who you are, who you used to be, and who you want to be. Here, you can describe your wishes and dreams and express your thoughts and feelings. You can include just about anything you want. It’s your book! My Life By Me is also a neat way for the people you care about—like your parents, siblings, or friends—to help you and to better understand your thoughts, feelings, and experiences that may be too difficult to put into words. When faced with an illness, it is completely normal to have lots of different emotions and questions. Even adults have many different feelings—they might be happy, sad, and even scared. Sometimes their own fear stops them from talking about certain parts of your illness. While they do not know all the answers, they do want to be there next to you during this whole journey. Inside this book, you’ll find lots of pages. Some have blanks to fill in. Other pages have space to write or draw. There are also many places to include photos, drawings, and artwork. You may find that some of the pages are easy to complete, while others may be more difficult. Start at the beginning and try to go in order, but it is okay to skip over or not finish the pages that you do not feel ready to work on yet. You can go back any time that you are ready. Some things may be scary to share, but lots of kids feel better when they can write or draw about these things. But, here is the single most important thing about this book: You are the author and you are completely in control of what you want to include and what you want to leave out. You can work on this book anytime and anywhere. If you want others to help you work on the pages of this book, ask them. If you don’t want help, that’s fine too. It’s totally up to you. Because you are the expert on your life, there are no wrong answers. Everything that you choose to share is a gift, just as each day you live is filled with blessings, big and small. You are extremely special, and your words, actions, and thoughts will always be remembered. Your life will continue to affect the many people who love you, leaving a lasting mark on the world. —Beth Barber

I had never felt so much pain and sadness in my life!Everything that had ever make me happy was gone Toby, Jill, my home and now here I was in a cage in a dark truck.Oh, WHY was this happening?! This book, written from the dogs perspective, is the heart-rending story of his abandonment and journey to his forever home. Young readers will learn that dogs feel pain, fear, confusion and sadness, just as we do, and will realize the importance of responsible, loving dog ownership.

“Reading The Pull of the Moon is like sitting down for a long, satisfying chat with a best girlfriend…. [It] pleasantly encourages readers to recover a little life-embracing enthusiasm themselves.” —Orlando SentinelIn the middle of her life, Nan decides to leave her husband at home and begin an impromptu trek across the country, carrying with her a turquoise leather journal she intends to fill. The Pull of the Moon is a novel about a woman coming to terms with issues of importance to all women. In her journal, Nan addresses the thorniness—and the allure—of marriage, the sweet ties to children, and the gifts and lessons that come from random encounters with strangers, including a handsome man appearing out of the woods and a lonely housewife sitting on her front porch steps. Most of all, Nan writes about the need for the self to stay alive. In this luminous and exquisitely written novel, Elizabeth Berg shows how sometimes you have to leave your life behind in order to find it.“This is not a novel about a woman leaving home but rather about a human being finding her way back.” —Chicago Tribune“When was the last time you thought about running away?…. In The Pull of the Moon, Berg shares her strength, the wonderful widening of her soul so that we, too, can take the journey in the ease of our chair.” —Greensboro News & Record“Berg’s gift as a storyteller lies most powerfully in her ability to find the extraordinary in the ordinary, the remarkable in the everyday.” —The Boston Globe

Save her friendship, or save her best friend?Sade and Jackie have been best friends from the moment Jackie moved onto Campbell Street, but a dangerous secret is driving a rift between them that will cost more than their friendship.Naive and sheltered Sade has always played by the rules, but she soon finds herself breaking all of them to cover for Jackie's addiction. She's never lied to either of her moms before, yet the lies come more and more easily, burying her own truth. Outside of Jackie's keeper, who is she?Caught between Jackie's web of self-destruction and the best friends' code of secrecy, Sade must choose between saving her friendship, or saving her best friend's life.Sade on the Wall is a raw coming of age story filled with suspense, heartache, and prevailing hope.This is the third edition of fan favorite Sade on the Wall, originally published in 2012.

Chains - A Play, in Four Acts by Elizabeth BakerElizabeth Baker (20 August 1876 - March 1962) was an English playwright. She earned her living primarily as a typist, and was a spinster until the age of 39 when she married James Allaway, a widower, in June 1915. By then, she had already written several plays. Baker lived in the west London suburb of Bedford Park, and the constrained lives of the lower middle-class clerical classes was the subject of her first performed play Chains. She also wrote The Price of Thomas Cook, Miss Tassey (1910) and Miss Robinson (1918).Like other members of the lower middle class intelligentsia, Baker was a lover of books and the theatre, as well as being a vegetarian and a strict teetotaller. After the end of the Great War, she took off with her husband to the Pacific Ocean, living in Rarotonga in the Cook Islands for two years. They followed this up with a year's stay in San Francisco and another year in New York City.After the death of Allaway in 1941, Baker moved to Bishop's Stortford in Hertfordshire where she lived with her stepsister in genteel penury. Her luck changed a few years before her death when ITV televised two of her plays - Chains was produced as Ticket for Tomorrow in November 1959, and Miss Robinson as Private and Confidential in May 1960. The royalties from these eased her financial situation considerably.Baker was reintroduced to a British audience when Chains was staged for the first time in nearly a century by the Orange Tree Theatre in November 2007.

Lacie Lue and Maddie SueBy: Elizabeth BarnesLacie Lue and Maddie Sue is based on two dogs from author Elizabeth Barnes’ childhood, one of which is a fancy store-bought dog and one who is a stray. These two must learn to coexist under the same roof. Lacie Lue is a spoiled dog who has the best of everything until her human family brings home a scruffy, smelly dog named Maddie Sue. Lacie Lue despises Maddie Sue at first, until Maddie Sue takes her on an adventure to her old stomping grounds. Lacie Lue’s eyes are opened to a whole new world. Even though they come from varied backgrounds and struggle to get along in the beginning, they eventually realize they are more alike than they are different.About the AuthorEarning her master’s degree in educational counseling and working as a school guidance counselor, Elizabeth Barnes has the opportunity to inspire and be inspired by young people every day. She loves reading, writing, traveling, and watching football, but most of all loves spending time with her two young sons and husband in Norman, Oklahoma. Growing up with dogs all her life, she dreamed about one day writing a story about them. As a counselor, Elizabeth teaches children about effective communication, cultural diversity and acceptance, and strategies for coping and overcoming obstacles. All of these elements are represented in Lacie Lue and Maddie Sue, and it teaches children that no matter our backgrounds, we are all human beings under the same sky.