Books with author Goldstein

This book will teach your child how to draw, step by step, with the easiest approach possible...by using alphabet letters, numbers, and other simple shapes. In this book, Rachel will show kids how to turn numbers (0-25) into cute cartoon characters. This is number fun at its best! Rachel has been teaching kids how to draw for almost ten years now, and this drawing technique really works! With this no-tears strategy, learning how to draw is fun for children as young as 5 years old, but also works for adults and teens. Cartooning is fun for kids, but even more fun when it comes easy to them. This book does just that...makes drawing fun and easy for kids. This book will turn your child into the artist that he or she wants to be.Each drawing lesson is a step by step process. Each tutorial is broken down into the simplest of steps that can be followed by most children. Your child doesn't need to know how to read or write letters to follow these drawing lessons. In fact, preschoolers, Kindergartners, First graders, etc. can enjoy this book. The only thing your child needs is time and interest. You can also use this as a drawing workbook as the child can draw along in the book. This book is for both boys and girls, and is good for kids of most age ranges, but is best for kids aged 6-8, 9-12 - but if your kids are 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, etc, they will all have fun trying these drawing tutorials out. Have fun drawing the day away!

Azra has just turned sixteen, and overnight her body lengthens, her olive skin deepens, and her eyes glisten gold thanks to the brand-new silver bangle that locks around her wrist. As she always knew it would, her Jinn ancestry brings not just magical powers but the reality of a life of servitude, as her wish granting is controlled by a remote ruling class of Jinn known as the Afrit. To the humans she lives among, she's just the girl working at the snack bar at the beach, navigating the fryer and her first crush. But behind closed doors, she's learning how to harness her powers and fulfill the obligations of her destiny. Mentored by her mother and her Zar "sisters," Azra discovers she may not be quite like the rest of her circle of female Jinn . . . and that her powers could endanger them all.

Beginning readers aged 4 - 9 will jump at this chance to share in Polly adventures while building their reading skills. These titles feature all the whimsical surprises of her world, with vocabulary and sentences that are just right for new readers. One title is a story called “Polly(tm) and the Makeover Mess,” while the other title follows the storyline from the DVD PollyWorld(tm).

If your children love emojis, then they are bound to love this book. This book will teach your child how to draw emojis with the easiest approach possible...by using alphabet letters, numbers, and other simple geometric shapes. This book will show your child how to draw emoji faces, emoji hands, the poop emoji (yuck), the monkey emojis, the dancing girl emojis, the alien emoji, and the ghost emoji. With this no-tears strategy, learning how to draw is fun for children as young, but also works for adults and teens. Drawing and Cartooning is fun for kids, but even more fun when it comes easy to them. This book does just that...makes drawing fun and easy for kids. This book will turn your child into the artist that he or she wants to be. Emoji Faces are very much like cartoon faces, so it is a natural way to start learning how to draw cartoon. Each drawing lesson is a step by step process. Each tutorial is broken down into the simplest of steps that can be followed by most children. Your child doesn't need to know how to read or write letters to follow these drawing lessons. In fact, preschoolers, Kindergartners, First graders, etc. can enjoy this book. The only thing your child needs is time and interest. You can also use this as a drawing workbook as the child can draw along in the book. Have fun drawing the day away!

Two exes. One election. All the drama.For fans of Becky Albertalli and Morgan Matson comes a funny, heartfelt novel about feuding exes running for class president and the scandal that makes the previously boring school election the newest trending hashtag.At Acedia High, student council has always been a joke. Nobody pays attention. Nobody cares. But that changes when someone plasters the halls with Photoshopped images of three “perfect tens”—composites of scantily clad girls made from real photos of female students at the school. Quickly dubbed the “Frankengirls,” the scandal rocks the student body. And the two presidential candidates, budding influencer Angeline Quinn and charming jock Leo Torres, jump on the opportunity to propose their solutions and secure votes. Fresh from a messy public breakup, Angeline and Leo fight to win, and their battle both mesmerizes and divides the school. The election fills the pages of The Red and Blue, the school newspaper run by Angeline’s sister, Cat. The Quinn sisters share a room and a grade but little else, and unlike her more sensationalist sister, Cat prides herself on reporting the facts. So when a rival newspaper pops up—written by an anonymous source and the epitome of “fake news”—Cat’s journalistic buttons are pushed. Rumors fly, secrets are leaked, and the previously mundane student election becomes anything but boring.

Does your child, tween, or teen love super cute baby animals, boys, girls, and cartoon characters? Well this is called Kawaii / Chibi style and it is a part of the whole Manga/Anime craze. This book will teach them in an easy way how to draw 30+ cute Chibi boys and girls wearing costumes. Some of the costumes are animal onesie / pajamas and some of the costumes are theme or career related. And as a plus, most of these Chibi characters are cuddling with their super-cute Kawaii stuffed animals and pets. This book will teach your child how to draw, step by step, with the easiest approach possible...by using alphabet letters, numbers, symbols, and other simple shapes. Each tutorial makes learning how to draw Chibis as simple as possible. Kids will learn how to draw cute Chibi characters wearing all sorts of adorable costumes and onesies such as a magician, seal, witch, cat, chef, pirate, dinosaur, super hero, mouse, ribbon dancer, mermaid, mailman, astronaut, bear, bunny rabbit, doctor, football player, raccoon, 1700s boy, shark, unicorn, skeleton, cowgirl, detective, meditator, marathon runner, devil, angel, fisherman, princess, and an artist. Some of the kawaii animals include a bunny rabbit, seal, cat, mouse, rat, parrot, dragon, dog, bird, fish, alien, bear, bee, horse, worm, porcupine, bat, and a turtle. Easy Peasy. Chibi characters are known for their huge expressive eyes, larger heads, and smaller proportions (baby-like). The Kawaii critters that are part of many of the drawings are easy to doodle and are part of what makes this style so much fun to learn how to draw. Drawing Chibis is a perfect stepping stone for aspiring Manga / Anime artists. Rachel has been teaching kids how to draw for almost ten years now, and this drawing technique really works! With this no-tears strategy, learning how to draw is fun for children as young as 5 years old, but also works for adults and teens. Cartooning is fun for kids, but even more fun when it comes easy to them. This book does just that...makes drawing fun and easy for kids. This book will turn your child into the artist that he or she wants to be. Each cute Chibi drawing lesson is a step by step process. Each tutorial is broken down into the simplest of steps that can be followed by most children. Your child doesn't need to know how to read or write letters to follow these drawing lessons. In fact, even young children can enjoy this book. The only thing your child needs is time and interest. This book is for both boys and girls, and is good for kids of most age ranges, but is best for kids aged 9-12 - but if your kids are 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, etc, they will all have fun trying these drawing tutorials out. Have fun drawing the day away! Let the Chibi / Kawaii drawing and doodling start now! Just an FYI. This book teaches your child how to draw Chibi / Kawaii characters, animals, and things that we created. It does NOT teach your child how to make up their own Chibi / Kawaii characters.

“I am nothing, but I may be everything,” John Adams, the first vice president, wrote of his office. And for most of American history, the “nothing” part of Adams’s formulation accurately captured the importance of the vice presidency, at least as long as the president had a heartbeat. But a job that once was “not worth a bucket of warm spit,” according to John Nance Garner, became, in the hands of the most recent vice presidents, critical to the governing of the country on an ongoing basis. It is this dramatic development of the nation’s second office that Joel K. Goldstein traces and explains in The White House Vice Presidency. The rise of the vice presidency took a sharp upward trajectory with the vice presidency of Walter Mondale. In Goldstein’s work we see how Mondale and Jimmy Carter designed and implemented a new model of the office that allowed the vice president to become a close presidential adviser and representative on missions that mattered. Goldstein takes us through the vice presidents from Mondale to Joe Biden, presenting the arrangements each had with his respective president, showing elements of continuity but also variations in the office, and describing the challenges each faced and the work each did. The book also examines the vice-presidential selection process and campaigns since 1976, and shows how those activities affect and/or are affected by the newly developed White House vice presidency.The book presents a comprehensive account of the vice presidency as the office has developed from Mondale to Biden. But The White House Vice Presidency is more than that; it also shows how a constitutional office can evolve through the repetition of accumulated precedents and demonstrates the critical role of political leadership in institutional development. In doing so, the book offers lessons that go far beyond the nation's second office, important as it now has become.

Does your child love cute monsters, and silly creatures, and other “scary” cartoon characters? This book will teach them how to draw dozens of cute cartoon and kawaii style monsters, creatures, and “creepy” things. Although this isn't a Halloween themed book, it would make a great Halloween drawing book for kids. This book will teach your child how to draw, step by step, with the easiest approach possible...by using alphabet letters, numbers, symbols, and other simple shapes. This is letter and number fun at its best! The cartoon / kawaii style that is used in this book is easy to doodle and is part of what makes this style so much fun to learn how to draw. Rachel has been teaching kids how to draw for almost ten years now, and this drawing technique really works! With this no-tears strategy, learning how to draw is fun for children as young as 5 years old, but also works for adults and teens. Cartooning is fun for kids, but even more fun when it comes easy to them. This book does just that...makes drawing fun and easy for kids. This book will turn your child into the monster drawing artist that he or she wants to be. Your child will learn how to draw super cute monsters, as well as Frankenstein's monster, a mummy, a vampire, a warewolf, and many other creatures.Each cute monster / creature drawing lesson is a step by step process. Each tutorial is broken down into the simplest of steps that can be followed by most children. Your child doesn't need to know how to read or write letters to follow these drawing lessons. In fact, preschoolers, Kindergartners, First graders, etc. can enjoy this book. The only thing your child needs is time and interest. You can also use this as a drawing workbook as the child can draw along in the book. This book is for both boys and girls, and is good for kids of most age ranges, but is best for kids aged 6-8, 9-12 - but if your kids are 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, etc, they will all have fun trying these drawing tutorials out. Have fun drawing the day away! Let the monster drawing and doodling start now! Great for kids and beginners!

Does your child love cute baby animals, things, and cartoon characters? Well this is called Kawaii / Chibi style. This is our 4th Kawaii book that will teach kids how to draw dozens of cute Kawaii style animals, and supercute characters. This is a style of Manga / Anime that is very simple for children to draw. I am sure that you have seen Kawaii style before...these cute cartoons are known to have very basic geometric shapes, adorable expressions, and large eyes. This book will teach your child how to draw these cute characters, step by step, with the easiest approach possible...by using alphabet letters, numbers, symbols, and other simple shapes. Every single drawing starts out with a lowercase alphabet letter and then I show your child how to form the supercute doodle from there. Kids and beginners will learn how to draw cute Kawaii stacked animals, a cute Kawaii bunny, an adorable cat, a cute Kawaii cat grabbing at a cute bird in a tree, a Chibi fish jumping out of a kawaii mug, an adorable Kawaii gorilla, a cute kitten playing with yarn, a silly whale spraying water and a bird out of his blowhole, a Kawaii seal and his toucan friend, a cute raccoon and his baby, an elephant and his baby chick, and many other cute Kawaii characters...all from lowercase alphabet letters. Some of these Chibi / Kawaii drawings might seem strange to you, but it is what kids are drawing these days...and these are so easy to learn how to draw. These cartoons are perfect for doodling. You will find your child's doodles and you won't be able to keep yourself from smiling. Kawaii style is easy to doodle and that is part of what makes this style so much fun to learn how to draw. Rachel has been teaching kids how to draw for almost ten years now, and this drawing technique really works! With this no-tears strategy, learning how to draw is fun for children as young as 5 years old, but also works for adults and teens. Cartooning is fun for kids, but even more fun when it comes easy to them. This book does just that...makes drawing fun and easy for kids. This book will turn your child into the manga / kawaii artist that he or she wants to be.Each cute Kawaii drawing lesson is a step by step process. Each tutorial is broken down into the simplest of steps that can be followed by most children. Your child doesn't need to know how to read or write letters to follow these drawing lessons. In fact, preschoolers, Kindergartners, First graders, etc. can enjoy this book. The only thing your child needs is time and interest. You can also use this as a drawing workbook as the child can draw along in the book. This book is for both boys and girls, and is good for kids of most age ranges, but is best for kids aged 6-8, 9-12 - but if your kids are 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, etc, they will all have fun trying these drawing tutorials out. Have fun drawing the day away! Let the Kawaii drawing and doodling start now! Great for kids and beginners!Just an FYI. This book teaches your child how to draw Kawaii characters, animals, and things that we created. It does NOT teach your child how to make up their own Kawaii characters.

Every season, dozens of African American basketball players pack up their sneakers to play and live in Israel. They eat Israeli food, navigate Israeli hustle and bustle, experience cultural and religious customs in the world’s only Jewish country, and voluntarily expose themselves to the omnipresent threat of violence in the volatile Middle East. Some players are both Black and Jewish by birth. Others choose to convert to Judaism while residing in Israel. Some go so far as to obtain Israeli citizenship, enlist in the Israeli Army, marry Israeli women, and stay long after their playing careers end. Alley-Oop to Aliyah: African American Hoopsters in the Holy Land, is the first book to provide an in-depth exploration and analysis of the experiences of African American basketball players in Israel from the 1970s till today. Author David A. Goldstein examines how they end up in the country in the first place, the multitude of distinctive aspects of their lives there, the challenges and difficulties they face, and the reasons some choose to return to Israel year after year. In some cases they even decide to stay in Israel permanently. Alley-Oop to Aliyah not only deals with basketball and its impact on Israel, but it delves into emotion-laden issues of race, religion, identity, and politics, primarily through the eyes of the players themselves, based on more than forty extensive first-person interviews Goldstein, a sports journalist of half-Israeli descent, conducted. Their stories and their impact on Israel are at the very heart of this revealing book that is about more than just a game.

Looice (pronounced Lewis) in the Stargarden” is the third book in the new series of Looice books, songs and videos. Taken from the play “Looice for President” written by Ben Goldstein and Phillip Namanworth it was first presented at the Eugene O'Neill Conference, The Public Theater and ran for 10 years in repertory with The First All Children's Theater. The play is available directly from the authors under the title "Looice for President".