Books with author Katherine Vaz

Do you love geometric or abstract art? If yes then this coloring book is for you! Focusing on basic shapes- circles, squares, rectangles, and triangles with some zigzag and curvy lines for decorative details; unleash your imagination and color your way in these 30 wonderful designs- from patterns to animal shapes and just full abstract design. The coloring book is 8x10in size and the coloring pages are printed on a single side so you can have the option to cut it out, frame, and hang it as room decor. Coloring books are also ideal for gifting especially to your family and friends who need to reliever their stress. This adult (or kids) coloring book also contains a test page for you to try out your coloring tool. Get your copy now and start coloring with your favorite coloring pencils!

Written by a psychotherapist for her children. The Gifts of Autism is a tool to help facilitate conversations about the possible strengths of those on the autistic spectrum and is a vital resource for helping to build self esteem and self awareness in children on the autistic spectrum. Written to help children (aged 4-12) think about and connect with their experiences, this book The book includes questions and worksheets that can be explored with the child to help support self awareness.

From Pulitzer Prize-winner Katherine Boo, a landmark work of narrative nonfiction that tells the dramatic and sometimes heartbreaking story of families striving toward a better life in one of the twenty-first century's great, unequal cities. In this brilliantly written, fast-paced book, based on three years of uncompromising reporting, a bewildering age of global change and inequality is made human. Annawadi is a makeshift settlement in the shadow of luxury hotels near the Mumbai airport, and as India starts to prosper, Annawadians are electric with hope. Abdul, a reflective and enterprising Muslim teenager, sees "a fortune beyond counting" in the recyclable garbage that richer people throw away. Asha, a woman of formidable wit and deep scars from a childhood in rural poverty, has identified an alternate route to the middle class: political corruption. With a little luck, her sensitive, beautiful daughter--Annawadi's "most-everything girl"--will soon become its first female college graduate. And even the poorest Annawadians, like Kalu, a fifteen-year-old scrap-metal thief, believe themselves inching closer to the good lives and good times they call "the full enjoy." But then Abdul the garbage sorter is falsely accused in a shocking tragedy; terror and a global recession rock the city; and suppressed tensions over religion, caste, sex, power and economic envy turn brutal. As the tenderest individual hopes intersect with the greatest global truths, the true contours of a competitive age are revealed. And so, too, are the imaginations and courage of the people of Annawadi. With intelligence, humor, and deep insight into what connects human beings to one another in an era of tumultuous change, "Behind the Beautiful Forevers "carries the reader headlong into one of the twenty-first century's hidden worlds, and into the lives of people impossible to forget.

Stay organized this 2020 year with the Ultimate Daily Journal, Planner and Organizer!This Daily Journal is lined, dated and notes from January 1, 2020 to December 31, 2020.Includes 366 high-quality pages with carefully crafted journal and planner layouts that cover everythingon daily journal & planningSized at 5.5 x 8.5, it’s the perfect size that provides plenty of space. Professionally printed on high qualityinterior stock with white interior pages.This daily journal also makes a great motivational and inspirational gift for the love one in your life.

How do you survive the ‘wintering’ phase of your life?Wintering, the dormant periods in our lives, the dark moments we endure – which can be brought about through myriad of ways; from the death of a loved one to a sudden change in circumstances or mental health issues – can be lonely, damaging and catch us off guard. Katherine May recounts her own year-long journey through winter, and how she found strength and inspiration when life felt frozen. Part memoir, part exploration of a human condition, Wintering explores the healing nature of the great outdoors to help us overcome and embrace our own wintering experiences, and how, much like nature, we can learn to appreciate these low periods, and what they have to teach us, before the ushering in of a new season.

Parent and teachers want children to grow up to be happy and self sufficient, but when we have children with special needs, sometimes it seems like the work becomes so much about putting in scaffolding that we forget to celibate the strengths that are already there. Of course it's important to understand our needs and challenges, but if what we do well needs to be acknowledged first and foremost in order for their to be any chance at success.

The conch is a symbol of the Caribbean. Conch meat is an important food and income source, and conch shells are sold as items of beauty throughout the world. Shelley the Conch presents the life story of a conch in word and picture. It is written with young children in mind, but the colorful artwork and interesting story will appeal to all ages. The story traces Shelley's life from her first days as a drifting baby the size of a pinpoint through to the hatching of her own offspring. In this work of creative nonfiction readers will learn some fascinating facts about the life of the conch as well as the habits of other marine animals with whom it has contact. Readers will also appreciate the importance of conserving this lovely marine resource. Author and illustrator Katherine Orr is a marine biologist who has spent hundreds of hours underwater studying conchs in their native habitats. Orr's paintings reflect her intimate knowledge of the conch and its world.

It is London 1665, a year fraught with strange and unearthly events. Comets fly low in the sky while merchants clamor for war. Eleven year old Erasmus T. Muddiman attends St Paul’s School with his younger brother. He enjoys Latin but hates to create Latin verses, preferring the new sciences as seen at the Royal Society. He plays football with the lads in Paul’s Yard, shimmies up the drainpipe outside his bedchamber window and he saves his brother, Desiderius, from all sorts of scrapes. Soon, Erasmus cannot avoid the rumors of war. Men and boys are pressganged, taken to ships or the dockyards. Plague enters the city. As school fellows disappear, Erasmus and his family meet a terrible fate of survival. Who will live and who will die?ReviewBloody Good Stuff !!!! I found everything fitted admirably in place and the sequence wonderful.A work to be proud of, Kev Richardson, Historian

The spiny lobster is recognized around the world as a popular seafood item and an important fisheries resource, but few people know about the secret life and habits of this sought-after animal. In Leroy the Lobster, Leroy tells his own life story from the time of being hatched to maturity. Readers learn about the life of the spiny lobster and other marine animals with which it comes in contact. The author has created a narrative that is simple and interestingly told, with all the actions, settings and time sequences scientifically accurate. Readers also learn about the impact of man, and will appreciate the importance of conserving this special marine resource. Author-illustrator Katherine Orr is a marine biologist and environmental educator who spent more than two decades working in the Caribbean region. Her beautiful and accurate paintings showing Leroy's surroundings reflect the hundreds of hours she spent underwater observing and studying marine life.