Books published by publisher Avenal Books

A Children's Poetry Book - Note Stevenson's introduction To Alison Cunningham From Her Boy For the long nights you lay awake And watched for my unworthy sake: For your most comfortable hand That led me through the uneven land: For all the story-books you read: For all the pains you comforted: For all you pitied, all you bore, In sad and happy days of yore:-- My second Mother, my first Wife, The angel of my infant life-- From the sick child, now well and old, Take, nurse, the little book you hold! And grant it, Heaven, that all who read May find as dear a nurse at need, And every child who lists my rhyme, In the bright, fireside, nursery clime, May hear it in as kind a voice As made my childish days rejoice! R. L. S. To Alison Cunningham

Questions such as "Why does my classmate smell funny?" indicate your child is noticing the socioeconomic differences between students. As a parent or grandparent, you may feel challenged to adequately and compassionately address your child's questions. A Coat Named Mr. Spot along with the Parents' Guide will assist you in developing and continuing a conversation for helping your child empathize with classmates who may live in poverty.

Every parent wonders, sometimes with worry, how their kids will "turn out." Fritz and Christine & Their Very Nervous Parents inspires children to reach and dream as much as it invites parents not to fret. As children, Fritz and Christine have been accompanied by their earnest parents' simple prayer that they grow to be kind and employ their gifts in service to all neighbors. This prayer, set to the lullaby-lilt of Thomas Tallis' canon (1555), stays with them into adulthood, and, to their parents' surprise, is passed down with healing affect. Fritz & Christine and Their Very Nervous Parents is a parable about vocation, serving others, and, living life more prayerfully.

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