Books published by publisher Travelman Publishing

Sorting through the mental, physical, and emotional aspects of a girl's life during her teen years, this guide presents positive reasons and practical advice for making fitness a permanent part of her life. As society becomes more accepting of truly athletic women, teen girls are encouraged to overcome a “quitter's mentality” and develop physical confidence and mental toughness. A variety of nutrition tips and fitness facts allow girls to design individual workouts. Also included is information geared toward teens on weight lifting, cardiovascular conditioning, joining a gym, and working out at home.

With sequential photos and step-by-step instructions, this guide to a performance cornerstone—the flip trick—benefits skateboarders of all skill levels. Often combined with curb tricks and applied to such obstacles as handrails and ramps, flip tricks are commonly used as the final touch on a more complex maneuver, and, with this guidebook, readers learn the basics of such tricks while progressing toward veteran moves. A section devoted to the history of skateboarding is included with an in-depth look at the individuals responsible for the creation of flip tricks and how they came to invent this aspect unique to skateboarding.

While collecting nuts in the magical forest, young animals come across an odd little man they have never seen before. Each thinking the other was strange and different, the little man and the animals begin to argue.Hearing the unkind words, Mama Louisa and Papa Louis come out of their cozy cottage to help them all calm down. Mama Louisa stirs up ingredients of happiness to bake a special treat, while Papa Louis tells a tale of an unusual pumpkin that was very different — but had something very special on the inside.Will Mama’s treat and Papa’s story be enough to bring peace to the magical forest?

Ramp tricks—skate moves made on, over, or around wood ramps, cement bowls, and half-pipes—are a key, albeit challenging, component of skateboarding. Hundreds of captioned, sequential photographs demonstrate precisely how these exacting moves are safely made in this indispensable guide to 40 ramp tricks. Beginning with basic moves, including stalls, grinds, and slides, skaters gradually learn the particular positioning and balance needed to perform more advanced tricks such as flips and airs. A brief history of ramp skateboarding examines the birth of the genre as well as champions of the sport, including the pioneering Dogtown Crew and current stars Bob Burnquist and Tony Hawk.

Exploring the role of coaches and parents, this book emphasizes the importance of team identity and a team mindset and presents the necessary foot skills and tactics to help young soccer players both perform better and have more fun. As youth soccer becomes increasingly popular, coaches often gloss over individual improvement in order to win, relying on rigid systems and a few elite players to carry a team. This impairs player development and kills the joy of the game—so how can adults make competitive soccer better for kids? Addressing that very problem, this book outlines basic patterns of play that young players can use to advance the ball and illustrates innovative techniques that will help improve any team. Moreover, this book advocates a soccer culture free from the fear of failure; instead, players, coaches, and parents are encouraged to foster confidence, passion, creativity, and the desire to try and keep trying.

Ruby has a problem. A very BIG problem She has won a so-called “prize” in her school: to read her essay in front of her entire smallish town. Except that Ruby has a bad case of stage fright. Help comes in the guise of her eccentric Great Aunt Alice, who may—or may not—have been a starlet in the golden age of film. Great Aunt Alice floats between two worlds: day-to-day reality, and a world of memory (or fantasy) in which she hobnobbed with the likes of Marlon Brando, Humphrey Bogart, John Barrymore and Vivien Leigh. Her colorful stories—of helping Barrymore prepare for a role, teaching Bogart to whistle, pulling Brando out of bed to audition for The Godfather—will entertain and delight readers of all ages. What’s more, each of Alice’s tales contains one of her nine “secrets to becoming a star.” These secrets, which unfold as Ruby prepares for her speech, ensure that she shines when the big day comes, her fear of public speaking now just a memory. The two come to appreciate each other—and readers come away with down-to-earth, effective public speaking tips.

Believe You Are Beautiful is a delightful book filled with life lessons for adults and children. A caterpillar turning into a butterfly is the basis for this timeless fable that perfectly describes the message of the book - beauty is on the inside. Children will love following Caterpillar after he gets bullied by an ant, seeks wisdom from Owl, and completes his journey of transformation. This story of self-discovery, and the beautifully illustrated characters, will keep children fully engaged while learning to love themselves and respect differences in others. Reading Believe You Are Beautiful to a child is the first step to encoding the message that beauty exists within, and that differences are to be celebrated, not put down. Healthy self-esteem is the foundation for a child being less likely to harm self or others. Believe You Are Beautiful provides a child mental tools to deal with being bullied while laying groundwork for acceptance of others. Don’t miss out on this fun, yet very important book. Less bullies, less victims, less self-harm, more love! Grab your copy now! More from the Author... Bullying has many forms and is a major problem in our homes, schools, businesses and clubs. The first step in being kind is to think about how much it hurts to have someone be unkind to you. The second step is to make a commitment to be kind to everyone at all times. A fundamental part of having good self-esteem (a feeling of self-trust and self-worth) is to realize that other people's votes about you don't count as much as your vote does; it's what you think that matters. "What is ugly to one person can be beautiful to another. Some people think that something different from them is ugly." We don't honor differences. Differences are what make us unique and special. It is important to remember to believe in yourself. And, because beauty is on the inside, you are beautiful---no exceptions. These are messages for every person alive. Messages of value and worth .........and messages about changing the bullying to acts of kindness. We CAN change what is happening in the erosion of kindness; it begins with choosing to be kind to everyone in each situation. It starts with me and next is............YOU! Thank You for spreading the message of kindness by purchasing this book. Sandy Spurgeon McDaniel

A Guide to Help Children Bring Their Ideas into Reality!Deliberately using our imagination to help co-create the life we desire is a fundamental skill-set that is underutilized by the majority of the population. While many authors are brilliantly expanding this knowledge in adults, there are very few books that sow this concept in the roots of the future – our children. Imagine That! explores the creative and fertile ground of the mind and helps children put in place a process for developing ideas from thought to reality. Imagination is a universally appealing topic and a skill that needs to be cultivated in our children. With the help of Imagine That, parents will have a fun way to educate their children about growing their ideas into reality. This book compares the similarity between bringing ideas to life and the process of growing seeds into plants. The concept of planting an idea seed is delivered in a simple, playful rhyme and the illustrations that accompany each verse visually reinforce the steps. Useful concepts are discussed such as clearing the mind of negative thoughts, taking action toward your end result, focusing on joy and gratitude, and learning to ignore the “bugs” that may not want you to succeed.The back pages of the book are designed to be used as a discussion generator between parents and kids. All 9 verses of the metaphorical rhyme are expanded upon to help children understand how to apply the concepts. Here is an example how the first verse was expanded:Imagine that an idea is a seed, Where would you plant it, What would it needConsider focused thought to be a seed that you can grow into reality in the future.Imagined concepts, or ideas, are literally the first forms of existence before anything becomes reality. Before this book was written, it was an idea. Before the computer was created, somebody imagined a “computing machine”. Nothing is ever created without first being an idea. A good discussion to have about this verse is how an idea is comparable to planting a real seed. Your mind is the planting ground for all idea seeds, your joyful emotions are the sunlight it needs to grow, and the actions you take to achieve your goals are equivalent to tilling the soil, pulling weeds, and watering your plant.It’s also valuable to discuss the level of focus that is placed on an idea. It’s important to understand that just because information pops into your head does not mean you are planting an idea seed. You have to choose to focus on it. You have to maintain a desire to bring it into reality. And you have to take continual action to care for your seed as if you were planting and raising an actual plant. We can acknowledge an idea, or thought, without choosing to focus on it which will usually result in forgetting the thought after a few seconds. We can also ponder the thought, mull it around in our mind for a while and make a conscious choice to forget it, or grow it. Finally, once we wish to grow our idea, we can focus on it intently, visualizing every aspect of what it would take to bring it into reality, and begin taking action toward our desired end state.Grab your copy of Imagine That! now …and help your child understand how important it is to cultivate and sustain their imaginations as they grow. We hope your kids (and you) enjoy the book and we thank you for imagining a better world!

With sequential photos and step-by-step instructions, this guide to a performance cornerstone—the flip trick—benefits skateboarders of all skill levels. Often combined with curb tricks and applied to such obstacles as handrails and ramps, flip tricks are commonly used as the final touch on a more complex maneuver, and, with this guidebook, readers learn the basics of such tricks while progressing toward veteran moves. A section devoted to the history of skateboarding is included with an in-depth look at the individuals responsible for the creation of flip tricks and how they came to invent this aspect unique to skateboarding.