Books with title A Walk Through the Park

This stunning gift book, with hand-cut paper art and lyrical text by an award-winning poet, leads you deep into the forest . . . and out again into the light. Listen: the forest is calling. Take a quiet walk through the woods, where shadows fall in the darkness, eyes peek out, and some animals sleep while others run and leap. Simple, poetic text and intricate papercut illustrations introduce children to a deer, black rook, fox, rabbit, and many more beautiful creatures as they wait for morning—and spring—to come.

Growing up on 30th Street in Wilmington, North Carolina is not the easiest thing for Sean until he finds his purpose. Being the youngest sibling is one thing, but being the youngest sibling with twin brothers is a completely different story. You are always outnumbered and you can never do anything the way it should be done. Sean is trying to find a way to be around the twins, Robert and David, even if they are treating him like he doesn’t belong. All he wants to do is go to the park in the middle of the neighborhood with his brothers. After discovering that Sean has a gift, things seemed to go differently with their relationship, but as he gets older, he encounters a number of other issues causing him to question everything. He will have to lean on the people that never wanted him around in the beginning, for guidance and understanding.

FOR USE IN SCHOOLS AND LIBRARIES ONLY. Jaris and Marko were in a position where they could see through the doorway. The slider was open to let in cool, fresh air. Sereeta was sitting in a chair from the kitchen table. Her hands were bound. An older woman sat in another chair, her hands bound too. The woman looked disheveled. Her face was bruised and swollen. Two little girls huddled in one corner of the room, clutching stuffed animals and whimpering. Their eyes were wide with terror.

Good dogs. Good people. Good life. It’s okay to be YOU. LOVE....and it’s A Walk in the Park! A message from the dogs: Hi. We are the stars of this book, and we call ourselves the 6-Pack! We play together at the dog park. We are oddballs because we look (and are), just different...and funny. We were not allowed to be with our first people, but we are VERY LOVED now. We are “rescue” dogs, and now we rescue our people. We know that because of LOVE our lives are truly....a walk in the park. Love, Lucy, Toby, Bubba, Zorro, Izzy Bella and Rivers The author’s mom, a retired children’s librarian, suggested she write a children’s book to which Kristin responded, “What do I know about kids with none of my own?” In wisdom, Mom replied, “What do you want them to know?” Kristin decided to teach words of character and the love of self, animals and each other.

In a new town, in a new school, fourteen-year-old Terra is experiencing many of the trials and tribulations that face her peers. She isn’t finding it easy to make new friends, nor leave behind her old ones. And while some of the new Inglewood girls seem kind of exciting, is that the crowd she really wants to hang out with? And what about that cute guy Glenn from the new school? Could he possibly want to be friends with Terra - or more? Terra has many, ultimately crucial, choices to make. All of these are normal stresses for a teenaged girl. But on top of all of these, Terra, who has always known she was adopted, is panicked at the thought of meeting her birthmother for the first time. Why didn’t this woman want to keep her baby fourteen years ago, and why has she decided she wants to meet Terra now? This is the follow-up to A Hole in the Hedge, which was shortlisted for the Canadian Library Association Children’s Book of the Year and brings to the page another moving story about the angst of being a teen.

Imagine spending a day in your favorite park, with no agenda to steer you away. Imagine soaking your feet in the fountain or flying a bright red kite. Imagine finding a rock to lie back on--to watch the floating clouds go by. To watch a drifting cloud is simple and pleasant. But to watch the cloud turn into a familiar objects over and over again, is simply fascinating. We should always find a day to relax--to kick back and just be.

Jaris and Marko were in a position where they could see through the doorway. The slider was open to let in cool, fresh air. Sereeta was sitting in a chair from the kitchen table. Her hands were bound. An older woman sat in another chair, her hands bound too. The woman looked disheveled. Her face was bruised and swollen. Two little girls huddled in one corner of the room, clutching stuffed animals and whimpering. Their eyes were wide with terror.