Books with title The Bell Family

A man in the 1800s comes upon a beautiful forest and decides to build his home there. When he clears the land, he leaves one special tree to grace his front yard. Over the years, several generations of his family enjoy this tree, but it is endangered by a plan to build a highway. A young boy and his host of animal friends get together to make a stand, and give back to the tree which has given them so much. With lavish illustrations and very few words, David McPhail delivers a timeless environmental message and a heartwarming story for ages 4 to 8.

Art Blastside in her third daring adventure upon the high seas. It's been eighteen months since Art's baby was born: a pretty child called Africa, with Felix's dark hair and Art's grey eyes. Now Art, who dreamed of being like her own loving, wonderful Ma, must face up to the fact that she has absolutely no warm feeling for her child. In fact -- Art can't stand her! What's wrong with her? Beyond the family lies an unsettled world too. The French are still waging war, and England has fallen out of love with pirates. Piratomania has been suppressed by the government and Art and Felix are evicted from their cliff-top mansion. The return of Ebad and the new and improved Unwelcome Stranger prompts Art to regroup her ragtag crew and sail once again across the oceans, through wild weather, bizarre places and riotous sea battles, to return to the Treasured Isle and learn the ultimate true secret behind the treasure and the mystery of why Art can't love her child.

After years of frustrating fertility problems, Ellen and Eric Sommers are delighted when they find out they are expecting their first child. Their friends and family share their joy, but a stranger also revels in the news. Frank Mallory suffers his own frustrations in his attempts to become a family man and believes his destiny is to create a family by whatever means necessary, including murder.Michael S. Patterson grew up in Western Massachusetts and obtained his B.A. from Saint Michael’s College in Colchester, Vermont and his law degree from Loyola Law School. A former trial lawyer, he currently serves as in-house counsel for a television network. Michael, his wife Laura, and their three children live in Southern California. The Family Man is his first novel.

Dave and Brenda Brentwood are spending the summer with their Uncle Rob and Aunt Caryn in North Carolina. But the trip won't be all fun and games. There has been a monster trapped in a cave on the Brentwood property for over seventy years. After all those years, someone is trying to open up the cave. If their uncle can prevent the cave from being opened, they'll all have a nice quiet summer. If he can't then the family would have a terrible battle on their hands, and Brenda, twelve and Dave, eight, will truly find out what it means to be part of the family thing

Prepare children for the upcoming birth, give them the wisdom and power for the future, and strengthen family relationships with this book. Written in the language of love.Full of beautiful images this book is about pregnancy, giving birth and childbed as seen by children.This book prepares children for the upcoming birth.The plot of the book tells about relationships in the family against the backdrop of the event of natural birth. It tells about a home where everyday life and responsibilities are intertwined with the story of the Miracle of Birth.In a subtle and gentle way it tells about the natural birth. A birth in a family that is talking and supporting each other to build strong relationships.This book will help you talk about this unusual and at the same time ordinary event in much simpler way, without the restraint.It’s not a fairy tale, but a true story of a family and the family home birth. It shows their love, happiness and how they care much about each other.Giving birth is showed in the light of calmness, smoothness and strength.Full of nature – flowers, leaves, water – this book is lovely. Every illustration was created so that it speaks to the sensitivity of children reading it. And so every new page is an enjoyable surprise.

For the Anasazi, life depends on precious rainfall. But after weeks without rain, the land is drying up, and the corn is dying. Soon Sosi's family will have to find a new place to live. Her mother and father are cross and tired as they pack; no one has time for Sosi. So she runs away, down into the bank of the small pool, and makes a family of mud dolls that dry in the hot sun. Here there is no crying or arguing. The mud father tells his mud daughter, You are my lark, my lizard. I will weave robes for you and never scold. Sosi makes the mud girl dance for rain. And the rain does come, bringing Sosi back to the family that needs her most of all.