Four stories featuring Donald Duck and friends.

Grief changes everything, but it doesn't have to have the final word. Be Still My Grieving Heart is a 31-day devotional for those walking through loss, wrestling with pain, and wondering where God is in the middle of it all. With raw honesty, biblical truth, and gentle reflection, author Laura Shaw invites you to surrender the weight you've been carrying and rediscover hope at the feet of Jesus. This is not a book of quick fixes. It's a companion for the journey-filled with journal prompts, grief exercises, and grace for every messy, sacred step forward. If you've ever felt like your heart is shattered beyond repair¿ this is for you.

Charybdis is a small goat with an insatiable appetite who lives on a vineyard in Atella, in ancient Italy. His owner Fabia loves him dearly, but he is always finding his way into trouble in his eternal quest for food. Among his enemies in his quest for food are Marcus, the gullible pig and Bellovesus, the Gallic servant. He finally manages to find his way into the house and near the kitchen, but perhaps he has gotten himself into his final mess this time... This book is part of the "in vineto" Latin novella series. It is intended for Latin 1 or 2 students.

Change your thoughts. Change your mind. Change your life. In just a few minutes a day, you can replace the negative thoughts that are holding you back with positive affirmations that will help you to reach your goals and get what you want in life. The first few pages of this book introduce you to a powerful way of using affirmations. The rest of the book gives you a place to write your daily affirmations. This technique has worked for many others. Make it work for you, too.

Reading and the Brain, Part 1: Developing the Reading Circuit outlines how reading is taught in Montessori, how those strategies correlate with recent reading research, and how the brain is changed through development and connections of disparate brain areas. This paper begins the discussion around the need to develop automatic behaviors necessary for later learning. Born to Move, Part 1: Movement and Cognition, the third paper in this volume, continues that discussion by explaining the link between movement and cognition and explaining why an educational environment rich in sensorimotor materials is necessary to train automatic movements required for executive functions development. Montessori Schools Help Children Exposed to Trauma articulates the various stress levels that children are often exposed to and explains how the Montessori environment, with its concern for the whole child, helps children exposed to toxic stress to develop capacities for resilience and self-reliance. Play is a constant theme in mainstream media with respect to early childhood education; however, the construct of play is rarely defined or examined. Montessori and Play uses the scholarly literature to break down this construct and compares it with the children's work in their Montessori classrooms, dispelling the false dichotomy of work and play. Finally, a white paper (Education for the 21st Century Economy) published in Volume 1 of this series proposed that Montessori is the educational method for developing the skills necessary to be successful in the 21st century knowledge economy. Montessori and the Systems Worldview, however, argues that there is an even more important reason why Montessori is the educational method for the 21st century: Montessori education fosters a systems view of the world, which is necessary for the sustainability of our planet and, hence, our species.

Five new stories featuring Donald Duck, Mickey Mouse, and friends.

Imagine living a life of pain and suffering caused by the hands of the one you vow to love and honor for the rest of your life. Threats, insults, and beatings so severe that they leave you scarred for life. You spend every waking moment trying to figure out how to escape the dungeon of hell without turning into a demonic killer, until one day, Jesus touches your heart and soul with so much force that it makes you shed tears of sadness and joy. Then you suddenly realize your prayers have been answered. In this book, you will read stories of domestic violence cases that will make you shed tears, and survivor stories that will make you smile. You will learn how to overcome depression and low self-esteem and how to turn to God for help. You will also realize there is life after abuse.