How We Had Fun In Granny S Time

How We Had Fun in Grannys Time recalls the made-up games the authors siblings played in the sixties, in an era before television was introduced to South Africa and before technology invaded childhood. The gentle humor will appeal to four- to five-year-olds and their parents.

How We Had Fun in Granny's Time recalls the made-up games the author's siblings played in the sixties, in an era before television was introduced to South Africa and before technology invaded childhood. The gentle humor will appeal to four- to five-year-olds and their parents.

This book is for children of almost every age, including the young at heart. One of the challenges of writing a childrens book is how to convey what we want to say to a younger generation without sounding preachy or condescending. Children should not only get enjoyment from this book but also learn about real life. Such learning cannot start early enough. It can protect us from many mistakes.

Sakeenah Francis describes her life as a Cinderella story in reverse. She grew up in a well-respected, middle-class African American family. She went to college, was homecoming queen, married, began a career and had children. Then, schizophrenia struck and she lost everything. She went from homecoming queen to being homeless and institutionalized. Sakeenah Francis tells her daughter about her darkest moments of living with schizophrenia in a series of letters that chronicle the first time she heard voices in her head, her hospitalizations, her struggle to parent, and her arduous path to long-term recovery. Both shaken and moved by her mother's revealing letters, Anika faces the haunting effects her mother's mental illness had on her. After years of keeping the secret about her mother's illness, Anika breaks her silence voicing what it was like to grow up with a mother with a severe mental illness.She describes the emotional roller coaster created by her mother's bouts of recovery and how this impacted her well into adulthood. Though Sakeenah lost many bouts in her early struggles with schizophrenia, she kept striving. Through it all, there was love which at times was the only thing that made sense to Sakeenah and Anika. Love gave them the strength and resilience to heal and piece together that which schizophrenia had torn apart in our lives. This sobering story carries a message of hope that will be inspiring to people affected by a severe mental illness and the web of people connected to them.

A lighthearted picture book about Alzheimer's disease and dementia told from the perspective of a six-year-old boy. Appropriate for children in preschool through early elementary school. Granny can't remember that Joey likes soccer and rockets and dogs, but with Granny's stories of her Three Best Days, Joey knows she loves him just the same.

'They tried to make me go to my sister's funeral today. In the end I'd had to give in ... I'd been walking in her shadow for sixteen years and I liked its cool darkness. It was a good place to hide.' How would you feel if your twin sister died suddenly? Particularly if she was the beautiful one and you were horribly disfigured. And how would it feel to be alone now if you and your sister were the only ones to know the truth about what takes place behind closed doors at home? And what would you do if it was your parents who brought danger and terror into your life? Would you dare reveal how your sister died? And would you be brave enough to find an escape of your own? Black Heart Blue is a powerful novel about the domestic horrors that can unfold within a small community - and one girl's quest to stand up for the truth.

Throughout history, poetry of all kinds has mirrored our world. Some poetry makes us laugh, while other poetry might make us sad, feel pride, or might frighten or put us on edge. This collection of poetry will no doubt invoke several different emotions, and give cause for opposing opinions as to the meaning of its content. Hopefully, most readers will enjoy the poetry herein, but it is inevitable that some of the poems will go against what some readers believe due to their particular religion, or the substance of their own conscience. The poetry in this collection is based solely on the author's own opinions, and are free to be critiqued by anyone who reads it, however they wish.