Mom The School Flooded

A classic picture book, newly illustrated with appropriately detailed and frantic drawings, tells the funny and wonderfully embellished answers to a mother's questioning about what happened at school today.

This is a wacky account of Gus's wet and eventful day: an ocean in the gym, the vice-principal floating by with his goldfish, and fire-engines. Mom can't help saying, "Oh, Gus!" -- but she's enjoying every minute. After each story, we get a choice: if we think she believed it, we can close the book; if not, we can turn the page! If we don't believe the next stories, we are invited to make up our own. Hilarious illustrations, each kookier than the last, are the perfect accompaniment.

Three great books, one great price! Ali Katz is an Award Winner in the "Parenting & Family" category of the Best Book Awards, and a Bronze Medal Winner of the Living Now Book Awards This box set includes Ali Katz's Hot Mess to Mindful Mom series: Hot Mess to Mindful Mom, Get the Most Out of Motherhood, and One Minute to Zen --HOT MESS TO MINDFUL MOM: 40 Ways to Find Balance and Joy in Your Every Day-- For any mom who typically runs around with her hair on fire and needs a break! It’s so easy to find yourself constantly overwhelmed or burned out in the hustle and bustle of society today. But it is important to slow down and take a minute to focus on the things that matter most—and the first step is to connect with yourself again. This book will show women that by caring for themselves first, they can better care for everyone they love. In her first book, Ali has woven together a compilation of all the tools she used to transform herself from “hot mess” to “mindful mom,” and is divided helpfully into three parts: Everyday practices Tools used as needed Attitude adjustments made along the way Readers will learn how small tweaks and changes can lead to huge results, and that they too can leave stress behind in favor of calm and peace. With humor, grace, and an extremely relatable manner, Ali gives women the tools to make the same changes in their own lives. --GET THE MOST OUT OF MOTHERHOOD: A Hot Mess to Mindful Mom Parenting Guide-- Slow down and take time for yourself—because a better you is a better mom! The second book in the Hot Mess to Mindful Mom series will help moms create balance, peace, and well-being in their homes, leaving behind their old ways of being constantly stressed-out and frantic. Here Ali will guide women on how to embrace their best selves while parenting so they can strengthen relationships with their children, create systems in their homes that work, and actually enjoy doing it. It is divided into three parts: Mindful mom mindsets: bring your best self to parenting Mindful mom methods: systems for your home that work Mindful mom moments: ways to bond with your kids Easy and accessible, and filled with unique tools and ideas as well as personal examples that readers will relate to, this book will help moms go beyond the basics to build a healthier and happier family unit. --ONE MINUTE TO ZEN: Go From Hot Mess to Mindful Mom in One Minute or Less-- From the political climate to natural disasters, to managing the stress and overwhelm of everyday life, women have more to deal with than ever. Life feels overwhelming and exhausting much of the time. The third in our Hot Mess to Mindful Mom series, One Minute to Zen will provide numerous tools to help deal with stress in one minute, the same amount of time it can take for all hell to break loose! When teaching moms across the country, while giving talks to corporations, and across Ali’s thriving social media channels, people are asking for more tools to use quickly and effectively to help recover from the stress they face in daily life. Here, she's compiled a list of tools that make it possible to recalibrate, achieve balance, and recover from stress quickly and with ease, in order to live a more mindful and joyful life. Known for her authenticity and relatability, Ali shares personal stories and anecdotes to help connect her audience and show how to really put her suggestions to use.

From the Booker Prize–winning author of Oryx and Crake, the first book in the MaddAddam Trilogy, and The Handmaid’s Tale. Internationally acclaimed as ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR by, amongst others, the Globe and Mail, the New York Times, the New Yorker, and the Village Voice In a world driven by shadowy, corrupt corporations and the uncontrolled development of new, gene-spliced life forms, a man-made pandemic occurs, obliterating human life. Two people find they have unexpectedly survived: Ren, a young dancer locked inside the high-end sex club Scales and Tails (the cleanest dirty girls in town), and Toby, solitary and determined, who has barricaded herself inside a luxurious spa, watching and waiting. The women have to decide on their next move--they can’t stay hidden forever. But is anyone else out there?

Created by two busy moms, and field-tested on families across the country, "Mom Central" contains everything one needs to keep a family running smoothly, incuding checklists, charts, and schedules.

INTRODUCING A PRACTICAL MODEL OF PLAY THERAPY FOR TRAUMATIZED CHILDREN Some of the most rewarding work a therapist can do is help a child recover from a traumatic event. But where to begin? A growing body of play therapy literature offers many specific techniques and a variety of theoretical models; however, many therapists are still searching for a comprehensive model of treatment that incorporates solid theoretical constructs with effective play therapy interventions. Clinicians have long recognized that trauma therapy is not just a matter of techniques but a journey with a beginning, middle, and end. In a pioneering contribution to the field, Play Therapy with Traumatized Children: A Prescriptive Approach, the author codifies the process in her model, Flexibly Sequential Play Therapy (FSPT). Integrating non-directive and directive approaches, this components-based model allows for the uniqueness of each child to be valued while providing a safe, systematic journey towards trauma resolution. The FSPT model demystifies play-based trauma treatment by outlining the scope and sequence of posttraumatic play therapy and providing detailed guidance for clinicians at each step of the process. Dramatically demonstrating the process of healing in case histories drawn from fifteen years of clinical practice with traumatized children, Play Therapy with Traumatized Children addresses: Creating a safe place for trauma processing Augmenting the child’s adaptive coping strategies and soothing his or her physiology Correcting the child’s cognitive distortions Ensuring that caregivers are facilitative partners in treatment Inviting gradual exposure to trauma content through play Creating developmentally sensitive trauma narratives Using termination to make positive meaning of the post-trauma self

Through a Young Boy's Eyes: A Memoir of Appalachia in the 1960s, is a riveting account of a boy growing up in the heart of the Appalachian coal fields during a decade of modern innovations, societal conflict, and war. The book chronicles Thomas Lee Brown's journey from his isolated mountain home into the world via formal schooling, travel with his parents and grandparents, and exposure to radio and television. This fictional work, heavily influenced by the author's own childhood spent deep in the mountains of Appalachian America, explores the perceptions and emotions of a young child confronted with both familial and societal changes and his resilience in meeting those challenges bolstered by the love and support of his family and community.