My Maddy My Daddy

Maddy and her daddy help each other work and play, learn and teach, laugh and cry, because that's the way they share their love for each other. Mom's Choice and Readers' Choice award winning author. 30 beautiful illustrated pages. 16 touching and playful parent and child relationship exchanges.

En los episodios de este libro, Maddy y su papA se ayudan a trabajar y jugar, aprender y enseNar, reIr y llorar, porque asI es la manera en cOmo se comparte el amor a cada quien. Los niNos son invaluables, y el primer hombre en la vida de cualquier niNa puede ser valioso tambiEn. (English translation: In this book's episodes, Maddy and her daddy help each other work and play, learn and teach, laugh and cry, because that's the way they share their love for each other. Children are priceless, and the first man in any little girl's life can be that valuable.)

ALA’s 2021 Rainbow Book List Top Ten Title for Young Readers Most mommies are girls. Most daddies are boys. But lots of parents are neither a boy nor a girl. Like my Maddy. My Maddy has hazel eyes which are not brown or green. And my Maddy likes sporks because they are not quite a spoon or a fork. Some of the best things in the world are not one thing or the other. They are something in between and entirely their own. Randall Ehrbar, PsyD, offers an insightful note with more information about parents who are members of gender minority communities, including transgender, gender non-binary, or otherwise gender diverse people.

Jennifer is a busy African American patent lawyer in a firm with few females and even fewer African Americans and her boss constantly overlooks her for important cases. In a soul-searching bid to find new challenges and meaning in her life, she signs on for a course in Mandarin Chinese. Matthew is also a patent lawyer but in a rival firm. A widower, who is White, raising a three-year-old alone, he cannot imagine a future with love and family until one day, he meets Jennifer in the Mandarin course. The two bond while exploring their shared interest and talent in Mandarin language studies. Although they come from different racial backgrounds, they find that they have a lot in common, particularly their love of Matthew's daughter Madison. Soon, they discover that their shared love of Chinese language and culture lies in previous lives spent together during the 8th century Tang Dynasty in China, where they overcame many challenges to be together. Will they overcome the challenges of this lifetime to be together again? "This debut novella weaves a richly-textured story that spans centuries and brings us fully dimensional characters who love and care deeply. You will cheer for Jennifer and Matthew and join Madison in wanting them all to share their lives together." -Mary Metcalfe, Amazon bestselling author of Winds of Change, New Beginnings and Road to Tomorrow.

Please note that this book contains all three volumes of the Glass Castle series. If you buy this book, you are getting books One, Two, and Three in one complete package. Riley Johnson was a promising young scientist at a prestigious research university when he met Maddy, the girl of his dreams. Maddy was everything that Riley could have wanted in a woman, except that Maddy was hiding a secret that could unravel Riley's entire life. This secret ends up taking Riley to places and giving him experiences he couldn't have dreamed in his worst nightmares. Through everything, Riley's love for Maddy gives him a reason to keep pushing forward. But will that love be enough to see him through the tests that await him?

For Madison, who has suffered a terrible loss, life is No Longer Simple. The teenager and her family move from Michigan to West Virginia to get over the loss, but she is just starting her senior year in high school, which makes the change especially hard. Making new friends is easy compared to what is coming her way. Madison must juggle school, cheerleading, love, secrets, deception, as well as someone from her past showing up with unforeseen intentions. Maddy wants so badly to go back to having an ordinary life, but you can't always have what you wish for. The teen's life is about to get a lot more complicated in the stunning new novel No Longer Simple: The New Beginning and The Complication.

At age fifteen, Nikki Leonti signed a record deal and had a successful Christian music career. Three years later she became pregnant out of wedlock, which caused many to turn away from her. When she envisioned her future, she didn’t foresee her life falling apart. Suddenly she was a single parent. Many single parents feel alone, ashamed, hopeless, confused, or just plain tired—tempted to give in to the negative voices that say it’s impossible to fulfill the dreams of their youth. From personal stories of overcoming, to Scriptures that were her anchor during the most difficult moments, Nikki shares transparently her journey of experiencing God’s redeeming grace. This book will help you:Re-center your heart and mind towards what is good.Navigate through the uncertainty that comes with single parenting.Discover that your baggage can be the source of the greatest joy and restoration.Get back on track to fulfill the incredible purpose God has for your life! There is no perfect parent and being a single parent can make you feel even more imperfect. If you’ve experienced the end of relationship, divorce, or loss of a spouse, this book is a great source of encouragement for parenting solo. There is not a past too messy that can keep God from transforming the most hopeless situation into a beautiful story.