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Grief, Hope, Baseball

Jessica Rios

Rios moves readers through her personal journey of family, love, loss, and grief in a series of heartfelt essays inspired by the rules and traditions of America’s Pastime. As a love of baseball plays a pivotal role in her survival of a challenging childhood, Rios learns to play the game of life with dignity, conviction, and a focus a future she dares to imagine for herself and her family.

Raw, unfiltered, unapologetic, and truly inspirational. One filled with sadness and sorrows, but also of laughter and joy. Intertwined with lessons learned along the way, all wrapped up in the emblem of baseball. Just like a batter who yearns for another at-bat after a strikeout, when life knocks you down, after you’ve gotten up and dusted yourself off, what do you hope for?
– Alexander Deak

READING ADVENTURES FOR THE WHOLE FAMILY

The Adventures of Little Billy

In Search of the Magic Tree

Barry Farber

Capturing the imagination of readers of all ages, Little Billy enters the woods, meeting animals along his quest to find the Magic Tree. Each animal Billy meets shares one of the 5 Secrets that instills the developmental life lessons necessary for Little Billy to embark on a journey of learning, discovery, and character building.

All Kinds of Music

Bonnie Whitehurst

Illustrations by Leah Lopez

Can you imagine a day in your life without music? Whether you realize it or not, it’s all around you! A bird sings its song outside your window. Breezes blow through a nearby wind chime. A train whistle sounds its mighty horn.

This rhyming book, with its beautiful illustrations, will open young minds to the possibility of hearing each sound in the day as part of a musical treasure box. It can be read to small children by a parent or caregiver, and self-read by children a bit older.

The book includes four pages of open-ended questions to guide the imagination of a reader or listener. It is also a wonderful tool for media specialists, music teachers, and perfect for a substitute teacher lesson plan.

Juntos: Living with Alzheimer’s

Written by Silvio José Delgado, M.Ed

Illustrations by Rachel Stotler

With tug-at-your-heartstrings illustrations, Juntos: Living with Alzheimer’s provides readers of all ages ways to engage with one another after receiving an Alzheimer’s diagnosis. Silvio José Delgado, M.Ed. and Rachel Stotler have come together to pay tribute to the complexities of family and learning to face challenges with love.

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Promises on the Path

Photography by Patricia Phillips

The image…but always, the magic within…

365 days of encouragement and inspiration from the Bible, the Talmud, the Bhagavad-Gita, Confucius, Gautama Buddha, the Koran, and many other notable thought leaders.

Find a quiet moment of reflection and spirituality with this incredible collection of images and quotes. A perfect gift for the busy people in your life to indulge in beauty and mindfulness all year round. This gorgeous coffee table book can be read as a daily devotional or can be opened to any page for a peaceful moment with a cup of coffee.

There is No Place Like Dome:

A Fan Host’s Unofficial View from the

Top of the Trop to the Stands with the Fans

Bruce Reynolds

From beers to tears, a unique look at major league baseball games through the eyes of an usher at his beloved stadium. Follow Bruce, a 16-year veteran Tropicana Field Fan Host, as he leads you to your seat and navigates the world of the stands and the fans. A humorous and heartwarming insight into baseball, the stadium, the games, and the fans, from their cheers to crying in their beers. You will discover that there really is No Place Like Dome.

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