New Releases by Anne Kennedy

"Advocate for the rights of our youngest citizens with Children’s Rights Book 1, the first of two books that put children’s rights legislation into practical terms for educators. With in-service examples and reflective questions to prompt thinking, these books give you the knowledge and confidence needed to start conversations with children, colleagues and families about respecting children’s rights. Book 1 unpacks the key documents that protect children’s rights in Australia and explores ways you can make these rights visible in your service"--publishers website.

Advanced Mediumship: A Masterful Guide for the Practicing Medium is the ultimate guide for the practicing and professional Spiritual Medium. Written by a professional Medium, this powerful manual offers readers a deeper understanding of the world of spirit communication while staying safe, connected, and empowered to be the best Medium one can be. From examining personal development and the expansion of one's own consciousness, to assisting the reader through various aspects of a professional practice, this book takes readers on a journey from learner to teacher - from amateur to professional. Whether you're a beginner or an intermediate medium looking to further your development, this book is a must-read for anyone interested in psychic development, the paranormal, the afterlife, grief/bereavement, and personal development.

Otter B Free is the ninth book in a series of children's books intended to teach young children basic biblical character traits. In Free, Otter B and his friends are practicing for the Fourth of July Field Day when they learn that Felicia the fox broke her leg and won't be able to compete. At first Otter B is excited by his chances at winning the Field Day trophy, but a conversation with Daddy about our God-given freedoms gives Otter B an idea: Instead of trying to win by himself, Otter B and his friends work as a team to earn the trophy. Otter B learns that true freedom includes choosing to help, love, and care about others. Each book in the series includes a relevant Bible verse and ends with a fun rhyme that reinforces the lesson: "Being independent means That you are truly free: Free to help, to love and care. It's how you Otter Be!"

Otter B Hopeful is the eighth in a series of children's books that teach young children basic biblical values. In Hopeful, Otter B and his friends plant a garden and discover a bird's nest with three eggs in it. When the garden doesn't grow and the eggs don't hatch right away, Otter B grows discouraged. Mama reminds Otter B about the story of Easter: Jesus' friends were sad about His death, but God was doing something amazing. Thanks to the Easter story, Otter B learns what it means to be hopeful. Each book in the series includes a relevant Bible verse and ends with a fun rhyme that reinforces the lesson: "When things aren't working out for you And joy is hard to see, Have hope, then pray and trust in God. It's how you Otter Be!"

Celebrate the little hero in every child with this encouraging board book. Kids love to pretend they have super powers, "flying" around in capes. But parents and grandparents see all the ways their little one is heroic--learning and growing and trying so much every day. Vivid, comic-book-style artwork depicts various costumed super-kids while the lively text draws comparisons between the qualities of a superhero and the child's special qualities. Little heroes--and their adult "sidekicks"--will love Super You!

Otter B Joyful is the seventh in a series of children's books that teach young children basic biblical values. In this story, Otter B doesn't think his role as a shepherd in the Christmas play is so great. But Otter B's disappointment vanishes as he becomes a modern-day shepherd and makes a special Christmas delivery! Each book includes an appropriate Bible verse and ends with a fun rhyme that reinforces the lesson: "Christmas joy is sharing love With everyone you see, And telling them that Jesus came! It's how you Otter B!"

In this sweet collection of bedtime stories, you’ll meet twenty-three animals—from Little Hedgehog to not-so-little Elephant—and the mamas and daddies who love them. Each fun and furry friend has a peaceful adventure in store for the day, and preschoolers can come along each night to learn gentle lessons on courage, friendship, and character. With soft and delightful illustrations, each story ends with a “Snuggle Time” Scripture, prayer, and Bible word, all designed to leave your little one comforted and cuddled and ready for sweet sleep.

A whimsical game grandma G plays with her grandchildren when she gets them ready for bed

Otter B Helpful is the fourth in a series of six children's books that teach young children basic biblical character traits. In this book, Otter learns to be helpful when his grandparents come for a visit. Each book includes an appropriate Bible verse, and Otter B Helpful ends with this rhyme about the lesson: "There's always lots of work to do in every family. God says that helping out is best. It's how you Otter Be!"

A complex, moving and ambitious poetic engagement with the death of a brother. In 1973, Anne Kennedy's brother Philip was partying on a hillside when he accidentally fell to his death. In Moth Hour, Anne Kennedy returns to the death of her brother and the world he inhabited, writing "Thirty-Three Transformations on a Theme of Philip." Kennedy's extraordinary poems grapple with the rebellious world of her brother and his friends in the 1970's, grief and loss, and the arch of time. The poems reach into the threads of the past to build patterns, grasped for a moment and then unravelling in one's hands. Moth Hour is a complex, ambitious piece of writing and a moving poetic engagement with tragedy.

The?Ice?Shelf:?an?eco-comedyOn the eve of flying to Antarctica to take up an arts fellowship, thirty-something Janice, recently separated, has a long night of remembrance, regret and realisation as she goes about the city looking for a friend to take care of her fridge while she's away. En route she discards section after section of her manuscript in the spirit of editing The Ice Shelf into a stronger, sleeker work of literature.The Ice Shelf is an electrifying allegory for the dangers of wasting love and other non-renewable resources.

Otter B Honest is the first in a series of six children's books that are intended to teach young children basic biblical character traits. In Otter B Honest, Otter breaks his father's watch while playing pirates with his friend. After trying to hide the broken watch from his father, he learns that honesty is best. Each book in the series ends with a rhyme that reinforces the book's theme: "Sometimes you will make mistakes You hope no one will see. But always choose to tell the truth, It's how you Otter Be!"

Otter B Brave is the third in a series of six children's picture books that are intended to teach young children basic biblical character traits. In this book, Otter is afraid to do show-and-tell at school. After Otter's dad tells him that God gives us friends to help us be less afraid, Otter decides to use his friend as his show-and-tell item. Each book in the series ends with a rhyme that reinforces the book's theme: "If you are feeling nervous And you're shaky in the knees, Try asking God to make you brave It's how you Otter Be!"

Meditations that make the Stations of the Cross more meaningful for moms. Real women, real moms, real problems. Open up this traditional Lenten practice and see how it can connect with your day-to-day life.

A Lenten devotional of reflections made for moms like you by moms like you.

You don't have to be a doctor to make effective herbal medicine. With hundreds of different herbs and remedies out there, making herbal medicine can be overwhelming. Thankfully, Herbal Medicine Natural Remedies acts as the perfect salve, making things simple with 150 easy-to-follow recipes for highly effective herbal medicines. Discover natural ways to treat headaches, coughs, colds, hangovers, and more that don't carry the same risk of side effects that many pharmaceuticals do. Never made your own herbal medicine? Start things off right with helpful lists of must-have tools, plus important safety tips. Herbal Medicine Natural Remedies includes: Herbal medicine for common ailments—Learn to make 150 different herbal remedies designed to help treat 75 different health issues. Herb profiles—From agrimony and chamomile to licorice and skullcap, 50 of the most common, useful, and healing herbs are detailed. Herbalism 101—Complete guides to collecting the right cookware, herb safety, and more help you jump straight in regardless of your experience level. Herbal medicines made easy—what a relief!

This collection of thirty simple devotions written for two- to four-year-olds is crafted to spark questions and begin conversations. From celebrating God's love for us and relying on Him in times of need to sharing God's love with those around us, the short reflections will encourage little ones to spend time with God each day. The devotions are paired with a Bible verse and short prayer, making the book perfect for bedtime, family devotion time, or as a fresh way to start the day.

The newest edition of Diagnostic Imaging: Obstetrics provides radiologists with world-class content and instructions on the latest methodologies in this rapidly changing field. Featuring approximately 260 diagnoses highlighting the most recent information, references, and images, this title serves as a practical, highly formatted guide that's well suited for today's busy radiologists. Enhanced chapters on embryology, new reference tables, updated patient management guidelines, and much more ensure readers are current with the knowledge required for competent clinical practice. - Guides practitioners through the intricacies of obstetric and pregnancy-related anomalies - Features expanded embryology chapters delineating normal developmental anatomy - An increased number of reference tables enables you to look up a normal measurement - Includes new practice guidelines for patient management, a summary of consensus panels, and new standardized nomenclature - Expanded syndrome section is rich in clinical pictures - Brand new differential diagnoses section allows you to look up a finding and be guided to the correct diagnosis (e.g., absent cavum septi pellucidi) - Richly colored graphics and fully annotated images highlight the most important diagnostic possibilities - Highly templated and bulleted format makes it easier than ever to locate key information

Steeped in thousands of years of history, aromatherapy treatment is scientifically proven to be both effective and safe. It is the preferred health-management method of many alternative medicine practitioners. Aromatherapy for Natural Living is your clear, comprehensive guide to harnessing the restorative properties of aromatherapy. Sooth, treat, and heal your body the way nature intended. A comprehensive guide, Aromatherapy for Natural Living demystifies the chemistry and uses of essential oil remedies, enabling you to apply their healing influences to improve body, beauty and home. Enjoy enhanced immunity and improved wellness with over 400 aromatherapy recipes Explore the origins and evolution of aromatherapy and essential oils Master the “50 most essential” essential oils and apply them in your aromatherapy practice From chemical compound to your cellular response, take a peek “behind the scents” and discover how each ingredient in aromatherapy actually works Boost your energy and reduce your stress. Nourish your skin and strengthen your immunity. Enhance your memory and relieve discomfort—Aromatherapy for Natural Living is you’re A-Z guide for all these things and everything in between.

Everyday ailments have a way of sneaking up on us. Compact enough to fit in the glove compartment or handbag, The Portable Essential Oils is your take-anywhere guide to 250 of the most fundamental essential oil remedies anytime you need them. Having access to your essential oils when you need them is important, and also that essential oils are not a one-size-fits-all remedy. In The Portable Essential Oils, natural health expert Anne Kennedy offers ailment-specific essential oil therapies to address common health concerns—enabling you with safe, convenient ways to take your well-being into your own hands—including: 50 of the most versatile essential oils, including 7 must-haves for home or on-the-go 250 essential oils remedies for or everyday health issues Essential Oil remedies that are safe for use with children and at which ages Shopper's guide on which essential oils to buy, which to be wary of, and important questions to ask

Innovations that bring value propositions through new processes, resources, or technologies to practice. How are we changing outcomes through new innovations in practice? The articles in this issue will provide nurses with the information they need to improve patient outcomes. Articles are devoted to skin cancer screening in the medically underserved, innovative practices for risk assessment and documentation in preventative colon screenings, evidenced-based protocol for diagnosis and treatment of catheter associated urinary tract infection within adult neurocritical care patient population, changing the focus to the PATIENT plan of care, and a nursing focus on EMR usability enhancing documentation of patient outcomes.

This unique collection both longs for and resists the North. In storytelling couplets, the title poem engages with a woman's past as she looks outward from the shores of the Hokianga harbor in New Zealand. Other poems also explore present and future, dislocation and migration, north and south, and Earth and paradise. Separate and various in tone and form, these narrative poems are a joy to read.

This collection of poetry deals with the domestic life of a family, mother, father, and two small children, and in particular about the grueling experience of eczema from which the little girl suffers. Told from the mother's point of view and set amid moves of house, the pressures on a bicultural household, and endless fruitless encounters with healers of many kinds, the poetry turns into a moving and profoundly recognizable picture of the strains, anxieties, fatigue, and desperation of parenthood.

In a minute she'd beg me to do anything I could to save the garment. That's what they always did. Begged and pleaded. There was usually a lover involved, and a cheated-upon spouse. I, as the mender, would be saving their life. People had actually said I was worth my weight in gold . . . But it wasn't my skill the clients were grateful for. No. It was my collusion. What lies are worth: their weight in gold. You'd think that mending clothes would be an uneventful, uncomplicated occupation. No drama, no unnecessary explanations, no personal involvement. But people love to talk, and as they make their excuses to GoGo Sligo, of Megan Sligo Mending and Alterations, they reveal the holes in their stories as well. It doesn't take long for GoGo to get to the truth behind the rips and tears they've brought her to fix. As GoGo listens and sews, she realises she is also helping her clients cheat and lie to their husbands and wives. She's covering their tracks so they won't be found out. A five-week blackout brings the city to its knees, and a drama to her doorstep. A lover, a wife, and finally the cheating husband all come to claim a vintage Irish costume that GoGo's been mending. She doesn't want to like the guilty husband, but can't resist being drawn into the enticing web of his deceit, and then into his story of heartbreak and death on the streets of Belfast. To keep him coming back to the blacked-out house and to prolong the telling of his family's story, GoGo pretends the costume isn't finished. As she makes him return to her, day after day, it becomes clear that another kind of spell is being woven, and GoGo must face the truth about herself and her own life and marriage. An intoxicating, entrancing, gripping novel of illicit love, passion and embroidery, told in an inimitable voice by a brilliant writer.

A collection of poems inspired by life, nature and the soul. Written by North Norfolk Poet Anne Kennedy.

Remember a time when a child could go outside and play? There were all sorts of adventures to have, but nothing as sweet as making your very own mud pies! The only problem was not actually being able to eat them. Well, let's bring back the good old days; right along with the mess and right along in the kitchen! This book is full of classic dessert recipes that In have collected and made throughout the years. Here the children, and adults, are able to experience personal creativity with each dessert. Simply follow the directions, with adult supervision of course, and decorate your mud cakes and mud pies the way YOU want to; and this time you can even eat them! In addition to all of the fun there iss to have, there are also pages for you to place your recipe photos and the photos of the fun you had making them. Today, with our armed forces being deployed to different places around the world, we still have the opportunity to share with them the things we do at home while they are away. This book, filled with photos of you and your family cooking, learning, and having fun is a way to share with loved ones and is also a family keepsake. So pass this book along to family and friends and watch it grow into a mud pie scrapbook!

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Time of the Giants is an original, delightful book of poems from the winner of the poetry section in the 2004 Montana Book Awards. This new work, also a sequence, is much less tied to the poet's own experience. Wonderfully inventive and both disturbing and amusing, it focuses on a family of giants and in particular the daughter and her efforts to conceal from her lover (normal size) just how tall she really is. This tale also includes gentle satire on contemporary manners, witty language play and a warm and affectionate tone.