Collection: Self-Development

Why do stars shine? And how was the moon made? Children can blast off into space with this fantastic interactive flap book revealing the secrets of the Universe. Vibrant illustrations and simple explanations combined with over 70 flaps to lift. Each double page covers a different topic, including 'Glittering galaxies', 'On the Moon' and 'Space Station'.

This large print word search contains 100 pages of educational and fun vocabulary puzzles suitable for ages 6+.

Inside this book you will find:

• 100 fun and educational word searches
• Different themes for each puzzle
• Large printed word searches for easy searching
  

Your favorite Pokémon are waiting to be found within the colorful pages of these activity books!

Find your favorite Pokémon in five different full-color activity books! Pick your adventure: will you search for the special Pokémon of Kanto, Johto, or Hoenn? Or will you seek fan favorites like Pikachu or Legendary Pokémon? Each volume of the Pokémon Seek and Find series includes tons of Pokémon-packed seek-and-find illustrations as well as fun facts or creative quizzes about the Pokémon you find.

A Seek and Find Adventure!

Meet Chikorita, Cyndaquil, Totodile, and the many other Pokémon that populate the magnificent region of Johto! Will you be able to find all the Pokémon hiding in each scene?

Includes a detailed guide to the Pokémon of Johto!

With lessons from Mister Rogers' Neighborhood and examples from the acclaimed education network Remake Learning, this book brings Mister Rogers into the digital age, helping parents and teachers raise creative, curious, caring kids.

Authors Gregg Behr and Ryan Rydzewski know there's more to Mister Rogers than his trademark cardigan sweaters. To them, Mister Rogers' Neighborhood isn't just a children's program -- it's a proven blueprint for raising happier, healthier kids. As young people grapple with constant reminders that the world isn't always kind, parents and teachers can look to Fred Rogers: an ingenious scientist and legendary caregiver who was decades ahead of his time.

When You Wonder, You're Learning reveals this never-before-seen side of America's favorite neighbor, exploring how Rogers nurtured the "tools for learning" now deemed essential for school, work, and life. These tools can boost academic performance, social-emotional well-being, and even physical health. They cost almost nothing to develop, and they're up to ten times more predictive of children's success than test scores.

No wonder it's been called "a must-read for anyone who cares about children." With insights from thinkers, scientists, and teachers -- many of whom worked with Rogers himself -- When You Wonder, You're Learning helps kids and the people who care for them do what Rogers taught best: become the best of whoever they are.

It's never too late to improve your brain.

Achieving and maintaining a higher level of mental fitness can be surprisingly fun--and to your brain, it's healthy exercise. In this follow-up volume to her bestselling 399 Games, Puzzle & Trivia Challenges Designed to Keep Your Brain Young, Nancy Linde offers a brand-new collection of puzzles, trivia challenges, brainteasers, and word games that are not only great fun to do but are specifically designed to give your brain the kind of workout that stimulates neurogenesis, the process that allows the brain to grow new cells.

Cross-train your brain by targeting 6 key cognitive functions: Long-term memory, working memory, executive functioning, attention to detail, multitasking, and processing speed.

This is the kind of exercise you'll want to do, and all it takes is 10 to 15 minutes a day for a full workout.

Inspired by thousands of years of Chinese thought, an enchanting and heart-opening illustrated fable about a young boy who explores the many ways to make meaning and find joy in the everyday.

Sometimes you can only do a small, small thing. And that can make all the difference.

In this exquisitely illustrated parable grounded in the three pillars of Chinese philosophy, a young boy, his family ox, and a rabbit living in his garden help each other navigate the daily work of love, compassion, and community. Examining the world through the lenses of Taoism, Buddhism, and Confucianism, their conversations convey tender, uplifting messages for life's various crossroads.

As they adopt a sparrow, bathe in rivers, comfort their neighbors, and tend to their chores, the characters' different perspectives are reflected in their conversations: the boy's Taoist love of nature and all it entails, the ox's Buddhist compassion for others, and the rabbit's Confucian practice of mutual respect and care. While they don't always agree, the friends settle on the basic truth that purpose comes from simply engaging with life--and with each other.

Painted in a contemporary gongbi style, one of the oldest continuous art forms in the world, the atmospheric illustrations from Taiwanese American artist Regina Linke conjure a timeless, mystical land where the friends have made their home. The potent combination of magnificent art and gentle revelations will capture the hearts of readers, whatever their age.

The guide to achieving the positive end-of-life experience you want and deserve, this second edition of Finish Strong by Barbara Coombs Lee, the President Emerita/Senior Adviser of Compassion & Choices, features valuable new material, including a brand new chapter called "Race and Culture Matter;" an Afterword by Kim Callinan, the President/CEO of Compassion & Choices; and a detailed index for the book.

It's hard to talk about death in America. But even though the topic has been taboo, life's end is an eventual reality.

So why not shape it to our values? Finish Strong is for those of us who want an end-of-life experience to match the life we've enjoyed. We know we should prepare, but are unsure how to think and talk about it, how to live true to our values and priorities, and how to make our wishes stick.

The usual advice about advance directives and conversations is important but woefully inadequate. This book describes concrete action in the here and now to help live our best lives to the end.

Finish Strong will guide you through:

- Finding a partner-doctor to honor your values and beliefs with humanity, deference and candor.

- Identifying what matters most as vigor wanes and stating your priorities.

- Having meaningful conversations with doctors and family about expectations and wishes.

- Staying off the "overtreatment conveyor belt."

- Knowing when "slow medicine" is the best option to maintain quality of life.


- Navigating hospice, the ultimate healing experience.

Written with candor and clarity by a nurse, physician assistant and attorney who became a leading advocate for end-of-life options, this book can help you Finish Strong.

Table of Contents:

Foreword by Haider Warraich, M.D.

Preface by Barbara Coombs Lee

A Note About the Second Edition

1. An Invitation

2. Talking About Death Won't Kill You (But It Could Improve Your Life)

3. Overtreatment and Diminishing Returns

4. Let Me Die Like a Doctor

5. Hope & Heroism

6. Hospice: The Healing Option

7. The Secret of Slow Medicine

8. Escaping Dementia

9. Inside a Growing Advocacy

10. Race and Culture Matter

11. People Taking Control

12. Space for the Sacred

13. It's Harder Than You Think (But You Can Do It)

Afterword by Kim Callinan, president and chief executive officer, Compassion & Choices

Appendix: Tools to Take Charge

Acknowledgments

About the Author

About Compassion & Choices

Notes on Sources

Index

This collection of 100 word search puzzles will challenge even the most dedicated movie buffs as they hunt for the names of actors, directors, and characters as well as key plot points, dialogue, and other terms related to big-screen blockbusters. Featured films include Annie Hall, Casablanca, Citizen Kane, ET the Extra-Terrestrial, Forrest Gump, The Godfather, Gone with the Wind, Jaws, Psycho, Titanic, 2001: A Space Odyssey, West Side Story, and more. Solutions appear at the end.

From the author of the #1 New York Times bestseller, World War Z, The Zombie Survival Guide is your key to survival against the hordes of undead who may be stalking you right now.

Fully illustrated and exhaustively comprehensive, this book covers everything you need to know, including how to understand zombie physiology and behavior, the most effective defense tactics and weaponry, ways to outfit your home for a long siege, and how to survive and adapt in any territory or terrain.

Top 10 Lessons for Surviving a Zombie Attack

1. Organize before they rise!
2. They feel no fear, why should you?
3. Use your head: cut off theirs.
4. Blades don't need reloading.
5. Ideal protection = tight clothes, short hair.
6. Get up the staircase, then destroy it.
7. Get out of the car, get onto the bike.
8. Keep moving, keep low, keep quiet, keep alert!
9. No place is safe, only safer.
10. The zombie may be gone, but the threat lives on.

Don't be carefree and foolish with your most precious asset--life. This book is your key to survival against the hordes of undead who may be stalking you right now without your even knowing it. The Zombie Survival Guide offers complete protection through trusted, proven tips for safeguarding yourself and your loved ones against the living dead. It is a book that can save your life.

Show the world "you are a badass" with these metal pins, magnets, and an iron-on patch.

In her refreshingly blunt You Are a Badass(R), Jen Sincero served up candid and inspiring stories, sage advice, and the occasional swear word, all with the goal of helping readers reverse self-sabotaging behaviors and create a life of love.

If you loved the book, you'll love the Little Box of Badass, which includes:

• 5 metal pins
• 5 magnets
• 1 iron-on patch
• A 32-page mini spiral-bound flip chart with inspirational phrases and wisdom culled from Sincero's original book.

Reduce stress, ease anxiety, and increase inner peace-one day at a time-with a year of easy-to-follow mindfulness meditation techniques.

Certified mindfulness teacher, bestselling author, ultramarathoner, wife, and dog-mom Nita Sweeney shares mindfulness meditation practices to help anyone break free from worry and self-judgment.

Mindfulness meditation trains you to live in the present moment-the now. Feel calmer. Think more clearly. Respond more effectively and enjoy a more fulfilling life. Even in tiny doses, mindfulness is scientifically proven to enhance physical and mental health, boost creativity, and improve cognition function.

CONVENIENT, ACCESSIBLE FORMAT: Each of the 365 short entries includes a meditation-related quotation, a real-life example of how Sweeney uses mindfulness to enhance her life, and a new practice to show how to apply that day's technique to your life. No need to stop your thoughts, travel to a monastery, or contort your body into a pretzel. Go at your own pace. Follow the suggestions in order or use the comprehensive index to find entries tailored to your needs.

BACKED BY SCIENCE: Numerous studies show that mindfulness meditation is an antidote to scattered thinking and emotional distortion. Instead of escaping from reality into denial or distraction, each daily entry offers an expert meditation method for escaping INTO reality as a powerful way to deal with life's inevitable ups and downs.

BASED ON CENTURIES-OLD TRADITION: In A Daily Dose of Now, Sweeney not only draws on her life and meditation experiences, her coaching and teaching, but also on her decades of study with highly respected teachers in traditions that date back centuries. These include Shinzen Young, author of The Science of Enlightenment and founder of Unified Mindfulness, Natalie Goldberg, Zen practitioner and bestselling author of Writing Down the Bones, and Sensei Sean Murphy, author of One Bird, One Stone and co-founder of Sage Institute for Creativity & Consciousness.

RELATABLE, PRACTICAL ADVICE: Sweeney has lived with depression, anxiety, and bipolar disorder for most of her adult life. She formulated the exercises over thirty years as she experimented to find the most effective tools to recover from addiction, improve her mental health, and gain insight into the nature of reality. The resulting book, written in her uplifting, straightforward style, is a wellness toolkit for beginning and seasoned meditators alike.

Discover the power of now as you incorporate the time-tested wellness tool of mindfulness into your life with this daily meditation practice guide.

Learn to draw jack-o-lanterns, skeletons, witches, black cats, monsters, and more in this how-to-draw book by drawing master Ed Emberley-perfect for the Halloween season and all year round!

Using his "alphabet" of shapes and squiggles, Ed Emberley shows new artists the easiest method to create more than 50 creepy creatures and critters. This brand-new bindup edition-featuring color on the interior-of Ed Emberley's Drawing Book of Halloween and Ed Emberley's Drawing Book of Weirdos will make doodling a blast for kids age 7 and up.

Over 2 million Ed Emberley drawing books have been sold!

Learn about the opposites in Baby's world in Baby Up, Baby Down, an interactive photographic board book from the creators of Making Faces and Baby Loves.

This bright, playful board book introduces sets of opposites for babies to identify, from up and down to quiet and noisy! Each pair of concepts is demonstrated with fun photographs of young ones, making for an adorable read and perfect bedtime book to settle Baby off to sleep.

NAMED A MOST ANTICIPATED BOOK OF 2018 BY Esquire - PopSugar - The Huffington Post - Buzzfeed - Publishers Weekly

A unique new guide to creativity from Questlove--inspirations, stories, and lessons on how to live your best creative life

Questlove--musician, bandleader, designer, producer, culinary entrepreneur, professor, and all-around cultural omnivore--shares his wisdom on the topics of inspiration and originality in a one-of-a-kind guide to living your best creative life.

In Creative Quest, Questlove synthesizes all the creative philosophies, lessons, and stories he's heard from the many creators and collaborators in his life, and reflects on his own experience, to advise readers and fans on how to consider creativity and where to find it. He addresses many topics--what it means to be creative, how to find a mentor and serve as an apprentice, the wisdom of maintaining a creative network, coping with critics and the foibles of success, and the specific pitfalls of contemporary culture--all in the service of guiding admirers who have followed his career and newcomers not yet acquainted with his story.

Whether discussing his own life or channeling the lessons he's learned from forefathers such as George Clinton, collaborators like D'Angelo, or like-minded artists including Ava DuVernay, David Byrne, Björk, and others, Questlove speaks with the candor and enthusiasm that fans have come to expect. Creative Quest is many things--above all, a wise and wide-ranging conversation around the eternal mystery of creativity.

"Pooh Quotes" is a delightful compilation of quotes

from the beloved Winnie-the-Pooh stories written by

A.A. Milne. The book of quotes is organized thematically,

with chapters dedicated to topics such as friendship,

perseverance, kindness, mindfulness, and imagination.

Each chapter features a collection of Pooh's most

memorable quotes on the given theme. From humorous

observations about life to poignant reflections on the

nature of friendship, the book offers a treasure trove of

timeless wisdom and wit.

Readers of all ages will find something to love in "Pooh

Quotes" Whether you're a longtime fan of the

Winnie-the-Pooh stories or a newcomer to the Hundred

Acre Wood, this charming volume is sure to delight and

inspire.

Sophie's Universe was originally released as a 20-part CAL (crochet-along) in 2015, designed by Dedri Uys and sponsored by Scheepjes yarn. It is now available in printed format exclusively from Annie's! Despite its complexity, the pattern is actually written specifically for adventurous beginners. It starts out with a simple granny square that has a beautiful crochet flower in the center and gradually unfolds into a stunning, hypnotizing design.