Collection: Self-Development

A powerful tool for self-discovery filled with mystical practices, meditations, and mind-expanding visuals from the artist behind the wildly popular Instagram account @beamingdesign.

In Beaming, Marilyne Verschueren--the artist behind internet sensation Beamingdesign--presents 100 expansive visuals designed to stimulate your mind and awaken your intuition. Messages of hope, resilience, and joy are incorporated into radiant art, with each image offering the reader an opportunity for deep contemplation and introspection. Powerful imagery is paire­­­d with dozens of guided mindfulness, journaling, and breathwork exercises to deepen the interactive experience. For fans of modern mysticism, tarot, and self-care and anyone on a spiritual journey, Beaming is an exquisite companion and a stirring call to follow your truth.

BELOVED ARTIST: Marilyne Verschueren (@beamingdesign) is a celebrated artist with a passionate following on social media. This book collects fan-favorite artwork, dozens of never-before-seen pieces, and guided practices for deeper engagement with the visuals to inspire self-care, personal growth, creativity, and more.

BEAUTIFUL BOOK TO GIFT AND DISPLAY: Overflowing with colorful, radiant artwork in an eye-catching package, this beautiful book is a statement object that makes an uplifting self-purchase or thoughtful gift for the spiritual and the spiritually curious.

FUN AND ILLUMINATING ACTIVITY: Rich with visually inspiring art, meditations, and mindful exercises, this book guides readers through an empowering practice of self-reflection and self-discovery. This visual approach offers a dynamic alternative to text-driven guides, bringing a fresh and energetic perspective to personal growth.

Perfect for:

• Modern mystics
• Tarot and oracle deck enthusiasts
• Meditators and mindfulness practitioners
• Fans of The Wild Unknown and Mystic Mondays Tarot
• Fans of @beamingdesign on Instagram

15-Minute Art Watercolor explores the art of watercolor with fifty 15-minute projects. From fruits and fish to flowers, animals, and anatomy, Jola encourages you to explore this craft in a relaxing, free, and fun way.

Each project can be completed in no more than six steps and includes practice pages, colour swatches, and helpful hints to make light work of the artwork. Featuring traceable templates of all 50 projects, Jola helps you to get over the fear of the blank page and proves that painting doesn't have to be intimidating.

A quick and easy hobby, 15-minute Art Watercolor inspires you to tap into your creativity for just a few minutes every day.

Nurture your body, mind, and spirit with action-oriented journaling prompts for self care

With the right tools, you can make self care a daily habit rather than an occasional luxury. The perfect companion to The Self-Care Prescription, this journal is filled with reflective writing prompts that empower you to attend to your needs, create space to slow down and breathe, and take inspired actions to improve your life.

• Actionable prompts-Take control of your well-being with insightful prompts that help you manage difficult emotions, cultivate peace and gratitude, and find motivation to achieve your goals.
• Holistic wellness-Explore self care exercises that encourage you to thrive in six key areas: social, physical, intellectual, vocational, spiritual, and emotional wellness.
• A place to reflect-Record your thoughts and feelings with lined space after each writing prompt.

Journal your way to improved well-being with these practical self care writing prompts.

Strengthen your soft skills and reach your leadership potential.

If you read nothing else on developing your interpersonal skills, read these 10 articles. We've combed through hundreds of Harvard Business Review articles and selected the most important ones to help you identify your social and emotional strengths and weaknesses, approach them with a learning mindset, and become a more effective leader today.

This book will inspire you to:

• Focus your attention inward and outward
• Connect with others to give more effective feedback
• Influence with and without authority
• Navigate differences while maintaining relationships
• Build trust through active listening
• Communicate the right message and deliver it with empathy

This collection of articles includes "The C-Suite Skills That Matter Most," by Raffaella Sadun, Joseph Fuller, Stephen Hansen, and PJ Neal, "The Focused Leader," by Daniel Goleman, "Making Empathy Central to Your Company Culture," by Jamil Zaki, "Learning to Learn," by Erika Andersen, "How to Get the Help You Need," by Heidi Grant, "How to Sell Your Ideas up the Chain of Command," by Ethan Burris, "When Diversity Meets Feedback," by Erin Meyer, "Want Stronger Relationships at Work? Change the Way You Listen," by Manbir Kaur, "How to Navigate Conflict with a Coworker," by Amy Gallo, "Coaching for Change," by Richard Boyatzis, Melvin Smith, and Ellen Van Oosten, "The Science of Strong Business Writing," by Bill Birchard, "You Don't Just Need One Leadership Voice--You Need Many," by Amy Jen Su, "Building an Ethical Career," by Maryam Kouchaki and Isaac H. Smith.

HBR's 10 Must Reads paperback series is the definitive collection of books for new and experienced leaders alike. Leaders looking for the inspiration that big ideas provide, both to accelerate their own growth and that of their companies, should look no further. HBR's 10 Must Reads series focuses on the core topics that every ambitious manager needs to know: leadership, strategy, change, managing people, and managing yourself. Harvard Business Review has sorted through hundreds of articles and selected only the most essential reading on each topic. Each title includes timeless advice that will be relevant regardless of an ever‐changing business environment.

Puppies, kittens and paper animal crafts -- an adorable, winning combo for creative kids ages 3 and up! This hands-on activity book includes more than 40 pet-themed crafts, games, puzzles and more fun for pet lovers. It also includes over 60 colorful stickers kids will love using to complete puzzles and decorate craft projects.

Create a wearable puppy mask, play a kitty-matching memory game, build a 3D pet house and more. Kids can enjoy their creations for hours on end and share them with friends. Tear-out pages make it easy and comfortable for little hands to remove, cut, paste and share. Plus, there are 8 cardstock pages for even sturdier crafts and wearables.

Cutting along lines, gripping cutout pieces of paper and placing paper to complete activities will help kids sharpen their fine motor control, build hand-eye coordination and hone more essential school skills. These puzzles and games aren't only entertaining, they're expertly developed to help improve kids' visual perception, vocabulary and concentration skills.

For over 75 years, Highlights has inspired children to become Curious, Creative, Caring and Confident individuals. With products that encourage thinking, creativity and self-expression, Highlights helps kids build essential skills, all while having fun.

Spark creativity with hands-on art projects for kids ages 5 to 10

The world is full of art! From paintings in museums to beautiful buildings, we see art everywhere we go. Get kids excited about making art themselves with this book of projects that inspires them to think like an artist and shows them how much fun it is to create with their own hands.

They'll learn about the history of art and all kinds of different mediums, before diving into 20 super fun activities. With each one, they'll experience art in action--and the science behind it--as they make their own stamps, illustrate the life cycle of a butterfly with found objects, and draw with food coloring and salt. Animate young imaginations with a book that helps kids build the skills they need to think outside the box.

Go beyond other art books for kids with:

• A STEAM connection--Explore a range of art techniques and find out how they relate to science, technology, engineering, and math.
• Kid-friendly instructions--Step-by-step guidance and helpful photos make these projects easy to follow and simple enough for kids to do with minimal supervision.
• Basic materials--Every activity in this art book for kids can be made with inexpensive, familiar items that you probably have at home.

Unlock the world of art and science with this activity book for kids that helps them learn and grow.

Even during the carefree months of summer, children can be preparing for the next grade with Daily Summer Activities! It's packed with engaging activities that will build learners' confidence for the next grade level by practicing essential skills. Activities offer practice of essential skills across subject areas, including reading, math, writing, spelling, and geography.

With just one or two activities per day over a 10-week period, Daily Summer Activities helps to keep skills sharp without getting in the way of vacation time.

Recipient of the 2020 Parents' Picks Award for Best Educational Products for Preschool and Elementary Kids, Daily Summer Activities provides fun skill practice to help children discover a love of learning and reach their educational goals.

Daily Summer Activities reflects grade-level expectations and includes open-ended questions to develop your child's critical thinking skills.

Each week includes:

• 2 fiction or nonfiction reading passages with 4 comprehension questions
• 12 spelling words
• 2 activities practicing a variety of grammar and usage skills
• 1 sentence-editing activity to correct capitalization, punctuation, and other errors
• 1 vocabulary activity practicing skills such as compound words, word parts, synonyms, and homographs
• 3 math activities practicing skills such as word problems, fractions, decimals, and measurement
• 1 geography activity testing basic map-reading skills and concepts
• 2 creative writing exercises
• 1 critical thinking activity
• record form to jot down memorable moments and keep a reading log

About Evan-Moor

A leader in PreK-8 educational publishing, Evan-Moor has been a trusted partner of teachers and parents for over 40 years. Our mission is helping children learn, and we do this by creating resources that motivate children to learn important skills and concepts across the curriculum while also inspiring a love of learning.

Sometimes life feels dark and full of questions: Who am I? Where did I come from? Where should I go? But maybe it's not that complicated.

Let an ordinary seal and her little octopus friend remind you that everyone makes mistakes. That you can always lie down for a little while and do nothing. That there are many things we can't control . . . and that's okay.

Your "inner seal" deserves every good thing, even on stormy days.

Welcome to sealf-care.

An initiatory journey to unite the Feminine and Masculine within your soul and discover the Divine Love within

- Reveals how Mary Magdalene, Myriam, is not a biblical myth but an ancient frequency of the soul, a reverberation of the alchemy of Feminine and Masculine

- Presents ancestral knowledge embedded with the frequency of Myriam through which you can discover your complete soul

- Reveals new Akashic rooms where you can become aware of your multidimensionality, learn to create your own reality, and connect with Myriam and feminine and masculine archetypes

Many of us are feeling incompleteness at the soul level and experiencing the urgent need to restore the feminine part of our souls. But this missing part cannot be found by looking outside the self, by seeking love from another, whether, romantic, familial, or spiritual. Nor can it be found by replacing masculine energy with feminine. The lack we feel can only be healed by rediscovering Divine Love, the union of Feminine and Masculine, within each of us and activating our memories of who we truly are.

Leading you on a step-by-step initiatory journey, Adele Venneri reveals how Mary Magdalene, or Myriam, is not a biblical myth, but an ancient frequency of the soul. She explains how she awakened to Myriam and was transformed from seeking outward love, which only led to suffering, to realizing that true love, true self, comes from within. Through ancestral knowledge, embedded with the frequency of Myriam, the author shows you how to stop judging and forgive yourself, reunite your feminine and your masculine, merge your light body into the physical body, and rediscover your complete soul by embodying the Magdalene frequency. She reveals new Akashic rooms where you can become aware of your multidimensionality, learn to create your own reality, and connect with Myriam and feminine and masculine archetypes.

Revealing how to become the love you are rather than the love you seek, how to take on the responsibility for being the Creator of your own life, this alchemical text will transform you through the Magdalene Frequency and teach you at the soul level that you are worthy, you are joy, you are what you have always sought.

A gardener's pandemic journal that combines memoir with an exploration of the natural world both inside and outside the garden.

In March 2020, Margot Anne Kelley was watching seeds germinate in her greenhouse. At high risk from illness, the planning, planting, and tending to seedlings took on extra significance. She set out to make her pandemic garden thrive but also to better understand the very nature of seeds and viruses.

As seeds became seedlings, became plants, became food, Kelley looks back over the last few millennia as successions of pandemics altered human beings and global culture. Seeds and viruses serve as springboards for wide-ranging reflections, such as their shared need for someone to transport them, the centrality of movement to being alive, and the domestication of plants as an act of becoming co-dependent.

Pandemic viruses only occurred through humankind's settling down, taking up agriculture, and giving up a nomadic life. And yet it's the garden that now provides a refuge and a source of life, inspiration, and hope. A Gardener at the End of the World explores questions of what we can preserve--of history, genetic biodiversity, culture, language--and what we cannot. It is for any reader curious about the overlap of nature, science, and history.

As popular as birdhouses are, many are designed with aesthetics in mind, rather than the bird's preferences and needs. Not so for the projects in Making Bird-Friendly Birdhouses. Lifelong birder Mel "Bird Man Mel" Toellner and pro woodworker Matt Maguire walk readers step-by-step through 15+ projects for safe birdhouses that birds find conducive to their natural nesting habitats. They begin with a comprehensive introduction to why birdhouses are so important, and why the birdhouses should be created with specific birds in mind like bluebirds, wrens, chickadees, owls and even bats! With additional sections on distribution maps, detailed plans, mounting instructions, and tips on attracting birds to your yard, it has everything you need to create a successful backyard haven for your winged friends.

Use your wits to solve 70 detect-o-gram mysteries!

With just your common sense and a capable eye for detail, you can learn How to Solve a Murder. In this unassuming book of 70 detect-o-grams (brief but curious mysteries you can solve in a minute), you will dust off the case files of a time gone by, when the answers were not at your fingertips. Do away with forensic tools and technology and focus on the barest of facts and critical details. Follow the guidance of the fictional Professor Fordney, a mere intellectual with a sharp wit, whose assessments broke cases wide open and embarrassed the likes of detectives who could not see the easy answers before them. Simply ask yourself: What is it about the criminals' own hubris, negligence, or even stupidity, that will lead you to the solutions?

- Decode 70 puzzles that only take a minute to solve, and perfect your crime-solving skills
- Travel back in time to when Depression-era tensions led to bootlegging, corruption, estate theft, and scandals
- Make it a party game! Solve cases--from jewelry heists and crimes of jealousy to brazen murders

Wet felting is an incredible textile art form that offers enormous opportunity for genuine creativity and innovation. This beautiful book is a complete guide to the process, from the basic techniques through to using embellishment materials to decorate your felt and resists to structure it. There are step-by-step instructions to nine projects, plus ideas for variations and an introduction to an innovative felting ball to create fully 3D-felted forms. Packed with practical advice throughout, this is truly a book to inspire your creativity and to guide you in the potential of this wonderful art form.

Award-winning bird photographer Doris Dumrauf introduces young readers to 20 birds frequently found in North American back yards, including: American Goldfinch, Tufted Titmouse, Northern Cardinal, and many others. Her vivid photographs depict birds in their natural habitat and typical backyard settings. The entertaining narrative highlights the simple steps required to attract birds to your yard.

Say thank you to a teacher with this adorable gift book featuring Lowly Worm and friends from Richard Scarry's Busytown!

Show your favorite teacher and educator you care with this kind and thoughtful Busytown gift book featuring Lowly Worm, Huckle Cat, and all their Busytown friends! This charming keepsake is an ideal end-of-year gift and the perfect thank-you for teachers of all grades--from preschool through college!

A real-world, one-of-a-kind resource for anyone who has ever been underestimated, overlooked, or misunderstood at the negotiating table.

There's no shortage of negotiation books that advise you to "get to yes," urge you to "never split the difference," and push you to "ask for more." But these one-size-fits-all negotiation techniques disregard the reality of our complex, multifaceted, multicultural world, where snap judgements are made based on perceived differences. When bias lies behind every negotiation, the only constant is you. Learn to leverage who you are--and gain the upperhand.

Negotiating While Black is the indispensable guide that lawyer and mediator Damali Peterman wishes had existed earlier, as she navigated workplaces as the only Black woman, advocated for her children attending predominantly white schools, and mediated countless other bias-ridden settings. Drawing on these experiences together with decades of wisdom as a trained negotiator in high-stakes situations, Peterman has developed successful strategies notably absent from other top negotiation books--tactics that work for all people, no matter your identity. From the Foundational Five skills to the Negotiation Superpowers, these tried-and-true techniques will lift you to the next level of winning.

Whether negotiating in the boardroom or in everyday life, Peterman shows how everything is potentially up for discussion--even when stakes (and emotions) are high. You can't control bias, but by being yourself, you actually have a better shot at getting what you want. Because when you arrive prepared and proud of who you are, you'll reap the rewards.