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  Who else wants to get the body they  want  eating the foods they  love ? This book is the  shortcut . If you want to  build lean muscle  and  lose stubborn fat  eating delicious, home-cooked meals you  love  . . . . . . and  without  wasting hours in the kitchen every week or struggling with expensive and hard-to-prepare recipes,  you want to buy this book . Here’s the deal: You  don’t  have to follow a  boring ,  bland  “bodybuilding diet” to get the body you really want. So just say  no  to the  tasteless  chicken and rice,  dreary  steamed broccoli,  monotonous  oatmeal,  flavorless  potatoes, and all the rest of it. More good news: You  don’t  have to obsess over “eating clean,” either. Yes, you should eat fruits and vegetables to stay healthy, but no, you  don’t  have to swear off sugar or grains or  anything els...

  The ketogenic lifestyle doesn't require a sacrifice of flavor! Many people think that going keto means they have to give up American traditional dishes, but with a little creativity most of your favorite foods can be made keto.  Southern Keto  will show you how to make your favorite comfort foods delicious and low-carb.  You don't have to give up bread, cheesecake, pan-fried chicken, or biscuits. Natasha "Tasha" Newton has you covered.  In this book, she also shares her struggles from childhood obesity and years of yoyo dieting to being diagnosed with Crohn's disease at the age of 29. She'll share with you how keto helped her to lose weight and gain freedom from sugar and food addiction. Natasha will serve you delicious and healthy keto meals side inspiration and encouragement! Being a southern girl she prides herself in recreating her family's favorite foods, keto style. If it doesn't taste great, she knows that her family won't be interested! I...

  The simple, easy, and friendly way to start the ketogenic diet and lifestyle Starting the ketogenic diet can be overwhelming―so much to learn, so many resources to choose from. So why doesn’t somebody make it easy? We did.  The Complete Ketogenic Diet for Beginners  is your all-in-one resource for starting and sticking to the ketogenic diet. You get exactly what you need to make keto surprisingly simple; meal plans, shopping lists, support, and lots of keto-licious recipes. The Complete Ketogenic Diet for Beginners  includes: 75 Scrumptious Recipes ―From Bacon-Artichoke Omelets to Pesto Zucchini Noodles, these easy-to-follow recipes can be prepared in 30 minutes or less. 14-Day Meal Plan ―With breakfast, lunch, dinner, and snack suggestions, this book takes the guesswork out of starting your ketogenic diet. The Big Picture ―An overview explaining the fundamentals of the ketogenic diet and handy charts illustrating nutritional information help you master keto in no ...

  A kid on the run. A young lady resolved to discover him. A convincing dream takes a gander at issues of advantage, dissent, and equity.  All light in Chattana is made by one man — the Governor, who showed up after the Great Fire to carry harmony and request to the city. For Pong, who was brought into the world in Namwon Prison, the mystical lights address opportunity, and he longs for the day he will actually want to stroll among them. In any case, when Pong escapes from jail, he understands that the world outside is no more attractive than the one in a correctional facility. The affluent feast and dance under brilliant circle light, while the helpless work away in the haziness. To top it all off, Pong's jail tattoo marks him as a criminal who can never be genuinely free.  Nok, the jail superintendent's ideal little girl, is set on finding Pong and reestablishing her family's acceptable name. However, as Nok chases Pong through the rear entryways and channels of Chattan...

  “A 10 out of 10 . . . Anyone interested in science, sibling relationships, and friendships will enjoy reading We Dream of Space.”—Time for Kids Newbery Medalist and New York Times–bestselling author Erin Entrada Kelly transports readers to 1986 and introduces them to the unforgettable Cash, Fitch, and Bird Nelson Thomas in this pitch-perfect middle-grade novel about family, friendship, science, and exploration. This acclaimed Newbery Honor Book is a great choice for readers of Kate DiCamillo, Rita Williams-Garcia, and Rebecca Stead. Cash, Fitch, and Bird Nelson Thomas are three siblings in seventh grade together in Park, Delaware. In 1986, as the country waits expectantly for the launch of the space shuttle Challenger, they each struggle with their own personal anxieties. Cash, who loves basketball but has a newly broken wrist, is in danger of failing seventh grade for the second time. Fitch spends every afternoon playing Major Havoc at the arcade on Main and wrestles with an exp...

  An authentic and furious center evaluation novel about sisterhood and sexual maltreatment, by double cross Newbery Honor victor and #1 New York Times smash hit Kimberly Brubaker Bradley, creator of The War that Saved My Life  Kirkus Prize Finalist  Boston Globe Best Book of the Year  Horn Book Fanfare Best Book of the Year  School Library Journal Best Book of the Year  Booklist Best Book of the Year  Kirkus Best Book of the Year  BookPage Best Book of the Year  New York Public Library Best Book of the Year  Chicago Public Library Best Book of the Year  A Rise: Feminist Book Project determination  An ALSC Notable Book  A Junior Library Guild determination  "Words that beg to be defended is crude, it is genuine, it is important, an unquestionable requirement read for youngsters and their grown-ups - an all-out victory all." - Holly Goldberg Sloan, New York Times smash hit writer of Counting by 7s  Ten-year-old De...

A unique account of the amazing Thai cave rescue told in a heart-racing, you-are-there style that blends suspense, science, and cultural insight. On June 23, 2018, twelve young players of the Wild Boars soccer team and their coach entered a cave in northern Thailand seeking an afternoon adventure. But when they turn to leave, rising floodwaters block their path out. The boys are trapped! Before long, news of the missing team spreads, launching a seventeen-day rescue operation involving thousands of rescuers from around the globe. As the world sits vigil, people begin to wonder: how long can a group of ordinary kids survive in complete darkness, with no food or clean water?  Luckily, the Wild Boars are a very extraordinary "ordinary" group.  Combining firsthand interviews of rescue workers with in-depth science and details of the region's culture and religion, author Christina Soontornvat—who was visiting family in Northern Thailand when the Wild Boars went missing—masterf...

  From the New York Times best-selling author behind The Quiet Book comes a mindful contemplation on the many ways nature affects our everyday lives, even when we're stuck inside. Five starred reviews! Perfect for fans of Joyce Sidman and Julie Fogliano, Outside In reminds emerging readers of the ways nature creates and touches our lives in homes, apartments, and cars, and is the perfect homeschooling tool to reflect on the world's connectedness. Outside is waiting, the most patient playmate of all. The most generous friend. The most miraculous inventor. This thought-provoking picture book poetically underscores our powerful and enduring connection with nature, not so easily obscured by lives spent indoors. Rhythmic, powerful language shows us how our world is made and the many ways Outside come in to help and heal us and remind us that we are all part of a much greater universe. Emotive illustrations evoke the beauty, simplicity, and wonder that await us all . . . outside. A 2...

 A Caldecott and Coretta Scott King Honor Book  Mother's affection is more splendid than the sun, even on the rainiest of days. At the convention of Someday, this festival of a mother-girl relationship is ideal for imparting to little ones!  On a blustery day when the house smells like cinnamon and Papa and Luca are still sleeping when the mists are wearing shadows and the breeze paints the window with globules of water, I need to be wherever Mama is.  With melodious composition and a delicate touch, the Caldecott and Coretta Scott King Honor Book Mama and Me is a tribute to the strength of the connection between a mother and a little girl as they go through a blustery day together. read more

 THE CAT MAN OF ALEPPO  The Caldecott Honor-winning genuine story of Mohammad Alaa Aljaleel, who amidst the Syrian Civil War valiantly offered a place of refuge to Aleppo's unwanted felines.  Aleppo's downtown area no longer echoes with the rich, energizing hints of copper-pot beating and conventional blade honing. His area is vacant aside from the numerous felines abandoned.  Alaa loves Aleppo, however when war comes his neighbors escape to security, giving up their numerous pets. Alaa chooses to remain he can have an effect by driving an emergency vehicle,  conveying the debilitated and injured to security. One day he hears hungry felines shouting to him on his way home. They are desolate and frightened, much the same as him. He feeds and pets them to tell them they are adored. The following day more felines come, and afterward significantly more! There is an excessive number of for Alaa to deal with all alone. Alaa has a major heart, yet he will require help ...

This powerful sonnet follows a Black youngster as they measure feelings following a misfortune and discover reestablishment in local area activity.   playing basketball, until police killing a girl disrupts their equilibrium. As the protagonist recognizes internal sorrow, fear, and anger in turn, they join Black Lives Matter protests and attend a candlelight vigil. Identifying the pride, compassion, and hope they draw from the community,  the child ultimately concludes, “I am in love with/ my people/ all people,” and determines to “love myself/ most of all.” Denmon’s textured, dynamic illustrations situate a compassionate community among murals of flowers and vines. The characters’ varying ages, cultures, skin tones, features, and personal styles reflect a diversity of Black experiences, notably in a spread that portrays Black visionaries through the ages (including Beyoncé, Maya Angelou, Malcolm X, and Louis Armstrong). Resonant  exultation of community and the impo...

  We Are Water Protectors,  written by Carole Lindstrom and illustrated by Michaela Goade, is a new picture book you need to look out for. It is a book full of vibrant, eye-catching images and powerful prose to match. The author, Carole Lindstrom, writes the books from passion and experience. She identifies as Anishinaabe (also known as Nishnaabe or Anishinabe)/Metis and is tribally enrolled with the Turtle Mountain Band of Ojibwe (carolelindstrom.com). Lindstrom also published the children’s book  Girls Dance, Boys Fiddle  in 2013. This book has not gone unnoticed by book bloggers. A popular blog, Book Riot, lists the book under “Ten Picture Books for the Budding Environmentalists”, and Lindstrom’s book is also featured on CBC, The New York Times, and Publisher’s Weekly. The phrase “we are water protectors” may sound familiar. Don Sampson says “we are water protectors” to tribes opposed to the movement protesting the construction of the Dakota Access Pipeline. Samps...

  Two youthful, indivisible youngsters, called Padma and Lalli, were discovered draping one next to the other from a mango tree in a little town in India in May 2014.  Even though many have known about the story, Indian law forestalls the characters of casualties of specific wrongdoings to be uncovered, so these are not the young ladies' genuine names.  Sonia Faleiro researched their actual story, which has now become her book, The Good Girls: An Ordinary Killing.  Meeting Highlights  On the young ladies' personalities – and the way that they were so close  Padma and Lalli were first cousins, they lived in what we call a joint family, so they shared a family, they shared a yard, they were additionally closest companions. Also, although they didn't have a ton of leisure time since they helped at home and they helped in the fields, whenever they found the opportunity to get away — which implied going to munch the goats — they accepted that open door to discus...