Going into the school day with inspiration and reflection can help you feel more empowered and ready to take on the joys and challenges of teaching. In this refreshing book, Julie Hasson and Laura Estes-Swilley provide 185 brief stories shared by former students about their most impactful teachers. With a different story for every day of the school year, the authors illuminate the many ways teachers shape students’ lives. You can use them to set your intention for the day, to reflect on your teaching in the evening, or to infuse meetings and professional development with encouragement and affirmation. Hasson and Estes-Swilley concisely unpack each story and pose questions to help you consider the meaning it holds for your own work. While the stories themselves are inspirational, they also provide models to help you make a greater (and more consistent) impact on your students’ lives. Through these daily reflections, you’ll have the space to contemplate your practice and consider new perspectives and possibilities. With regular reflection, you can find greater satisfaction in teaching, particularly during challenging times. And as you grow, you'll have more capacity to help your students grow, too.

Going into the school day with inspiration and reflection can help you feel more empowered and ready to take on the joys and challenges of teaching. In this refreshing book, Julie Hasson and Laura Estes-Swilley provide 185 brief stories shared by former students about their most impactful teachers. With a different story for every day of the school year, the authors illuminate the many ways teachers shape students’ lives. You can use them to set your intention for the day, to reflect on your teaching in the evening, or to infuse meetings and professional development with encouragement and affirmation. Hasson and Estes-Swilley concisely unpack each story and pose questions to help you consider the meaning it holds for your own work. While the stories themselves are inspirational, they also provide models to help you make a greater (and more consistent) impact on your students’ lives. Through these daily reflections, you’ll have the space to contemplate your practice and consider new perspectives and possibilities. With regular reflection, you can find greater satisfaction in teaching, particularly during challenging times. And as you grow, you'll have more capacity to help your students grow, too.

Pintucks, pleats and ruching adds texture and visual interest to home decor and accessories. All the projects in this book feature one of these easy to master techniques. Laura Estes will guide you through the steps and show you the tools of the trade that make these seemingly difficult textures, easy and quick to complete. Ruching, Pleating and Pintucks, all forms of fabric manipulation, add texture and visual interest to home decor and accessories. All the projects in this book feature one of these easy to master techniques. You will find adding these embellishments to projects rewarding, as well as combining them in future projects. Ruching projects use a Coin Ruching Guide. This style is quicker and easier than traditional ruching, and withstands any washing or cleaning your decorative items might need. Pleating projects use the Perfect Pleater, a tool that makes pleating quick and easy. Pintucks, very tiny pleats sewn in the fabric are easy, following lines you mark before sewing. Most of these projects are quick to make. Ruching projects require some hand sewing, but nothing that has to be perfect or exact. The Coin Ruching portions of these projects may be tucked in a zip closure bag and carried with you for stitching while waiting at appointments. Whether you are making these projects for yourself or as gifts for family and friends, you will find complete instructions, tips and tool recommendations for completing your projects. I hope you enjoy learning these techniques and will add pintucks, pleats and ruching to many of your future projects.

In the second book of the Waypoint Book Series, join Ben, Megan, and Aunt Lacey as they explore Alaska. Find out what happens when a group of dangerous treasure hunters believe Ben holds the key to a shipwreck's two million dollar lost treasure. The chase is on, and this time, someone isn't coming home.

The Waypoint Book Series is the story of a boy who finds himself trapped in a sinister high-tech scavenger hunt, where he is forced to face all of his fears, both physical and emotional in order to survive and save his family. Nine-year-old Ben Connor has hit the jackpot. Hidden within a box of cereal are the exact longitude and latitude coordinates for a geocache that holds ten thousand dollars. He grabs a G.P.S. unit and makes a deal with his aunt to split the money if she agrees to be his taxi. But could this treasure hunt be too good to be true? And did he really read those instructions correctly? If not, who is behind this dangerous scavenger hunt? Using G.P.S. navigation, Ben and his adventurous aunt locate clues using longitude and latitude coordinates. What is supposed to be a short, safe trip ends up being a dangerous, exhausting, and hilarious adventure exploring various landmarks throughout the state of Oregon. Through struggles and challenges Ben is forced to confront some of his biggest fears, both physical and emotional. He is helped along the way by a mysterious figure, who only he can see, and although he wants to trust, he finds it difficult as his life is put on the line time and time again. As if dealing with their problems wasn't bad enough, the pair realize they're being followed. They want to give up, but are forced to continue. Will the prize money be worth it? There's only one way to find out