Family First Life

A love story set against the backdrop of the First World War, the events in Lethbridge unfold in disparate locales, from London to Boston, from Maine to Niagara Falls, from the trenches of wartime France to the military hospitals of England. Yet the lives of its three protagonists come together in one place: the frontier western Canadian city of Lethbridge, Alberta. Inspired by a true story, Lethbridge author Terry McConnell tells the tale of an English lad abandoned by his family, and a young American escaping the tyranny of his own father.

Imagine waking up and finding out that the last 30 years of your life never existed. What if a woman's greatest fear happened to you? What if it was the first day of the rest of your life?

Is it more dangerous to forget...or to remember? Phoebe's life has fallen apart and there's only one place left to go. Alone and adrift after a failed marriage proposal, she flees Sydney to her family's abandoned holiday cottage. On the slow-moving river Phoebe is confronted with the legacy of her older sister's suicide, a year before. Why did Karin leave a note written in flowers and walk into the water?

This is a book written for new parents as a sort of tutorial for this stage in their lives. For anyone going through the stress of being a new parent, I want them to find this book and feel as safe as possible. The book covers mainly infancy all the way to the graduation of toddlerhood.

Jaxson and Hayden aren’t just best friends—they’re identical twin brothers! But being a twin isn’t always easy, and as they navigate playing with trash cans and chewing on electrical cords, they’ll have to figure out how to work together. It’s a twin thing. The very best thing! And these adventures are just the start.

Jaden is a curious and energetic little boy who’s about to embark on his very first fishing adventure with his beloved Grandma and Granddad. But fishing turns out to be trickier and funnier than he ever imagined! From playing with wiggly worms to casting his line into the trees and even tangling up Granddad's fishing rods, Jaden’s antics will have listeners laughing out loud.

Huldah Hartz is a curious girl who loves to watch the butterflies and grasshoppers. The flowers around her new home are pretty, especially the ones that grow close to the dark woods, where Papa and Mama say she must not play. When Bessie the cow wanders away, Huldah is sent to find her and bring her home. But Bessie doesn't want to come and Huldah doesn't know which way to go when night falls. How will she find her way?

Everything starts to change when Sam has to take care of his aunt's dog. At first, he hates everything about Goldie, especially the way it looks and its silly name. Then, one evening, he discovers the dog has an amazing talent: it can talk...and that's when his problems really begin.

This is a fictional story centered on the life of an innocent brown-colored girl growing up in a "normal" African family, who was discovered without permission. Cici is a girl just like any other, but has a tough time navigating through life to discover her true worth. She learned from a young age to trade her body for what she wanted so desperately - love!

Join a young boy as he gets ready for his first day of school with help from his grandpa.

Fourteen-year-old Fayth is a champion! Along with her friends, she races animals known as orgo in order to survive the aftermath of a new ice age. But when Fayth’s friend is caught stealing, she has an awful choice to make...let her friend face a fate worse than death with his captors, or agree to make a dangerous journey delivering food supplies.

They come from two different worlds, but they’ll work together to help raise money for Ukraine. Once upon a time, Jayden Oliver was rock music royalty. The Oliver Boys was the most popular boy band in a generation until they stepped away to return to a normal life. Now Jayden is a lawyer, quietly using his law degree to help people. When his boss asks him to help plan a benefit concert to support Ukrainian refugees, he jumps at the chance to get involved. Alona Pavlenko grew up steeped in the culture of her people. The daughter of Ukrainian refugees has no time or interest in the fancy ...

Jubal Connolly, a folk singer, is returning to a "normal" life after spending three years recovering from drugs and an accident and coming to a new understanding of living - one with God as a part of it.

Friends First is a testament to the power of faith and to the resilience of the human spirit. As a teenager, Fiona is rescued from an alcoholic, abusive father by her boyfriend, Cliff. His family, who take Fiona in, convince her that she is in no way to blame for her father's drinking and his physical and verbal abuse. Feeling unsure and lacking confidence, Fiona clings to Cliff whom she sees as her savior until they eventually marry. Her marriage to Cliff would seem liked a "happily ever after" ending. But, once again, life events intervene.

Sometimes, coming together means letting go of the past. For years, Emma Whitmore has carried the weight of single motherhood and running a small-town restaurant all on her own. Her world is meticulously controlled—until her estranged mother, Margaret, returns with apologies she can’t trust and a determination to reclaim her place in Emma and her teenage daughter Lily’s lives. As Emma wrestles with unresolved pain and the growing bond between Margaret and Lily, she finds herself leaning on Logan, a steady presence who shows her that vulnerability can lead to unexpected strength. But ...

Fun sound effects and sweet music will have little ones laughing as they listen to the sound of an elephant, bee, kangaroo, chimpanzee, lion, sheep, and hippopotamus. “Mommy Loves Me!” is a perfect introduction for babies and toddlers to learn animal sounds and the simple truth that mommies love their babies!

Baby learns more about Easter. She learns about Faberge eggs and Easter Island. She helps the Easter bunny paint eggs in time for the Eastern Egg Hunt. Join baby on her adventures as she helps save Easter this year.

Today is Mr. Milo's first full day at home with Clara. Find out how their first day goes, and what new things Clara learns about Mr. Milo.

Lillian is a girl of mixed Indigenous and white ancestry who is in the process of being shuffled to her seventh foster home. At school, she doesn’t fit in with the white kids and she doesn’t fit in with the Indigenous kids either. Lillian is a complex and not-always-lovable hero but she eventually finds a sense of peace and belonging from a surprising spirit that returns her to traditional ways.

Baby's First Day is a fun, colorful, rhyming expression of love that shares the arrival of baby Seven with his parents, Rob and Courtnae! Join this family and embark on the journey of parenthood with them and reminisce about the day your little one was born!