Family Nurse

Two-year-old Sarah lost her Syrian mother to cancer and never met her American father, a fallen gold star hero. When she lands in Dr. David Dutton’s office and gives him her mother’s letter, the good doctor forgets to sign his divorce papers and pledges to find Sarah’s paternal grandparents or a loving family to adopt her. After losing her baby boy, Jennifer Dutton wallowed in grief for three years. Now she wants a divorce from the husband who couldn't understand her sorrow. Her heart melts when she meets Sarah and reads her mother’s letter. Putting aside her plans for divorce, she ...

For the most part, Hannah's life is just how she wants it. She has two supportive parents, she's popular at school, and she's been killing it at gymnastics. But when her cousin Cal moves in with her family, everything changes. Cal tells half-truths and tall tales, pranks Hannah constantly, and seems to be the reason her parents are fighting more and more. Nothing is how it used to be. She knows that Cal went through a lot after his mom died, and she is trying to be patient, but most days Hannah just wishes Cal never moved in.

Are some wounds too deep for love to heal? When nurse Lainie Sullivan’s beloved father dies, she vows to fulfil his retirement ambition to visit all the mainland US states on his vintage motorcycle, raising funds for cancer care. But an overnight stop in Sweetapple Falls, Oregon, home town of the wounded warrior she unwillingly fell in love with, could stretch till after Christmas as she waits for repairs on her motorcycle. The warm welcome and uncomplicated faith of the townsfolk make this place feel like home, healing her faith — and her heart. As does working on her bike with Adam ...

When Reena; her little brother, Luke; and their parents first move to Maine, Reena doesn't know what to expect. She's ready for beaches, blueberries, and all the lobster she can eat. Instead her parents "volunteer" Reena and Luke to work for an eccentric neighbor named Mrs. Falala, who has a pig named Paulie, a cat named China, a snake named Edna - and that stubborn cow, Zora.

The Smeds (who are red) never mix with the Smoos (who are blue). So when a young Smed and Smoo fall in love, their families strongly disapprove. But peace is restored and love conquers all in this happiest of love stories. There’s even a gorgeous purple baby to celebrate!

A Christmas Romance. A Christmas Miracle Threatens Everything... Holly Everhart knows heartbreak. A pediatric nurse unable to have children, she's made peace with her solitary life—until a feverish baby arrives on her childhood friend Jaxon Calloway's doorstep. Billionaire Jaxon might have escaped his troubled past, but when an infant needs saving, he turns to the one woman who's always understood him. Together, they make an impossible decision to protect the child, sparking a connection neither expected. There's just one problem: Jaxon is engaged to a woman who wants nothing to do with ...

Hush, Little Bunny is a heartwarming, lyrical love letter from a papa bunny to his little one - from David Ezra Stein, Caldecott Honor-winning creator of Interrupting Chicken and Leaves. "Hush Little Baby" is a lullaby that parents have sung to their children for generations. Now Caldecott Honor winner David Ezra Stein has reimagined the classic featuring an irresistible papa bunny and his little one.

Llama Llama has new neighbors! Nelly Gnu and her mama stop by for a play date, but Llama's not so sure it's time to share all his toys. Maybe just his blocks? It could be fun to make a castle with Nelly.... But wait - Nelly has Llama's little Fuzzy Llama! The fun turns to tears when Fuzzy Llama is ripped in two, "all because of Nelly Gnu!" Mama comes to the rescue and fixes Fuzzy, but she makes it clear: "I'll put Fuzzy on the stairs, until you're sure that you can share."

Anna Dewdney's Llama Llama is growing up, but he still loves to play with all his toys! When Mama Llama says it's time to clean up, Llama responds like any child more interested in playing than cleaning...by ignoring her! But Mama has an imaginative response of her own. What if she never cleaned? What would happen then? Well, Llama Llama is going to find out! Here is a truly funny take on a childhood chore that all children will relate to and laugh at! And it is sure to be helpful to get kids cleaning up!

Former Young People’s Poet Laureate Naomi Shihab Nye delivers her latest collection, subtitled Poems About Families. They’re mostly focused on her relationship with her mother. Nye has a comfortable, unaffected delivery. Her voice has an unstudied tone, but, make no mistake, every syllable lands with precise intent. The poems are short and, at times, breathtakingly revealing, touching on acts of love and occasionally betrayal, on mysteries a child can never truly plumb. These snapshots come together to create a portrait of a vibrant, wounded, whole woman.

In The Nurses, New York Times best-selling author and award-winning journalist Alexandra Robbins peers behind the staff-only door to write a lively, fast-paced story and a riveting work of investigative journalism. Robbins followed real-life nurses in four hospitals and interviewed hundreds of others in a captivating audiobook filled with joy and violence, miracles and heartbreak, dark humor and narrow victories, gripping drama and unsung heroism.

From brave and bold to creative and clever, Emily Winfield Martin's rhythmic rhyme expresses all the loving things that parents think of when they look at their children.

Carole Kramer Arsenault has spent the last two decades helping parents through pregnancy, labor, and all of their new responsibilities once baby comes home - both as a longtime pediatric nurse and as the founder of the most highly regarded baby care service in New England. From the first trimester to the fourth (baby’s crucial first three months), Arsenault and her team of professional nurses have seen it all.

Mountain of My Dreams is a potentially six-book memoir (the first three books have been published) that tells the story of my family's decision to leave the suburbs in the early 1980s and move to beautiful Rappahannock County, Virginia to start a wholesale nursery. It is a story about a dream, a marriage, a family and endless adventures that often took the family out of their comfort zone. Unlike many back-to-the-land stories that follow a family for a year or two, we are still living the dream nearly fifty years later. Come along on our many adventures, as well as an equal number of ...

"Forceful and iconic," raved Publishers Weekly in a starred review. This gorgeous book by Newbery Honor winner Patricia C. McKissack and two-time Caldecott Medal-winning husband-and-wife team Leo and Diane Dillon is sure to become a treasured keepsake for African American families. Set in West Africa, this a lyrical story-in-verse is about a young black boy who is kidnapped and sold into slavery, and his father who is left behind to mourn the loss of his son.

Her family destroyed by injustice. Her spirit forged in the workhouse flames. Can one orphan heal her deepest wounds and ignite a future built on love? Haunted by devastating tragedy, her father unjustly hanged, her mother lost to grief, her brother dying in her arms, Mary Bennett finds herself alone in Victorian London clinging fiercely to one dream: becoming a nurse. Yet her path leads only through hardship: first, the brutal workhouse cruelly overseen by John Turner, the very man who destroyed her family; then harsh domestic service; and finally, the gruelling, dangerous toil of a match ...

"I really enjoyed this one. I honestly couldn't put it down. The ending was a total surprise. I'm still thinking about it!" - #1 Amazon and USA TODAY bestselling author Freida McFadden ER physician and medical researcher, Drake Cody, has developed an experimental drug that may treat spinal cord injury and help the paralyzed walk. A massive Big Pharma pay-off awaits twisted pharmaceutical genius Meryl Kampf if she can pirate Drake's breakthrough. Meryl, while ingesting increasing doses of cocaine and steroids, spearheads agents of an international crime syndicate and a traitor none suspect, ...

From flirty texts to falling hard… now he doesn’t remember my name. It started with a wrong number. I should’ve deleted it. Instead, I replied. Jack Reid was all fire and fury. He was bold, gruff, and unexpectedly funny. I was hooked before I even knew his name. This mistaken identity continued for a while, but we got serious once he figured me out. First coffee. Then Dinner at my place and kisses that made me forget how to breathe. And Lily—his smart, sassy daughter with glitter on her shoes and a heart big enough to break me. I fell hard for both of them. Trips to the park, ...

Bullied, overlooked and under-appreciated, Lissa McColl learns at an early age to do very bad things. As a nurse, she is respected and valued for the first time in her life. But Lissa hates her job and the selfish, rude and inconsiderate people she has to deal with. But being underestimated in this job had its advantages. Lissa can get close to people, find out their secrets… sometimes with deadly results.

Canticos, la serie prescolar bilingüe, presenta “Te Quiero, Mama”, un libro ilustrado para niños pequeños, lleno de arte irresistible y rima inspiradora. Este libro es perfecto para el Dia de las Madres, el Dia de San Valentín, o cualquier ocasión que celebra el amor de nuestras madres.