I want a pony./DIVDIV I want a pony more than anything in the world. A little girl who longs for a pony draws pictures of a dappled mare she names Silver, then rides her through a magical countryside in her dreams. At the heart of Susan Jeffers's exquisite picture book lies the idea that in her imagination, a child can journey anywhere and do anything— even fly through the stars on her very own pony...
Is there something holding you back from becoming the person you want to be? Fear is all around us, from having a tricky talk with your boss to facing up to a problem at home. Everyone has worries and fears that can stop them progressing and reaching for the things that they really want in life. The simple, life-changing exercises in Feel the Fear & do it anyway will teach you how to turn anger into love and uncertainty into action.
A major new book by Susan Jeffers on love, developing the brand of the phenomenally successful FEEL THE FEAR AND DO IT ANYWAY.
The profound truths contained in this book, with all of Susan Jeffers trademark warmth and enthusiasm, will make you laugh, make you cry, make you reach out and embrace all of life.
Bestselling self-help expert Susan Jeffers transforms our fear of life's uncertainties into joy at its excitement and potential schovat popis
Freeing Ourselves From The Guilt-Making Myths Of Parenthood
Susan Jeffers explodes the modern myths of parenting as no one has ever dared before. With humour and compassion she shows how difficult it is to be a parent and reveals the insidious guilt traps set by the child care 'experts'. She questions many fashionable myths and half-truths that add to a parent's sense of inadequacy and guilt and offers her own 'survival' tools. Among the issues she addresses are: * why parenthood can be a nightmare as well as a joy * the difficulties the relationship with your spouse can suffer after a child * how drastically life can change with parenthood * why mothers should not feel guilty if they go back to work * how we can have great fulfilment with - or without - children This is the most liberating book parents will ever read!
Find your confidence From public speaking to asserting yourself, decision-making to relationships, internationally renowned author of Feel the Fear and Do It Anyway Susan Jeffers shows you how to get the best out of yourself once you know how to overcome fear. The Little Book of Confidence offers practical advice and thought-provoking tips on how to transform your fears into certainty. 'The queen of self-help' The Express
Provides examples and step-by-step exercises for indentifying fears and facing new situations with confidence
When McDuff's owners come home with a new baby, they no longer have time to read him the comics in the morning or take him for afternoon walks in the woods, but eventually he and the baby come to terms and become friends.
Bieda zmusza amerykańską rodzinę do sprzedaży psa. Utratę Lassie - swego najlepszego przyjaciela - opłakuje szczególnie mały Joe, który nie może pogodzić się z faktem pozbycia się ukochanego zwierzaka. Lassie, tęskniąc za poprzednimi opiekunami, ucieka od nowego właściciela. Przemierza pół kraju, aby wreszcie dotrzeć do rodziny, którą kocha. Są oni tak wzruszeni, że trudno im uwierzyć w powrót wiernego psa. W tej sytuacji postanawiają go zatrzymać bez względu na okoliczności...
How to build yourself up when the world gets you down.
Opening Our Hearts To Men offers the key to successful relationships .This refreshing, sensitive and very practical guide is a long overdue antidote to the many books which stress how difficult relationships with men are. With warm support and humour, Susan Jeffers shows how the way to true intimacy lies not in blaming partners but in feeling good about yourself and letting go of your own fears, anger, prejudices and expectations.
Eric Knights herzliche Geschichte von der edlen Collie Lassie, erstmals 1938 veröffentlicht, erhält eine würdige neue Inkarnation als Bilderbuch in dieser großartigen Zusammenarbeit.
How do people perceive the land around them, and how is that perception changed by history? The contributors explore this question from an anthropological angle, assessing the connections between place, space, identity, nationalism, history and memory in a variety of different settings around the world. Taking historical change and memory as key themes, they offer a broad study that should appeal to a readership across the social sciences.
The words of the legendary Chief Seattle capture the central belief of Native Americans--the sacredness of the earth.
Im Jahr 1850 müssen die Indianer im Nordwesten Amerikas ihr Land verkaufen. Häuptling Seattle hält vor dem Kongress in Washington eine eindringliche Rede, die seine friedliche und weise Haltung verdeutlicht.
What is stopping you from being the person you want to be and living your life the way you want to live it? Fear of tackling an issue with your boss, fear of getting to grips with a problem in your home. Everyone has these fears, and they run throughout our lives. This book shows you how work through fear to a resolution.
A School Library Journal Best Book of the Year A Booklist Editor's Choice Rich in imagery and detail, this exquisitely rendered picture book introduces readers to one of America's favorite classic poems, "The Song of Hiawatha" by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow. Illustrated by Susan Jeffers, the Caldecott-Honor winning author of Three Jovial Huntsmen, A Mother Goose Rhyme, this book beautifully weaves together oral traditions of American Indian culture and presents a charming and hypnotic account of Hiawatha’s boyhood. “Exquisite, detailed illustrations grace this picture book which presents the part of Longfellow's stirring poem dealing with Hiawatha's boyhood and his relationship to his grandmother, who teaches him about the ways of animals and the forces of nature. The illustrator's careful research on flora and fauna and woodland Indian culture is evident. Some of the poem's background is explained in a note at the beginning. This is truly a picture book for all ages.”—Children's Literature (emphasis added)
Available with a splendid new cover, this is a warm and gentle story of a father's effort to put his reluctant young child to bed. The lullaby-like text and the dreamy illustrations make Close Your Eyes a perfect bedtime story. "A beautiful and valuable book...[Jeffers'] gifts have never before been so effectively showcased as they are here." -- Publishers Weekly
