Adam, while taking a break from school work, tries out a new tube of "special" bubbles and finds that they can be connected. As they grow, he eventually he is able to enter them, and the bubbles shrink him to the size of an ant. By jumping up and down and with a puff of breeze, Adam ends up in a tree. He finds friends and excitement in his backyard as he tries to go back to his normal size. Along the way, he gets to know a number organisms like a fungi, a bee, a wood roach, a cricket, an ant, and others who help him and also teach him about their lives and how they work to make a life, a home, and incidentally a great soil for his garden. After this adventure, Adam goes back into a bubble to visit his soil friends and ends up being blown into a snag, a seemingly lifeless tree. With the help of a squirrel, Trouble, he and Kit, his friend the cricket, travel down the snag in their bubble. They meet the creatures who live in the dead tree. Emerging out of a hole in the base of the snag, they are blown into a storm. Kit is able to leap out of the bubble and Adam travels in the bubble down the hill on storm runoff. He ends up in a pool of the creek. Along the way, he gets to know about storm water and how it affects the creatures to have to live in it.Although fiction, the book describes the very real aspects of soil and its production, life in a snag, and issues related to water from storms and how it impacts streams.

The delightful Barnyard Buddies engage everyone as they show how to use peaceful conflict resolution and dialogue for problem solving! This rhyming, richly illustrated children's book - ages 3 to 9 - conveys important social skills and anger management tools. Use at home or at school. It has wonderful teacher and parenting tips. Kids love it!Children can relate to the loveable characters, whose emotions are charmingly revealed by artist Jorry Keith.  The heartfelt way Julie Penshorn presents this topic, and the sensitive illustrations, make this book a children’s favorite!The cornerstone for the entire "STOP for Peace" process is the first step, S -- STOP and breathe. Peace is most possible when all have cooled off and embraced the insights provided through anger management, then they can dialogue about their other emotions in step T--Tell how you feel. O--Open your mind (brainstorm) and P -- Plan a deal are the remaining steps. When people can safely speak from their hearts, they can most often find solutions that work for all.  That’s the sign of successful conflict resolution!Includes a parent and teacher guide and questions for discussion.  Music notation for the “STOP for Peace” song is also included, to reinforce the learning. "I STOP for Peace" companion CD, also by Julie Penshorn, is available through the publisher and other outlets (look for it on the site you are on right now!) where music is sold. The music builds the skills and carries them deep into the brain so they are never forgotten.  Add an extra book to your cart to give to a teacher, a neighbor, or a friend!  Help your child experience a safer, friendlier, classroom environment. Share "The Barnyard Buddies STOP for Peace," and make a real difference!  What a way to change the world, one child at a time! Don't forget to write a review. Your review can make a difference, as the more children exposed to these skills, the better the environment for your child or children and our shared future.Brought to you by the peace education specialists at the non-profit organization, Growing Communities for Peace, through its project, Smart Tools for Life.

The first rule for survival when you’re a child soldier carrying an AK-47 is kill or be killed. But after you look at the blood of your first victim, you realize two things: one, you hate yourself. And two, there is no turning back. When Scott discovers a pouch of stones clasped in the bony fingers of a skeleton in an African cave, the magic of the ancients is released and he and his nemesis, Bruce, are whisked to Uganda. There they meet Charlie, a former child soldier who has escaped from Joseph Kony’s Lord’s Resistance Army. When Charlie is recaptured, the two teenagers set out on a daring rescue to save him and the children in a nearby village. Immersed in the insane evil of this rebel army, Scott and Bruce find themselves on a dangerous adventure beyond anything they could have ever imagined.

Kier Vorsmith, the youngest son of an influential count, dreams of studying at the University and living a quiet life as a historian. However, when he fails his high school’s final exams, whirlwind events force Kier to become the official heir of the Vorsmiths’ county and an officer in the Imperial Special Corps. At the will of his father, the young man arrives at a remote arctic base to serve as a local weatherman...