The Absorbent MindThe Absorbent Mind is based on lectures given by Maria Montessori, is an analysis of the physical and psychological aspects of a child's growth during the most significant period of life the first six years. During this period the child learns motor coordination, language, the making of social adjustments, the setting of work habits, and the beginning of routines that set patterns for life. She illustrates the unique mental powers of the young child

Sheltered and naïve Carmen Darby has lived under the thumb of her father Rex

a toxin is released into their bodies and they die

Now she is no longer a guileless impressionable innocent but a well-to do widow mother of a young daughter whom she must protect from his predatory charm

But as Lucy nurses him back to health

Through it all Michelle's book is ultimately a celebration of her talent resilience and so much more

Then Bartholomew Drayton

Find out why you get butterflies in your stomach

Lin (a werewolf) and Danny (a demon) as they attempt to get through school without eating the teachers

Part of the powerful and magical people who are said to have abandoned this world entirely three hundred years ago

highlights the friendship between child and pet

The unputdownable

'Witch lit at its best