Home School Book Review on Hiking the Grand Mesa

Torke, Kyle.  Hiking the Grand Mesa: A Clementine the Rescue Dog Story (Published in 2020  by Loving Healing Press, 5145  Pontiac Trail, Ann Arbor, MI  48205).   Two young boys, Coover and Conrad, go with their Grandma and their mighty rescue dog, Clementine, on a desert adventure.  They hike through the southern Colorado Dobies, a series of steep hills made from adobe clay that formed as the nearby volcanoes, now extinct, eroded.  Their goal is to explore one of the most unique landscapes in Colorado–the Grand Mesa. At first, Coover seems a little sad and lonely at the apparently barren and solitary landscape, but Grandma introduces him to the rich wildlife, both plant and animal, around them, and both boys go tramping through an imaginative journey.  What will they see?  Where will they go?  And what will they do?

Hiking the Grand Mesa is a nature lover’s dream.  Beginning readers will be fascinated by the vivid history of the area as described in author Kyle Torke’s clear, detailed text, and by the beautiful scenery depicted in illustrator Barbara Torke’s gorgeous watercolor paintings.

This fun and insightful story is a wonderful, challenging reading experience with vocabulary development, contextual learning, and the encouragement of imagination.  From woodpeckers and toads, to cattails and sunflowers, youngsters will be awakened to a whole new world.  The first book in the series is Ice Breaking: The Adventures of Clementine the Rescue Dog.

The Loss That Binds Us [PB]

978-1-61599-799-2
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UPC: 978-1-61599-799-2
Brand: Loving Healing Press
Binding: Paperback
Audiobook: iTunes, Audible.com
Edition: 1st
Author: Sweta Srivastava Vikram
Pages: 90
Publication Date: 04/01/2024

The Loss That Binds Us is a beautifully written grief manual from the heart. When the agony of losing a beloved one strikes, you will find solace, comfort and even inspiration within it. It’s a book filled with 108 practical tips to navigate the multitude of emotions brought on by loss. Getting through the period of grief is complicated, whether it is your own grief or that of someone close to you. And you need Sweta’s guidance on how to commence your own healing and move on or support someone who is grieving. It looks at grief in its various facets and helps you identify what you are experiencing. Grief is a universal phenomenon and impacts us all at some point in our lives. Using examples from her own journey through grief of losing her parents, the author helps you acknowledge, understand, and accept what you may be experiencing. An intentional, insightful, deep, raw, sometimes funny, and always real book, this is one you will turn to if you are experiencing loss. You want to keep this book by your side.

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