Marmee, Meema, and the kids are just like any other family on the block. In their beautiful house, they cook dinner together, they laugh together, and they dance together. But some of the other famili
The passing of the age of the dinosaurs allowed mammals to become ascendant. But mammals have a much deeper history. They – or, more precisely, we – originated around the same time as the dinosaurs, over 200 million years ago; mammal roots lie even further back, some 325 million years.Over these immense stretches of geological time, mammals developed their trademark features: hair, keen senses of smell and hearing, big brains and sharp intelligence, fast growth and warm-blooded metabolism, a distinctive line-up of teeth (canines, incisors, premolars, molars), mammary glands that mothers use to nourish their babies with milk, qualities that have underlain their success story.Out of this long and rich evolutionary history came the mammals of today, including our own species and our closest cousins. But today’s 6,000 mammal species - the egg-laying monotremes including the platypus, marsupials such as kangaroos and koalas that raise their tiny babies in pouches, and placentals like us, wh
A heart-warming book celebrating the special bond between mothers and their children, featuring flurries of rose gold foil on every page!When I became your mummy,and you cuddled close to me,I knew right from that momentjust how strong our love would be. A beautiful, reassuring picture book about the unconditional love a mother has for her children. Whether chasing butterflies, bounding across meadows, or snuggling down at bedtime, there's nothing this little bunny rabbit loves more than spending time with their mummy.With a lyrical rhyming text by Susannah Shane and stunning artwork by award-winning artist Britta Teckentrup, this picture book makes the perfect gift for Mother's Day or following the arrival of a new baby.
This edited volume seeks to share the multifaceted experiences of tenure-track women of color in institutions of higher learning. This community of women often endures unique hardships teaching at ins
Written specifically for mothers, this book explains God’s covenant of hope using stories that demonstrate God’s protection for children in our modern culture that is full of decadence and danger.In P
You love your mother...You hate your mother...Mothers and daughters. In perhaps no other relationship are our hopes so high, and the dysfunction so disappointing. You feel locked into a hurtful relati
Mothers are expected to do it all: raise superstar kids, look great, make good salaries, keep an immaculate house, be the perfect wife. In this rallying cry for change, Meg Meeker, M.D., uses her twen
