Effective Communication with Children and Youth was born out of various workshops the author conducted for Sunday school teachers and youth workers in various towns and villages in Kenya where she worked as a missionary and communication lecturer.
With lyrical text and thought-provoking photography, Their Great Gift explores the experiences of immigrants in the twenty-first century, focusing on the lives of children.
Plenty of things make eight-year-old Maddie nervous: her too-small feet, climbing high places, not always knowing what to say, and especially her new home in the Virginia countryside with Sam, her mom's new husband.
When 10-year-old Sylvia Freeman moves to Wakeview, South Carolina, she's sure that her summer is going to be plain ol' boring-that is until she meets her 99-year-old neighbor, Miz Lula Maye.