First, revisit the beloved tale of The Three Little Pigs in a lively, engaging retelling.Then enjoy Jan Yager's imaginative and surprising sequel, which continues the pigs' adventures with humor and heart.Finally, young readers are invited to create or illustrate their own sequel—encouraging creativity, imagination, and storytelling confidence.A fun, interactive read for children, families, and classrooms.

A collection of powerful affirmations on time management by productivity expert, coach, speaker and sociologist Dr. Jan Yager, and selected famous quotes on time, that also includes useful activities for improving efficiency at work and in one's leisure time. There is an introduction about time management, an essay on the three time management lessons that the author's father taught her, and a bibliography."Productivity guru Jan Yager's original and insightful affirmations are a won...

Middle-aged Lidia is determined to make her mark at London's major annual book fair but she also sees this as a chance to spend a week with her 81-year-old mother, who has offered to help her at her company's stand.What begins as a practical suggestion soon becomes something deeper: a rare chance for mother and daughter to truly talk, reconnect, and to at least try to address the distance that has described Lidia's entire life, till now.Warm, honest, and gently humorous, ...

Like Jerry, the cat that likes to eat cantaloupe, every animal and every person is special and unique in some way. Without being preachy, this favorite tale about Jerry deals with stereotyping. The last page of the book has questions for parents or educators to explore with children, such as having a discussion about “Tell me what’s special about you?” This international hit has been translated and published in Japanese and in simplified Chinese editions.

Building on two decades of original research into workplace issues and friendship patterns, sociologist and consultant Dr. Jan Yager offers insights into how to succeed by mastering workplace relationships. Based on an international survey of 400 men and women and over 100 interviews, Yager discovered a relationship unique to the workplace and business. She calls it a workship--more connected than an acquaintance but not as intimate as a friendship. However, workships, especially positive ...

A classic collection of 258 perceptive and astute insights, updated now to even include a suggestion about AI -- Artificial Intelligence -- sociologist Dr. Jan Yager's advice to her oldest son as he prepared to go away for college is wisdom that all students, as well as everyone embarking on a new venture, will find useful.

"Writing a great book is the easy part. Getting people to buy the book is wicked hard. Jan’s book shows you what promotion to do so you increase the possibility that your book becomes a bestseller.”—Jeffrey Fox**,****bestselling author,**How to Become a Rainmaker"Being an author is 50% creative and 50% promotion. Jan Yager's comprehensive and practical book, How to Promote Your Book, tells authors exactly ...

This delightful book includes a retelling of the classic tale of Little Red Riding Hood, perfect for a new generation of readers. Then author Jan Yager adds her own imaginative sequel, expanding the story in surprising and entertaining ways. Young readers are invited to write or even illustrate their own sequel, sparking creativity and encouraging storytelling skills. This is a charming, interactive book for home or classroom.

A practical guide to developing productive business relationships to hasten your success, whether you work for a major corporation, a small business, or are a self-employed entrepreneur or freelancer. A follow-up to Yager's previous book on work relationships, WHO'S THAT SITTING AT MY DESK? (but this book stands alone as well), Yager covers everything from dealing with workplace bullies -- coworkers as well as bosses -- as well as negative and positive types you may encounter at work and ...

This is a collection of the author's original inspirational affirmations plus two dozen selected famous maxims on happiness. This useful little book also includes an introduction about happiness, highlighting the work of Norman Vincent Peale, author of The Power of Positive Thinking, and other related works of sociologists, psychologists, and even economists on happiness, there are also activities for increasing happiness at work and in your leisure time, as well as useful resources and re...

Jan Yager, Ph.D. (the former J.L. Barkas) has added a new introduction to her classic study of major violent and property crime victims, VICTIMS, based on additional interviews and surveys. This new introduction is added to the 2015 updated introduction that precedes her original book, published by Scribner’s in 1978, and reprinted in its entirety, now with updated bibliographic and resource references.In the new introductions, you will read results of Dr. Yager’s survey of 225 men...

In this third edition of her international hit time management book, WORK LESS, DO MORE, sociologist, productivity and relationship expert and speaker Dr. Jan Yager provides her 7-day plan for getting more done in less time. This revised and updated book covers everything from assessing how productive you are right now, goal setting and prioritizing to getting over procrastination, perfectionism, poor planning, decluttering, teaaching time management to children and teens, work-life balanc...