A unique, must-have resource with medical information, practical tips, psychological insight, and coping strategies to help men help the women they love through the challenges of breast cancer“With a wonderful blend of empathy, humor, and information, Breast Cancer Husband is a buddy and an on-call support group for men who love women with breast cancer.”—Hester Hill Schnipper, oncology social worker and author of After Breast Cancer

Mama's button jar is almost as big as Elisa! Tucked inside are hundreds of buttons, and every single one has a story.When Elisa and her mama spill the jar out onto the table, an ordinary afternoon turns into a treasure hunt through their family's history. A duck-shaped button from Elisa's baby sweater. A pearl button from Grandma Margaret's Sunday dress. A little black button from someone she loves and misses.As Elisa arranges the buttons into something new, she discovers t...

Zara loves everything about school—except the moment she carries her lunch tray into a room full of strangers.On Monday, she asks to sit at a table. On Tuesday, another. Table after table, the answer is the same: not today.Then a girl with curly red hair pats the empty chair beside her and says the two words that change everything: "Sit with me."From that single act of kindness, a lunch table transforms into a gathering of new friends—each one carrying a different f...

Artificial intelligence is suddenly everywhere. It can write, analyze, translate, create images, search for information, work with documents, use software tools, and help solve surprisingly complicated problems.But what is AI actually doing?And perhaps more importantly: When should you trust it?Working With AI: A Practical Guide to Understanding, Using, and Trusting Artificial Intelligence is written for people who want to understand modern AI without becom...

What's in your lunch? More than you might think.Every morning, Zara's mama packs her lunch with familiar foods—and a little reminder to "carry our family with you today."At school, Zara begins looking at her friends' lunches in a whole new way. Sophie brings matzo and shares her family's Jewish traditions. MiLin's noodles carry a tradition passed from her grandmother to her baba. Priya brings dal and roti and explains why her Hindu family chooses not to eat...

Zara and the Boy with Blue HeadphonesA story about listening, understanding, and experiencing the world differentlyEli always wears his blue headphones. He waits until the room is empty before standing. He sits alone at lunch. Some kids whisper that he's weird. Zara isn't so sure.Then strange things start happening. Eli hears a squeaky cart wheel nobody else notices. He hears a dripping faucet three rooms away. During orchestra practice, he ...

Real Brother, Real SisterA story about how family doesn't have to match to be real.Theo has a new stepsister, Kimmie — and at first, that's just fine. But when a friend at school says Kimmie "isn't really" his sister, Theo goes quiet. He holds his dinosaur a little tighter. He doesn't finish his dinner. And nobody notices... except Kimmie.She's learned to read the small signs — the tight shoulders, the too-quiet voice — because she's felt th...

Reading seems to come easily to everyone else. For one of Zara's classmates, it doesn't.Words can be difficult, reading aloud can feel uncomfortable, and school can sometimes make a child wonder why something that seems so simple for others feels so hard. But Zara and her friends begin to understand something important: struggling with reading doesn't mean struggling with thinking, learning, imagining, or having something valuable to contribute.Zara and the Missing ...

Autumn has arrived, and Elisa and her mama are gathering feathers by the river — one soft white feather at a time. At home, Mama washes them, dries them, and begins stitching together scraps of cloth left over from the clothing factory where she works. Patch by patch, color by color, she sews Elisa a coat unlike any other — and finishes it with a tiny red heart stitched right where Elisa's own heart beats.At school, not everyone understands. Some classmates admire the coat's colors...

The Girl Who Just ArrivedIt's the middle of the school year, and a new desk appears in Mrs. Peterson's classroom. Imani sits down, holding her one small bag close — like it's the only thing that's really hers.She won't say where she came from. She won't say why she's here. But when a familiar bounce-ball song slips out at recess, Zara hears it — and everything starts to change.Through a shared book report, a little courage, and the simple act of not...

Zara and her friends never eat the same lunch twice.There's rice with saffron, matzah with charoset, dumplings with chopsticks, and warm roti with curry—each lunchbox a little piece of home, carried all the way to the cafeteria table.At first, the differences seem like something to hide. But when one curious question turns into a taste, a story, and a shared smile, Zara and her friends discover that the thing that makes them different is also what makes their friendship str...

Written by one of the country's leading experts on Heart Failure, this completely new book provides a personalized approach, information and advice, guiding you and your family towards getting optimal heart failure care. Heart failure still affects over 6 million Americans, fill our hospitals and consumes enormous healthcare resources in the US and worldwide. Much of the impact of heart failure is lack of process and coordination of care with patients firmly inserted as team members.