Excellent find for teenagers who are interested in performing arts

Scenes for Teens is a collection of fifty original comedy and drama selections for teenage actors. The scenes are written for two actors, are gender-neutral, and intentionally exclude extraneous characters, costumes, props, entrances, exits, and stage directions. In this way, Scenes for Teens is specifically designed to help young actors practice dialogue in a conversational and realistic manner. This allows actors to focus on the one-on-one relationship.

Amazon Link: http://www.amazon.com/Scenes-Teens-Original-Comedy-Teenage/dp/1497557038/ref=sr_1_2?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1419569643&sr=1-2&keywords=scenes+for+teens

Amazon UK Link: http://www.amazon.co.uk/Scenes-Teens-Original-Comedy-Teenage/dp/1497557038/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1419569534&sr=8-1&keywords=mike+kimmel

Barnes and Noble Link: http://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/scenes-for-teens-mike-kimmel/1120865782?ean=9781497557031

Facebook Page: https://www.facebook.com/pages/Scenes-for-Teens/847310665325131

Two Great Christmas Stories for only 99 Cents!

Double edition 99c - Two Heartwarming Christmas Stories: Molly Gumnut Rescues a Bandicoot & Jasmine Lane's Enchanted Christmas.

Molly can't let Tiddles eat her bandicoot, so she kidnaps him and takes him on a journey to find him a safer home. Molly soon realizes she's made a big mistake when she gets lost in the forest. And with all the wild animals about in the night, she's put Furble’s life in even more danger as well as her own.

Jasmine Lane is thrilled when Christmas Eve comes around because it's also her sweet sixteenth birthday. She's thrilled when her parents and the whole neighborhood of Lincolnshire throw her a surprise party, but seeing Scotty Knight, her childhood best friend again is the best present she could have.

US http://www.amazon.com/Two-Heartwarming-Christmas-Stories-Bandicoot-ebook/dp/B00QI98Z36/ref=sr_1_5?s=digital-text&ie=UTF8&qid=1417744782&sr=1-5&keywords=patricia+puddle

Teen or Young Adult Read, Witchwood Estate!

Double edition for $1.20: Witchwood Estate - Books 1 & 2. After twelve years away, Seventeen year old Alexandria Santorini is going home to Ferntree Falls to claim her inheritance - Witchwood Estate - the home she grew up in, and where her parents were brutally murdered.

She soon discovers that there is something very different about Ferntree Falls - something that is going to make her life far more complicated than she ever imagined it could be.

Whimsical, "TV" length episodes in an ongoing series. Witches, spells, ghosts, sprites, shape-shifters, wolves and more. With an equal measure of Magic and Evil, Witchwood is sure to win your heart. Grab your broomstick and come along for the ride!

“Patti Roberts has a pristine talent for making characters on a page breathe. Love them -- Hate them ... you won't be able to help yourself from muttering under your breath about them…”
Leslie Hansford.

US http://www.amazon.com/dp/B00CJDLY24
UK http://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B00CJDLY24?*Version*=1&*entries*=0

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Where is Nana? Help your children cope with loss in a positive way

Where is Nana? A bilingual children's book to help young ones deal with loss by author Guadalupe O Gonzalez

Book Summary: This book from Nana’s Stories follows a young girl’s experience with a major life event, such as a death in the family. The girl of the story narrates her experiences throughout the event. She talks about her time playing with her brother. She also talks about her nana and the fun they had with each other. She also narrates the effect on the family from the death. This story will teach children. It is ok to have feeling and to feel sad, when someone you love is dead. It also teaches children to be optimistic, when you experience bad things in life.

Here is the link: https://play.google.com/store/books/details/Guadalupe_O_Gonzalez_Where_is_Nana?id=Wb6ZAwAAQBAJ&hl=en

Bonding Over Books

Reading to children is an essential part of their development but it is also an excellent opportunity to bond with your kids. Babies, toddlers and preschoolers delight in simply hearing a parent's voice. This aids in their language development but there is also a strong social aspect as parents and children share the story together. Take this opportunity to point out things in the pictures and to talk about the story. For school age children, you can take it even further by inviting children to add to the story or to share their life experiences and thoughts about the story. This can help children in their reading comprehension skills but also helps children to relate aspects of the story to real life. You can add in the opportunity to play with your kids as well. For example if you are reading a story about pirates to your first grader then you might have a treasure hunt later in the day. Encourage your child to use their imaginations and to embrace the story in a variety of ways. You will form a strong bond with your child and also spark a love of reading and creativity in your child.

You can also use reading to bond with older children. My oldest son and I enjoyed reading the entire Harry Potter series together. We each took turns reading chapters in the books and then we got together to discuss what we read. We also compared and contrasted parts of the books to the movies. This gave us the perfect opportunity to share our thoughts and to do something together but it also taught me son to think about what he read, to discuss his thoughts on the story and to compare the literature in new ways.

Invasion of the Overworld

The world of Minecraft comes to life in this thrilling adventure!

Gameknight999 loved Minecraft, but above all else, he loved to grief—to intentionally ruin the gaming experience for other users.

When one of his father’s inventions teleports him into the game, Gameknight is forced to live out a real-life adventure inside a digital world. What will happen if he’s killed? Will he respawn? Die in real life? Stuck in the game, Gameknight discovers Minecraft’s best-kept secret, something not even the game’s programmers realize: the creatures within the game are alive! He will have to stay one step ahead of the sharp claws of zombies and pointed fangs of spiders, but he’ll also have to learn to make friends and work as a team if he has any chance of surviving the Minecraft war his arrival has started.

This action-packed tribute to the worldwide computer game phenomenon is a runaway publishing smash and the perfect companion for Minecraft fans of all ages.

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