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Prolific author, teacher, and parent Jan Yager retells the classic "The Three Little Pigs" fairy tale and then she shares her original sequel. That is followed with a request that readers/children write their own sequel and even illustrate it. This is a fun book for all ages! Cover art by Chrish Vindhy and original interior line drawings by Jan Yager.>About the AuthorJan Yager's 50+ books, translated into 35 languages, include the children's book series, illustrated by Mitzi Lyman, of The Cantaloupe Cat, The Quiet Dog, and The Reading Rabbit. For more on Jan, visit her main website: www.drjanyager.com

This second edition of Dr. Jan Yager's classic book on crime victims, published by Scribner in 1978 to rave reviews, is divided into three parts. Part 1 is a 50+ page Introduction researched and written in 2021-2023. Topics covered in that Part include the results of Dr. Yager's original survey of more than 200 men and women about their recent victimization. Part 2 is the first update to the classic book, added in 2015. In that part you will read the extensive interview with Debra Puglisi-Sharp, author of Shattered, who was raped and held hostage for several days by the kidnapper who also killed her husband. Part 3 is the original classic book. However, Dr. Yager has updated the original statistics and has selectively revised the text, where needed. The in depth interviews are still pertinent and memorable. Topics covered in Part 3 are the victims of homicide; property crime victims; aggravated assault and family violence victims; victims of rape and child sexual abuse; compensation to victims, and more.Review of the first edition (Part 3): "...recreates the emotions of the victim (and the secondary victim) with a directness and clarity that is impossible to ignore."-Washington Post ABOUT THE AUTHORDr. Jan Yager, the former J.L. (Janet Lee) Barkas, is a well-regarded victimologist/criminologist/sociologist whose 50+ books include the textbook Essentials of Victimology: Crime Victims, Theories, Controversies, and Victims' Rights, published by Aspen Publishing in 2022 as well as When Friendship Hurts, published by Simon & Schuster with translations into 29 languages. Dr. Yager's interest in the criminal justice system and crime victims started in her twenties because of a tragedy: the mugging of her older brother Seth Alan Barkas by a teenage gang. Her brother died a few days later from his stab wounds. Dr. Yager went on to get an MA in Criminal Justice at Goddard College Graduate Program, under the mentorship of Dr. Arthur Niederhofer, a Professor in John Jay College of Criminal Justice's Sociology Department, followed by a Ph.D. in Sociology at the Graduate Center of City University of New York. For more on Dr. Yager, who is an award-winning Adjunct Associate Professor at John Jay College of Criminal Justice, where she teaches Victimology and other courses, visit her main website: https: //www.drjanyager.com

Eighty-one-year-old Sandra and her 56-year-old married daughter Lydia spend a week together in London after Sandra agrees to help staff her daughter Lydia's table at the London Book Fair.>About the AuthorJan Yager was a freelance theatre critic for Backstage newspaper for seven years. She is an associate member of the Dramatists Guild. In high school, Jan attended the American Academy of Dramatic Arts on Saturdays and for six months, after she temporarily dropped out of college, she was a student at the Gene Frankel Theater Workshop. She also studied Mime with Paul Curtis. (Jan went back to college, got her BA, MA, and Ph.D.). Her 62 published books, translated into 35 languages, include When Friendship Hurts (Simon & Schuster), Victims (Scribner's, reprinted by Hannacroix Creek Books), How to Promote Your Book (Square One Publishers), Help Yourself Now (Allworth Press, Skyhorse Publishing), the one-act play, "Please Don't Forget Me," and many others.For more on Jan, go to: https: //www.drjanyager.com

Looking for a romantic gift or just a collection of poetry related to love and work to read and enjoy yourself? IN LOVE AND WORK: POEMS may be that collection you have been searching for.This collection of poems by a husband and wife, writing separately although several of the poems are about each other, covers all types of love, from romantic love to the love of a parent, sibling, child, grandchild, pet, and friend, to work, whether that work is serving in the Navy, witnessing the 9/11 terrorist attacks on the way to work, writing, being an artist, and more. There are poems in celebration of birthdays, Valentine's Day, and wedding anniversaries. The styles of the poems range from free verse to rhyming, from solemn ("The Victim") to more whimsical ("Children's Day").The anthology includes an essay by Jan Yager about the evolution of the collection as well as Fred Yager's essay reflecting on the ten year anniversary of the September 11th attacks. About the Authors Fred Yager is the author of eight books including 5 novels and two career books. Jan Yager is the author of more than 30 books including 3 novels and one children's book with two more in preparation. Several of their earlier poems on dealing with loss and grief were collected in The Healing Power of Creative Mourning: Poems. For more on the Yagers, go to: www.fredandjanyager.com For more on Jan Yager, go to: www.drjanyager.com Here's praise for this collection: "This beautiful book of poems is a peek into the lives of a loving couple. The poems are a diary of feelings before and after Fred and Jan Yager became husband and wife. Some poems are fun and light hearted, others are heart wrenching. This is the case in Fred's story of witnessing 9/11 firsthand. Reading these poems will take you through a range of emotions. In the end, you will be glad to have met the Yagers if only through their words." -Beverly Solomon, creative director for artist Pablo Solomon

From the first novel she wrote at the age of ten to her most recent books published by commercial houses (WHEN FRIENDSHIP HURTS, Simon & Schuster; ESSENTIALS OF VICTIMOLOGY, a textbook published in 2022 by Aspen Publishing), HOW TO PROMOTE YUR BOOK (Square One Publishers, February 15, 2023), or through her own small press, Hannacroix Creek Books, Inc (FRIENDGEVITY; WORK LESS, DO MORE; ON THE RUN, a novel, and FRIENDSHIFTS), this prolific, award-winning writer has done it all. Starting off by working fulltime in such amazing publishing companies as Macmillan (2 years) followed by learning everything about trade book publishing as she worked alongside Barney Rosset, the legendary founder of Grove Press, for a year, Jan has a lot to share about writing, getting published, and some of the adventures she has had going on cross country and even international author tours. In her memoir, Jan shares about interviewing everyone from puppeteer Jim Henson to playwright Harold Pinter. Her books in a range of genres-- nonfiction, fiction, and illustrated children's books -- have been translated into 35 languages. She's been on several 5 to 18-city cross-country author tours in the U.S. as well as international author tours throughout the UK, Sweden, Australia, and New Zealand. ADVANCE PRAISE: "A fascinating autobiography that takes the reader behind the scenes of a life well-lived as an author and freelance writer. Full of personal anecdotes and insights; rich in drive and passion.">"Running through both success and adversity, the thread connecting Jan Yager's many adventures and multiple careers is writing: writing as a career (she's written more than 50 books!), writing as therapy, and most of all--like so many of us writers--writing because she can't NOT write! Jan is also a model of aging creatively, full of future writing projects she'd like to do through her 70s and into her 80s, as well as advice to nascent writers"--Shel Horowitz, author, Grassroots Marketing, and book shepherd ABOUT THE AUTHORJan Yager has published 50+ books in several genres including nonfiction, fiction, poetry, and children's books, with one or more titles translated into 35 languages. She worked in publishing, first at Macmillan, then at Grove Press; she went on to publish her own books with major houses including Scribner, Simon & Schuster, Doubleday, Wiley, Grove Press, and Penguin Random House. In 1996, she founded Hannacroix Creek Books, Inc. Jan holds a Ph.D. in Sociology from the CUNY Graduate Center. Since August 2014, she has taught in the Sociology Department at John Jay College of Criminal Justice, where she is an Adjunct Associate Professor. Jan's been interviewed on such major TV and radio shows including OPRAH, THE VIEW, GOOD MORNING AMERICA, CBS EARLY SHOW, THE TODAY SHOW, ABC NIGHTLINE, CBS SUNDAY MORNING, and NPR, among others. For more on Jan, go to: https: //www.drjanyager.com

An unlikely friendship unfolds when Alfonzo, a monkey who has escaped from the zoo, meets up with Chuck, a beloved pet who has run away when Ryan and his friend were walking Chuck. Does Chuck return home or continue on an adventure with Alfonzo?PRAISE FOR CHUCK AND ALFONZO: "Chuck and Alfonzo shows children that friendships can be created when least expected, no matter what their background is or where they come from. It also demonstrates how friends help each other when facing difficult decisions. "--Emily Flint "I like that two different kinds of animals became friends."--7-year-old Brianne

Fifteen-year-old Devon Turner, a junior in high school, thinks he's picked up music from outer space on his satellite dish. He records the sound, takes it to an astronomer who shares it with a musicologist. Within 24 hours, the sound is being played on radio stations everywhere. The music has a powerful vibration that can be used to heal or to destroy. Where is the music coming from?