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Lily has to do EVERYTHING. She bakes Daily Bread, minds her thumb-sucking little sister, hangs laundry on the roof, and keeps up with home chores her big sisters list. She even fetched a nurse from the Henry Street Settlement to save Mama and the new baby. Now the bossy public health nurse, who visits each day to attend to somber Mama and the bawling baby, sends Lily on errands throughout the Little Italy streets. Things turn around when Lillian Ward, the Henry Street Settlement head nurse, hears Lily's powerful voice, she invites Lily to sing in the Children's Choir. Lily sneaks to the choir and the forbidden play yard with tag-along Gigi on Wednesday afternoons. Her schemes unfold when she needs permission to sing with the choir at the New York Highlanders Fourth of July baseball game at Hilltop Park. The Yanks need a morale booster, and Lily and the choir may be the ticket to keep fans cheering and buying beer, Cracker Jack and ice cream. More trouble arises when a mean girl wants Lily's solo, and the "e;Black Hand"e; terrorizes the neighborhood.Another excellent read. Great historical fiction should take the reader back in time and let the story unfold as if the reader is there, worrying about every challenge and sharing the joy of every success. It should be a vivid representation of the time, allowing the reader to learn just by enjoying the story.The characters should be as real as any normally flawed good or bad person might be.As a homeschool father, I would put The Dreams of Singers and Sluggers into the hands of my children and teens. Just like the first book, The Heart of Bakers and Artists, the story depicts what it was like living through the time of the story while developing a great love of reading. The imagery of the story can so easily settle into the readers' DNA and become almost as real as any other memory.Gary A Wilson, AuthorIn The Dreams Sluggers and Singers, nine-year-old Lily Taglia has a secret. The child of Italian immigrants, she's discovered a paradise in the lower east side tenements of 1911; a place where she can sing her heart out and her little sister Gigi can play in safety, the Henry Street Settlement. When the opportunity to perform with the chorus in public presents itself, Lily has to find a way to get her parents' permission and risks losing the dream of her lifetime.As in its predecessor, The Heart of Bakers and Artists, the author uses rich description and well-researched details to bring the dangers and challenges of Lily's world on the lower east side to life. It is a story of hardships, hopes and growing up.Jacqueline Goodwin, MFA AuthorWhat do you sacrifice to follow your dream? That's the challenge Lily, a young girl growing up in New York's Lower East Side faces in The Dreams of Singers and Sluggers. The story is set in 1911, where being a child of a poor immigrant family makes it difficult to have a dream because it interferes with daily survival and her parents' expectations.Today's young readers are offered the opportunity to step back in time and observe how difficult it was to grow up in an era that was common for young children to attend to school, while also having jobs and helping with family responsibilities. Despite a grueling schedule, Lily, and other children, have dreams and hopes, and they struggle to achieve them, despite the odds.Pat Black-Gould PhD Clinical Psychologist

<p>It is 1911, and nine-year-old Lily, an American-born child of Sicilian immigrants loves to sing, and wants to, has to, prove she is not a little kid. She and her large family are crammed into a three-room flat in New York City's Lower East Side. Everyone must do their share to help out. Big sister Betta sews home piece work and bossy Margaret bakes discounted Daily Bread at Goldberg's bakery for the Taglia family. Lily wants to do more than dry dishes, keep little sister Gigi out from underfoot, and not make her sisters or Mama crazy with her singing. When Mrs. Goldberg, the baker's wife, notices Lily's height and recognizes her artist heart, she invites Lily to learn how to bake Daily Bread with Margaret. Lily is thrilled to have a big kid job in the magical bakery basement where Mrs. Goldberg dances and gives away sweet Knot Surprises. Mama thinks this is a good arrangement too. Now Margaret can quit school to work in a factory for a wage. But Margaret likes school and wants to be a somebody. Besides, she says Lily is just a little kid, and there's more to baking Daily Bread than height and an artist's heart. Mama stands firm and Lily tags-a-long with Margaret only to learn that being a big kid is fraught with bullies, disasters, and treacherous streets to cross by herself.</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>Previously titled as <i>Daily Bread</i></p><p><strong>First Place Winner of the Purple Dragonfly Book Award</strong><br>&nbsp;</p><p><i>The Heart of Bakers and Artists ~ Daily Bread is a humbling experience as you read through the chapters and gain a relationship with the characters. It embraces child labor, the hardships immigrant families endured during a time spoken very little about. I couldn't put the book down and am hoping for a sequel. Daily Bread is brilliant.</i><br><i>~ Marie Yervasi Youth Services Librarian/Programmer Westhampton Beach Free Library</i><br><br><i>The Heart of Bakers and Artists ~ Daily Bread is a page turning story about family ties, community and struggle on Mott Street in 1911. Antoniette Truglio Martin will captivate young readers wanting to know more about the immigration period as they travel through time with this heartfelt story about the way it was and how Daily Bread from the bakery wafts a ripple effect of meanings for the characters and their places in the world.</i><br><i>~ Adrienne Cirone Associate Principal K-6, Reading Specialist</i><br><br><i>The Heart of Bakers and Artists ~ Daily Bread, is an impressive piece of MG historical fiction about the Taglias, a Sicilian family who immigrated to America at the beginning of the twentieth century. You will fall in love with the Taglia sisters and their dreams. This novel is definitely a page turner! Truglio Martin has beautifully crafted a story rich with the history of Manhattan's Lower East Side in 1911. The author deftly captures the essence of the immigrants' experiences in their new homeland.</i><br><i>~ Suzanne Travis , High School English Curriculum Consultant</i></p>

A collection of ten international stories covering a period of sixty years from the mid-twentieth century that explore human behavior in the face of remarkably unexpected circumstances. The subjects of each story find themselves faced with obstacles ranging from bearing witness to murder to the complications of greed and class superiority. Everyday, normal events can quickly turn to loss, love, grief, or even relief, but it is our responses to such changes that allow us to embrace the humanity within us all.

Are you afraid your children will fail? That they won't reach their full potential? What if you learned that your parenting is setting them up to do just that? This occurs not because they are unloving or uncaring, but because they are unconscious. This book will show you the perils and pitfalls of unconscious parenting and how to avoid them. You will learn how to: Listen more deeply Love unconditionally Connect more authentically Accept without judgment Create essential boundaries And so much more ...Author and founder of Enlightened Parenting, Ellen Gottlieb, has written a practical, easy-to-read guide to conscious parenting. This book will help you heighten your awareness so that you can raise your children to be self-confident, successful, and joyful. Through clear principles, instructive vignettes, and useful tools, you will learn how to parent your children with greater ease, connection, and authenticity. By reading this book, you will learn to raise yourself first, become aware of your emotional landscape, and clear the path for your child to thrive. To learn more, visit www.enlightened parenting.co

<p><strong>Take a trip back in time (before political correctness ruined everything) with three guys from New York on a West Coast adventure in the summer of 1978.</strong></p><p>Join author Paul (Disco) DiSclafani, his cousin Sal (The Catman) and their friend Bruce (Mr. B) as he transports you back to those carefree days in the late '70's, recalling a zany but true trip as they burned their way through Southern California and Arizona.</p><ul><li>Stand next to them on the line as they use their New York attitudes to resolve car rental SNAFU's, lost luggage, and useless hotel room vouchers.</li><li>Be part of <i>The Tonight Show</i> audience as Johnny burns them on National TV.</li><li>Spend a couple of foggy days in Arizona for a visit with their crazy friends, Felix and Kozshekka, as a flood of biblical proportions strands them across the street from the airport.</li><li>Travel down Arizona's Salt River with our inebriated heroes as they hold on for dear life when their lazy float turns into a white-water disaster.</li><li>Experience the miracle of finding a bag of weed when they arrive in LA</li><li>Participate along with them in the "e;Pause that refreshes"e; every time they hear a Bruce Springsteen song</li></ul><p><i><strong>Burning Through the West Coast</strong></i> is a lighthearted romp, with original photographs from the trip and chapter illustrations by John Colquhoun, which will make you smile every time you turn the page. 6,000 Miles, 576 Beers, 4 states, 3 Guys from the East Coast, and a bag of weed.</p><p>What could possibly go wrong?</p><p><br>&nbsp;</p><p><strong>What people who have never read the book are saying:</strong></p><ul><li>"e;Great, another book trying to imitate <i>Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas</i>..."e; - Hunter S. Thompson</li><li>"e;To be honest, I don't remember these guys at all..."e; - Johnny Carson</li><li>"e;They stole ice from me, those bastards!"e;&nbsp; - Burt "e;Slim"e; Perkins, owner of the Vagabond Motel</li><li>"e;I never did get a Christmas Card from those guys."e;&nbsp; - Joanne Kowalski, Travel Agent</li></ul><p><br>&nbsp;</p><p><strong>What people who know Paul DiSclafani are saying:</strong></p><ul><li>"e;My son and my nephew would never do any of those things!&nbsp; I bet it was that Bruce who tricked them into doing all those bad things. I knew he was a bad seed from the first day I met him."e; - Carmela DiSclafani, Paul's mother</li><li>"e;My son? Your son was no angel, you know..."e; - Muriel Oeher, Bruce's mother</li><li>"e;I've been wondering what happened to that steak for 42 years."e; - Paul's Aunt Jean (Sal's mother)</li><li>"e;This book has been a real lifesaver. Without sports to watch during this COVID-19 pandemic, the writing of this book has kept my husband occupied and out of my hair. Best. Babysitter. Ever."e; - Barbara DiSclafani, Paul's wife</li><li>"e;Two hundred pages and he mentions me in only two sentences..."e; - Tony DiSclafani, Paul's brother</li></ul>