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Want to know a secret?Moms are multitudes: whole, messy, luminous, intrepid, complicated, vulnerable humans. Moms experience the gamut of thoughts, aspirations and emotions -- including getting mad."It would seem to be for children, but I'm not fussy who reads it" ( - E.B. White) . . .While arguably a children's book for its fun and engaging patter and lively adornments, "Moms Get Mad" doesn't shy from some sophisticated vocabulary (and more power to this fearless feature). What makes for such a compelling book is how it addresses more than one audience, with each cohort getting something special from it. "Mom's Get Mad" accomplishes this with humor, poignancy, and rainbow glitter unicorns.Adorned by the author's original art, jauntily combining watercolor with old school paper, scissors and glue collage (also known as kindergarten skills), "Moms Get Mad" is a creative, touching, funny, reassuring, honest ode to mothers everywhere who feel the triumph and trials of an unrelenting fact: that at the end of each day (if you're lucky), it will start all over again tomorrow (actually, today, in just a few hours. Because it's 3 a.m.).At some point, it serves the interest of both mom and children to transcend mother-child dynamics and glimpse each other's identity as multi-faceted and uniquely storied. This dimensional transformation is the subliminal and lasting gift of "Moms Get Mad."

As an eight-year-old in 2013, author Thanael Kanter was quite the chatterbox. His favorite way to start a sentence was with the word imagine . . ."Imagine a flying car with a holographic steering wheel.""Imagine a dog collar that translates your dog's thoughts to words you can hear."Thanael had so many fantastic ideations to share that his mother (and co-author), Lucia, would have to remind him to take bites of his food at the dinner table."Imagine a man who wakes up one morning and gold coins fall from his hair . . ." Thanael mused to Lucia one autumn morning in 2013 over a bowl of already soggy Cheerios . . . and then he continued chattering his imaginings as Lucia listened . . . and began typing. Thus was born this whimsical and transcendent fable, The Money Fairy.It's the chimerical chronicle of an ambitious family man, Armando, in the "Olden Times" living a pleasant life in the fictional Italian Alps village of Cuor della Terra. He awakens one morning to gold coins tumbling from his hair . . .It's a careening tall tale that whisks you from the Italian Alps to Paris to the Midwest of the United States and from Brazil to the craggy, breathtaking shores of Sicily-all in the span of a bedtime story (and with some time-travel and a dash of multiverse just for good measure). It "breaks the fourth wall" by directly addressing the reader and combines old-world folktale elements with contemporary references. It is an utterly enchanting journey that reminds us how magic all around us-every day-is afoot!¿¿¿¿¿¿¿While the authors drop clues as to "what's really going on," there's more than one answer (as in real life) to the mystery of the gold coins!Meet The Characters Armando and his wife, Elisa: a content and industrious couple living in Cuor della Terra, Italy with their four children Elisa's grandmother, Lucia: a tennis champion from Brazil (but before tennis was invented) Francesco Bugatti: a Sicilian tennis champion who is challenged to a match by Lucia, and falls in love with her Marco: Armando's brother, who has sailed across the ocean and lives in Illinois Abraham Lincoln: a friend of Marco's and the sixteenth president of the United States Giuliano Cantore: a famous calendar savant Natanieul Gutriey: a famous Parisian weaver The Puttifurbi: mythical gnomesThe prevailing question, "dear reader," is: Can you figure out "what's really going on"?(wink, wink)

Have you ever arm-wrestled for chocolates, gamed with the tit-for-tat robot, or booked a session with a negotiation stylist? No? Ever tried to get a toddler to eat their broccoli, been in a conversation where someone repeats themselves over and over, or tried to reason with a person who insists their opinion is indisputable fact?Ever faced a bully?Yes? This book is for you.With plucky prose and arresting content, it offers handy Everyday Super Tips . . . and Girl Scout cookies. Accompanied by a runway fashion show of original art, you might call it the little black dress (or white pantsuit) of negotiation literature. It's as visually splashy as it is enriching.Negotiation happens everywhere every day and it can be anyone's everyday superpower - even through small acts and language. Yet, negotiation is still viewed by the general public as a specialized skill mastered by experts, and one that you either have or you don't ("Negotiation can't be taught. Some people just have the skill and others don't," as proclaimed by a high school senior, heading to Brown University to study International Relations, at the author's 2022 Easter dinner table).Women, in particular, still shy away from negotiation scenarios - many are uncomfortable just asking for something, prioritizing so-called politeness over opportunity and success.Well, guess what? Negotiation isn't just for business and boardrooms. Negotiation is sexy. Negotiation is stylish. Negotiation is powerful and accessible to you. Every day.This is not your father's 20th century negotiation tome. This is real everyday negotiation artistry from a woman who lives it every day. For the Forces of Good is for the school teacher, the college student, the parent, the professional dog walker, the nurse, the administrative assistant, the hair stylist. It handily vanquishes the myth that negotiation is some rarified skill for special settings carried out by elite executives or gifted individuals. Far from a dry, tedious text, it's a tasty just-so recipe of expertise and Brene Brown-worthy vulnerability. Lucia shows us all how to layer the cake with equal parts skills building, storytelling, social and historical commentary, and thought experiment.The frosting on this yummy how-to book is how unbashfully it also flexes some intellect, imbuing the reader with that same intellectual prowess. Lucia navigates us up and down, side to side, demonstrating how the pieces all connect - like the cunning video game super heroine unlocking each next level, making us smarter with every turn of every page, all the while sharing her humanity.All of that packaged in a compact super-snack sized. Whether you're the breezy social media surfer to the deep-dive philosophy student, this is for you. Why? Because negotiation isn't just for business. It's everybody's business. As praised by the celebrated "Godfather of Persuasion," Robert Cialdini, this book is INCLUSIVE. The joy Marie Kondo sparked for home organizing Lucia Kanter St. Amour has kindled for everyday negotiation.