New Releases by Jessica Young

Haggis and Tank get chased by a werewolf! Pick a book. Grow a reader! This series is part of Scholastic''s early chapter book line called Branches, which is aimed at newly independent readers. With easy-to-read text, high-interest content, fast-paced plots, and illustrations on every page, these books will boost reading confidence and stamina. Branches books help readers grow!In the third book in the series, Haggis and Tank''s imaginations take them across the globe -- to Scotland! They fly an airplane, visit a castle, play bagpipes, and even get chased by a... werewolf?! This series is full of clever wordplay and homophones that make Haggis and Tank''s adventures even more fun! And James Burks'' engaging, full-color artwork appears on every page!

Dreaming is an amazing thing to do if you dreaming the amazing dream that you always wanted.

Once upon a time, there was a girl named Cindy Jay. Cindy Jay loved to dream and make believe. Cindy Jay felt like she had no talent, only make-believe talent. Make Believe with Cindy Jay is based on a story about a girl accomplishing her dreams. She feared that she has no talent at all and came to find out a lot of amazing things about herself.

In this compilation of two separately published works, Finley tackles two problems for her class assignments--invent something that will help the world, and produce a presentation that will define "art."

Meet Haggis and Tank--two dogs with BIG imaginations! This series is part of Scholastic''s early chapter book line called Branches, which is aimed at newly independent readers. With easy-to-read text, high-interest content, fast-paced plots, and illustrations on every page, these books will boost reading confidence and stamina. Branches books help readers grow!Haggis and Tank''s big imaginations take them on a search for real live dinosaurs! They build a nest for dino eggs and play baseball with a triceratops. But then the ground starts shaking. Is a T-rex chasing Haggis and Tank? Or could something else be headed their way? This series is full of clever wordplay and homophones that make Haggis and Tank''s adventures even more fun!

Candle Making Candle Making For Beginners - How To Make Beautiful And Luxurious Candles At Home From Scratch! Candles today serve a decorative function, but in the past, they served as a major source of light and warmth. Ceremonies throughout history also included candles as a part of the rituals. But before candles became the decorative piece they are today, they were handcrafted items with a specific purpose for every family. They provided light in darkness, a sense of warmth for the home''s inhabitants. Today, individuals still enjoy having candles as part of their lives. Yet the advances of ingredients have made homemade candles a fun and engaging craft project. Others want healthier options in their decorative candles, in terms of the types of waxes and wicks. Explore with us how to do a variety of the activities necessary to make your own candles at home. Learn to choose the proper wax Make your own wicks Choose the best material for wicks How to decorate your homemade candles Adding scents to your candles Understanding how candle molds work versus dipping This book will show you all the steps to start making your own candles from scratch. By following these steps, you can quickly begin to understand how candles are made and then put your own creative touch on each of your personal creations! In addition to learning how to create your own candles, learn about the history of candle making. Learn about how the industry has grown and changed throughout the years. For those looking to explore the world of candle making, then this is the book for you!

Meet Haggis and Tank--two dogs with BIG imaginations! Pick a book. Grow a reader! This series is part of Scholastic''s early chapter book line called Branches, which is aimed at newly independent readers. With easy-to-read text, high-interest content, fast-paced plots, and illustrations on every page, these books will boost reading confidence and stamina. Branches books help readers grow!Tank is an outgoing Great Dane. Haggis is a grumpy Scottie dog. In the first book in the series, Haggis and Tank set sail as pirates. At first, Haggis doesn''t see what Tank does--that an adventure awaits them with just a little imagination! But soon, Haggis joins in and the two friends go on a pirate adventure. They talk like pirates, swab the deck, and even search for buried treasure. This series is full of clever wordplay and homophones that make Haggis and Tank''s adventures even more fun!

Finley can''t wait for the class field trip to the art museum--she figures it''ll be a snap. But the more art she sees, the more mixed-up she gets.

Finley can''t wait to start the inventors project at school -- after all, thinking up new ideas is her thing. But when the prototype of her Supersonic Sibling Sublimator fails and her older brother plays a joke on her, Finley discovers that everyone could stand to lighten up a bit. Starting over, she creates a hilarious device guaranteed to make people laugh more and live longer. But will her entertaining invention work on the super-serious invention judges?

"Essential Oils for AllergiesA Complete Practical Guide to Allergy Relief Using the Magic Power of Essential Oils and Natural RemediesThere are millions of people all too familiar with the stuffy, sniffling, sneezey, itchy symptoms associated with seasonal allergies. If you happen to be one of them, you know just how discomforting allergies are and that the numerous drugs and sprays available don''t always work.There is no doubt that those that suffer from allergies want relief, but no one wants to experience these side effects on top of their already annoying allergy symptoms.Not only do allergy sufferers have to deal with stuffy heads, itchy eyes, and painful sinus pressure, but may also experience serious mental exhaustion. It''s not uncommon for people with seasonal allergies to get the blues, and many are familiar with the bouts of sadness that sometimes accompany their seasonal allergies spells. While allergies can definitely take their toll, there are some amazing all-natural methods of treating allergies successfully. Natural allergy remedies can not only provide extended relief, but also do so without the side effects that can be experienced with over-the-counter or prescription allergy medication. With many people turning towards more holistic ways of treating illness, several of them that suffer from allergies are finding solace through essential oils and other natural home remedies. It is possible to treat allergies using all-natural methods, and doing so eliminates any unwanted and dangerous side effects.Essential oils have been used for thousands of years to treat different maladies and with a growing trend toward natural living, their popularity is resurging and their use is becoming increasingly more common. There are practically as many essential oils as there are medicinal plants and they are truly capable for providing relief of countless conditions. It is possible to experience allergy relief and do so completely naturally. Here we will provide comprehensive coverage of how to treat allergies using beneficial essential oils and proven, natural home remedies.

Warning: Sex Scenes!When Jennifer sleeps over and they get ready to call it a night Alison sees that Jennifer put a porn movie on. Getting under the covers she watched it, out of the corner of her eye she saw that Jennifer couldn''t take her eyes away from the screen. Seeing a woman sucking a man''s cock and then another woman entering the picture Jennifer begins asking Alison questions. Will it lead to more then just watching a porn movie? Cum and see if more will happen.

Summer is here, and Finley is getting ready for Camp Acorn! She can''t wait to make crafts, eat s''mores, and prove that she''s tough enough to get back to nature. Unfortunately, she''ll be sharing a cabin with Olivia Snotham, who''s not exactly the outdoorsy type. When nature calls and the girls get lost on the way to the restrooms, Finley''s spooky ghost story comes back to haunt them. As they work together to find a creative way home, Finley discovers that there''s more than one way to be tough.

Child-friendly text and evocative images combine in a story that invites readers to explore the infinite possibilities of emotional expression through color, discussing how people respond differently when seeing colors and how these experiences help broaden the world in wonderful new ways.

We have all imagined it--our daytime activities reappear, twisted, in our dreams at night. What, then, drove Alice to dream of bodily distortions and dangerous adults? What is happening in her waking life to cause this darkness? Reimagined using details from Carroll''s original work, Jessica Young''s collection ALICE''S SISTER focuses on Alice''s older sister, Mary, and the trouble she faces--the quiet, shadowy disturbances--that affects everyone around. It seems the rabbit hole goes much farther down than we thought. Employing ambitious writing techniques such as rotating narrators, Young invites us in for the descent. "In this haunted reimagining of a Victorian children''s book, wonderland conceals a darker story. Jessica Young writes with uncanny precision about the most occluded reaches of the heart. The breadth of compassion in these poems is all the more remarkable because of the clarity with which they make their case: that innocence is a dangerous fantasy imposed upon the young."--Linda Gregerson "Jessica Young''s first collection takes us so far beyond the looking glass, it''s a reluctant surprise to return to the world upon putting it down. We have here a young poet fully formed. Her voice is sure when it needs to be, and full of fear and questioning when that''s called for. She has invented an entrancing time and place, and peopled it. But, although this collection has some of a fiction''s best elements, this is song. Musical, all-encompassing. These poems call up for me all of my favorite poets, but Jessica YOung sounds like no one else I''ve ever read."--Laura Kasischke "If you thought there was nothing else to say about the Alice in Wonderland story, think again. Jessica Young has taken on a detective-poet''s role in potent poems of haunting, delicate strength. Read them closely to journey more deeply into the mystery of that classic, very strange book."--Naomi Shihab Nye "Jessica Young constructs a world so lush with characters and character--the red trillium flowers underfoot, the spruce piano keys--that we could be forgiven it we wished to simply linger, for a while, in the detail. But this book is far more than a poetic re-imagination of Lewis Carroll. In a series of striking formal experiments and narrative turns, Young''s poetry takes on our dailiness in order to change it imperceptibly, "like a plum sliced/...silently pitted, twisted back/into place, and presented as if untouched, undamaged."--Tung-Hui Hu "I can''t remember the last time I read a collection that was, all at once, as brilliantly conceived, as wondrous with language, and as fun to get lost in."--A. Van Jordan

A review of vocational assessment in ministry populations revealed that since the 1950s, ministers have been assessed using psychological and vocational assessments in an effort to ascertain goodness of fit for ministry tasks. However, ministers consistently produce profile reports that are significantly different from the population as a whole. In addition, while there has been much research on the general ministerial vocation, there has been little research on particular ministerial roles and the predictors for ministers who will excel in those tasks. The literature on ministers is outdated and has not taken into consideration the peculiar characteristics of the ministry population, such as a special set of societal standards and the "call" from God to engage in ministry. The purpose of this study was to investigate whether a personality profile exists that can predict the types of ministers that would be most likely to exhibit a preference in pastoral care and counseling tasks as a specific ministerial vocation. Based on a review of the literature, several variables from psychological and vocational assessments emerged as possible predictors. In addition, it was hypothesized that the relationship between these variables could be explained by a friendly-dominant style of interpersonal behavior. Results suggest that there is in fact a personality profile that can predict whether ministers will exhibit a preference for pastoral care and counseling tasks. This profile was different based on setting, as was the goodness of fit with the theoretically proposed interpersonal style. Implications and limitations are discussed.

Poetry. Winner of the 2010 Boom chapbook contest. With a virtuosity of voice--think big, risky, lush--and a narrative structure that creates a kind of novella in poems, ONLY AS A BODY moves through a sense of the familiar and inevitable with enchanting clarity. The setting is domestic, though the turbulence and psyche underlying these poems creates an arc that is consistently illuminating.

While African Americans show similar rates of mental health concerns, they seek and obtain significantly fewer traditional mental health services (MHS) as compared to other groups. One alternative to traditional forms of MHS is the use of church-based resources, such as pastoral counseling. Pastors frequently report counseling as a large part of their duties. Therefore, their perceptions about mental health have a major impact on services that parishioners receive. This online survey assessed 40 pastors'' perceptions about mental health services, as well as perceived needs for information or training. Attitudes about mental health were significantly related to variety of counseling provided and frequency of counseling. Attitudes toward mental health, church size, and pastoral education did not significantly predict counseling or referral. Topics discussed in counseling and desires for more training were evaluated and areas for future intervention are discussed in light of results from this study.

Includes a list of graduates, faculty and staff, with list of their awards, publications and thesis titles, 1994-2009.