Bøger af Judy Goldman

From memorist Jody Goldman, a lively and poignant exploration of aging.In The Rest of Our Lives, memoirist Judy Goldman brings her devoted readers dispatches from the edge of life, when turning eighty can be as surprising and baffling as losing your virginity or seeing The Beatles at Shea Stadium. In this lively and poignant exploration of aging, Goldman circles to those other uncharted moments of our lives when we are at once anxious and excited about just what might happen next. Goldman’s telling and retelling of pivotal stories of her own family and friends—romances, births, late-night taxi-cab rides, falls, frailty, and even death—are altogether new in her hands.

When they get bored on long journeys, children from various regions of Latin America sing a song that goes "An elephant was balancing on a spider's web / as he saw that it resisted, he went to call on another elephant." On the next lap, two elephants do the dangerous feat, and so on until they reach their destination, or someone gets tired of singing. In this book, the author takes this popular rhyme and makes it comical when the elephant is joined by a rhinoceros, a giraffe, and many other animals that they test the resistance of the cobweb. When it ends up falling, as expected, the story begins again.

A 2022 Katie Couric Media Must-Read New Book * A personal meditation on love in the shadow of white privilege and racismChild is the story of Judy Goldman's relationship with Mattie Culp, the Black woman who worked for her family as a live-in maid and helped raise her-the unconscionable scaffolding on which the relationship was built and the deep love. It is also the story of Mattie's child, who was left behind to be raised by someone else. Judy, now eighty, cross-examines what it was to be a privileged white child in the Jim Crow South, how a bond can evolve in and out of step with a changing world, and whether we can ever tell the whole truth, even to ourselves. It is an incandescent book of small moments, heart-warming, heartbreaking, and, ultimately, inspiring.

These books have been specially developed to enhance children's vocabulary and support comprehension. In this book, Armadillo knits himself a suit - but will he finish it in time for the party?

A mother wakes one morning to find the police at her door to arrest her only child-a star athlete and honor student-for murder. The Smallwoods are one of those families who project a rosy image, exactly what we all hoped and imagined our lives would be. Peter Smallwood is a patent attorney with the oldest firm in town. Kathryne is president of parents' council at the private high school their son, Early, attends. She is an over-involved mother; Peter is under-involved. She's excessive when she should hold back; he's stingy when fullness is needed. Kathryne is so protective of their son, so overbearing, that the only way out for him is to disappoint her in a profound way. The novel opens the night before his sentencing. It covers the next thirteen months and flashes back to family memories Kathryne has told again and again through the years, trotting them out like scrubbed children-as well as the memories she would just as soon forget. EARLY LEAVING is Kathryne's story. She probes the pieces of the past to see if she should have seen the end coming. Was there any point where she might have come between her son and what lay in wait for him? Or was it just the randomness of fate and its consequences? Was she the cause? All she ever wanted was to keep him safe and happy. Isn't that what every mother wants?

Judy Goldman retells animal folktales from five indigenous groups in Mexico--the Tarahumara, Seri, Huichol, Triqui, and Tseltal. Each story is followed by information about the featured culture, enriching readers'' understanding of the diverse peoples who make up Mexico.Fabricio VandenBroeck''s lush art portrays the richness of the many peoples, animals, and places that make up Mexico.Includes a map of Mexico, showing the location of each indigenous group. Back matter includes a glossary and tale sources, as well as an index and a bibliography.Awards and Honors for Whiskers, Tails & Wings: Animal Folktales from Mexico:• 2013 Aesop Accolades• 2013 New York Public Library Children''s Books 100 Titles for Reading and Sharing• 2014 Storytelling World Award (Honor Book, Storytelling Collections category)• 2015 International Latino Book Award (Best Youth Latino Focused Chapter Book) 2nd Place

Judy Goldman retells animal folktales from five indigenous groups in Mexico--the Tarahumara, Seri, Huichol, Triqui, and Tseltal. Each story is followed by information about the featured culture, enriching readers' understanding of the diverse peoples who make up Mexico.Fabricio VandenBroeck's lush art portrays the richness of the many peoples, animals, and places that make up Mexico.Includes a map of Mexico, showing the location of each indigenous group. Back matter includes a glossary and tale sources, as well as an index and a bibliography.Awards and Honors for Whiskers, Tails & Wings: Animal Folktales from Mexico:• 2013 Aesop Accolades• 2013 New York Public Library Children's Books 100 Titles for Reading and Sharing• 2014 Storytelling World Award (Honor Book, Storytelling Collections category)• 2015 International Latino Book Award (Best Youth Latino Focused Chapter Book) 2nd Place