Byron Jackson

Kathryn Jackson

Sooki the elephant, who has never seen another animal like himself, tries to shrink his saggy wrinkly skin.

The Saggy Baggy Elephant

A lion tries to find a cure for his hunger.

Tawny Scrawny Lion

Alice Provensen

Martin Provensen

Katie the Kitten

The Circus ABC

Nancy and Timmy spend a day at the beach with their family.

A Day at the Seashore

Richard Scarry

Golden Books is proud to reissue this beloved Christmas collection, chock-full of funny animal stories and poems. This oversize format features Scarry's earlier, more painterly style and makes a perfect gift. A true holiday treat for Scarry fans! "From the Hardcover edition."

The Animals' Merry Christmas

Using new coaching skills at work can be pretty daunting. Thinking up questions "in the moment" can put you under extra pressure, and when you're already stretching into a new way of talking to your team that can feel stressful. You want to use your new coaching conversation skills, but you don't have time to create questions to support you. What if you had a collection of ideas for questions to ask in some of the most common conversations at work? Conversations like these: 1. Creating performance objectives 2. Coaching under performance 3. Creating career goals 4. Debriefing a project 5. Identifying motivators 6. Creating better work-life balance 7. Coaching over or under-utilization 8. Encouraging involvement 9. Exploring talents 10. Coaching for retirement 11. Coaching a workplace returner 12. Presentation skills coaching 13. Coaching a sensitive personal issue 14. Coaching to embed learning 15. Coaching to explore sales outcomes 16. Growing HR Business Partner skills 17. Growing a Coaching Culture 18. Backwards Coaching 19. Event Planning 20. Solution focused coaching questions This book contains over 500 coaching style questions to help you grow your confidence in conversations that drive accountability and results. Use it as a guide to design your own conversations, or use it to help your team reflect on what they might like to talk to you about, or you can even use it as a companion for delivering training programs that teach coaching. Here's what readers have said: "A vital guide to coaching conversations at work to deliver great business results" Graham Alexander, founder of the Alexander Corporation, originator of the GROW model and author of SuperCoaching and Tales from the Top. "A brisk, no nonsense style eBook which will be truly helpful to people who want to coach their team," Alison Hardingham - International Best Selling author of eight books, and Director of Business Psychology at Yellow Dog Consulting UK. 'Easily the best collection of coaching questions I've ever come across. As a professional coach whose clientele consists primarily of managers and executives, I know that I will be using many of the pages of this wonderful little book many, many times.' Pierre Gauthier Certified Integral Coach (TM), Canada Inside this book, you will find a toolkit for building your coaching confidence, along with ideas of how to use a coaching approach to support your team into a more positive and engaging culture.

A Toolkit of Coaching Conversations for Managers & Leaders

Essential Questions to Grow Your Team

Back in print after more than 60 years, a heartwarming tale for today's kitten-loving kids—from the author of the iconic Little Golden Books Tawny Scrawny Lion and The Saggy Baggy Elephant! First published in 1949—and now finally back in print—this charming story about a kitten beginning to make her way around the house will become a family favorite. Breathtaking artwork by Alice and Martin Provensen, who also illustrated The Color Kittens, has been lovingly restored for this edition.

Puss in Boots is a clever cat who won’t settle for having a poor master. So he dupes a wicked giant out of his grand castle, claims the surrounding land as his master Caraba’s, and charms the king, who lets his daughter marry Caraba. And Puss in Boots lives happily ever after!

Kathryn Jackson

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