Books published by FriesenPress

Now, My Perspective is a book of poems about the Black experience, femininity, religion, belonging, and self-realization. The book is divided into three chapters, each of which documents a different phase of understanding about what it...

Ever felt bitten by a fundamentalist? Or had your biblical understanding discounted by a conservative? Or the validity of your beliefs questioned by a zealous evangelical? If you have, then you will find Faith without Fear absolutely therapeutic, ...

Heather Kirkpatrick isn't living her own life. She's on the run, she lives under many aliases, and she's desperate to save herself from years of fear brought on by one man: Dean Lesskart. Heather picks up and flees to Colorado to hide from her stalker. While she is building a new life and identity by waiting tables and singing in a roadhouse, she makes new friends and even meets the man of her dreams. But will Dean find her? Will she be able to truly move forward and have the life she always dreamed of? In the face of losing it all, Heather refuses to succumb to her stalker and prepares herself for one final confrontation.

On a stormy spring afternoon,middle-aged Betsy Flemming is shocked by her husband's announcement that he's leaving her for her best friend-a betrayal that spins her into a crisis of confidence, struggling to maintain a relationship with their children and regain her self-esteem. No stranger to tragedy, Betsy's world becomes even more unstable when she uncovers something that calls into doubt her memories of the mysterious death of her baby brother decades before. Faced with rebuilding her personal life and a threat to her family's business, Betsy becomes obsessed with finding the truth about her brother-leading to a haunting encounter with long-lost family.

Larry Lizard lives deep in the Redwood Forest with his mom, dad, sisters, and brothers. At bedtime, under starry skies, his parents tell their little lizards tales about their ancestors: the mighty dragons and dinosaurs!Next day, while his parents are busy and his siblings are nowhere in sight, Larry pretends to be the great king of all dinosaurs-Tyrannosaurus rex-and as his imagination takes over, he sees dinosaurs in everything around him, from the water to the insects to even the clouds above! Soon he is battling a Brontosaurus, then leaping at a flying Pterodactyl, stomping, chomping, and roaring at his prey.As Larry walked, he passed a pooland watched his muscles flex;today our hero was a greatTyrannosaurus rex.The King of Dinos looked aboutand spied his meal at hand: a huge and heavy Brontosaurwas sleeping in the sand. . . .The Secret Life of Larry Lizard is a delightful poem about the fun of adventurous imaginative play and the excitement that comes with learning about one's ancestors-and the awesomeness of dinosaurs! This picture book includes a glossary, titled "Things to Know," which is both informative and humorous, plus a Family Tree where children can write the names of some of their ancestors.

A fresh and truthful story about the inner workings of schizophrenia. In this memoir Tamara goes deep into the world of madness and shares the experience of prolonged psychosis. Coupled with the artwork that she created, this story is a great read for people with schizophrenia, caregivers and mental health workers. Anyone who knows someone who has schizophrenia should read this book!While you travel into the depths of psychotic thinking to understand the delusional world of a person with schizophrenia, this book keeps you entertained and engaged. It is a detailed expression that tells the real-life story of slipping into and then out of madness. Tamara goes on to explain what it's like to live with schizophrenia and the prejudice that she faces on a day to day basis. The discrimination from even people who are close to her is evident, and goes to show that fighting stigma around schizophrenia is a never ending battle. Tamara is adamant that all people with schizophrenia can recover with the right medication and support. Her story is an example of how even in extreme cases schizophrenia can be managed with the right medications and doses. It took more than 5 years for Tamara to fully recover from this tragic illness, in the end she was in a better place than before the onset of psychosis.

Poetry is a universal language, and Raymond Fraser used it to speak to his readers about what life is-and what it can be. Over his impressive fifty-year career, Raymond wrote eight poetry collections, using deft insight and a masterful command of language to examine the complexities of life. No topic was too minute or too grandiose to be dissected, spread out, and examined. The included poems were chosen by the poet before he passed away.

This book features two charming and insightful stories for young readers that ask questions we've all had to face. Should we ever change ourselves for the sake of others? Is equal always fair? And what does it mean to be yourself and love yourself despite the pressure of the outside world?All Softy the wolf wants is to fit in. But when he tries to change himself, he learns that it's impossible to be something that you're not. Softy will have to embrace his nature as a feared hunter-or risk losing himself completely. In Justice's story, the king of the lions makes a decision based on the law, following what he thinks is right. But he learns that equal isn't always fair, and that sometimes, the law has to change to fit not only the crime, but the criminal. These timeless stories ask their readers to have a good long think about what it means to do something before they act. The characters are sympathetic and the stories engage readers with lessons they can carry forward into their own lives.