The College Bound Planner

This is Your #1 Go-To Guide To Get You Through the American University Admissions Process

#1 New Release in College Guides

University admissions in the USA is becoming tougher than ever. Nearly three million students are expected to enroll as first-time freshmen in colleges and universities in the United States this school year. How can you prepare, get organized, and stay focused throughout the search and admission process?

Applying to college can be intimidating and overwhelming for both teens and parents. The process is a maze of standardized tests, school research, university fairs, applications, interviews, CVs, essays, and deadlines. This university planner will guide you easily through each stage of the process, from recruiting letters of recommendation to applying for financial aid. This organizer has all the tips to help you submit your best application.

This University organizer helps students understand what USA admission officers are looking for in an applicant and help students of all backgrounds learn to prevent common mistakes that are made on applications. Learn more about the American admission process this University Bound Organizer, especially about:

• Building a personal profile
• Researching universities to identify schools that are a good fit
• Securing letters of recommendation
• Developing your university application essay
• Apply for financial aid and scholarships
• Sort and manage application results
• How to make a final decision

If you have read Teens’ Guide to College & Career Planning, College Admission: From Application to Acceptance, Step by Step; or Fiske Guide to Colleges 2021; you’ll find The University Bound Organizer to be your most valuable resource for planning and securing your future.

College Applications, College Admissions, and College Planning Guide

“Using The College Bound Organizer is one way to help you stay focused on what is really important.” —Edward B. Fiske, bestselling author of Fiske Guide to Colleges

#1 Best Seller in College Guides

The College Bound Organizer is your step-by-step comprehensive college planning guide to organize every step of the college application process from college search through college admission.

College admissions is tougher than ever.  Over 20 million people in the U.S. try to get into college each year. Each of these students applies to many schools—5, 10, perhaps as many as 20—and each of those applications has a daunting number of T’s to cross and I’s to dot. With standardized test taking and school visits, the college application essay to write and forms to fill out, there is so much to do. Applying to college is intimidating and overwhelming for both teenagers and parents.

College bound? The challenge is to be well informed, prepared, focused and organized throughout the multi-step college search and admission process. Your solution is The College Bound Organizer, the ultimate guide you effectively navigate this complicated and stressful process.

The College Bound Organizer helps you:

• Understand what admission officers are looking for in an applicant
• Prevent common mistakes students make on applications
• Build a personal profile
• Plan an individualized testing schedule
• Research colleges to identify good fit schools
• Develop a balanced list of schools
• Secure letters of recommendation
• Complete and submit applications accurately and on time
• Develop your college application essay
• Apply for financial aid and scholarships
• Ace interviews
• Sort and manage application results
• Make a final decision

If you have found books such as Teens' Guide to College & Career Planning, College Essay Essentials, or College Admission helpful, you are going to love The College Bound Organizer.

The Official Story of a Musical Icon─Told in Full for the First Time in his Own Words!

"The most entertaining music memoir since Elton John's Me... This is George O'Dowd in all his exhausting glory." Observer

#1 New Release in Gay Studies and LGBTQ+ Biographies

Karma is the definitive autobiography from the incomparable Grammy, Brit, and Ivor Novello award-winning lead singer of Culture Club, and LGBTQ+ vanguard: Boy George. 

Nothing short of an amazing story. Karma is the long-anticipated celebrity memoir from Boy George. The memoir delivers a searingly honest and captivating account of his extraordinary life. Take a front-row seat to the highs and lows of a life lived in the spotlight. Boy George's compelling storytelling shines a light on his encounters with legendary figures like David Bowie, Prince, and Madonna, providing an intimate peek into the music industry's glittering world.

Humor, sarcasm, and signature style. This is the explosive and honest account of Boy George's life as a child growing up in sixties London and coming out to his Irish Catholic family. Hear his account of his exploration of his sexuality through the hedonism of the seventies (the glam rock and punk rock revolution that birthed Culture Club), his recollections of the heydays of the nineties, and his ultimately embracing the man and artist that he is today. For those seeking books on self-acceptance and recovery from addiction, Karma stands as an example of the transformative power of embracing one's true self.

Inside explore:

• An explosive self-acceptance journey
• The glitz and glamour as well as personal struggles that have shaped Boy George's life
• An essential addition to the library of celebrity autobiographies and LGBTQ+ books for adults

If you enjoy lgbtq+ celebrity autobiography books such as Pageboy, Unprotected, or Starving In Search of Me, then Boy George’s Karma is for you.

3…2…1… Bake Sale! Luna Muna, our fearless future space explorer, takes us on another adventure with some out-of-this-world treats in the mix!

When Luna Muna’s science class hosts a bake sale fundraiser, Luna opens her very own space café. Running a bakery isn’t as easy as she expected! Just when everything is starting to look like one giant, galactic mess, Luna Muna discovers that teamwork and creativity just might be able to save the day… and the treats!

Learn about teamwork, creative thinking, space travel and space facts. Luna Muna is determined to open up her very own space café and create cosmic treats. After a series of messy mishaps, friends with helping hands save the day! Throughout her bake sale adventure, Luna Muna teaches about outer space, our solar system, space facts, and the mysteries of the universe with delicious baked treats. Luna Muna: Space Café is perfect for future space explorers, scientists, and parents looking for space books for kids. Luna Muna: Space Café is also the perfect book for 4 year olds and older who love adventure, imagination, space, science, or treats!

Inside, you’ll find:

• A recipe for your own cosmic and delicious treat
• A space adventure that teaches about teamwork and creativity
• Beautiful illustrations and yummy treats
• An early understanding of space exploration, space facts, and astronomy for kids

If you're looking for baking books for kids, gifts for young girls or gift books for kids who love adventures among the stars and the best space books around, add this book to your list. If your child liked Busy Betty, Rylee The Young Rocketeer, or The Tasty Adventures of Rose Honey Books, they’ll love Luna Muna: Space Café.

Learn About Our Planet's Endangered Species with Jane Goodall

Inspire your young kid animal scientist to protect our earth's precious animal inhabitants with Jane Goodall’s, Jane’s Endangered Animal Guide (Foreword by Dr. Jane Goodall)

Ignite your kid animal scientist’s passion to save endangered animals. Inspired by the Apple+ TV original series, Jane, you’re child joins Jane Goodall as she dives deep into 10 different endangered species, with facts about how they live, what they eat, and what makes them amazing, while also taking a real look at the challenges they are facing, what is being done to help them, and how we all can work together to save them.  

An animal guide and book on how to help animals.  This comprehensive guide isn't just a reading experience, but an interactive exploration. It's an engaging field guide for young minds, introducing them to the poignant theme of animal endangerment and equipping them with knowledge to make a difference.

A thrilling journey for adventurous girls and boys. Jane’s Endangered Animal Guide is more than a book─it's a call to become stewards of our precious planet. It delves into the dire challenges our planet’s magnificent creatures face, shedding light on conservation efforts underway and instilling an inspiring call-to-action.

Inside discover:

• Engaging and remarkable facts about 10 different endangered animals
• Fun-filled animal activity sections to reinforce learned concepts
• Practical advice on how young readers can contribute to conservation efforts
• Inspiring stories of real-world efforts to save endangered animals

If your child enjoyed books like The Leaf Detective, Exploring Nature Activity Book for Kids, or the best selling Dino Dana series, they will love Jane’s Endangered Animal Guide. 

Release the Generational Trauma of Shame

“Karen is the wise voice you want whispering in your ear when shame knocks on your door, reminding you that you are so much more than your relationship with your mother.” —Maggie Reyes, master certified marriage coach & bestselling author of The Questions for Couples Journal

#1 New Release in Adult Children of Alcoholics and Parent & Adult Child Relationships

What is your relationship to shame? How can you overcome it and live an intentional life of vulnerability? You Are Not Your Mother guides readers on how to see shame, and live separately from it. 

Shift away from shame and turn to radical forgiveness. Grow your internal self acceptance and resilience with this guide for women. Packed with meditative prompts to help you explore your relationship to shame. You are Not Your Mother caters to your inner desires to be seen, heard, and known. The toxic generational trauma and unhealthy relationships stop with you!

Explore your personal roots to shame with an expert. As a top authority on recovering from growing up in toxic families, Karen C.L. Anderson walks you through her shame story, her relationship with her narcissistic mother, and the simple practices she has developed to alleviate guilt from unhealthy relationships. Author of bestselling Difficult Mothers, Adult Daughters with over 150,000 copies sold, Karen offers tools to process, understand and move beyond childhood trauma so you can not only survive, but thrive.

Inside, you’ll find:

• Karen’s story on dealing with a narcissistic mother and how she overcame her shame
• Journal prompts, mind-body practices, and simple exercises to release shame and toxic habits
• A guide on how to finally identify shame, and how to embrace living free from it

If you enjoy therapy books and content on emotion management, then this book is for you! If you liked I’m Glad My Mom Died, Mother Hunger, or Uprooting Shame And Guilt, you’ll love You Are Not Your Mother.