Word After Word After Word

Word After Word After Word

by | Mar 9, 2010 | Fiction

At any given moment in time in any classroom in any school, there are children with stories to tell. In this book, the moment is the “fourth day of the fourth month of the new year of fourth grade” and the classroom is Miss Cash’s classroom and the...
The Compound

The Compound

by | Mar 9, 2010 | Science Fiction

This first novel was surprising. Surprisingly great! The Compound strikes close to home in this era of the Internet and streaming video where news stories hit the net within seconds. Because we are so aware of government coups, upheavals, gorilla warfare, and nukes,...
Carl’s Snowy Afternoon

Carl’s Snowy Afternoon

by | Mar 5, 2010 | Picture Book

Mom and Dad are leaving the baby with a new babysitter and with Carl, of course. Will the babysitter do a good job? She tells the baby to go have a snack and then settles down in front of the television. Meanwhile, back at the ranch, or in this case, in the bedroom,...
First Snow

First Snow

by | Mar 5, 2010 | Picture Book

Poetic and almost dreamlike, this wonderful bedtime story begins with the snow falling through a haze. Bunnies are curled up deep below the cold in their burrows until one by one they stick their noses out to explore this new world. Gray wolves are roaming and barn...
Baby Max and Ruby: Red Boots

Baby Max and Ruby: Red Boots

by | Mar 5, 2010 | Picture Book

Baby Max finds his big sister’s, Ruby’s, boots and her mittens and tries to dress himself. Unfortunately, they end up on the wrong body parts! Then, help is on the way and Ruby helps Max into his snowsuit. Now he’s ready for action. This is a simple...
Mud Fairy, The

Mud Fairy, The

by | Mar 5, 2010 | Picture Book

“Muddy and messy, not dainty and delicate at all.” That’s Emmalina. She loves to play with the frogs and get muddy in the pond. But, when fairies turn 100 years old they have to do something special to earn their wings. The other fairies are all...
Chocolate-Covered-Cookie Tantrum, The

Chocolate-Covered-Cookie Tantrum, The

by | Mar 5, 2010 | Picture Book

Oh the passionate intensity of a two year old who knows exactly what she wants and in this case Sophie has seen someone else in the park with a chocolate covered cookie and she WANTS A COOKIE. She wants a cookie so much she starts to yell and scream and kick her feet...
Shrinking Violet

Shrinking Violet

by | Mar 5, 2010 | Picture Book

VIolet really doesn’t want people to look at her. She doesn’t want to carry the flag at school especially not when Irwin says he’ll be watching her fat knees. She gets so embarrassed she just wants to shrink away and she pretends to tie her shoe...