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Bobby Anderson's parents know he needs a pet, but whatever breeds they look at, Bobby doesn't find the dog he wants. Through a strange adventure, they finally find the dog they want. And what a surprise! This is the first book of the HAPPY ANDERSON series for primary grades. Happy Anderson, the dog, has many adventures with interesting characters throughout the series.

When her husband is reported missing and the search has ended after a year, Jessica has tried to keep the faith that he would return. However, at last she has to resign herself to the inevitable. To help herself and her young son face the tragedy of her husband's disappearance in the jungles of Africa, she holds a memorial. After this, she tries to live a normal life. When a new love presents itself, fate intervenes again and she tries to buil...

Florida The poetry book is a compilation of expressions from Delta Kappa Gamma key teachers members presented at the Southeast Regional Conference held at the Gaylord Palms in Orlando on July 2013. It includes expressions about nature, choices, teaching, challenges, hope, confidence, recollections and humor.

Eleven year old Rosie is left at home to take care of her older brother and her two four year old twin siblings, Anthony and Sophie. Her mother was once fun-loving and kind, but now she is addicted to drugs and has become threatening. They are afraid they will be taken to foster homes. Rosie struggles to cope through harmful situations in their neighborhood while her mother brings further harm to her and to the family. Remembering the words of...

Cowboy Zachary Hamm comes to the rescue when a monkey from the Muggletown Zoo escapes. He is a strange little monkey who likes to pinch noses and stomp on hats. Nobody can stop him until Zachary Hamm follows him. The monkey tries his tricks on Zack, but Zack is smarter. This is the second book in the Zachary Hamm series written by Dr. Shoopman. His first was ZACHARY HAMM IN THE LAND OF EGGS.

When young Bradley has lunch at the Cherryville Grill, he notices a variety of colored fish in a huge fish tank. He is surprised when one speaks to him, and he is more surprised when he arrives home and sees the fish in his backpack. Bradley decides to take Freddy Fish with him wherever he goes . They have exciting adventures together until Bradley has to make a big decision.

Mary Foca has taken the love triangle in Dante's DIVINE COMEDY, changed the locale and the times, and let her characters react to the environment, the initial situation, and the characteristics she created for them. Two unhappy couples leave their old country and passionately meet head on the challenges of their relationship to each other, their own personal expectations and ideologies, and the influence of people of diverse cultures. The wind...

Charlie and Joel visit grandpa and grandma's farm and have an adventure with bats. Joel fantasizes that he can speak to the bats. Both children learn much about bats in an interesting enjoyable way. This book awakens a sense of wonder and appreciation of unusual animals.

Dr. Shoopman's book, ZACHARY HAMM IN THE LAND OF EGGS, is a juvenile fantasy with a message. It is only one of the rhyming bedtime stories the author created for the real life Zach, a young friend who is now getting his own doctorate. Besides being extremely entertaining, the story also has a message -- that we should not hate people who are different from us. Anyone who enjoys Dr. Seuss books will enjoy this book destined to become a classic.

Nadia is the coming-of-age story of a young Catholic girl growing up in the outskirts of Warsaw during WWII and of her personal quest to fight injustice by joining the Polish underground. She befriends a Jewish boy her parents hide in their attic, a Gypsy girl she finds in a tree in her back yard and lastly, Henryk, the boy who wants to spend the rest of his life with her. Nadia's story is a window to a history chronicling the Nazi occupation ...

Billy Bob, e Royal Dragon, recently came to live in the Kingdom of Kool with his friend, Princess Betty Lou Sue. ey live in a beautiful castle in the center of the kingdom. Billy Bob is learning many things about his new home. Now he needs to learn about Christmas. He thinks Christmas is only about presents, lots and lots of presents. e princess teaches Billy Bob about the very rst Christmas and about the real meaning of this beautiful holiday.

Margaret Mishoe " brings a wonderfully warped, deep-fried divinity to every absurd and moving episode of this memoir, in a raucous and bonafide voice truly her own, full of mother wit and sass, ready to put the laugh to any situation and come out triumphant. " Her stories "are so authentically voiced that you can hear the characters talking in their own distinctly southern tilt. ...These stories are told ...by a lady with 'redneck roots.' Her ...

PIES DON'T FLY is a fantasy about a little boy who flies from space in his little pie-shaped airship and travels to earth. As he travels, he visits Europe and then England and finally lands in the United States. During his travels he sees many sights which seem strange to him. He does not feel comfortable until he finds a friend about his own age in the United States. At last, he realizes he is homesick and decides to return home. When he does...

James Tierney not only creates animated characters from the movies, he also creates magical characters in his stories. Visit with them in the magical land of Ack, see the Zaboom monkeys, the evil Wombats, Jennifer and the Chise Dragons. Fight alongside Brudie the Bold, be transported by a ferret named Shawn. The characters sound like of Irish folk tales, and the magical elements in the story will delight y oung people. The story's main charact...

How does a woman begin to seek an ideal partner? What does she have to look for? Kim Ayers shares answers happily with her audience in her comprehensive book created from her leadership in establishing counseling sessions for women. This book is for single women dating, struggling in a relationship, or desiring to re-direct relations into true love and happiness. Ayers covers what enables a man to fall deeply in love, the driving force behind ...

When little sister Emileen Ellen is born, big brother remarks that he has wanted a brother instead. He observes her and thinks he has become a rival for their parents' affection. Thinking she is now the more privileged, her brother dubs her "Queen Emileen." The days go by and he watches what she does, and he decides she just might be fun as his mother reassures him he is loved just as much as ever. A charming story dealing beautifully with sib...

Bumps in the night, loud noises, thunder wake up sleepers who need to feel close to their parents. Their pets react as well. Soon there is no room in the bed. ANYONE WHO HAS HAD CHILDREN WHO CRAWLED INTO THEIR BEDS AT NIGHT FOR VARIOUS REASONS WILL APPRECIATE THIS STORY.

Imagine being under the waves in the beautiful world of fish and sea creatures. What if they had a band? Who would lead them? What instruments would they play? The Underwater Orchestra is a delightful story about animals and fish living under the sea who come together to form a band. Both real and imagined, these characters lead the reader in a lyrical journey. Dive into this book and get swept away with whales, mermaids, and many other colorf...

Brenna is an almost-grown bluebird who falls from her next while her mother is out shopping for breakfast. Bruised and frightened, and without a grown-up to help her, Brenna shares her fears with her friends in the forest. As each friend tries to teach her their skills for getting back into her nest, Brenna keeps falling. Just as she's about to give up, Brenna finally learns to use the skills that nature gave her to reach the safety of her hom...

Billy Bob, The Royal Dragon, lives in a castle with his friend Princess Betty Lou Sue. Billy Bob is a very different dragon who wants to go to school to learn to read. The Princess and her friend Prince Arthur Jim Ray help Billy Bob get to school where he meets a bully. He deals with this problem in a most unusual way.