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Michael is a beautiful juvenile American Bald Eagle. He is certain that he doesn't want to leave his cliff-top nest and fly. Despite encouragement from his family and friends, he is too afraid of heights to try. It's not until real danger comes to the eagles that Michael finally flies and learns that being an eagle is a pretty cool thing. A delightful story, the second in the series of "I Can Do It" books which inspire confidence in children w...

Come with Charlie and Joel and share the fun as they explore a 1900 year old lava tube in search of the Meatball. Crawl with them through the buried trunk of a tree that doesn't exist any more. These are real places!!! Find out where.

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 color...

Nobody understands Sly Fly, least of all other horse flies. In fact, they call Sly a "fly misfit" because he doesn't bite horses as they do. Sly Fly just doesn't fit in. Not to be discouraged, Sly and his unlikely horse friend, Gray Mare, hatch an ingenious scheme to keep other flies off of Gray. The story is humorous, and children will get a kick out of Sly Fly's outrageous antics and attire.

Family Honor opens with a young girl rushing at dusk to a secret tryst in a village cemetery somewhere in the rugged mountains of Sicily. It closes with her daughter and granddaughter on board a luxury liner leaving the Port of naples. All the action within the pages of this fast-moving, suspenseful, surprising and shocking novel takes place from 1923 through the sixties. The whirlwind lives of these three women, with all their virtue, honor a...

Three delightful geese take up housekeeping in a pine tree in the middle of the forest. They are very neat little geese, and at Christmas time they dust and clean to be ready for the holiday. One little goose finishes first, and when she is tired of waiting, she starts eating crackers. What happens next begins an adventure with a surprise ending involving a whole neighborhood of little birds. It's a perfect Christmas story.

¿Another appealing tale for children by Joni Craig, told in first person as a girl's sweet memories of all the special shoes she has worn during her lifetime. She joyfully talks about all the shoes she lovingly remembers since she was a baby up to the time of her own baby's shoes.

The three playful geese, Gladys, Gloria and Gretchen, decide to leave the forest and explore other regions. Their adventurous spirit takes them on a trip to south Florida. after a long and tiring flight, they discover a strange neighborhood. Their curiosity and eccentric antics cause a protective chihuahua to befriend them. From Carlos, the three geese learn the history of a very important summer celebration, which they share with their friend...

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 color...

Trinity was born in shame on the wrong side of the hallowed walls of a fantastic, timeless city. Soon after her birth, the oddly gifted child was stolen from her own people by the tyrannical Keepers in order to fulfill another woman's forlorn destiny as part of the morbidly dysfunctional noble family. But trinity had other plans. As she grew, her deepening mistrust of the unbending Traditions compelled her to embark on a hazardous voyage. She ...

Little Emil Yek, a tiny Florida Key deer, travels with his little group of friends and encounters obstacles, dangers, enemies and compassionate helpers along his journey. As they travel, the journey is not only one that tests their physical endurance, but also tests their patience, courage, friendship, loyalty and love. It becomes a rite of passage that reflects the desires and needs of youngsters traveling toward maturity as they are forced t...

Rusting, like all of David Axelrod's books, is compelling. Axelrod offers these poems "... as life lessons. I am not just writing poems, I am fostering empathy. Let us share what we have, for better or worse, and make something good of it. I may not be a life coach, but I do wish us all a happier existence and these poems are the closest I can come to a survival guide." Axelrod's poems are personal and moving and, as mirrors to ourselves, elic...

Three delightful geese take up housekeeping in a pine tree in the middle of a forest. They are neat little geese, and at Christmastime, they dust and clean to be ready for the holiday. One little goose finishes first, and when she is tired of waiting, she starts eating crackers. What happens next begins an adventure with a surprise ending involving a whole neighborhood of little birds. It is a perfect Christmas story. (Note: English with Russi...

Three delightful geese take up housekeeping in a pine tree in the middle of the forest. They are very neat little geese, and at Christmas time they dust and clean to be ready for the holiday. One little goose finishes first, and when she is tired of waiting, she starts eating crackers. What happens next begins an adventure with a surprise ending involving a whole neighborhood of little birds. It is a perfect Christmas story. The book is writte...

English/Spanish version. Three delightful geese take up housekeeping in a pine tree in the middle of the forest. They are very neat little geese, and at christmas time they dust and clean to be ready for the holiday. One little goose finishes first, and when she is tired of waiting, she starts eating crackers. What append next begins an adventure with a surprise ending, involving a whole neighborhood of little birds. It's a perfect Christmas s...

THE BLACK DUTCHMAN, REALITIES:BOOK TWO is the second book of the two-part series of The Black Dutchman. In this book, the black dutchman himself, grandson of the first character presented, speaks in first person, narrating what happened to him in the third generation of the strong survivors of the original tragedy. Richard Read's memoirs read almost as a fictional novel, but they will remain in the heart and mind long after the reader has fini...

What if one day you woke up and the world was a different place from the one you knew? WOWZZA! Wouldn't that be exciting! A sidewalk was really a little girl who walked sideways all the time. And a butterfly was a stick of butter that flew around the house! Come visit this different world. Maybe you've been there before. HAVE YOU?

Who could ever help poor old Jack Spratt? For he is so lean and his wife is so fat Everyone thinks it's a hopeless task 'Till Zack comes to the rescue at last. ANOTHER EXCITING ADVENTURE OF THE ZACHARY HAMM SERIES BY DR. JIM SHOOPMAN. OTHER BOOKS IN THE ZACHARY HAMM series: "Zachary Hamm in the Land of Eggs" "Cowboy Zack and the Monkey from the Muggletown Zoo

ack Morrison, investigative reporter, is writing a biography of the late Peyton Bonner, a wealthy oil man and philanthropist. Jack's past comes back to haunt him when his lover, Meredith Bonner, the eldest of Bonner's daughters, is killed in an auto accident. Not only is he being investigated for murder by the very police department about which he wrote a negative exposé he is thwarted by Bonner's step-daughter, twenty-one year old Lindy Rene ...

The Royal Dragon Billy Bob had no idea what a summer camp was when the princess suggested he should go during summer vacation. He was excited and fearful at the same time. When he discovered that three close friends would be his tent mates, he was very happy, and even more so when he saw Prince Arthur Jim Ray was the camp leader. During the day he seemed happy as he dealt with new adventures, even the adventure where he has to overcome his gre...