Best Friends Forever: A Puppy’s Tale
Scoopie has just turned four, and she is getting a puppy for her birthday! Scoopie and her new puppy, Sandy, become instant best friends. They play together, eat ice cream, and sleep in the same bed! But when Sandy falls ill, Scoopie is left with endless questions: What’s wrong with Sandy? Will she get better? When will we get to play again? With just one diagnosis, everything changes…. Best Friends Forever: A Puppy’s Tale is a tender, heart-warming story about love, loss, and everlasting friendship. It is a wonderful resource of care for parents and teachers that will help them guide children through the real-life experience of owning, loving, and losing a beloved family pet, and finding the courage to share that love again.
Eddie the Elephant’s Magical Ear
Eddie the Elephant’s Magical Ear is a Best Selling Children’s book addressing the physical and emotional impact of hearing loss, the impact that helping others can have, and the magic that happen when kindness, technology and a receptive heart comes together together Eddie is different than the other elephants. He has broken and lost his ear! Without his ear he cannot hear. Join Eddie on his journey to find his broken and lost ear. Meet the itsy bitsy spider who, with the help of a hearing aid, helps Eddie recover his hearing. With vivid illustrations and Dr. Seuss like rhymes, this book “provides the perfect opportunity for young readers and read-aloud parents to absorb the basics about hearing loss remedies, and the impact of concerned friends dedicated to improving the world through their actions, and use of hearing solutions.” ~ Diane Donovan, Editor Donovan’s Literary Services.
Freeze Frame
A troubled boy. A mysterious past. An ever-changing reality. Will Horner leaves his former high school behind for a fresh start. Soon, he will find the past repeats itself. Will begins his junior year at Pinehurst Academy, a neighboring Arts School. As an introverted, avid filmmaker, it seems like the perfect fit. However, Will hasn’t made any films since the incident. Instead, he’s been living them. His world is not always what others see. When his emotions take over, Will’s reality runs in danger of suddenly shifting. When he becomes too nervous, too excited, or too scared, the world before him transforms into a new reality, a real-life film. His father forced Will to stop making movies altogether, believing them to only bring on the episodes. When a new group of friends recruits Will for a major movie project for a grand prize, Will must decide if the film is worth the risk. With the help of his new friends, he will push the boundaries of his reality and try to move on from the horrors of his past. Can he escape his past before it’s too late?
From Grandma with Love
From Grandma with Love was created by Bella, a five-year-old with a very vivid imagination. Her Mom, Katia, has been her accomplice since the moment Bella said, “Mama, I would love for my family, my friends and my teachers to read my story. Is that possible, Mama?”
Good Night My Blessing: A Mom’s love letter
We as mothers have a hard job to do. We must teach, nurture, and guide our children. Sometimes that means we must be harder than we mean or want to. This book is the love letter to let our children know what they mean to us. In this book are the words and thoughts that will hug them and comfort them always. This book is a love letter to my babies. No matter how hard life and life’s lessons are; I wanted them to know my love is always with them. They are the greatest blessings in my life, and I want them to always know that.
Pandemic Adventures with Pop Pop
This third book in the series fast-forwards four years to the 2020 pandemic with a unique approach to that unprecedented year. While activities were restricted for children, parents and grandparents found ways to keep going. Pandemic Adventures with Pop Pop follows the unique way Pop Pop found to entertain his Grandmen Dean and Levi. During the pandemic, or as Grandman Dean called it, “The Sickness,” Pop Pop found fun ways to keep his Grandmen safe, educating them while also creating positive and fun memories. The Adventures with Pop Pop series of children’s books covers adventures with Pop Pop and his Grandmen. Each book takes us on an adventure to places like Walmart, preschool, and adventures during the pandemic. Future books will cover more adventures, like a birthday party with a surprise visit by Louie the mascot from the St. Louis Blues, Grant’s Farm, the arrival of little brother, and many more. Fans of Pop Pop and the Grandmen can follow on social media and also follow along on YouTube with snippets of their adventures that inspired the books.
Reece and the Silent Slumber Party
Reece and the Silent Slumber Party features Reece, an imaginative young girl, who at bedtime feels both alone and crestfallen. Reece’s father uses love and imagination to transform Reece’s bedtime ritual into a positive experience by surprising Reece with a “silent slumber party.” This story explores the power of creativity and the importance of the father-daughter bond.
Where My Breath Loves Me
Mindfulness is a tool for everyone in the world. With daily practices, we become curious to what is happening right in the moment. Clarity of the moment helps our mind to be calm, gentle, and compassionate. Best of all, recognizing each moment enhances our lives. With mindfulness, young children maximize learning experiences and that enriches their personal discovery. In this book, Where My Breath Loves Me, a mindfulness teacher, Mr. Gentleheart, uniquely invites his students into the world of mindfulness with a simple inquiry, “Where do people feel the love from their breath?” With the help of compassionate adults in her life, April’s curiosity gradually evolves into appreciation of her own breath at the next level throughout daily activities in places such as the choir room, classroom, art room, gym, in nature, the swimming pool, coffee shop, and her own bed. She keeps wondering, however, when she would discover the exact place that she can connect with her breath. April’s beautiful discovery is finally revealed right in front of Mr. Gentleheart. With its sister book, My Breath Loves Me, Where My Breath Loves Me teaches young children how to appreciate each moment of their lives by getting along with a life-long best friend: the breath.