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Warren Ackhurst From a long line of storytellers, Warren honed his skills teaching Elementary school. Born and educated in Zimbabwe, he has lived in South Africa, England and now resides in Vancouver, Canada. His love of animals and Africa have inspired this book Janice Lazzarich Janice was born and raised in Africa. She has lived in Zimbabwe, South Africa and Namibia. She now lives in England with her son and husband. When asked about what she misses...
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The Monster Show is the first children's book published by career consultant Susan K. Maciak. This illustrated storybook inspires preschoolers and elementary school children to expand their interests and imaginations. To go with her book, Maciak has produced a line of stuffed toys dubbed Dream Monsters. Each Dream Monster depicts different childhood interests and career dreams. For Dream Monsters see www.cameocareer.com
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There was only the bird book to tell her story. She left it as unfinished as her life seemed to be. The question of who she was led me to begin searching for the answers. Years ago I should have started searching while she was still alive; however, I did not really know about her until it was too late. I refused to have her life and legacy forgotten, and yet I was so slow in acting. I suppose there are those who would say that I should not invade...
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The Adventures of Nosy Birk and Sam McGee the Flea: Nosy Birk is a large Italian Mastiff who lives with his owners Rita and Jeffrey. One day Birk hears a strange little voice but cant find the person the voice belongs to. In this book you will help Birk find the source of the voice while enjoying the adventure! This book is geared toward children young and old. The theme is set to captivate young active children who are beginner readers as well as...
7) I See
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This is a visual and interactive approach to our amazing sense, the sense of site. This book includes: colors, directionality, animals, glasses, and counting.
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Ballerina Bunny is a story of awkward and timid small bunny that is confronted with a challenge to face a big fear and rise above her awkwardness all in one afternoon. The outcome changes everything she believed about herself including how others saw her. She leaves all the doubters speechless, and all her cheerleaders more proud than ever. In the process of finding her special gift, she helps to save someone else. The purpose of his little illustrated...
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Here are twenty delightful Irish tales for children, written seventy years ago by Anne Casserley, writer and teacher, who spent her childhood summers in County Donegal, the mountainous northwest coast of Ireland. There she learned first-hand the rural life and folklore of the County and became in time the talented and inventive storyteller of the world of Donegal. Her stories recall rural Ireland in a timeless time before cars, radios and electricity....
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Summary Did you ever imagine a cat and mouse being best friends forever. Well here you will, while you travel through this book, you will see how mouse felt about tripping over a rock and how cat felt when mouse said that cat was cheating at hide and seek, also see the thrilling tale of how mouse and cat were playing dress up in the attic. And all those other adventures with cat and mouse that you will see only in this book. I think this book would...
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Color the amazing animals from the Wilds of Africa: Ada the Aardvark Bakuna the Baboon Chenya the Cheetah Dominic the Duiker Ester the Elephant Fungi the Fox (Bat-Eared) Gaby the Giraffe Henry the Hermit Crab Immo the Iguana Jocko the Jackal Kevin the King Toad Luke the Lion Mamba the Monkey (Vervet) Nyeti the Nightape (Nagapie) Oscar the Ostrich Pela the Porcupine Quincy the Quagga Rutu the Rhinoceros Shona the Seagull Trent the Tortoise Una the...
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All the animals in this book are real, live, therapy animals that have entertained & educated thousands of people: young & old alike: By visiting childrens hospitals, assisted living homes, elementary schools, kindercares, & birthday parties. They are real! & these are their stories
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Mrs. Corns' class was working diligently to have perfect attendance for the week and a chance of earning the traveling trophy award. Mousey, a student in her class, loved school, but things always seemed to go wrong for him. If it wasn't one thing it was another.
With his determination and the help of his teacher, classmates, and Mom, he managed to sneak into school one way or another.
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In a beautiful valley, in a beautiful land, lay a paradise that belonged to the animals. For many years nothing had ever gone wrong. The forests were thick with trees. The plains were thick with grass. A mighty river ran through the valley and water was everywhere. All the animals were friends. Gaby the Giraffe talked to Zanti the Zebra. Luke the Lion and Dominic the Duiker walked side by side. Ester the Elephant swam with Clive the Crocodile. This...
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Callie, the rescued Calico kitten, is getting accustomed to her new family's routine. She has made friends with Mitzi, the family's German Shephard mix but now makes a new friend. Simbah, is an apricot miniature poodel given to Mom as a birthday present. At first Callie's not sure she likes Simbah because he's just too active for herstyle. After she gets to know him they become inseparable. After an accident Callie experiences the many emotions related...
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I belong to the Wilderness Society, the Sierra Club, and other organized groups whose goals are to seek to preserve the wilderness and wild animals. I naturally thought about preservation of life and survival when I wrote the poems in Nature Echo Book 1. In Nature Echo Book 2, I took actual happenings in my own life; again, the themes were about preservation of life with its challenges. Challengesto grow in knowledge, to face the death of my husband...
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With the help of the Reins of Life team, I Am . . . I Can: The Horseback Rider was written with new, young riders in mind, who often fear the strange sights, smells, and feelings they may experience at the barn. This book takes a young child through the process of introducing him to these new experiences along with encouraging him through the steps that safely ends with him riding his equine partner, Hampton. With this huge accomplishment, he sits...
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