Holding Up the Sky (Giants and Monsters) by Lois Wickstrom

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Holding Up the Sky (Giants and Monsters) by Lois Wickstrom
Genre – Kids, Family
Page Count – 24
Cover Designer – Nicolas Milano

Coleen’s dad is a giant who doesn’t have a job. Or so people say. He walks around with his hands in the air and claims he’s holding up the sky. He steals crops and animals from farmers as he walks around holding up the sky. Nobody but Colleen believes him. One day, she invites the kids in her class to a party. Her dad stops holding up the sky to play with the kids. A star falls on her house and another one burns her yard. What will it take for everyone to believe the truth?

~ AMAZON ~

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Lois is a former high school chemistry teacher and former head science teacher at Science in the City Summer Camp in Philadelphia. She has also been an adjunct science teacher at University of South Florida. Since retiring, she continues to take science classes. Her class in Forensic Biology led to Little Red, The Detective, in which Red is studying fingerprint identification, so she can tell that “Grandma” isn’t who she says she is.

Lois has taken so many science classes that she believes science is the solution to almost every problem, including the dilemmas in fairy tales. She has invented what she calls Science Folktales. In each science-based tale, the protagonist achieves a better ending than the original because of learning scientific principles. She has turned some of these tales into plays.

She has also created a series of Mermaid Science stories, which make use of water science.

Lois is married to the love of her life. She has two children, four grandchildren and a dog.

Author Interview with Lois Wickstrom

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The Messy Kids by Lois Wickstrom

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The Messy Kids by Lois Wickstrom
Genre – Kids, Family
Page Count – 28
Cover Designer – Nicolas Milano

Chester doesn’t want to clean his room. He says he wants to clean the sandbox first. Four cat-faced aliens arrive in a merry-go-round-shaped spaceship and make an even bigger mess than he did. When he finally goes inside, the aliens put all his toys under his bed. His mom is not pleased. And she can’t see the aliens. But, she tells Chester to teach the aliens where his things go. The aliens copy him again. Will his mom believe him?

~ AMAZON ~

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Lois is a former science teacher. She has written a series of science-based folktales.  In each modernized tale, the protagonist achieves a better ending because of learning scientific principles. Lois likes to garden, ride her bike with her husband, cook, and she votes in every election.

Author Interview with Lois Wickstrom

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Huff… Puff… Grind! (Science Folktales) by Lois Wickstrom

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Huff… Puff… Grind! (Science Folktales) by Lois Wickstrom
Genre – Kids, Family
Page Count – 24
Cover Designer – Ada Konewki

The 3 Little Pigs have been to Architecture School. They know how to build Wolf-Proof houses

The wolf huffed and he puffed. But the pigs’ houses didn’t fall. The wolf-couldn’t get in. The pigs couldn’t go out. They were all hungry. The pigs knew that a problem can be a solution out-of-place.

Could they make good use of all that huffing and puffing?

~ AMAZON ~

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Lois is a former high school chemistry teacher and former head science teacher at Science in the City Summer Camp in Philadelphia. She has also been an adjunct science teacher at University of South Florida. Since retiring, she continues to take science classes. Her class in Forensic Biology led to Little Red, The Detective, in which Red is studying fingerprint identification, so she can tell that “Grandma” isn’t who she says she is.

Lois has taken so many science classes that she believes science is the solution to almost every problem, including the dilemmas in fairy tales. She has invented what she calls Science Folktales. In each science-based tale, the protagonist achieves a better ending than the original because of learning scientific principles. She has turned some of these tales into plays.

She has also created a series of Mermaid Science stories, which make use of water science.

Lois is married to the love of her life. She has two children, four grandchildren and a dog.

Author Interview with Lois Wickstrom

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Helpful Hudson by Dannielle Pickford

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Helpful Hudson by Dannielle Pickford
Genre – Kids
Page Count – 34
Cover Designer – Misty Black Designs

 Hudson is an amazing helper, but what will happen when his helpfulness leaves him feeling tired and overwhelmed?

Helpful Hudson is a fun, fast-paced story designed to help young readers learn the importance of looking after their own needs. As Hudson understands the value of self-care, he learns to become a better helper to himself and others.

Author Dannielle Pickford is a qualified physiotherapist with years of experience helping children learn and grow. Read along, and discover new literacy and social-emotional skills on every page!

Written for readers aged 3 to 7, Helpful Hudson provides an introduction to important life lessons that support children to become happy, healthy, and confident individuals. With an engaging narrative and bright illustrations, this book makes learning fun!

In Helpful Hudson, young readers will:

        Discover valuable social-emotional skills

        Learn the importance of self-care

        Practise reading and comprehension

Want to support your child’s learning journey? Start reading Helpful Hudson, and explore other picture books by Dannielle Pickford.

Purchase a copy of Helpful Hudson today!

~ AMAZON US ~ AMAZON AU ~

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Author Dannielle Pickford is a physiotherapist with years of experience helping children learn and grow. Dannielle Pickford created her first series after years of helping her child develop his speech sounds.

As an author Dannielle aims to tackle big and sometimes difficult conversations, give a step up to those who are falling behind, and let every child know they are perfect just the way they were made, not by making one generic book to fit all children but authentic, inclusive books with characters of all races and abilities.

Read along, and discover new literacy and social-emotional skills on every page!

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What Do the Plants Say? (Alex, the Inventor) by Lois Wickstrom

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What Do the Plants Say? (Alex, the Inventor) by Lois Wickstrom
Genre – Kids, Family
Page Count – 24
Cover Designer – Janet King

Alex hears the balloon flowers in her yard making noises.

Are they talking to her? She invents a plant translator so she can talk to her plants. Soon she and the flowers are planning a party. What do plants want to do at a party?

Can Alex make her plants’ party plans come true?

~ AMAZON ~

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Lois is a former science teacher. She has written a series of science-based folktales. In each modernized tale, the protagonist achieves a better ending because of learning scientific principles. Lois likes to garden, ride her bike with her husband, cook, and she votes in every election.

Author Interview with Lois Wickstrom

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People Safari by Feather Chelle

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People Safari by Feather Chelle
Genre – Kids, Adventure
Page Count – 52
Cover Designer – Pandu Permana
BOOKBUB – Coming Soon

  With a fresh perspective on human behavior, as seen by a deer family and their raccoon guide, this book will get you thinking like an animal scientist and have you laughing, as well. Not only are these musings fun, but they just might bring us closer to the natural world and deepen our respect for it, making us better stewards of our environment in the future

~ AMAZON ~

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Feather Chelle is a single mother, living in Texas with her children, two grandpuppies and a grandpiggy (guinea pig).  She is totally blind, due to a battle with Retinoblastoma and enjoys homeschooling with her family.
      She loves to teach and has been writing since the first grade, starting out  on her grandma’s old typewriter, although her first book was not published until the very end of 2020. The pandemic forced her to slow down from many activities, and she decided to use some of her newly discovered spare time to focus on publishing some books that she had written throughout the years. To date, she has managed to publish seven books, and there are over twenty more books in various stages of production. Her goal is to create fun and engaging books that also educate.

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Tally and the Angel: Book Three, Japan by Eleanor Dixon

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Tally and the Angel: Book Three, Japan by Eleanor Dixon
Genre – Kids, Fantasy
Page Count – 200
Cover Designer – Rob Bennet
A trip to Japan brings a daunting new challenge for Tally and her angel Jophiel. A vengeful ghost-queen, ancient samurai warriors and a cursed drum unite to put Tally in greater danger than ever. Worst of all, she doesn’t know if she can trust her new friends Miyu and Yoshi. But when Tally needs Jophiel most, he is distracted by a mysterious Japanese angel. How does Jophiel know Kumi, and does she hold the answer to the long-buried curse?

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I spent my school life in a girls’ boarding-school specialising in classical ballet and on leaving I danced professionally, touring Europe, for 4 years. After that, I ran my own ballet school in Athens, Greece for several years and simultaneously volunteered as a veterinary nurse, as my love of animals is the driving force in my life. I returned to England with my horse and my cat, and now live on a smallholding in Shropshire with my husband, various farm animals and a constant stream of pets.

 I started writing while in Greece and completed a Creative Writing Course with the Writers’ Bureau. The same year, I won an annual competition in the Writing Magazine for an adult Fairy Story.

On my return to England, I wrote two children’s books, but my new life, caring for Highland Cattle, sheep, hens, and pets, coupled with extensive global travel, meant that writing for publication took a back seat. I continued my love of writing with a daily journal and amusing travel blogs of each trip.

I am now writing full time and THE GRACEFUL GHOST was my first self-published book. It was shortlisted for the UK Selfies 2021 Award and draws on my own experiences in ballet-boarding-school and early teenage life. Book two, Ballet School Boys, introduces boys to the school and book three, Ballet School Rumours continues their adventures with the resident ghosts, Grace and Rodney.

I am also working on a six-book series called TALLY AND THE ANGEL. Tally and her angel’s first adventure takes them to India. In the second book they go to Canada, in North Yukon and the third in Japan. I intend them to have adventures in Greece, Egypt, Peru – anywhere I have been, really. Each book has an extra story woven into it because every chapter starts with a paragraph telling the back story of one of the mystical elements of the story. Book One tells the story of Jophiel, the Angel. Book Two tells the story of Auric, the Spirit of Gold.

I am truly passionate about writing and have all my books professionally edited and proofread before going to print.

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Fee, Fi, Fo, Grow! (Science Folktales) by Lois Wickstrom

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Fee, Fi, Fo, Grow! (Science Folktales) by Lois Wickstrom
Genre – Kids, Family
Page Count – 28
Cover Designer – Ada Konewki

Jacqueline’s Family is Hungry. She Doesn’t Want to Eat her Friendly but Dry Cow.

When Jacqueline trades the cow at the market for a few so-called “magic beans,” her mom tosses them out the window in a fit of anger. When Jacqueline discovers the beans really are magic, she climbs the giant beanstalk and learns that her family is not the only one suffering from hunger. Now Jacqueline wants to feed the family of giants as well as her own.Yes, the giant family has riches, but you can’t eat them. And she would never consider robbing them.

Will Jacqueline learn the real magic of the beans in time to feed everyone?

~ AMAZON ~

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 Lois is a former science teacher. She has written a series of science-based folktales. In each modernized tale, the protagonist achieves a better ending because of learning scientific principles. Lois likes to garden, ride her bike with her husband, cook, and she votes in every election.

Author Interview with Lois Wickstrom

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A Monster for Meg (Giants and Monsters) by Lois Wickstrom

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A Monster for Meg (Giants and Monsters) by Lois Wickstrom
Genre – Kids, Family
Page Count – 32
Monsters are Scary. Meg doesn’t understand why. She’s blind. Meg’s big sister tries to explain why using senses other that sight. But every time, Meg interprets the scary monster as something her big sister has done, like bump her head in their secret fort, or lick her fingers sticky with peanut butter, or drool over strawberry smoothies. In the end the best things about monsters is they are a reason for the big sister to wrap her arms around Meg give her a monster hug. Could you scare Meg?

~ AMAZON ~


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Lois Wickstrom lives in a world where imaginary playmates are real. She doesn’t remember being born, so she finds unbirthdays are more exciting than the official once-a-year date on the calendar. She’s taken so many science classes that she believes science is the solution to almost every problem, including the dilemmas in fairy tales.

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The Guardian of Whispers (The Reeds of West Hills Book 1) by B. E. Padgett

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The Guardian of Whispers (The Reeds of West Hills Book 1) by B. E. Padgett
Genre – Kids, Fantasy
Page Count – 268
Cover Designer – Annie Loomis

Not long into fifth grade, ten-year-old twins Frank and Jon Reed undergo extraordinary changes: Frank starts reading minds. Jon can see the future. But every magical gift has a cost.

The constant voices whispering in Frank’s head won’t stop. He can’t sleep or even think. Horrifying nightmares plague Jon, making it harder and harder for him to wake up.

Their hope lies at West Hills School for the Perceptually Gifted, a boarding school in the Pacific Northwest, and the only place they can learn to control their powers.

Moving to a new school means making new friends, meeting new teachers, and being required to live thousands of miles from their family. At least they have each other . . . until a dangerous relic, the Guardian of Whispers, goes missing. All evidence of the theft points to Jon.

With the school board on the verge of expelling Jon for the crime, Frank, his friends, and a grouchy old gifts teacher must catch the real culprit and clear Jon’s name.

The Guardian of Whispers is the first book in the middle grade kid’s fantasy series The Reeds of West Hills. Fans of Rick Riordan and TJ Klune’s The House in the Cerulean Sea will enjoy this book.

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B. E. Padgett is a poet and children’s author in the Pacific Northwest. She was a student affair professional at Everett Community College before pursuing her passion for writing and storytelling. She graduated with a B. A. in Professional and Creative Writing from Central Washington University. She was editor-in-chief at Manastash Literary Journal and event coordinator for Poetry Northwest.

Growing up in a loud and chaotic family of eight inspired her to create stories about sibling connections and challenges. Although she enjoys many things in life, she considers being an auntie one of her biggest joys. She is best known for her series The Reeds of West Hills.

Her hobbies include crocheting stuffed animals, dress up tea parties, graphic design, illustration, whistling and reading.

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Brave Kids: Short Stories to Inspire Future World Changers by Janice Pratt

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Brave Kids: Short Stories to Inspire Future World Changers by Janice Pratt
Genre – Kids, Family
Page Count – 256

Brave Kids: Short Stories to Inspire Future World-Changers is your brave kid’s personal guidebook to understanding bravery which comes in many forms, magically appearing in many different situations and locations, like an airport, a hike, in school, or even at home.

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Sometimes when you dream, it takes a while for it to become a reality. I have wanted to write books since I was a little girl and fell in love with my hometown library. I read books at school, at home, in bed, and even in the bathtub. I just couldn’t get enough of faraway places, brave heroes and heroines, and the experience of getting lost in a new and amazing adventure in each book. Through the years, I became the owner of a preschool, a public librarian, a school librarian, and a children’s yoga teacher but no matter what I did I shared stories with children. Finally, at age 62, I published my first book but I know it won’t be my last.

Author Interview with Janice Pratt

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Small Fry by Stephenie Wilson Peterson

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Genre – Kids, Family
Page Count – 260
Cover Designer – Alen Paredes
BOOKBUB – Coming Soon

A bully candidate dead set on winning.

Corruption that goes all the way to the top.

Election fraud.

A revolution of young voters.

Middle school elections are brutal.

When Silas started 6th grade, no one at his new school believed he was eleven, not even the teachers! Because of his growth hormone deficiency, he was the shortest kid in school.

By a lot.

He didn’t let his height keep him from making friends with some of the other kids in the school band. The only problem is that Silas and his friends are pestered by a relentless bully! When Silas hears the bully is running for class president, he knows someone needs to stand up for the little guys, and that someone is him! Silas enters the race, but he’ll have to overcome bullying and cheating, all while his heart is breaking over his grandfather’s diminishing memory.

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Stephenie is the author of several books for kids. Stephenie and her family currently live near Raleigh, North Carolina, but she grew up just outside of Seattle. Stephenie writes, teaches creative writing, and homeschools her three amazing kids.

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How to Make a Flying Carpet (Alex, the Inventor) by Lois Wickstrom

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How to Make a Flying Carpet (Alex, the Inventor) by Lois Wickstrom
Genre – Kids, Family
Page Count – 27
Cover Designer – Janet King

The refrigerator magnet broke. Alex never lets anything go to waste. What can she do with it?

Follow Alex as she enters a world of imagination where she learns science fundamentals. Imagination creates experiments. Experiments create ideas. Ideas create inventions. Magnets can stick together. Magnets can push apart. Can Alex use these magnets to build a flying carpet? She’ll need to do many experiments and make changes when things don’t work. She keeps trying.

Learn about magnets along with Alex.

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Lois Wickstrom lives in a world where imaginary playmates are real. She doesn’t remember being born, so she finds unbirthdays are more exciting than the official once-a-year date on the calendar. She’s taken so many science classes that she believes science is the solution to almost every problem, including the dilemmas in fairy tales.

She writes by herself. She writes with co-authors. She asks illustrators what they would like to draw. If she ever writes her autobiography, the title will be My Life as a Group Project.

Her mother used to get angry with her for daydreaming. Her little sister picked on her. So she lived in books and wrote her own stories in which the bad-guys made sense, and the good-guys had a chance. As she has grown older, her imagination has grown weirder. Even she doesn’t know what she will write next.

Lois is a former science teacher. She has written a series of science-based folktales, and turned some of them into plays. In each modernized tale, the protagonist achieves a better ending because of learning scientific principles. Lois likes to garden, ride her bike with her husband, cook, and she votes in every election.

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Little Red, the Detective (Science Folktales) by Lois Wickstrom

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Pulling Together by Lois Wickstrom
Genre – Kids, Family
Page Count – 28

Little Red is Learning to be a Detective. And Grannie is Teaching her to Identify Plants.

Grannie asks Little Red to bring her some cone flowers to make delicious tea. While Little Red is walking through the woods to Grannie’s house, she meets a wolf who gives her a bunch of cone-shaped purple flowers. She thanks the wolf and then gets out her plant identification book. While she is comparing the flowers to the pictures in her book, the wolf trots along down the path.

When Little Red arrives at Grannie’s house, she senses things aren’t right. Little Red must use her new detective skills to determine if Grannie is who she says she is. She already knows the flowers the wolf gave her weren’t cone flowers.

Red comes up with a plan to help save the day – all with a little help from science.

~ AMAZON ~

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Lois Wickstrom lives in a world where imaginary playmates are real. She doesn’t remember being born, so she finds unbirthdays are more exciting than the official once-a-year date on the calendar. She’s taken so many science classes that she believes science is the solution to almost every problem, including the dilemmas in fairy tales.

She writes by herself. She writes with co-authors. She asks illustrators what they would like to draw. If she ever writes her autobiography, the title will be My Life as a Group Project.

Her mother used to get angry with her for daydreaming. Her little sister picked on her. So she lived in books and wrote her own stories in which the bad-guys made sense, and the good-guys had a chance. As she has grown older, her imagination has grown weirder. Even she doesn’t know what she will write next.

Lois is a former science teacher. She has written a series of science-based folktales, and turned some of them into plays. In each modernized tale, the protagonist achieves a better ending because of learning scientific principles. Lois likes to garden, ride her bike with her husband, cook, and she votes in every election.

Author Interview with Lois Wickstrom

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Noah’s Not So Super Summer (A Super Series–Book 1) by Brittany Tucker

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Noah’s Not So Super Summer (A Super Series–Book 1) by Brittany Tucker
Genre – Kids, Sci-Fi
Page Count – 190
Cover Designer – Miblart

Noah Reagan has always dreamed of making it big—for science. A place in The Summer with Supers Youth Program would provide him with just that. Popularity, respect, and maybe even a bully-free semester.

But when Lincoln City’s mutant infestation leaves Noah’s dreams crushed beneath a pile of rubble, he’s forced to spend the summer working for his dad’s failing Mega-Maintenance company, cleaning up after the very creatures that have stolen his freedom.

With the real heroes battling back the incoming hordes, Noah begins his investigation into the madness fueling the monsters, hoping to end the mega-meltdowns before his last chances of a super summer are swept into the dustbin.

Though, with the mastermind holding the keys to Noah’s dreams, interfering may doom him to an off-brand existence, and a future of atomic wedgies, forever.

~ AMAZON ~

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Brittany Tucker lives on an island off the coast of Washington state with her husband, daughter, a menagerie of fur-children, and her imagination. She prefers generic cereal, collects tattoos and action figures, and was in the top 5% on the planet for ship’s sunk in Assassin’s Creed III.

Brittany also likes to write books from time to time.

Author Interview with Brittany Tucker

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Pulling Together by Lois Wickstrom

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Pulling Together by Lois Wickstrom
Genre – Kids, Family
Page Count – 28

Grandma knits Lila a poncho.  This poncho has not one, but three, head holes in it! Lila is sure Grandma made a mistake. Grandma sends her out to play, saying, “We all pull together!” Lila thinks that makes no sense. She encounters three kids who need her help, including the neighborhood bully. Who will she help? And what does the poncho have to do with it?

~ AMAZON ~


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Lois Wickstrom lives in a world where imaginary playmates are real. She doesn’t remember being born, so she finds unbirthdays are more exciting than the official once-a-year date on the calendar. She’s taken so many science classes that she believes science is the solution to almost every problem, including the dilemmas in fairy tales.

She writes by herself. She writes with co-authors. She asks illustrators what they would like to draw. If she ever writes her autobiography, the title will be My Life as a Group Project.

Her mother used to get angry with her for daydreaming. Her little sister picked on her. So she lived in books and wrote her own stories in which the bad-guys made sense, and the good-guys had a chance. As she has grown older, her imagination has grown weirder. Even she doesn’t know what she will write next.

Lois is a former science teacher. She has written a series of science-based folktales, and turned some of them into plays. In each modernized tale, the protagonist achieves a better ending because of learning scientific principles. Lois likes to garden, ride her bike with her husband, cook, and she votes in every election.

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Chicken Little Investigates (Science Folktales) by Lois Wickstrom

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Chicken Little Investigates (Science Folktales) by Lois Wickstrom
Genre – Kids, Family
Page Count – 32
Cover Designer – Ada Konewki

When Chicken Little gets on the head, she thinks the sky is falling until she sees the acorn. With the help of her friend, Henny Penny, Chicken Little does experiments and learns about the power of gravity. On the way to tell the king of this new scientific discovery, they are captured by a sly fox and need to outsmart him before they become his dinner.

~ AMAZON ~

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Lois is a former high school chemistry teacher and former head science teacher at Science in the City Summer Camp in Philadelphia. She has also been an adjunct science teacher at University of South Florida. Since retiring, she continues to take science classes. Her class in Forensic Biology led to Little Red, The Detective, in which Red is studying fingerprint identification, so she can tell that “Grandma” isn’t who she says she is.

Lois has taken so many science classes that she believes science is the solution to almost every problem, including the dilemmas in fairy tales. She has invented what she calls Science Folktales. In each science-based tale, the protagonist achieves a better ending than the original because of learning scientific principles. She has turned some of these tales into plays.

She has also created a series of Mermaid Science stories, which make use of water science.

Lois is married to the love of her life. She has two children, four grandchildren and a dog.

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What Loretta’s Katydid Did (Loretta’s Insects) by Lois Wickstrom

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What Loretta’s Katydid Did (Loretta’s Insects) by Lois Wickstrom
Genre – Kids, Family
Page Count – 28
Cover Designer – Ada Konewki

The tree Grandma brings has aphids. Grandma says Loretta must kill the aphids before they kill the tree, but Loretta refuses because she loves insects. One day, a katydid finds the tree. It eats all the aphids. Then the katydid starts eating the tree. Loretta doesn’t want to get rid of the katydid. How will she keep her orange tree healthy for the science fair? With a little secret help from the insect world, Loretta just might win first place.

~ AMAZON ~

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Lois is a former high school chemistry teacher and former head science teacher at Science in the City Summer Camp in Philadelphia. She has also been an adjunct science teacher at University of South Florida. Since retiring, she continues to take science classes. Her class in Forensic Biology led to Little Red, The Detective, in which Red is studying fingerprint identification, so she can tell that “Grandma” isn’t who she says she is.

Lois has taken so many science classes that she believes science is the solution to almost every problem, including the dilemmas in fairy tales. She has invented what she calls Science Folktales. In each science-based tale, the protagonist achieves a better ending than the original because of learning scientific principles. She has turned some of these tales into plays.

She has also created a series of Mermaid Science stories, which make use of water science.

Lois is married to the love of her life. She has two children, four grandchildren and a dog.

Author Interview with Lois Wickstrom

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A Dress To Remember: A Fairy Tale by K.L. Small

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A Dress To Remember: A Fairy Tale by K.L. Small
Genre – Kids, Fantasy
Page Count – 192
Cover Designer – Brandon Dorman

A MAGICAL DRESS!

Strong-willed Princess Zarina wants a special dress for the Royal Advancement Ceremony on her birthday in two weeks. She makes a deal with a mysterious dressmaker for a ball gown that everyone will remember.

The dressmaker creates a beautiful black dress for her. However, it’s not the dress Zarina expected. Especially when fire fairies dance across the skirt.

After the deal with the dressmaker goes wrong, Zarina is trapped in the magical dress. She must return to the castle on her own. But invaders attack the kingdom and kill the King and Queen. Princess Zarina must avoid capture.

Will the magical dress help her defeat the invaders and save the kingdom?

Winner of a 2022 Bronze Award from the Florida Writers Association’s Royal Palm Literary Awards in unpublished children’s fiction.

~ AMAZON ~

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  1. L. Small is the author of fantasy novels for young readers and those who are young at heart. She was born in Queens, New York. She started college as a Creative Writing major and spent most of her professional career doing business writing.  She is a three-time winner of Royal Palm Literary Awards for her children’s fiction, including A Dress to Remember. Several of her short stories have been published in anthologies.

Her childhood dream was to own a horse and be an author. She is living her dream in Brooksville, Florida, with her husband, Rick, on a ranch called Carousel Acres. They own three horses (Rory, ShyAnne, and Skylark) and four cats (Blanche, Dorothy, Rose, and Stan). You can follow her on the Web at https://kathleenlsmall.com, and sign-up for her newsletter to get updates on her writing activities. Other fantasy novels are coming soon.

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The Empty Box (Invisible Magic Wand Series) by Lois Wickstrom

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The Empty Box (Invisible Magic Wand Series) by Lois Wickstrom
Genre – Kids, Family
Page Count – 32
Cover Designer – Nicolás Milano

The Box Looks Empty. But Grandpa Says it’s an Invisible Magic Wand.

(Formerly Invisible Magic Wand) Every year, on his Unbirthday, Grandpa gives Caspian a silly gift. Something that would not be appropriate for his Birthday. This year, he receives an Invisible Magic Wand, which enables him to control time. He can speed time up to get places faster. He can slow time down to enjoy his favorite foods longer.

Can it help him win a basketball game?

~ AMAZON ~


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Lois is a former high school chemistry teacher and former head science teacher at Science in the City Summer Camp in Philadelphia. She has also been an adjunct science teacher at University of South Florida. Since retiring, she continues to take science classes. Her class in Forensic Biology led to Little Red, The Detective, in which Red is studying fingerprint identification, so she can tell that “Grandma” isn’t who she says she is.

Lois has taken so many science classes that she believes science is the solution to almost every problem, including the dilemmas in fairy tales. She has invented what she calls Science Folktales. In each science-based tale, the protagonist achieves a better ending than the original because of learning scientific principles. She has turned some of these tales into plays.

She has also created a series of Mermaid Science stories, which make use of water science.

Lois is married to the love of her life. She has two children, four grandchildren and a dog.

Author Interview with Lois Wickstrom

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Saving the Gingerbread House (Science Folktales) by Lois Wickstrom

Is the Witch really going to enter the House Beautiful Contest? For that matter, is there really a witch? Something is tapping in the woods. Hansel and Gretel investigate. It’s not a witch building a  beautiful home. It’s a woodpecker. They were in such a hurry to find the source of the sound, now they are lost. They come upon a beautiful home. It’s made of gingerbread. Animals are nibbling. Hansel and Gretel,  eat some, too. Then the owner comes out. Have the hungry children ruined her chance to win that contest? What will she do?

~ AMAZON ~


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Lois is a former high school chemistry teacher and former head science teacher at Science in the City Summer Camp in Philadelphia. She has also been an adjunct science teacher at University of South Florida. Since retiring, she continues to take science classes. Her class in Forensic Biology led to Little Red, The Detective, in which Red is studying fingerprint identification, so she can tell that “Grandma” isn’t who she says she is.

Lois has taken so many science classes that she believes science is the solution to almost every problem, including the dilemmas in fairy tales. She has invented what she calls Science Folktales. In each science-based tale, the protagonist achieves a better ending than the original because of learning scientific principles. She has turned some of these tales into plays.

She has also created a series of Mermaid Science stories, which make use of water science.

Lois is married to the love of her life. She has two children, four grandchildren and a dog.

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Loretta’s Caterpillar (Loretta’s Insects) by Lois Wickstrom

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Loretta’s Caterpillar (Loretta’s Insects) by Lois Wickstrom
Genre – Kids, Family
Page Count – 40
Cover Designer – Ada Konewki

Loretta’s Insects Book Three – Loretta Finds a Caterpillar

Loretta finds a monarch caterpillar egg and protects it from a wasp, a bird, and a lizard as it eats milkweed, grows through metamorphosis, becomes a butterfly and finally flies away to continue its migration.

Learn alongside Loretta about the life cycle of a monarch butterfly.

~ AMAZON ~

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Lois is a former high school chemistry teacher and former head science teacher at Science in the City Summer Camp in Philadelphia. She has also been an adjunct science teacher at University of South Florida. Since retiring, she continues to take science classes. Her class in Forensic Biology led to Little Red, The Detective, in which Red is studying fingerprint identification, so she can tell that “Grandma” isn’t who she says she is.

Lois has taken so many science classes that she believes science is the solution to almost every problem, including the dilemmas in fairy tales. She has invented what she calls Science Folktales. In each science-based tale, the protagonist achieves a better ending than the original because of learning scientific principles. She has turned some of these tales into plays.

She has also created a series of Mermaid Science stories, which make use of water science.

Lois is married to the love of her life. She has two children, four grandchildren and a dog.

Author Interview with Lois Wickstrom

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Caspian’s UnBirthday (Invisible Magic Wand) by Lois Wickstrom

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Caspian’s UnBirthday (Invisible Magic Wand) by Lois Wickstrom
Genre – Kids, Family
Page Count – 32
Cover Designer – Nicolás Milano

Grandpa always gives Caspian a Silly Present for his Unbirthday

This year his Special Unbirthday present brown socks. Caspian is disappointed. Caspian puts them on and asks his mom, “What’s good about brown socks?” Grandpa tells him they are “Hot Chocolate Socks.” Then he spills cocoa on Caspian’s sock-clad feet. Caspian glares. Grandpa smiles. Suddenly, Caspian is airborne, flapping around wildly.

Grandpa gives Caspian a broom to steer. Then he spills hot cocoa on his own feet and grabs a mop.

Where will they go?

~ AMAZON ~

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Lois is a former high school chemistry teacher and former head science teacher at Science in the City Summer Camp in Philadelphia. She has also been an adjunct science teacher at University of South Florida. Since retiring, she continues to take science classes. Her class in Forensic Biology led to Little Red, The Detective, in which Red is studying fingerprint identification, so she can tell that “Grandma” isn’t who she says she is.

Lois has taken so many science classes that she believes science is the solution to almost every problem, including the dilemmas in fairy tales. She has invented what she calls Science Folktales. In each science-based tale, the protagonist achieves a better ending than the original because of learning scientific principles. She has turned some of these tales into plays.

She has also created a series of Mermaid Science stories, which make use of water science.

Lois is married to the love of her life. She has two children, four grandchildren and a dog.

Author Interview with Lois Wickstrom

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Arrrgh! Me Hate To Wait! by Mary Bleckwehl

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Arrrgh! Me Hate To Wait! by Mary Bleckwehl
Genre – Kids, Family
Page Count – 32
Cover Designer – Sara Weingartner
Illustrator – Gabby Correia

An impatient piggy has been waiting forever to sail away to big pig pirate school. There she’ll learn to be a real pirate and dive for hidden treasure. When the day finally arrives, the young scallywag gets cold hooves and can’t wait until the day ends! That is…until a surprise treasure drifts in from the high seas. Arrrgh!

~ AMAZON ~ BARNES & NOBLE ~

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Mary Bleckwehl is a Minnesota children’s author who has spent her career promoting literacy and the love of learning. She grew up in a big Iowa farm family with few books in her home but in school there were many! That is where she quickly learned that both magic and knowledge blossomed in words and grabbed every opportunity to read.

As a writer, Bleckwehl strives to reach the reluctant reader and donates a portion of her time and books to those in need. Arrrgh! Me HATE To Wait! is her tenth book and introduces readers to the impatient piggy pirate, Half-Pint Porky. Other work: three award-winning picture books, five nonfiction books, and her middle grade debut. She holds a Masters Degree in Educational Management from Lesley University in Cambridge, MA and a B.S. in Elementary Education from Wartburg College. She taught for over 20 years and has done author presentations to over 90,0000 students in schools and young writer conferences.

Bleckwehl lives in Northfield, Minnesota with her husband and super-sized dog; she has three adult children, and two grandchildren. To learn more visit:  marybleckwehl.com

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Bees in Loretta’s Bonnet (Loretta’s Insects) by Lois Wickstrom

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Bees in Loretta’s Bonnet (Loretta’s Insects) by Lois Wickstrom
Genre – Kids, Family
Page Count – 32
Cover Designer – Ada Konewki
When Loretta drops her armload of firewood on the hearth, a mysterious tube falls from between the logs. A leafcutter bee nest. As she looks for the bees, she wonders where they all went. She finds their new nest and watches as the bees hatch. Backmatter includes illustrated instructions for a homemade bee nest to attract these efficient garden pollinators to your yard.

~ AMAZON ~

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Lois is a former high school chemistry teacher and former head science teacher at Science in the City Summer Camp in Philadelphia. She has also been an adjunct science teacher at University of South Florida. Since retiring, she continues to take science classes. Her class in Forensic Biology led to Little Red, The Detective, in which Red is studying fingerprint identification, so she can tell that “Grandma” isn’t who she says she is.

Lois has taken so many science classes that she believes science is the solution to almost every problem, including the dilemmas in fairy tales. She has invented what she calls Science Folktales. In each science-based tale, the protagonist achieves a better ending than the original because of learning scientific principles. She has turned some of these tales into plays.

She has also created a series of Mermaid Science stories, which make use of water science.

Lois is married to the love of her life. She has two children, four grandchildren and a dog.

Author Interview with Lois Wickstrom

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Things are Shaking (Invisible Magic Wand Series) by Lois Wickstrom

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Things are Shaking (Invisible Magic Wand Series) by Lois Wickstrom
Genre – Kids, Family
Page Count – 24
Cover Designer – Nicolas Milano
Caspian is showing his cousin Belinda how to slow time and enjoy her waffles when an earthquake shakes the house. Books fall from bookshelves. Something falls against the door, so they can’t get out. They have to move quickly! Fortunately Caspian, Belinda and Grandpa all have invisible magic wands. The open the window, prop it open, climb out, and run down the driveway as all around them shakes and crashes. The neighbor never saw anyone run so quickly.  When it’s all over, Belinda wants to eat waffles with syrup.  Grandpa promises that if they fell on the floor, he’ll make more.

~ AMAZON ~

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Lois is a former high school chemistry teacher and former head science teacher at Science in the City Summer Camp in Philadelphia. She has also been an adjunct science teacher at University of South Florida. Since retiring, she continues to take science classes. Her class in Forensic Biology led to Little Red, The Detective, in which Red is studying fingerprint identification, so she can tell that “Grandma” isn’t who she says she is.

Lois has taken so many science classes that she believes science is the solution to almost every problem, including the dilemmas in fairy tales. She has invented what she calls Science Folktales. In each science-based tale, the protagonist achieves a better ending than the original because of learning scientific principles. She has turned some of these tales into plays.

She has also created a series of Mermaid Science stories, which make use of water science.

Lois is married to the love of her life. She has two children, four grandchildren and a dog.

Author Interview with Lois Wickstrom

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Ladybugs for Loretta (Loretta’s Insects) by Lois Wickstrom

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Ladybugs for Loretta (Loretta’s Insects) by Lois Wickstrom
Genre – Kids, Family
Page Count – 32

Loretta is a mischievous girl who lives in a cabin high up in the Colorado

mountains.  She loves her garden and the ladybugs that protect it.  But

where do they go in the winter? On a cold winter day while she is collecting

pine needles for her strawberry patch, she discovers ladybugs hiding under a

rock.  She finds even more behind a chunk of loose tree bark.

Through a loving relationship with her parents and  her garden, Loretta

learns about the life cycle of ladybugs.

~ AMAZON ~


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Lois is a former high school chemistry teacher and former head science teacher at Science in the City Summer Camp in Philadelphia. She has also been an adjunct science teacher at University of South Florida. Since retiring, she continues to take science classes. Her class in Forensic Biology led to Little Red, The Detective, in which Red is studying fingerprint identification, so she can tell that “Grandma” isn’t who she says she is.

Lois has taken so many science classes that she believes science is the solution to almost every problem, including the dilemmas in fairy tales. She has invented what she calls Science Folktales. In each science-based tale, the protagonist achieves a better ending than the original because of learning scientific principles. She has turned some of these tales into plays.

She has also created a series of Mermaid Science stories, which make use of water science.

Lois is married to the love of her life. She has two children, four grandchildren and a dog.

Author Interview with Lois Wickstrom

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Where Do Pirates Go on Vacation? by Kim Ann

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Where Do Pirates Go on Vacation? by Kim Ann
Genre – Kids, Adventure
Page Count – 40

The pirates have no more treasure to find and are ready to have some fun! Will they sail the seven seas or head for highest ground?

These sea-loving friends are ready for their own vacation. After sailing all around the world, the pirates are ready for a new adventure. But with the seas at their fingertips, where will they go and what will they do?

With sailing, camping, singing, and dancing all on their list, they’re excited to try everything out for themselves. Will the pirates have even more fun, than they already do?

Can you guess where they might go? And what they might do?

Where Do Pirates Go On Vacation is a fun adventure sure to delight any child. If you or your child likes pirates, guessing games, rhyming adventures, and vividly illustrated scenes, then you will love Kim Ann’s latest book in the Go On Vacation series.

~ AMAZON ~

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Kim Ann is a 10x bestselling and award-winning author whose fun, imaginative books help young readers develop a love of stories. She has published many children’s books, including Ninja School Rules and Ten Little Sandpipers, as well as the popular Ruby the Rainbow Witch®, Goldy the Puppy®, and the Go On Vacation book series.  

Kim has sold 90k+ units globally on Amazon, Barnes & Noble, and in various other locations. Always working on her next story, she looks forward to sharing many more books with her readers.

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Amaleigha Loves a Good Story by Janice Pratt

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Genre – Kids, Family, Inspirational
Page Count – 40

Amaleigha loves to read and visit her school library all the time. It is a great place to find new books and stories but she notices there is a shortage of certain books.

While her school and community have many people who have come to live there from different countries, the library doesn’t have many books for them to read in their own languages. Find out how Amaleigha solves this problem.

~ AMAZON ~

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Sometimes when you dream, it takes a while for it to become a reality. I have wanted to write books since I was a little girl and fell in love with my home town library. I read books at school, at home, in bed and even in the bathtub. I just couldn’t get enough of far away places, brave heroes and heroines and the experience of getting lost in a new and amazing adventure in each book. Through the years, I became  the owner of a preschool, a public librarian, a school librarian and a children’s yoga teacher but no mater what I did I shared stories with children. Finally, at age 62, I have published my first book but I know it won’t be my last. Check out Amaleigha and her big idea!

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The Sneaky Kitten (Invisible Magic Wand Book 4) by Lois Wickstrom

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The Sneaky Kitten (Invisible Magic Wand Book 4) by Lois Wickstrom
Genre – Kids, Family
Page Count – 28
A kitten is stuck in a tree. Caspian knows just what to do. He goes home, puts on his brown socks and spills cocoa on himself. But nothing is ever that simple. The kitten leads him on a merry chase, until a real flying saucer shows up. Will they find a way to play?

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Lois is a former high school chemistry teacher and former head science teacher at Science in the City Summer Camp in Philadelphia. She has also been an adjunct science teacher at University of South Florida. Since retiring, she continues to take science classes. Her class in Forensic Biology led to Little Red, The Detective, in which Red is studying fingerprint identification, so she can tell that “Grandma” isn’t who she says she is.

Lois has taken so many science classes that she believes science is the solution to almost every problem, including the dilemmas in fairy tales. She has invented what she calls Science Folktales. In each science-based tale, the protagonist achieves a better ending than the original because of learning scientific principles. She has turned some of these tales into plays.

She has also created a series of Mermaid Science stories, which make use of water science.

Lois is married to the love of her life. She has two children, four grandchildren and a dog.

Author Interview with Lois Wickstrom

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