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When Fred the Snake Goes to School

by Peter B. Cotton

This is the 2nd of the rhyming and beautifully illustrated books about Fred the friendly snake. It tells how the boy persuades his mother and the teacher to allow him to take Fred to school. Everyone was nervous at first, but Fred won them over by turning him to useful things they needed, like a jump rope, soccer goal and waterslide. He got a million merit points.

Fred is often called Fred-Fred because he got squished in two in the first book when failing to watch when crossing the road... more

Mel at Home

by Juan Díaz

FINAL REDEMPTION

by Helen Heinmiller

Emmy Harris was to embark on a humanitarian venture, when an unexpected appearance of an angelic woman brings back memories of the mysterious events surrounding her mother’s death and reveals a bitter betrayal that sends her to Kazakhstan to start her life over. Just as Emmy’s life begins to come together, she is thrown into the center of an international crisis that threatens her life and humanity’s survival. Emmy’s misfortune becomes a long-awaited opportunity for a covert spiritual group call... more

Miss E.

by Brian Herberger

Being the new kid in town is a way of life for Bets, but moving to California in 1967 is different. Her father leaves for the war in Vietnam, her history teacher gives an assignment that has the whole school searching for clues, and the town's most mysterious resident shares a secret with Bets that has been hidden away for decades. When a peaceful protest spins out of control, Bets is forced to reconsider how she feels about the war her father is fighting and her own role in events taking place ... more

The Colors of Love

by Lauren Rose

Sarah is a young chick who decides to give her mother the best birthday present she has ever received. Her mother always told her that love is full of many colors. Sarah uses this information to search for her mother's present. Throughout the story Sarah goes on an adventure searching for the 'colors of love'. She meets a few friends along the way who try to explain the colors of love. While on this search Sarah learns a lesson on love and how its colors are found everywhere.

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Lily the Fancipoo SIGNED Hardcover Book

by Rebekah Phillips

Lily the Fancipoo is not your average pooch! Meet Lily, an absolutely adorable maltese who has everything in the world she could possibly want...except friends. She learns after a stay in the country with her cousins...that LOVE far outweighs the benefits of material things! Keep your eye out for all the hidden creatures in the book including the adorable "Lottie the Mouse" who makes her appearance once Lily arrives in the country!

Piper was Afraid Signed Book

by Rebekah Phillips

Piper is an enormous Irish Wolfhound who is afraid of just about everything. With a little love and patience from his family, he realizes it is fear itself holding him back from having fun!

Fragments from 5th Ave

by Ryan P. C. Trimble

In the fall of 1922, David Moran returns to North Carolina to finish his studies following a less than satisfactory six months spent in Paris. In search of a place to stay for the semester, he answers an intriguing classified ad and soon moves into a house with three complete strangers. What follows are five wild and eye-opening months in that unforgettable house as the four, formerly unknown to each other, bond and grow during the last summer before their adult years take hold.

A Summer of Good-Byes

by Fred Misurella

Coming this April:

Passion in Provence: Ben and Lee Alto follow Van Gogh's 19th century path to Provence, hoping to find inspiration for their own lives and give their son, Misha, insight into a world completely different from their own. They find art, a world of beautiful landscapes, warm temperatures, and wonderful food. But they also find a ghost of their past, and it's not Vincent Van Gogh, but a woman Ben once loved and a man, Zach, a well-known jazz musician, who teaches t... more

Wives of the Saints

by Kathy Cecala

Best friends Grace and Miranda, married 'forever' to pious and stodgy men, long for adventure. But their saintly spouses have their own devils to deal with, including both unholy temptations, and 'performance issues.' Grace tries to take flight, with near-disastrous consequences, while Miranda is stunned by the return of her 'starter' husband, a man her current husband knows nothing about. A humorous take on love and longtime marriage...for better or for worse.

The Shallow End

by Jeremy Liles

Thad Poole has some problems. The Career Problem: A few weeks into his new job, he finds himself at the center of a high-profile project that he concocted based on a coworker’s misreading of a computer magazine’s joke. Despite Thad’s attempts to quietly kill the project, it quickly metastasizes into a horror-movie blob of lies, ego, and corporate politics. The Family Problem: To put it bluntly, they’re nuts. Thad’s father, a chemist, used his three children as test subjects for homemade ... more

Some Kind of Ending

by Conon Parks

It is a tale where 'On the Road' collides with the wide open sea as disparate characters seek their bread and fortune amidst natural and political external forces and their own inner demons...from the high plains of the Dakotas to the treacherous waters of the Bering Sea---boundaries are crossed: a novel of modern-day pirates.

Eulalie and Washerwoman (Florida Folk Magic Stories Book 2)

by Malcolm R. Campbell

Torreya, a small 1950s Florida Panhandle town, is losing its men. They disappear on nights with no moon and no witnesses. Foreclosure signs appear in their yards the following day while thugs associated with the Klan pack out everything of value from inside treasured homes that will soon be torn down. The police won't investigate and the church keeps its distance from all social and political discord. Conjure woman Eulalie Jenkins, her shamanistic cat, Lena, and neighbor Willie Tate discover ... more

Tommy Turner's Tremendous Travels

by Ali Seegar

Tommy doesn’t feel much like a hero, and who would with an unbearable family, new school ‘blues’ and the threat of the Higgins Twins’ fists on Monday morning. But then a chance meeting with old Mr Petrovsky propels Tommy into a time-travelling, adventure-chasing double life. By day he’s just a normal, messed-up football-loving kid but his nights are spent visiting aliens, fighting mythical creatures and even winning the World Cup! But can he learn to win at school, too? And, when Mr Petrovsky te... more

A Woman Misunderstood (Tennessee Delta Series Book 2)

by Melinda Clayton

On a sweltering July morning in rural Tennessee, fifty-year-old Rebecca Reynolds visits the family farm, where she literally stumbles across the mutilated bodies of her parents and younger sister, a sister who had spent life in a wheelchair after a birth fraught with complications. Rebecca’s first thought is to call 911. Her second is to find her estranged sister, Lena, who was disowned by the family years before. Her third is to wonder how long it will be before Lena is arrested for the murd... more

A Dangerous Book for Dogs: Train Your Humans

by Cathy Burnham Martin

Eat this book! Bury it, hide it, or give it to another favorite canine pal, but “A Dangerous Book for Dogs” should not be allowed to fall into the paws of humans. Don’t reveal all the goodies that Bandit, a fabulous “Furever” dog, has compiled for your eyes only. Here it is… the definitive collection of training tips, human behavior modification techniques, and super secrets to happiness… all from his own experiences and those of his buddies. It’s all here to make your human healthier and ha... more

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