A heart-warming and inspirational Christmas tale about the friendship between two young girls. This story's descriptiveness and detail gives a true sense of rural American life.

Dogs of a Different Collar, a novel for 8 to 12 year-olds, is a story about two girls with very different life styles and personalities. Unaware of the other's existence, they each adopt a poodle puppy from the same litter. Abby has begged her parents for as long as she can remember, and finally, she gets to pick out her very own puppy. Two of the litter are irresistible, but her dad insists "you can only take one dog home." After much deliberation, she decides on the poodle with the green collar. The pup with the pink collar, the one Abby leaves behind, is forlorn until the next day when young Sophie spots her. "You look lonely … just like me," she whispers to the little pink-collared doggy.

Abby enjoys the security of an affectionate family (even though her brother is a pest) and is very outgoing with lots of friends. She adores her new dog, Kelly, but still wonders, "What happened to that poodle puppy with the pink collar?" Sophie lives in a penthouse apartment in the city. For as long as she can remember, her family has moved to a new place every year. Making new friends is difficult for Sophie, and her parents are workaholics. "Rosie, you are my best friend," Sophie tells her lovable pup.

Will Abby ever discover what happened to the puppy with the pink collar? Come follow the parallel lives of two dogs and the girls who adopt them.

Runaway Fever is a humorous tale of self-discovery from the eyes of a sixteen-year-old girl. Taking place in an English town, Sophie Kent lives an unhappy life with her alcoholic and abusive Aunt Louisa. Her only comfort is her stubborn and shaggy dog, Ralph, the only thing she will miss. The story begins when Sophie officially decides to leave her aunt on the last day of school before summer vacation. She wants to go somewhere else, finish her high school education, and find hope, something that she has never been acquainted with.

Sophie remembers several moments from her past as she is attending the last day at Wellville High School, and leaves the popularity-based school for the "lonely road." The road is sort of a path to hope, though she is unprepared for what is ahead. She thinks of going to an orphanage, but then again, she admits it is not a permanent destination. The road leaves off too numerous places and people, each having a different influence upon Sophie. The only things she becomes hesitant about is staying in one place after she spent so many years stuck in a dreary lifestyle and accepting that happiness really exists.

Delaney Mulvaney had a one track mind when it came to a very special subject: horses! She'd spent the majority of her childhood wishing and dreaming ahout that special day when she would have a horse of her very own. In fact, some days - she WAS the horse! Just when Delaney was ready to give up the dream - a magical miracle occurred. The most beautiful buckskin horse on the entire planet galloped into her life!

Dogs of a Different Collar, a novel for 8 to 12 year-olds, is a story about two girls with very different life styles and personalities. Unaware of the other's existence, they each adopt a poodle puppy from the same litter. Abby has begged her parents for as long as she can remember, and finally, she gets to pick out her very own puppy. Two of the litter are irresistible, but her dad insists "you can only take one dog home." After much deliberation, she decides on the poodle with the green collar. The pup with the pink collar, the one Abby leaves behind, is forlorn until the next day when young Sophie spots her. "You look lonely … just like me," she whispers to the little pink-collared doggy.

Abby enjoys the security of an affectionate family (even though her brother is a pest) and is very outgoing with lots of friends. She adores her new dog, Kelly, but still wonders, "What happened to that poodle puppy with the pink collar?" Sophie lives in a penthouse apartment in the city. For as long as she can remember, her family has moved to a new place every year. Making new friends is difficult for Sophie, and her parents are workaholics. "Rosie, you are my best friend," Sophie tells her lovable pup.

Will Abby ever discover what happened to the puppy with the pink collar? Come follow the parallel lives of two dogs and the girls who adopt them.

When a little girl runs to her grandmother for comfort when her sister would not play with her, a fantastic adventure unfolds to make her day magical!

A heart warming story about a doll that lives in a department store until the store goes out of business. The story tells how she became the last doll and what happens to her.

A day with Missie Q requires a lot of energy and imagination. At 6 o'clock, Missie is ready to start her day. As she looks out the window, she notices that her yard has become a mud puddle heaven. These dark, cold, thick between the finger mud puddles are too tempting for Missie to ignore. Quietly, Missie gets ready for the best morning ever. Can she get to the mud puddles before her mom wakes up. What will she say?

To show the pleasure a child can have with simple things.

This is a work of fiction about a young teenage girl orphaned in childhood and raised by her grandmother who lost control when Katie got into high school. She hires a body guard/mentor, Nicholas Chow to help her manage Katie. He is a retired NYPD police officer about 8 years older than Katie. He was medically retired due to a bullet wound. He is Chinese. They go through turbulent times dealing with peer pressure, low self esteem, honesty, and all of the things teens must deal with. It is story of adventure, travel, heartache & torment with a dash of crime and retribution. There is a discreetly done bit of sex. There are also episodes of humor. With the help of Nicholas, Katie becomes a good student and matures into a well adjusted, beautiful young lady who is proud of who and what she is.

This is a work of fiction about a young teenage girl orphaned in childhood and raised by her grandmother who lost control when Katie got into high school. She hires a body guard/mentor, Nicholas Chow to help her manage Katie. He is a retired NYPD police officer about 8 years older than Katie. He was medically retired due to a bullet wound. He is Chinese. They go through turbulent times dealing with peer pressure, low self esteem, honesty, and all of the things teens must deal with. It is story of adventure, travel, heartache & torment with a dash of crime and retribution. There is a discreetly done bit of sex. There are also episodes of humor. With the help of Nicholas, Katie becomes a good student and matures into a well adjusted, beautiful young lady who is proud of who and what she is.

Synopsis: Célestine et le géranium magique est un conte pour les petits de six ans et plus, écrit en mots très simples et phrases courtes, accompagné des illustrations éblouissantes faites par l’auteur elle-même dans son style naïve. Pendant que la fleur grandit dans le jardin de Célestine, un amour très tendre se développe entre les deux. Grace à cet amour, la fleur grandit en dépassant le premier et le deuxième étage de sa maison et finalement le toit . Inquiète de cette hauteur, Célestine supplie Géranium d’arrêter de pousser. Mais Géranium veut être spéciale et toucher le ciel, et ne veut rien savoir de sesser de grandir. Par contre elle construit un château magnifique dans son cœur. Le monde vient admirer cette fleur magique et magnifique. Pour être plus près de sa splendeur les gens grimpent sa tige et arrachent ses feuilles. Géranium tremble sous le poids de tout ce monde et ferme ses portes et fenêtres. Dans un moment de grand désespoir, Célestine devient consciente du cadeau généreux que Géranium lui a laissé et le partage avec les autres sur l’île. Ainsi leur amour continue de vivre. Critique J'ai d'abord eu un coup de foudre pour la peinture (acrylique et huile) de Barbara Sala que j'ai découverte au Musée d'art naïf de Magog. Une imagination délirante et poétique à la Chagall, des couleurs vives, des personnages et des animaux adorables, originaux, récurrents, bref de quoi remonter le moral et être fière de faire partie de l'espèce humaine. Ce qui n'est pas très fréquent par les temps qui courent! Puis, j'y ai découvert Célestine et le géranium magique, un conte pour les petits de cinq ans à cent ans et plus, écrit en mots simples, avec des phrases courtes, accompagné de 21 illustrations éblouissantes de l'auteure. Il raconte l'histoire d'amour entre Célestine et son Géranium qui se prodiguent mutuellement tendresse et joie de vivre. Elle l'arrose pendant que la fleur rouge nourrit son âme et son coeur. Mais Géranium ne peut s'arrêter de pousser et dépasse bientôt le toit de la maison. Inquiète que sa tige ne se casse, Célestine le supplie de cesser de pousser en lui disant qu'il n'a pas besoin de toucher le ciel pour être unique. Quand elle lui rappelle à quel point il la rend heureuse, il lui répond de ne pas lui demander de cesser de grandir. Elle, qui l'aime tant, ne peut que respecter sa soif de liberté. Non content de grandir, il construit un magnifique château dans ses pétales, qui lui vaudra bientôt d'être envahi par une multitude de visiteurs qui arracheront ses feuilles et courberont sa tige sous leur poids. Quand la vie quitte Géranium, Célestine ne croit pas s'en remettre, mais les graines de la fleur ne tardent pas à se multiplier et Célestine retrouve dans chacune d'elles le coeur de son géranium. Ainsi, tout le monde dans l'île apprend à prendre soin de son géranium, à respecter sa croissance propre, à ne pas vouloir s'approprier sa beauté et à laisser son amour nourrir leur coeur. "Les graines nous donnent des fleurs et les fleurs nous donnent des graines", constate Célestine ravie. Géranium sera toujours à ses côtés et fera le bonheur des générations à venir. On retrouve dans ce texte une belle spiritualité sur le cycle indissociable de la vie et de la mort et l'importance des liens. Porté par les illustrations et la faune merveilleuses qui s'y déploient, ce conte et la splendeur des couleurs ne peuvent que fasciner les enfants et développer leur imagination. Je pense que Barbara Sala est unique comme son Géranium. J'espère que son talent sera largement reconnu et que jamais son imagination créatrice ne sera brisée par le mercantilisme de ce monde. En attendant son prochain conte avec impatience, je vous invite toutes et tous à retrouver vos yeux d'enfants et à voler sur les ailes colorées de la tendresse, de la poésie et de l'espoir avec Barbara Sala. Élaine Audet, éditrice, poète, écrivaine

This is a work of fiction about a young teenage girl orphaned in childhood and raised by her grandmother who lost control when Katie got into high school. She hires a body guard/mentor, Nicholas Chow to help her manage Katie. He is a retired NYPD police officer about 8 years older than Katie. He was medically retired due to a bullet wound. He is Chinese. They go through turbulent times dealing with peer pressure, low self esteem, honesty, and all of the things teens must deal with. It is story of adventure, travel, heartache & torment with a dash of crime and retribution. There is a discreetly done bit of sex. There are also episodes of humor. With the help of Nicholas, Katie becomes a good student and matures into a well adjusted, beautiful young lady who is proud of who and what she is.

Eve's messages and Feminie's responses are designed to educate teens of both genders (as well as their parents) of the magic that's hidden in the Magic Cells of all fertile females ... which, right up front, is clearly the scientific evidence that's needed to prove our female gender is not inferior to the male gender in any way whatsoever.

Eve delivers these educational and enlightening messages in an easy-to-read as well as easy-to-understand format ... which gives her unique messages a memorable quality ... a quality that's as important to teenage readers as are the messages themselves.

Eve's primary goal is to inform females of all ages of the life-altering power that's in these Magic Cells of ours; her secondary goal is to warn males that it will behoove their gender to immediately cease all male-on-female abuse; and her tertiary goal is to endear herself in the hearts of young girls and older women as their beloved "Little Female Hero Of The New Millennium," thus banding us together in a totally unstoppable force!

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Penelope Zylonna DeBoers is a precious little girl, who lives in the land of the biggest nickel. She has mining books that are underneath her bed, underneath her pillow, and underneath her chair. She even has mining books that touch her cathedral ceiling and books that fall into her toy box. Penelope has a dream about becoming a miner whenever she grows up. Penelope's mother thinks that it is most silly for a girl to have such silly, silly dreams. She wants her daughter to become a graceful ballerina, a beauty queen, or a glamorous run way model. Penelope has other plans for her life which include safety glasses that are decorated with sparkling gemstones, colourful hard hats, jazzy overalls, and steel-toed boots. Penelope has an Aunt Molly from South Africa who sends Penelope many books about mining. Aunt Molly also sends Penelope birthday presents which arrive in gigantic, enormous, mammoth sized boxes. The whole house shakes whenever Penelope opens up a parcel which contains a treasure chest and a magical key. The presents from Aunt Molly are all mining inspirations. Penelope's mother faints and her eyeballs pop out of her head! Penelope's father misses all of the birthday commotion because he is gone away on a geological adventure, and later returns home with nickel ore samples. Penelope becomes a miner whenever she grows up. On the day of her graduation, Aunt Molly from South Africa arrives with pack sacks, and trunks because she decides to stay in the land of the biggest nickel, for a very long time. Penelope's mother is happy that she has worn a pair of safety glasses, otherwise her eyeballs would have popped out of her head, again. In the land of the biggest nickel, things were never the same!

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