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|  | | Botas into Botes - An Abuelo Adventure
When do botas (boots) become botes (boats)? Whenever Abuelo is around! Nieto and his grandfather, Abuelo, visit the zoo for an afternoon of fun. Because Nieto's grandfather has difficulty hearing, there are always more amusing events than expected. Patos (ducks) become gatos (cats), and manos (hands) become monos (monkeys).
This picture storybook features a storyline in English interspersed with sets of highlighted Spanish words. Each Spanish word in a set is only one letter different from its match; thus creating a totally new word and meaning in the Spanish language. Join Nieto and Abuelo in this fun and exciting use of Spanish through their trip to the zoo! | |  | | Come to Me - Book II - The For Hymn Mystery Series
In this second book of the For Hymn Mystery Series, Eryka Skidmore, a character introduced in book one, finds herself thrown into the middle of a crisis. Her boss is missing. Therefore, all the responsibilities at work have now fallen to her. To complicate matters, his secretary resigns at the same time.
As Eryka attempts to maintain business as usual, obstacles appear at every turn. Her focus is then forced to change from merely managing the business to finding her boss in order to save the company and possibly herself.
Is the 'coincidence' of the missing boss and his secretary an act of indiscretion as it appears? Or could there have been foul play? Join Eryka and another acquaintance from book one as they work to solve this mystery.
Part 1
When the storms of life are raging, stand by me.
When the storms of life are raging, stand by me.
When the world is tossin me, like a ship upon the sea,
Thou who rulest wind and water, stand by me.
Chapter 1
The storm raged. The vibrations from the thunder's rumbling could be felt even from within the rising elevator tucked deep inside the twenty-story Tennessee skyscraper. Eryka internally groaned when the elevator doors opened on the sixteenth floor.
She rushed through a maze of cubicles on her way to her own small corner of m | | | | Joshua's Big Adventure
Joshua is going on an adventure. He is filling his backpack with all of the supplies he might need during his journey. He even has his mom tie a rope around him, tight - but not too tight, so he doesn't get lost in that mysterious place. But, where is he headed that he needs a flashlight, a sandwich, and a pillow? The humorous ending will surprise and delight young readers.
| | | | Matthew Allen David and the Runaways - Book II
Matthew is at it again. This time there are some new furrballs in their Kindergarten classroom. The furrballs are able to escape their cage, but can Matthew escape telling the truth? When is the right time to tell the truth? Find out in this funny adventure.
EXCERPT
“Matthew, what’s stuck?”
“My nose,” I said stuffy-like.
“Oh, my!” she said. Then, she turned to the other kids and said, “Class, please start working on your coloring papers.”
“Matthew, how on earth did you do this?” she asked opening the cage and putting her hand in.
“I was just trying to see that gray furrball better,” I said looking at her with one eyebulb. The other one only saw a black stick.
“Okay. I’m going to squeeze and push your nose out from | | | | Matthew Allen David Goes to School - Book I
Matthew Allen David is five and a half years old and is starting Kindergarten. He is anxious to go to school to learn about all the things he doesn’t already know, but also a little worried about making new friends. His mother reminds him that everything will work out if he always remembers who he is and whose he is. He’s Matthew Allen David – a child of God.
There are many new things he learns at school. But, when his teacher and his Kindergarten class disappear after a trip to the bathroom, Matthew must remember that as a child of God, he can talk to Him anytime, and He will always listen. After meeting Estelle Rogers, a new, elderly friend, Matthew and Estelle remind one another that everyone is a child of God, no matter their age.
Through Matthew’s many funny adventures, he makes new friends and learns valuable lessons about life at school, and most importantly about being a child of God.
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There was a lot of crying out in the hallway. I thought it was still John until I saw some lady dragging a little girl into our room. Boy, that girl sure was upset! Her feet, legs, and bottom were outside the room, but her mom pulled her by the hands so that her top half was inside.
That mom finally got her inside. And, you know what? That girl sat down on her mom’s foot and hugged her leg. I guess that crying girl really didn’t want to be in Kindergarten.
Then, I noticed that the mom was scooting her leg with the girl on it over by me. Oh no! | | | | Matthew Allen David has the Wishing Bug - Book IV
Matthew has many wishes which he wants to come true RIGHT now! When is getting what you wish for ever not a good thing? Find out in this fourth adventure when Matthew visits his grandparents' house and receives more surprises than he even wished!
“Okay. But, Daddy?” I called. I still had more to say to that man.
“Yes, Matthew?”
“Wanna know my really, really most secret wish?”
He gave a deep breath and then walked back to my bed. “What would that be my big singer?”
“Put your ear to my mouth, and I’ll tell you,” I whispered.
He leaned way down close to my mouth, and I whispered into his ear. “I wish that Ed was real.”
Daddy looked surprised when he sat up straight again. But then he said, “That would be great, wouldnR | | | | Matthew Allen David is not M.A.D., or is he? - Book III
Matthew is still learning more and more about school life and being a child of God. In these funny adventures, he learns about initials, and how to play soccer. But, what does he do when he really gets mad?
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Now I was past frustrated. I was mad! Those kids made me forget about wiggling my loose tooth. Now it’ll never come out today.
Some of them were still singing, “Mad. Mad. Mad.” They just kept getting louder and louder.
So, I stood up on top of my desk and turned around. I put my hands on my hips, just like Jayden, and yelled, “I WAS NOT MAD THEN, BUT I AM NOW!”
“And, so am I,” came a voice from behind me. I was pretty sure it was Mrs. Holbrook at the door.
I gulped a really big gulp. And then, I pretended I w | |  | | The Way Home - Book I - The For Hymn Mystery Series
In this Christian suspense story inspired in part by the hymn Amazing Grace and set in Columbus, Ohio, Elizabeth works to figure out the meaning of her recurrent dreams about her father's death and their possible connection to her fiance's accidents prior to the fast-approaching wedding.
The Way Home is the first book of four in a series of Christian mysteries. Each edition of the For Hymn Mystery series will use a familiar hymn in a similar fashion. Two of the characters introduced in the first book will become the main characters in the second of the series.
A different verse of Amazing Grace is used for each of the three parts of The Way Home. Elizabeth's father has died, and the detectives must determine the cause. Is it an accidental insulin overdose as it first appears? Or, could there be something more?
Seventeen years later | |  | | This I Know - Book III - The For Hymn Mystery Series
Kathleen Gearhart made a final stop on her errand day, leaving her two young girls asleep in the van. She returned minutes later to find the van and her daughters gone. The search for her missing children leads her on an unforgettable journey full of questions, fear, and doubt. Suspicion is around every corner, as even her husband Keith's actions are called into question. Kathleen's faith is challenged as she endures many turns of events to the dramatic conclusion.
Excerpt from Chapter 1
1:30 p.m. - Monday, Gallipolis, OH
Jabbering. The girls finally quieted shortly after buckling themselves in at the completion of the grocery store trip. The backseat was active with talk and giggling between each stop during their busy day of errands. At least their giggles had not given way to the bickering that sometimes happened when they grew weary of the day and each other.
Just one more stop - the dry cleaners on Third Avenue. They starched Keith's shirt collars just the right way to make them stiff without becoming too scratchy. Ka |
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