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An historical middle grade novel set in Florida in the 1960s, it features a ten-year-old protagonist nicknamed Sassy who gets a summer job at an animal park. SEMI-FINALIST FOR FWA ROYAL PALM LITERARY AWARD! WINNER TO BE ANNOUNCED AT OCTOBER BANQUET IN ORLANDO!
Abby McDowell often tests her mother's patience with her tomboyish ways but her father, a fishing guide in Homosassa, Florida encourages her independence and cheers her on when she gets a summer job at an animal attraction, which is now the Homosassa Springs Wildlife State Park. | |  | | Cracker Cow, A Narrative of Florida History
Maggie the Cracker Cow is the co-author of this unique history of Florida.
This Florida history book provides a fun way to learn the history of a state through the character Magnolia, a Cracker Cow. (otherwise known as Maggie)
Maggie interrupts the narrator to tell about her ancestors who came to Florida with Ponce de Leon in 1521 and started the whole cattle industry in the state. She interjects humor throughout the book although she is uncertain of her own fate until the last page of the book.
| |  | | Gatsby's Grand Adventures Book 1,Winslow Homer's Snap the Whip
Gatsby the art gallery cat jumps into famous paintings at night.Strange things happen when he doesn't jump back out before sunrise.
Picture book published by guardian angel Publishing:
Gatsby's Grand Adventures is the first book in a series of art books featuring Gatsby, an art gallery cat who jumps into famous paintings at night. When he remembers to jump out before sunrise, everything is fine. But, sometimes Gatsby forgets and that's when strange things happen to Winslow Homer's painting "Snap the Whip".
Each book in the series will include a biography of the featured artist and several websites so children can learn more about individual artists and their work. | |  | | Gatsby's Grand Adventures Book 3 Thomas Gainsborough's Girl with PigsB
This is the third book in the Gatsby picture book art series, which features an art gallery cat who jumps into famous paintings at night.
Gatsby the art gallery cat leaps into famous paintings at night. When he remembers to jump back out before dawn, everything is fine. But, sometimes, Gatsby forgets and that's when his troubles begin. Each book in the series includes a biography of the artist and websites so children can learn more about each artist's work. | |  | | Gatsby's Grand Adventures Book Four Vincent Van Gogh's First Steps
Gatsby the art gallery cat explores a Van Gogh painting, "First Steps"
Gatsby the art gallery cat explores famous paintings at night. If he jumps back out before dawn, everything is fine. But sometimes, Gatsby forgets and then strange things happen to Vinvcent Van Gogh's painting, "First Steps". | |  | | Gatsby's Grand adventures Book Two: Auguste Renoir's The Apple Seller
Book Two of Gatsby's Grand Adventures features Gatsby the art gallery cat exploring Renoir's painting "The Apple Seller".
Gatsby the cat explores famous paintings at night. When he remembers to jump back out before sunrise, everything is fine. But sometimes, Gatsby forgets. That's when strange things happen to the painting.
Each book in the Gatsby's Grand Adventures series includes a biography of the artist and several websites so kids can learn more about the featured artist. | |  | | Nettie's Dream
A novel set in Maine about a 60-year-old widow who buys a lobster boat and
becomes a tour boat captain. She names the boat Nettie's Dream but her real dream is to locate the daughter she gave up for adoption 43 years ago.
When Nettie McPherson had a child at seventeen, her mother whisked her away to another state and the baby was adopted. Now, Nettie, a 60-year-old widow, has returned to her hometown in Maine where she buys a lobster boat and becomes a tour boat captain. Her constant companion is Bo, a Chesapeake Bay Retriever she rescued from the local shelter. Nettie is delighted to be back in New England and to reconnect with her childhood friend, Vi. But Nettie has never revealed her secret not even to her best friend. How will she reveal her long-held past to Vi... or to Cole, the land developer who arrive | |  | | Rachel's Next Chapter
Rachel, a small town librarian is saddened by the death of her best friend and surprised when she learns that her friend has willed her bookstore to Rachel.
Rachel is a 39-year-old divorcee who lives in Florida with her constant companion, Hercules, an English Mastiff. She receives a phone call from Maine about the death of her best friend who has left her bookstore called The Next chapter to Rachel. But will Rachel be able to leave her only living relative, Aunt Emma, behind? And what about her ex-husband who's trying to win her back? Big decisions for a small town gal who has no business sense whatsoever. | |  | | The Not So Secret Life of Nimh-A Dumbo Rat!
A captioned photo book of Nimh, a Dumbo Rat being trained as a wildlife park program rat.
This 46-page picture book advocates fancy rats as pets. It features Nimh, an adorable little Dumbo Rat in captioned photos, along with factual information about caring for pet rats. |
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