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Lexi Wants
Price range: $3.99 through $20.99As any young kid would, Lexi wants things! This birthday she has her mind set on a new pet. She is trying hard to convince her parents she really wants a new pet despite having other pets that she really doesn‛t help with. Lexi doesn‛t like the word “NO” but she is determined and creative to convince her parents about bringing home that new family member, yes she really Wants a hamster!
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Carrie and the Little Rose
Price range: $3.99 through $12.99With my first children’s book, Little Children We Are, published, this is my second children’s book inspired by a valentine date with a college girlfriend after going back to my dorm room. Originally, the title was The Little Rose. I later rented from a young couple born to them a little girl named Carrie Rose who would call me Uncle Lenny. I decided to add a little girl’s name, Carrie, and the story then became a story of Carrie having her mother tell her the story of The Little Rose. Hence, the title Carrie and the Little Rose.
I sat on the manuscript for years, thinking that it may be just a writing for children until I saw artwork. After seeing artwork from the illustrator, Beth Clingan, who her and her now husband, Mark, were college best friends to me. I decided to commission her to illustrate as a book in colored pencil to which she proved it excellently.
Although this book is about a little girl and a rose, it is for girls and boys as the moral of the book is to be the best person you were purposed to be, even if everyone doesn’t seem to notice.
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I Saw It All: Grandma’s Account of the Big Bad Wolf Story
Price range: $3.99 through $12.99There are many versions of the story of the three pigs. In this story, the big bad wolf’s grandma witnessed what happened in her neighborhood. As a critical witness for the defense, Mrs. Wolf tells the court what she saw that day as she sat on her front porch and tries to convince the jury that her testimony is true. Grandma makes sure that everyone knows her grandson is innocent and the three pig’s houses were poorly built.
This story targets upper elementary and middle school-age students. In this book, the author uses various forms of literary devices such as alliteration, similes, metaphors, onomatopoeia and more. This is a great book to discuss point of view especially when comparing it to other stories of the three pigs. Readers will be drawn into this story by grandma’s wit and charm.
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Franklin the Fearless and His Greatest Treasure: A Thomas and Matthew Adventure
Price range: $3.99 through $12.99I remember how I used to play as a child. Imagination is a beautiful thing and helps reasoning skills. Too many children today are attached to phones, tablets, computers, and video games. Franklin the Fearless is the name of the pirate from the book and his treasure inspires a hunt in two little boys’ world that will spark their imaginations and help them to learn what is truly important in their young lives.
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Lexie’s Gift
Price range: $3.99 through $12.99This is the story of a little girl, Lexie, whose best friend’s father is in the Army and is so called to active duty. Susan, the friend, is so sad that her dad will miss her birthday and Christmas and won’t be there to hug, kiss and tuck her in at bedtime. Lexie wishes she could do something to comfort Susan while her father is away. With a little help, Lexie makes the perfect present for Susan: a pillow with her father’s picture printed on it. Susan is thrilled , and the girls decided to make more picture pillows for others like her and in doing so discover it is more fun to give than to receive.
This story is based on a project started in 2008 by the author and his wife. In all, they and their volunteers made and shipped free what they called “Sweet Dreams Pillows” to over 13,000 children of deployed members of the U.S. Armed Forces.
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