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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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BETTY, IT’S SHOWTIME!!
Price range: $3.99 through $12.99Who is Betty?
Betty Marie Stone is an enthusiastic overweight young singer with the desire to one day – see her name in lights. Although she was always complimented as a child because her voice was strong and adult like in church, No one ever said anything to her regarding her looks, smarts, or personality. For some reason, they only focused on her voice. The elder women would say, “Chile you got a gift from God just like your mother,” or they would say, “If you don’t do anything else, you ought to sing.” Raised by a strong, Southern Baptist Grandmother in the middle
of one of the largest Northern Cities was a struggle all in itself. The city lights called to her in a way much different than her counterparts because they had never experienced the darkness of the south. Betty remembered seeing miles and miles of darkness when she was a child. Although they moved to Michigan when she was twelve, she still remembered the dark roads and fields. For some reason, she always felt that the lights made her feel safe and looked after. She thought as long as there were lights, she would never feel the sadness of darkness, nor would she feel alone. Those long dark southern roads seem to escalate the long suffering she endured being alone and forced to care for her mother when she needed care and attention herself.
After years had passed and the city started to quiet down a bit, Betty really started to focus on her future. She was sure that singing would make her happy, but unsure if her desired path was even possible. The pains she endured while trying to pursue her dream as a NON-Gospel singer begins almost immediately. Southern gospel was the ONLY music permitted in Grandma’s house. Grandma seemed to only care about her church and her relationship with her Bible. After the death of her Mother; Betty thought she’d never sing again. Somehow, after those feelings died a bit, the fire and desire to perform still burned brightly in her soul.
Now that she is in her early twenties, she reflects on her feelings as a child, and it still saddens her to admit that she really did feel alone even in the lights. Betty now feels that God’s love is enough to help her through any rough patch. After all the ups and downs she endured, Betty finally found someone worth singing for, herself. NOW nothing can stop her, not even fear or loneliness.
Now it’s time to get the game face on. Betty, It’s Showtime.
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HUMBLE: The New Superheroine
Price range: $3.99 through $12.99Rachel Akingboye wrote this book to help children in all ages to understand bullying. It is not fair or nice.
Parents and family members, friends, teachers, church, and communities. Please share this book and listen to children and whoever feels bullied. Thank you.
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The Sweetie Jar
Price range: $3.99 through $12.99This book is targeted primarily at younger children, but will certainly be enjoyed by older ones as well, and even parents and guardians alike.
This is a book to which most children could relate, in that, sweets, sweeties or candies – by whichever name they are known – are well liked by children the world over.
As they read the story, or, in some instances, the story is read to them, their imagination will come alive as they see their favourite sweets come to life as they speak from within the sweetie jar.
This book is vividly creative, and one that every child would enjoy and treasure.
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Magic Quest of the Queen
Price range: $3.99 through $12.99A queen must escape the dungeon with the help of her friends who use magic to restore her kingdom to its beauty and life. Join the queen as she embarks on a new journey. The first of PARADISE INDIGO’S children’s book series.
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Lil’ Red: A Hood
$12.99Being summons from high society, Lil Red gets a call from her mother informing her of her sick grandmother who lives in the “hood” that needs her immediate attention. This tangy adventure brings the bougie, 16-year-old to a community that she has tried her best to stay away from. In this magical fable, you’ll see some familiar characters from the previous fables that include the Wolf that has been terrifying children since he appeared in Hansello and Gertrude. Out of all the things that are waiting on Lil Red, she keeps the same feisty spirit as she cruises the streets of Memphis in search of a cure for her grandmother while avoiding that mean old Wolf. This is the third story from the continuing parodies of the Hood Fables Series that will have you laughing while taking you on a magical trip to familiar places with a twist. Let the fun begin!
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Santa’s Big White Chicken
Price range: $3.99 through $12.99On Christmas Eve, one of Santa’s reindeer informs him that all of his reindeer have come down with the flu and will be unable to pull his sleigh that night. Santa panics and wonders how he will be able to deliver all the toys to the children this Christmas. While searching for answers, he stumbles upon a little white chicken who informs him that he has the solution. He tells Santa that he has just spoken to Prancer, the lead reindeer, and Prancer reveals to the chicken that the jingle bells that the reindeer wear when they pull the sleigh provide the magic that allows the reindeer team to fly. The chicken takes the bells to Santa and tries to convince Santa that the bells will work for him. Santa is not convinced until the chicken puts the bells on himself, and in a blink of an eye, the chicken grows to be ten feet tall. Santa then mounts the chicken and with his sack full of toys, completes his mission that night. The story is told in rhyme and is brilliantly illustrated by the author’s grandson, Louis W. Lonsway.
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How Old Do You Have To Be To Tell Jokes? (And Other Important Questions)
Price range: $3.99 through $11.99How old do you have to be before you can tell jokes?
How old do you have to be before you can sing, or dance, or stand on one foot?
How Old Do You Have To Be to Tell Jokes? is a humorous children’s book about the may questions kids come up with.
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Frolicking Friends
Price range: $3.99 through $11.99Frolicking Friends is a delightful, entertaining rhyming picture book that tells about a boy who is looking for his unusual friends after a rain storm. He finds them in a most delightful place and joins in frolicking with them. When the storm clouds come again, the boy is quick to help get his friends home. The illustrations and the elements of literature including rhyme, onomatopoeia, character traits and imagination are sure to delight the young reader.
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A Fish Called Bad Eyes : Finding Marsha’s Glasses
Price range: $3.99 through $11.99Our bespectacled fish reveals his curiosity and caution as he befriends both humans and ocean dwellers beneath the water’s surface. Ultimately, he brings together a community of Pacific Coast reef inhabitants to help save their home. For many of the fish swimming in the Pacific reefs, a boat on the water’s surface signals “terror in the sky.” But when a young girl named Marsha loses her glasses over the side of one of these “floating islands,” they serendipitously land on the face of a speedy little “Manini” fish known as “Bad Eyes.” In a gesture of friendship, Marsha leaves her new finned acquaintance this miraculous gift . From there, the detailed characters and action draw interest while his questioning dialogue weaves in an educational component that relays information about creature characteristics, habits, and the ocean’s decline in this a magical and creative foray into the ocean realm of a myopic fish. Even a big-eyed, noodle-legged octopus brings a teachable moment, commenting that “beauty comes from what I can do, not how I look.” Character interactions are brought full circle with Marsha’s return in the final chapter, and the story ends on a positive note, teasing more adventures with Bad Eyes and Marsha to come.
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Miss Rhonda’s Book of Nursery Rhymes
Price range: $3.99 through $10.99Miss. Rhonda’s Book of Nursery Rhyme Is an easy to read book for children. The colorful pictures in this book; will make the book fun and enjoyable. Parents can read along or sing alone; the nursery rhyme in this book is good for growth and development. I share these nursery rhymes with the kids at My day care, just seeing the joy, love and laughter and the fun that we have; I decided to share them with children all over, and I know they will enjoy them as well.
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A Cat Named Smoky: Where’s Mother
Price range: $3.99 through $10.99On the farm where Smoky liked eggs so much, His mother liked eggs much more. That’s how she got locked inside an egg truck and was taken from Nanafalia to another farm town called Riceville.
With the help of his three friends, two cats called Egor and Chubby and a pony called Mr. Riff known as the Ponds Pony. Smoky goes to Riceville to find his mother. -
Ellie, the wandering elephant
Price range: $3.99 through $10.99Ellie, the wandering Elephant
We who are on this earth are all different and created intentionally unique and special.
Ellie and her new friend set a great example for each of us.
We can all seek to set aside our differences and try to find understanding, peace and friendship.
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The Lonely Dinosaur Meets Wrecks
Price range: $3.99 through $10.99The Lonely Dinosaur is about a dinosaur who hatches and struggles with being alone.
Kacy Baker is a homegrown Texan born in Amarillo, TX . He made his debut as a children’s author with The Lonely Dinosaur. It’s just a little special way he can share with you his love for dinosaurs. He’s spent the last decade as an MWD Engineer traveling across the United States frequently. Ideas for upcoming titles in the Lonely Dinosaur series and other literary works keeps him busy.