Pauline, the lighthouse keeper's daughter, is proud of her pet spaniel because he is helpful and clever and a friend to all. But even Pauline does not realize just how brave and loyal Spot is until the night a terrible blizzard hits and a boat is missing out in the storm. Based on a true story from Maine's maritime history.

When a storm at sea causes a shipwreck, the captain's injured dog finds its way to shore where the young daughter of the lighthouse keeper rescues and befriends it.

Ten-year-old Mandy of Dyer Cove, Maine, and her 12-year-old cousin Nick try to unravel the mystery of strange happenings at the lighthouse. Is it haunted by the first keeper's ghost? An ancient key, a lighthouse legend, a treasure map and a secret code lead them on a search for treasure and a summer of adventure. The Lightkeeper's Key, a spellbinding mystery for readers ages 8-12, will keep kids turning the pages.

What do you get when you put an insecure, inexperienced, but spunky teen on a spirited horse? A laugh a minute. Fifteen-year-old Xander Moloney receives an exciting invitation from her friend Brynn to go on an all-expense-paid horse riding tour in Ireland. The problem? She doesn't know how to ride On the sly, she takes English riding lessons with hilarious results. While in Ireland, she meets new challenges like staying on a runaway horse, riding down the side of a mountain, and overcoming her fear of heights to save a friend. In the process, she grows from an awkward, naive girl to a more...

Once there was a feisty and fearless little girl who had a dream. Inger Knudsen, a Danish girl born in Greenland and raised with the native Inuit, was determined to have her own dogsled and team. In the 1920s, girls did not drive dogsleds - it just wasn't done. But Inger did not let the accepted views of the time hold her back. Dogsled Dreamer is the true story of how her dream came true. It is also about the importance of community, of people caring for each other. This charming picture book will delight and educate children, ages 4-8.

Nick and Mandy are back on the trail of a long ago secret in this second cliffhanger of the Key Series. Nick's family inherits and old farmhouse in New Hampshire and they need to fix it up and sell it. Whispers in the dark, unexplained creaking and an odd discovery in an upstairs wall convince Nick the place is haunted. He asks his cousin Mandy to come visit. Along with Nick's little sister, Christianne, they are determined to figure out what's going on, but one mystery leads to another. In a hidden tunnel from the Underground Railroad, they experience more strange happenings. Is the tunnel...

In this third book of the Key Mystery Series, Mandy and Nick explore an abandoned Nevada gold mine. Deep in the mine they find a dog's skeleton with a mysterious key attached to its collar. Eerie sounds and footsteps in the dark tunnels leave them with questions. Is the mine haunted by the ghosts of the dog and the Old Miner? Are the ghosts trying to send the children a message? Does the key open a treasure box? Then there are the strange lights on the cliff top, an explosion in the mine, and the Curse of Queho. What does it all mean? Join the adventures of Mandy, Nick and Christianne, as...

In this fifth book in the Key Mystery Series, Mandy and Nick are joined by Christianne and Noah on a camping trip in a California redwood forest. While panning for gold at a stream, mysterious things begin to happen. Their equipment disappears and they find gigantic footprints on the path. Is the dark figure lurking in the woods the legendary Bigfoot? After finding a key in a hollow tree called the Old Prospector, the children set out to find what it opens. They follow clues to an old, run-down cabin deep in the woods which is filled with secrets and danger. What will the four explorers find...

Is the Loch Ness Monster for real? In this last book in the Celtic Touch Trilogy, Xander and Brynn travel to Scotland to spend the week with their Irish friends Kevin and Donal at Rowan Farm on the bank of Loch Ness. As Xander struggles with heartache and uncertainty in her relationships, the four teens get caught up in a rivalry between two men obsessed with proving the existence of the Monster. Nessie sightings and hoaxes keep their heads spinning. While lost on the loch on a foggy night, they make a startling discovery of their own that could launch them to fame. Canoeing, horseback...