There are stories not told to the children, stories that must not be told to the children, of times when evil won. Four orphans must make sure their story isn't one of them. There is power in stories, power in storytellers, power in the listeners, the storykeepers, who make the stories real. When an evil sorcerer seeks that power and kidnaps the source of all stories, happily ever after is in danger of becoming never. A young storyteller must find her voice, a boy must find his family, children must find their courage. For if they don't, if they can't find their own happy ending, then the...

Everyone has heard the warning to be careful what you wish for. Fewer know to beware the interrupted wish. Five children think they have the perfect, foolproof wish. They wish for adventures through time and space, for super powers, and for pirate treasure all at once. Now, thanks to a mysterious stone, the wish is coming true. Soon they are stranded on an island at the other end of the universe, beset by pirates and alien monkeys, and searching through a trap infested tomb for jewels of power. But as their wish slowly unfolds, they realize they forgot a very important part, and now the real...

The zombie dinosaurs are among us. Run. Pirate Perdita is a juvenile fiction novel. It is written at a fourth grade reading level. It is appropriate for all ages. There is no eating of any brains. They aren't that type of zombies. Someone, however, may or may not get eaten in the story. Or stepped on. A dinosaur may or may not devour an unattended dinner. Sherlock Holmes himself may or may not show up within these pages. I refuse to give anything away. You'll just have to read to find out. Enter if you dare. Here there be dinosaurs. Summary: What would you do if you had a dinosaur army, a...

Deserted on an alien planet, chased by pirates, haunted by a prophesy, and left on the doorstep of a mountain with no doors. The Chronicles of Evrion continues when Jinx and his friends face a mountain. In the mountain is a spaceship, their salvation, and, at the center of it all, a Tree. They just want to find the spaceship and go home. But is home really where they need to be? "When the stars line up, the ten must join, or face the doom of all the worlds." With new friends and an old enemy, are they the ones to fulfill the prophesy and save the universe? Time is slipping away, faster for...

A poetry book in four seasons. Coupled with photography from Mir Foote's travels around the world, she explores the theme of faith. These poems exalt, question, play, and treasure what it means to be human. In the end, we cannot both know and believe. 'And when you ask the question 'why', you're standing for a fall, but if you never ask the question, then you have no faith at all.' Have faith, and journey into the dance that is life, love, death, change, and beauty.

Sometimes, being perfect is a flaw. The Perfect Kingdom is perfect in every way. It has perfect knights, perfect wizards, perfect cooks, and perfect princesses. It also has a perfect enemy: the dragon. When being perfect isn't enough to save the kingdom, will the only people in all the kingdom who aren't perfect be able to save the day? This fully illustrated fairy tale includes a small knight, a chaotic wizard, a cook who burns every recipe, and a princess who has her own ideas about beauty. Each must battle the dragon in their own way and save the princesses. Written at a fourth grade...