In Duke Day for Annie, Ann Cummings Searcy gets ready for famous guest Duke Ellington's, visit. Annie whisks past many temptations as she plays through her day's preparations with flair and fun. Based on true events, Duke Day for Annie is about a little girl's friendship with Jazz icon, Duke Ellington, while growing up in the Northeast during Jim Crow times. Set in the summertime circa 1937 Old Orchard Beach, Maine, the story is told with syncopated rhyme, an ear to old phrases, and rich language. Based on true events as told to the author. Large Print.

This is about friendship and differences; about the ups and downs, ins and outs of having a friend, being a friend, and keeping a friend. Sometimes it's cultural and racial differences, or distance that might separate friends. Ages 5-8.

This adult coloring book features 16 unique pages of a variety kittens and puppies in old places they would have felt at home. Very detailed drawings, this book is meant for the advanced and brave colorist, When I need a new skillset, I like to "trick" myself into acquiring it. Needing to work on my lining skills in Photoshop (I'd worked 30 years in traditional media), Researching this coloring book was fun, but drawing it was rewarding and a stress buster and relaxing in its own right. I hope you enjoy coloring it as much as I did drawing it. The book features each design printed single side...

This adult coloring book for all ages is inspired by the Kalachakra Mandala created by Tibetan monks to honor the Dalai Lama's 80th birthday and visit to America. Agy Wilson painstakingly drew a representation of the mandala created by the monks then ceremoniously washed away, then took aspects of the drawing placing it in an app and created the images. She then drew over them. This book is meant to relax and channel the colorists energy into a positive, creative, compassionate state. Coloring not only destresses, but it's a great meditative tool as well as honoring a person's natural...

Kobi was a young koala who thought he knew all the bush-smarts he needed. Very soon, he discovered that looking for the right gum tree was a dangerous business. He ended up scared and homeless-and he really, really, missed his mom. Kobi needed to learn more bush-smarts, and FAST if he were to stay alive. . . Jumping Grasshoppers, how will poor Kobi manage? Read, and discover his survival secrets.