The Strawberry Promise is a delightful story about little Isabella's family tradition of picking strawberries each June and making strawberry jam. At four years old, Isabella could not wait for her mother, grandmother, and two aunts to meet at the Pick'n Patch, pick quarts of strawberries, and bring them home to make strawberry jam together. Hearing about the threat of rain, Isabella worries that the strawberry picking and jamming will be cancelled. Children and adults will enjoy reading about the making of jam using freshly picked strawberries, putting the jam into sterilized jars to...

Baiting Hollow: A Pastel Summer is a memoir-fantasy which takes place in July 2011 during Barbara, Brigid, and Aunt Clare's two week summer vacation at a small bungalow on Baiting Hollow beach. Throughout the story the reader will enjoy descriptions of the natural beauty of the beach, the friendships and generational ties among neighbors and relatives, and the peace and fun of this small beach community. Readers will also be enchanted by storyteller, Kevin O'Connell's description of his encounter with the Twomey banshee and the vision she shared with him one snowy evening.