Billy Goat Danny discovers that he has a gift. It's a gift that no other barn-yard animal has.Now he wants to share it with all of his barn-yard friends.But Ollie the Barn Owl, stands in his way. And everyone knows that Ollie is the smartest critter on the farm.Until now.Can Billy Goat Danny pass Ollie the Barn Owl's test?

Elmer the Elf desperately wants to fly. He wants to soar like the birds. He wants to touch the clouds, like the human who flew over his farm in a strange-looking flying machine.But how?This is a young children's story of how one little elf makes his giant dream come true.Elmer the Elf and His Flying Machine is a delightful, whimsical tale that will capture the hearts and minds of the youngest reader.

"The only way to have a friend," Lady the Beagle tells Tomcat Teddy through the fence, "is to be one." But Tomcat Teddy isn't buying it. He has other ideas. And in his eye-opening journey outside the fence, he finds Alley Cat Jack, and his gang, Foster and Douglas. Alley Cat Jack proves quickly not to be the true friend that Tomcat Teddy was counting on to start his new life. Tomcat Teddy is confused. Now, he's all alone in a strange world outside of the safe one-the only one he's ever kno...

Lady, a fun-loving, curious beagle, let off her leash in her own back yard for the first time, is in for an adventure of her young life. But there are other creatures in her back yard. Rocky Robin sees all. From up on high, his constant watch has everyone down below feeling safe. Rocky warns his new found friend, that a bully, Tomcat Teddy, roams in her own back yard. George the Grasshopper is a carefree, restless soul, always hopping off into a fresh batch of leaves. Alan the Ant will not...

Death is just the beginning...Death. Just the word can trigger gut-wrenching fear. The kind of fear causing the heart to pound, cold sweat to run down and burn the eyes, and fingers to tremble with a loss of strength. Is our fear the realization that from the moment of conception, the clock starts counting down until we come face to face with death? More likely, it is the fear of what comes after the moment our last breath escapes. The exploration of this fear is contained within t...

Love's never easy, even in easier times, like the 1950s and 1960s in the Ohio Valley. The steel industry was booming. Second-generation immigrant families were reaching for the American middle class. And Catholic schools-made feasible by selfless Catholic nuns-promised bigger lives for everyone, including Jack Clark and Laurie Carmine. As they spent years searching for their separate futures, though, they were also stumbling toward love just as their world came crashing down. For readers o...