Two young teenagers meet and fall in love in working class Nottingham, England in 1963. They live through the trials and tribulations of surrendering a child to adoption. They later marry and seven years after their first meeting they immigrate to Ontario, Canada, and this book covers the period of their lives from their first meeting to migrating west to Alberta in 1978 with two children.

WHAT DO YOU SEE? is a collection of ninety-four poems inspired by the author’s life. These poems span a diversity of subjects including- love, family relationships, sports, politics, war, fantasy, animals and birds, the pain of loss, Christmas and more.

“Tales of The Friendly Forest” is a colorfully illustrated collection of fairy tales for children. The book contains ten instructive fairy stories about the adventures of kind and funny inhabitants of the forest: the traveling Hedgehog, the hare Turbo, the wolf Straight Tail and other great beasts. These tales teach the children friendship, humanity and respect to each other, the ability to perceive everything in positive manner and create good mood.

In TOO LATE, 15-year-old Greg is in a teen sex offenders’ facility because of an assault on his stepsister. He hates the professionals who try to help him and can’t wait to go home. When he enters a room for a meeting, his mother is there crying. Her partner, whom Greg calls Step Dude, sits at her side. They have come to tell Greg they don’t want him back. It’s too late to be good, they say. Greg comes to the crippling realization of what he has become: the father he has both hated and fea...

Meet animal lover, Tiger Days! A brand-new young fiction series about animals, friendship and adventure by bestselling author Sarah Lean.Beautiful black-and-white illustrations throughout.When nine-year-old Tiger Days stays with her grandmother at Willowgate House she never knows what might happen… new friends to meet, animals to rescue and problems to solve!Tiger’s grandmother looks after animals in need, and when Tiger comes to stay she quickly learns how to feed ...

This is a true story.I had long searched for a young, white mule to raise and train and was expecting to find one around six months old.When I did finally find one he was a newborn and being sold along with his mother.They were consigned to a Fox Trotter sale that was coming up in a couple weeks.I was not interested in the mare and did not attend the sale.Little did I know, the owner had decided her baby was a worthless, white mule and may hinder her sale.He left the little, three ...

He's scrawny. He's got huge glasses. He's bad at sports. He's Dodson, and he's a great big dork. But somehow he always seems to get into zany situations with his best friend Squishy. Join him this time as he and Squishy learn the value (and occasional terror) of a job well done. Kids of all ages will love Dodson's third journal entry, which includes lots of fun pictures to go with the story.

Exploring grief, yet neither bleak nor overwrought, this powerful short story won the 2013 Sunday Star-Times Short Story Competition. The judge, Carl Nixon, commended its 'seemingly effortless artistry' and its skilful and well-sustained handling of demanding narrative techniques: 'the author does not miss a beat', he said. Cleverly juxtaposing the past and present, the narrator draws the reader into her life. The judge concluded: 'Beautifully controlled use of simile and ...

Poetastery is a collection of mainly nonsense verse although you may find something more serious or noteworthy in there if you delve deeply enough. Designed for ages 5 to 105 most of the poems are innocent enough and are not intentionally seditious. The book is intended to entertain and amuse. You will find unlikely stories about fish catching men, auctioneers selling original wheels and a Grandfather who used to be the Pope. Where the Inspiration came from for such ludicrosity, only God o...

The ninth in a series of fourteen books by Abbie Joules about her brother, Bendigo, as they grew up on their hard-scrabble farm in east Texas. Ben, and his friend Lydel, are faced with a dilemma on Ben's family farm. After an ill-advised plan to feed Lydel's two pet ferrets with dump ground rats, the family chicken coop becomes overrun with the ravenous, scaly-tailed beasts. An ultimatum comes from Ben's irate dad to rid the coup of the menace at all cost. Ben and Lydel's plan to use the r...

Lifes funny ways is a book of poems about reconnecting with your inner spirit. The ways in which we are reminded of our strengths, our weaknesses, our ego, our pride. The journey we travel, along the road with You - even when we dont know it. The way that You try to guide us - it can be a very bumpy ride! You try to help us with humour, with love and compassion, but, Sometimes we fail to listen. You keep trying and trying. So, When all else fails - You give us a swift kick, to get us out o...

A modern collection of Read-To or Read-Alone poems for the young. The assortment of verses range from fun, to fantasy, to charming. These verses appeal to grown-ups too! Thank you all for your support, it's highly appreciated.