Showing results for "leo oster"

Ellie knows that she is different from her classmates. They do not understand why Ellie goes off by herself at recess and lunch to study nature, or why she is so quiet in class, preoccupied with drawing robots.When Ellie and her parents decide home schooling is a better fit, her world opens up. Ellie discovers that, when you share your dreams, there is a whole community to support you, even when those closest to you do not.

Ten-year-old Sly is spending the weekend with their fortune-telling grandmother at the mysterious Madsen Mansion.It’s Samhain, a time when the spirits can cross over into the living world, and the old mansion has secrets whispering in the rafters and unused rooms. When Sly and their grandmother hear a voice calling, Sly unlocks a cabinet that reveals a ghost girl who is trapped in a mirror. Then they accidentally speak the words of the spell that enchanted the girl...

Jack loves and misses his bus-driving grandfather. When Grandpa Nod got sick, Jack's mother said eight-year-old Jack was too young to visit his grandfather in the hospital. When Grandpa Nod died, Jack's mother said Jack was too young to go to the funeral.One day after school, Jack gets on the wrong bus. To his surprise he discovers Grandpa Nod is in the driver's seat of the empty bus. Grandpa Nod takes him to all the places Jack was too young to go—the hospital, the funeral home an...

Blast off with Christina and Grant as they try to solve a mystery bigger than the state of Texas! On a trip with Mimi and Papa to Space Center Houston, the kids learn that a valuable moon rock has been stolen! Houston, we have a problem. Could a cowboy or an astronaut (or both) be involved? Kids will learn about the history of the space program, famous astronauts, different spacecraft, zero gravity, moon rocks, and even how astronauts go to the bathroom (very carefully!) This cliff-hanging...

This is the story of a little girl growing up with all the experiences and adventures, secrets and lies. The story is told by the one who loved her the most. Its a story told through the eyes of her teddy bear.

Mom and Dad in Heaven tells the moving story of a young girl struggling to understand her parents’ untimely deaths in an accident.Mary has many questions and the pat answers she receives from her grandparents, teachers, friends aren’t enough. In the desire to make sense of her loss – and with the gentle, loving responses of those around her – Mary begins to address her grief. Over the course of these first few months of her bereavement, sh...

Detectives are supposed to find things, but one day at the park, Bones loses just about everything: his magnifying glass, his dog, and even his detective bag. Can Detective Jeffrey Bones find the things he lost?

A Native American children's story written specifically to be read by a parent outloud in the traditional way of Native American oral storytelling (sound effects included), which follows a 10 year-old Native American boy, who is a self-proclaimed super-hero known as "Underwear Boy." A great bedtime story. Story #1 from the book series, The Underwear Boy Warparties.

A Native American children's story written specifically to be read by a parent outloud in the traditional way of Native American oral storytelling (sound effects included), which follows a 10 year-old Native American boy, who is a self-proclaimed super-hero known as "Underwear Boy." A great bedtime story. Story #3 from the book series, The Underwear By Warparties.

A teenager meet an young man and they began to date. She soon find out of his controlling ways. After a few days the relationship turns out to be physically abusive.

Ellie is about to get a surprise birthday present she didn't expect - a bulldog puppy. She gets to choose the puppy that she wants, and she seems to know right away that Daisy is the one for her. She learns that having a puppy is a big responsibility and that taking care of Daisy is more work than she thought. Somehow Daisy's antics have everyone loving her despite the mischief she makes.A great little story about a child's first experiences with a puppy. Encourages kids to underst...

If Dreams Came True is a story very loosely based on a dream Andrew Simpson had when he was ill. In the dream, he thought he had been kidnapped and hidden away. When he woke in the dream, it was many years later, and everything was strange. There had been a war, and now there was a world government. He was in serious condition, but great advances had been made it the medical field, so he was able to be cured.Once he was able to get around, he searched for his family, found his gran...