A fun, little book of simple four stanza rhymes using the alphabet starting with A is for ants and ending with Z is for zipper. The cartoon characters for each letter make the rhymes easy to learn and repeat. The book is a fun and simple way to both learn the alphabet and practice rhyming words.

'In my dreams, I was always in some vast landscape on a long, straight road. Driving. Always driving.'Gwenda had always loved the open road, but her home town of Newcastle didn't really offer the sort of adventure she longed for. So, in 1957, with friend and fellow nurse Pat in tow, she left the dismal British winter behind, and embarked on an amazing American adventure.After a year nursing in Cleveland, Gwenda, Pat and three new friends set off on...

Getting old isn't so bad when you consider the alternative! So this book isn't about getting old; it's about being young for a very long time. The author Barbara Fox has compiled articles, poems, plays, questions and answers, quotations and sayings from the real experts (people who are sixty and over) on a variety of subjects.How to answer people when they ask:How old are you?What did you do before you retired?Why are you trying internet dating at your age?

A playful collection of murder mysteries, classic whodunits, and solve-it-yourself puzzles from Barbara Fox, creator of Mystery On The Menu Theater Company.In Before You Turn the Page, Barbara Fox serves up two kinds of mystery entertainment: four complete murder mystery short stories and twenty-two interactive short mysteries that invite readers to solve the case before turning the page.Each interactive m...

A collection of articles, essays, poems and plays about how different authors are dealing/coping with the pandemic. Barbara Fox wrote several plays on the subject Including The Visit (a couple is reluctant to have company) QuickMeeton Zoom (a virtual dating service) and Mothers, Daughters, Friends (home schooling) and she invited other authors to contribute their plays, articles, and poems. Several responded. Stephen Olson wrote a play about a virtual office meeting, Marla Schwartz's play ...

THE TOUCHING TRUE STORYTwo young Second World War evacueesFar from home, far from family, safe from the warGwenda and Douglas Brady were among the millions of British children sent to live with new families for their own safety during the Second World War, leaving behind their parents, their friends and all that felt familiar and safe. Evacuation could be a scary ex...

I. had never heard of Aphasia, a language disorder that makes it difficult to speak, until I unexpectedly lost that ability. I kept a journal recording my progress as I learned to speak again, my frustration, anger and methods of coping such as telling myself jokes, singing and forcing myself to laugh when all I wanted to do was cr

a collection of articles i wrote and published about my family and our life in suburbia in the 1960s and 1970s. I found them tucked away in a file cabinet and it was like a backward trip to my past. i wrote about everything from camping vacations to clothes shopping,to growing tomatoes, I think anyone who raised a family and lived inthe suburbs in the 60s and 70s will enjoy reminiscing and remembering with me.

A fictionalized version of the author's "Act Two" which she wrote after her husband of over forty years died. She shares information, ideas and advice about coping with the death of a spouse, living and going out alone, paying bills, connecting with friends. dipping a toe into Internet dating and learning that it is possible to be happy again. The book includes several "widowisms", little sayings like "fake it till you make it" and 'Don't give up five minutes before the miracle" and 'Act t...

This audiobook is narrated by a digital voice.Getting older is mind over matter.if you don't mind, it doesn't matterA collection of articles, discussions, plays, poems, questions/answers and bios from the experts (people who are over sixty) which show that, with humor and common sense, getting older is just being Young for a very long time.

The inside story of how Barbara Fox started an interactive theater company, Mystery On the Menu, in 1986 with an investment of nothing but time (and $100 for business cards) and built it into a successful and profitable business . There are chapters on writing, directing and acting in a participatory play and other chapters on the business side of managing a theater company. Murder, Mystery and Me has anecdotes about the different shows the company has produced, mistakes and pitfalls and a...

In the heart of Ashington - a bustling Geordie mining town - a handsome red-brick vicarage, surrounded by rambling gardens, stands proudly among the rows of terraced houses. It is the perfect place for playing games, keeping secrets and chasing the ghosts of previous occupants, and it will be nine-year-old Barbara's new home now that her father is to be vicar in this strange new place.In this charming memoir, Barbara Fox recalls a childhood where parishioners knocked on the...