Sleep baby sleep, somewhere in the down deep, a mysterious mountain, a Dreamer's fountain and near its source a talking horse... A grandmother's lullaby guides a princess to grand adventures in the secret Valley of Singing Crystals in the fantastical tale, Granny's Baskets. When the princess of Castletown suddenly runs away from home with a horse seller, little does she know that the handsome stranger is really a prince in disguise. But instead of following his destiny, he now chooses to live in the Valley of Singing Crystals amidst a wizard, a dangerous Sharpie, and a talking horse. The princess and the horse seller try to find their way back to Castletown and they discover the path sealed by an avalanche of rocks. Forced to locate an alternative route, they must dodge danger at every turn and look for clues to help them return home. In a valley filled with magic and mystery, the princess must learn the rules that govern this strange land and in so doing, she finds a treasure lost long ago when her grandmother was a young girl. Will this treasure help lead her home, or will this enchanted world encompass her forever?

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Granny's Trilogy is a book of three cutesy little Granny stories. In "Granny Rainbow Thumbs" you will get to see how resourceful Granny is in planting and harvesting her little garden. It will give you a real incentive to start even your smallest goal whatever it may be and watch it bloom into something totally awesome. You will delight in reading "Granny Big Feet" and the perils of eating too much candy. And when you read "Granny Goes To The Fair" you will find a good lesson for everyone. When things don't go quite as you have planned sometimes, they can actually turn out better than you ever anticipated. Ecclesiastes 3

A Collection of Holiday Cheer. With Christmas, Hanukkah and all the magic of the season. Plus, some great fables about Easter and Halloween that will make you smile.

Granny & Papa, A Living Portrait Stories of the Sťáťimcets Speaking People This is a story of the Transition time. A time when two cultures clashed together, changing both in ways yet to be understood. A time when 'gold fever' brought hordes of men, with only one goal: to get as much of the metal as they could by any means they could. The gold miners and those who profited from these events came and went within a few short years, but the after effects and repercussions are with us today. This is a story of the resilience of the Human Spirit of the Ucwalmicw of the Southern St̓át̓imcets Nation to survive and grow strong once again, while adapting to circumstances beyond our control. These stories relate to our 'Rites Of Passage' as we practiced them before and after contact with foreign nations.

A series of fun stories involving woods creatures and children written by two great grandmothers for children between the ages of three and ten

It was 1958, and back in the day, the old folks still seemed to have a saying for everything, especially in Suffolk, Virginia. One such saying was that if a baby took eleven months to arrive on this side of the hereafter, that same baby would meet its guardian angel face-to-face and be guarded and protected for the childs lifetime. Believe it or not, theres something else the old folks use to say about such a mystic birth, and that was that if the baby was born with a thin membrane covering the face, not only would that child be able to actually see its guardian angel one day, but also will have the gift of predicting the future. The guardian angel bit of news was of particular importance because that child experienced the death of a loved one and numerous harsh circumstances in life as well.