Gigantic feet. New sandals. Bullies. Petes feet dont stink, but being made fun of sure does. When the teasing at school becomes too much, Petes daily visit to the woods becomes more than just a fun detour. Empathetic friends encourage him back to the playground, but will his new plan to quiet the bullies actually work? In rhyming text for children, and with the help of clever animals, Carrie has managed to deliver a powerful message of Gods creative love for all of us. Dandi Daley Mackall, author of more than 450 books for children and adults Pete and His Gigantic Feet is not only a delight to read, it carries a strong message that children will identify with. Its a message they will carry with them into the classroom and onto the playground. Sally E. Stuart, author Founder of Christian Writers Market Guide Carries delightful, fun-to-read picture book--written with rhythm, rhyme and personality plus--deals with the serious theme of hurtful teasing in an honest, yet encouraging manner. Great fun, great theme, great characters! HOORAY for Pete and his Gigantic Feet! Christine Tangvald, author of 90 picture books for children

In her latest novel, the author of Another You combines intensely realistic description and an effortless command of mood to examine the treacherous difference between love and fascination--between what we know about other people and what we think we know. Dara Falcon is someone other people think they know. Charismatic and theatrical, she has no sooner arrived in a New England town than she is wreaking havoc in the lives of her new friend Jean and her family. As Ann Beattie follows Dara's antics, she braids subplots and vibrant characters into a work that is compassionate, tartly funny, and teeming with life.

Daylight in the Canyon is a phrase old-time cowboys used to express how late it was in the morning. Since the bottom of the canyon is the last place to get light on any given morning, this is surely the last possible time to get up and get on with the day. Myron used this phrase to wake his family and/or any hired men he had occasion to call from sleep for the start of the workday. Since Myron was an extraordinarily early riser, there were many people over the years that believed they heard this call from him while it was still the middle of the night. And indeed, it was not uncommon for him to give this call while it was still hours before official sunrise came anywhere to the land. Loretta Lynde Helena, Montana

Sand Dune Pony is the story of a boy named Pete and a wild mustang pony set in what is now Great Sand Dunes National Park in Colorado. At the center of the story is a sinister individual who is seemingly dedicated to causing random harm. Pete and an old cowboy by the name of Hatsy get to the bottom of the mystery as they come across the remains of long-dead humans and the bodies of slain animals. The recurrent themes of the books in the Wilderness Mystery Series are natural phenomena—caves, canyons, mountains, sand dunes, and forests—and a sense of the past as seen through archaeology. In many of the narratives, events of long ago are seen to have left traces of their passing. Notwithstanding the fact that the books were written in the 1950s, the progressive Franklin Folsom (alias Troy Nesbit) had refreshing views of women, Native Americans, and the environment, and he was prescient in having his characters often oppose corporate and government efforts to develop wilderness areas.

This is the story of a woman's conflict of interests between technology and children and how she resolved it. Four years of work in Chicago started things. Twenty years raising seven children intervened. Finally twenty years of work at Los Alamos ended it, with retirement in Las Cruces, NM. Most of this covered sixty years of marriage to one man.

A collection of action songs, dances, sound effect songs and songs to act out. They are all designed to develop literacy, social and communication skills, and build young children's confidence. The songbook contains the music, words, piano accompaniments and play-along percussion ideas. The CD contains a recording of all the accompaniments to sing along with. No music reading is required.