Shmadiggle and the Imagination Asteroid is fable for children and adults of all ages. Shmadiggle lives on Xiggle, a planet inhabited by people made our of springs, and she... Well, it's about youngers and olders who befriend one another and love giggle pies, practice for jiggle marathons and dream of far away places, and why, if you run away from a challenge you may finding it waiting for you, on Imagination Asteroid! The book is one of an "inter-active" series of books called, "Imagine That!" in which reader-listeners are encouraged to draw or cut and paste, their own illustrations on the blank page following each section of the story. Quality Trade 6x9 paperback 68 pages. $9.95

32 pgs, 1398 words, saddle stitch 6 x 9: extra pages for kids' creative illustrating! Clara Cow and the Country Fair is a read-to book for very young readers or ESL learners. The book is one of series of books, called, "Imagine That!" in which reader-listeners are encouraged to draw or cut and paste, their own illustrations. These will be books that parents will want to keep so the young reader, grown up, will have this treasure from childhood. Other books in the series include stories for reader-listeners 6 to 10: "Old Dumpling and the Rainy Day;" "Shmadiggle and the Imagination Asteroid;" "Missy Mouse and the Rocket Ship." Older elementary ages will enjoy both the play, and the book: "Clinton and the Treehouse."

A collection of poetry, reflections and short-short stories by Claudia Carroll (AKA CJ Carroll), written over a period of twenty years.

6 x 9 Quality Trade Paperback: A collage of excerpts from an inner and creative journal spanning twenty-two years, between 1990's and 2010. It is a journey through parallel worlds, that of the "real" and the necessary, and that, which often seems more "real" to me: my conversations with my "angels," in the inner and creative world. My quest did not begin twenty-two years ago, but is one that I feel I embarked on when I was born, perhaps even before I was born. The journaling of both my angst and achievements, and my time spent "in the presence of angels," some sensed, some imagined, some real people, some in nature, and even God's critters, has been of infinite personal value, especially as a road-map charting the paths I have traveled, from then to now to there and back again.I hope you will be encouraged to know that no matter the circumstances of your life at the moment there is a wisdom, a love, something beyond and above your circumstances that wishes to guide you toward a fulfilling life.

Old Dumpling is an inventor, who lives on a Universe where it has never rained, but he knows the signs. He tries to warn the neighbors, but they laugh at him and won't listen anymore. He befriends Little Girl, and Young Boy, and discovers a surprising secret from another Universe. A story about friendship between Olders and Youngers, and why you shouldn't steal other people's ideas or throw rocks at glass houses.Old Dumpling is one of a series of books called "Imagine That! in which reader-listeners are encouraged to draw or cut and paste, their own illustrations. Quality 6 x 9 trade paperback, 55 pages, 5,998 words. $9.95

Missy Mouse and the Rocket Ship is a fable for children. A story about family, true friends, and never giving up on your dreams!The book is one of an inter-active series by Claudia Carroll, called "Imagine That;" reader-listener-artists are encouraged to draw, paint, or cut and paste their own illustrations on the blank pages following each section of the story. Useful in an ESL classroom as well. Quality Trade Paperback, 6x9, 98 pages.

My title is taken from the literally thousands of steps I climbed during my year teaching ESL in Taiwan, but it also indicates the steps I took, to get there, to live and teach there, and to, step by step, share a little of myself with others, as they shared themselves with me.Being a part of the process of education, whether with children or adults, in a country not your own, allows us, as ESL teachers, to make a contribution to our "small, small, global world."