Adventures of Droppy" is the first of the picture book series that takes the young children of ages 5 and up to different adventures of Droppy, the water drop In this first book, Droppy meets with drops of different liquids, like milk and honey. He wants to mix with them to get "big". He may not be successful in every try, but he found a solution that gets all drops together. Different liquids with different densities will not mix. They can create layers of liquids when they are put on top of each other. Liquids with different densities, is an interesting and fun experiment for people of all ages. The experiment can be implemented with different liquids, such as, milk, water, oil, honey or molasses. Use clear cups, or tubes for observation First, try to see how water mixes with milk. Then, slowly add the other liquids you found at home, last observe how liquids move to take their places according to their densities. I have a BS degree in physics. After I had my three children, I wanted to learn more about young children and got my associate degree in Early Childhood Development. Currently I am working on my Fine Art Degree at a local college.

Three Raindrop friends fall to the earth from the clouds during a storm. Each raindrop begins a different and exciting adventure on earth. One of our adventurers travels through a storm drain and ends up in the bright blue ocean. Another one of our characters gets gulped down by a dog and travels through the dog. Our last character travels up through a tree, getting to know the tree's history and the impact of clearing forests for development. This is a story about the excitement of experiencing and learning about new and important things.

Have you ever gazed at a tiny droplet so intently that you could see your own reflection in it? What happens to that water droplet after you’re done marvelling at it? Do you wipe it away, cover it with a book, or let it slowly evaporate and ascend into the sky? In Droppy Druppy, the author invites you to see droplets as adventurous travellers – they turn into steam, soar to form clouds, cascade as rain, and ultimately join rivers flowing to the sea. These humble droplets experience incredible journeys, seeing wondrous places and performing important tasks. So why not befriend a droplet and let your imagination soar? Come along on this magical journey as we explore the life of a droplet and the fascinating places it visits. Are you ready for this captivating voyage? Let’s embark on this dreamy adventure together!

“Oh, for the love of rain.” Wiley is a tiny water droplet with lots of questions: “What is my purpose, and why do we fall? Why are the clouds so wide and so tall? Where do droplets come from, and how do we change? What is beyond the clouds? I find this so strange.” When he realizes his fear of evaporation is the only path to his greatest desire—finding his true purpose in life—Wiley’s strength and curiosity propel him towards an adventure of a lifetime. Wiley: The Adventures of a Wacky Water Droplet is a story about courage, perseverance, and bravery.

A wry, unvarnished chronicle of a career in the rare book trade during its last Golden Age When Gary Goodman wandered into a run-down, used-book shop that was going out of business in East St. Paul in 1982, he had no idea the visit would change his life. He walked in as a psychiatric counselor and walked out as the store’s new owner. In The Last Bookseller Goodman describes his sometimes desperate, sometimes hilarious career as a used and rare book dealer in Minnesota—the early struggles, the travels to estate sales and book fairs, the remarkable finds, and the bibliophiles, forgers, book thieves, and book hoarders he met along the way. Here we meet the infamous St. Paul Book Bandit, Stephen Blumberg, who stole 24,000 rare books worth more than fifty million dollars; John Jenkins, the Texas rare book dealer who (probably) was murdered while standing in the middle of the Colorado River; and the eccentric Melvin McCosh, who filled his dilapidated Lake Minnetonka mansion with half a million books. In 1990, with a couple of partners, Goodman opened St. Croix Antiquarian Books in Stillwater, one of the Twin Cities region’s most venerable bookshops until it closed in 2017. This store became so successful and inspired so many other booksellers to move to town that Richard Booth, founder of the “book town” movement in Hay-on-Wye in Wales, declared Stillwater the First Book Town in North America. The internet changed the book business forever, and Goodman details how, after 2000, the internet made stores like his obsolete. In the 1990s, the Twin Cities had nearly fifty secondhand bookshops; today, there are fewer than ten. As both a memoir and a history of booksellers and book scouts, criminals and collectors, The Last Bookseller offers an ultimately poignant account of the used and rare book business during its final Golden Age.