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Omalvus is a snail who loves to draw with his rainbow-colored slime trail. He is very proud of his beautiful, brightly colored pictures. His peaceful life is one day disrupted by the appearance of a mysterious brown slime that is ruining his colorful drawings. Each day. he creates a new drawing. and each day, when he is not looking, his drawing is destroyed. Oh no! He must find out what or who is responsible for this destruction.

This is a charming children’s story about a fly who can’t fly, but who longs for adventure! Tripi is different and special, you see; he can talk, read, and write - he can even dance and sing! He tries and tries with all his might, but it remains that he cannot take flight! Tripi is unique in his ability to look at the bright side of things. He’s not going to let this get him down, so he goes to the library where he meets The Great Book!

Red Shoes with White Squiggles is a rhyming children's book about a family of five mice. The author Carol Pavelin was inspired to write the book after seeing some of the character mice painted by her sister Stephanie Conroy. The locations in the book are loosely based on the sisters' happy memories of growing up on Woodhill Road in Portishead, England.

Poetry, as primitive and timeless as the people and the planet it records. Evolution is creation in motion. It is an ongoing cycle of transformation. For you and I, the human race, it is how we develop and grow, and who we become in the process. The Evolution of Creation is a poetic journey with each poem capturing an important element in an ongoing story. A story that continues to develop as it defines humanity's progress on earth. It is the rhythm of the times we live in. It is not just any story, it is our story.

Step into the enchanting world of Robert Burns with this magical collection of poems in Scots. Imagine stumbling upon a lost typewriter that had been used by the national poet of Scotland himself, and discovering a treasure trove of new works that had been hidden away for centuries. This delightful collection, carefully crafted by William Clark, is the result of that incredible discovery.

This is the second - and, one can hope, surely a bridge to the third - of books authored by Jenevieve (Peach) Woods, a remarkable teen who lives with a disease that alters her life in profound ways and could shorten it as well. She conveys, in heartfelt prose and in soulful poetry, her message of courage and hope, her call for universal acceptance and equality of all people, her love of family and others in her support group, and her deep appreciation of the beauty that surrounds her.

A delightful children's story about a windy occurrence. It is exciting, authentic, credible, and captivating. Suitable for children aged between three and six. Covers the weather element of the wind. The child's story is also poetic. It is an excellent story telling time book. For bonding time or educational school story time.

Kids laugh at the strangest things. This funny short-rhyming book is jam-packed with rhymes that will not only entertain children, but also the adults hearing the poems with them.

This simple morning rhyme book for baby boys uses rhythm, repetition, and a dash of love to build a child's language, communication, and literacy skills. It is a great way to start a great day! Children's language skills develop long before they can verbalize words. The use of rhyme, rhythm, and repetition can help build your child's language, communication, and literacy skills. This book was written for children from birth to age two, but simple words also make it a great book for beginning readers!

If you have ever enjoyed The Gruffalo, you might be amused by this fan homage to that wonderful work. If you haven't, do that first. The Gruffalo is for children zero to five years old. Buffalo Tiger is for six year olds and up. Both works are quite short and ultimately based on a Chinese folk tale about a fox and a tiger. Buffalo Tiger offers a solution to a special challenge of rhyming with "tiger" and adds a few nuances along the way. It invokes the world of insects, whereas The Gruffalo narrates from the world of larger animals.

Iggy follows his kite through a rip in the sky. Behind the sky, he makes new friends and joins them on a quest to find a stolen musical instrument that plays the weather.

Mushroom Tales is a collection of stories to explain to your child: In "Rules of Gold", why it's important to treat others as you'd like to be treated. In "Bullies", being bullied is not about you and there are bully solutions. In "How to Win a Race", the most important part of any race or challenge is: to start! In "My Mom Rocks!" being a Mom is an incredibly challenging job, and if your kids don't already see and appreciate Mom's hard work, they will now.

One day Flippin had been a fly on the wall in a school classroom and watched the children recite the alphabet. Then they had sung about a little old lady who lives in the jungle and washes clothes. It was a lovely action rhyme and Flippin couldn't get the tune out of his head. He decided to go to the zoo to see if he could find any animal who had either met or heard of the old woman. Flippin thought it would be a good idea to visit the animals from A to Z in alphabetical order so he wouldn't miss any out.

The Halloween House & Other Scary Stories is a short collection of three Halloween-themed stories for young listeners, guaranteed to bring smiles to the faces of children and adults alike. Contents include "The Halloween House", a cautionary poem about the dangers of trick or treating without obeying the rules, "The Nothing That Lives Under My Bed", and "The Skeleton Inside Me". Great for late night bedtime stories.

Shim and Shay don't like staying home alone while Mom and Dad go to work in the castle. Then one day a gnome tells the children how the fairies gave him a bag of gold. The children set off to ask for a bag of gold of their own so Mom and Dad won't have to work. But there are dangers they never could have imagined waiting in the wide world outside their village, including a monster in the forest.

Rudy is not a very nice rat according to Rosa Raccoon and the other children. He does bad things and says mean stuff and no one wants to play with him. So Hamilton decides to have a talk with Rudy. However, when Rudy Rat sees Hamilton Troll, he gets so afraid he runs off, which clues in Hamilton that Rudy may need a friend more than they thought. Hamilton then encourages the children to put their "PAWS" together for friendship.

The Halloween Lullaby was originally published in the NoHo Valley News in 1997 and in the Los Angeles club magazine 4- Front. It is also published in the anthology Speculative Poets of Texas 2015. Archived in the UCLA Library of Special Collections.

"Jack o' Lantern Fever" was originally published in the Los Angeles club magazine 4-Front and in the NoHo Valley News in 1997. It was published in the anthology Speculative Poets of Texas 2015. Archived in the UCLA Library of Special Collections.

Parents: Do you have a fussy monster who doesn't like going to bed? How do you put your monster to bed when he has so many things and thoughts in his head?

Emotions run high when Starlit challenges Hamilton to a race. Hamilton's certain he can't lose, and Starlit's sure she'll win. The characters plan a course that takes the trolls through Hamilton's world. It's an action-packed race. Yet that's when the story takes an unexpected turn.