Until Death…And Then What, Reflections on the New Path Ahead
$11.95 Softcover
Westbow Press, Amazon.com
Recently widowed and having endured all the anticipated and unanticipated emotional “firsts” that accompany this new state of life, Deanna thought she had finally weathered the storm of grief. But after the second anniversary of her husband’s death, she fell into a period of profound sadness she could not explain. What followed was six months of self-reflection on the ups and downs of widowhood. Until Death….And Then What is a personal account of the insights learned while navigating this new, uncharted path to a new normal of peace and happiness.
In Sickness and in Health, A Wife/Caregiver reflects on the words before I do.
$17.95 Softcover
Westbow Press, Amazon.com
In Sickness and in Health is a personal account of one marriage that stood the test of time, not perfectly but which lasted thanks to those three components of the marriage equation: passion, intimacy, and commitment. It is an honest story of a health journey through life with one partner with the joys and the sorrows, the pitfalls and the promises, and most importantly, the faith that helped manage it all.
A Guardian Angel’s Lesson, Your Precious Gift from God
$23.95 Hardcover
Outskirts Press.com; Amazon.com; Barnes & Noble.com
Genre: Picture Book
How did your Guardian Angel learn to care for you? God has chosen an angel for a baby about to be born. His selected Cherub isn’t confident he knows how to accomplish all that will be required. A Guardian Angel’s Lesson, a 34 page picture book written in rhyme, is the story of how God instructs the angel to accomplish this life-long job. Follow the excited Cherub from the moment he is chosen to the moment he falls completely in love with God’s newest creation. Perfect for a baby shower or new baby gift, A Guardian Angel’s Lesson combines touching illustrations and an inspiring story which is sure to delight its readers.
So Many Hugs
$12.95 Softcover
Lilyflower Publishing, Inc; Amazon.com
Genre: Picture Book
So Many Hugs is a picture book written in rhyme which describes the many reasons we need to give and receive a hug. Its illustrations by Jim Jung capture the innocent and uncomplicated views of a child’s world. Give the gift of a hug; today could be the day you give someone just what they need…even if they didn’t know they needed it!
The Boys Who Discovered Yesterday
$10.00 Softcover
Lilyflower Publishing, Inc.; Amazon.com
Genre: Historic Fiction
The Boys Who Discovered Yesterday is a chapter book for ages 8-12. It tells the true story of the discovery of the pre-historic art caves in Lascaux, France by four boys and their dog, Robot. In reliving their extraordinary adventure, the reader will get a sense of the awe and wonderment of their discovery. Should they keep it a secret? Should they tell someone? Will they get in trouble for how they found it? In addition to learning a selection of French words sprinkled throughout the narrative, the reader will also learn the amazing details of how Cro-Magnon man created this underground art museum more than 15,000 years ago.
Felix and Belakana, Children of the Druid
$10.00 Softcover
Amazon.com
Genre: Historic Fiction
Felix and Belakana, Children of the Druid is a chapter book for ages 8-12. It tells the true story of one Celtic tribe, the Veneti, who lived in Gaul, present day France, in the year 57BC. The children’s father is the venerable Druid of the tribe whose rules dictate that only boys can go to school. Belakana and her brother devise a scheme to satisfy her insatiable curiosity all the while their father and his military chief try to prepare for the inevitable invasion of Julius Caesar’s army. Will they survive? Will they be able to escape Caesar’s brutal takeover of the area? It is an exciting story filled with tension as well as information about authentic life in Gaul based on the diary of Caesar himself.
Clovis and Clothilde, The unlikely tale of a teenage warrior and his princess
$10.00 Softcover
Amazon.com
Genre: Historic Fiction
Clovis and Clothilde is a chapter book for ages 9-13. It is the true story of Clovis, first King of the Barbarian tribe, the Franks, following his revolutionary life, his joys, grief, conflicts and his true love. It is also the story of Clothilde, a princess from Burgundy, whose devious schemes manage to help her escape from the castle where she is being kept prisoner. The story is based on true events during the tumultuous era of barbarian invasions in the fifth century, one filled with war, greed, murder and revenge, but it is also a love story between two very different people with very different backgrounds who together, changed the history of France.
Saints Alive! Annie’s Very Own Miracle
$10.00 Softcover
Westbow Press; Amazon.com; Barnes & Noble.com
Genre: Christian Historic Fiction
When Annie’s fourth grade class has to research the lives of their Patron Saints, she is disappointed to learn the uninteresting life of St. Anne and embarrassed to give her report. She has always been fascinated by the lives of the saints, especially the miracles they experienced. She would love to experience a miracle of her own since so many miracles happened to the saints when they were children. Saints Alive examines some of the lives of the saints told from Annie’s point of view. Learn how prayer, faith, and a little divine intervention during a frightening family crisis changed Annie’s feelings about her patron saint, Saint Anne, the grandmother of Jesus.
Udderly Sweet
ISBN number is 978-1958419-62-5
Hardcover Available at adelaidebooks.org for $19.60
Genre: Picture book
Udderly Sweet is a picture book written in rhyme that describes why it is just as important to be kind to cows as it is to be kind to people.
Royal Kids of the Revolution
A story of indomitable courage
$17.95
Amazon.com
Royal Kids of the Revolution is the true story of Queen Marie Antoinette and King Louis XVI’s four children taking the reader from pre-Revolutionary France and the family’s privileged life at the castle of Versailles through the tumultuous years of the French Revolution.
Tragedy after tragedy befalls the family with illness, untimely deaths, kidnappings and devious political schemes and plots to turn the people against the King and Queen. After months of social unrest and mob violence, the family is forced from Versailles and taken prisoner to Paris. An unsuccessful attempt to escape the country puts them in the squalid Temple Prison where the King and Queen will ultimately go to the guillotine leaving the children to suffer years of illness and abuse from the guards. Somehow, they must hold on to the will to survive.
Royal Kids of the revolution tells the unimaginable but true story of the French Revolution from the perspective of the children and weaves it with intense emotion, intrigue, political schemes as well as a connection to American history.
