HENRY HERMIT CRAB FINDS A HOME - GOLD Mom's Choice Award
THE SUNFLOWER SQUIRREL ACTIVITY BOOK
THE SUNFLOWER SQUIRREL - NIEA AWARD FOR INSPIRATIONAL CHILDREN'S BOOK
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ONLY AVAILABLE FROM THE AUTHOR AT THIS TIME - CASTOR STARLIGHT: RACE TO POLARIS
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NEW PICTURE BOOK
Award-winner - GOLD Mom's Choice Award
Henry, a young hermit crab is caught in a storm and washed out to sea. Separated from his family and friends, Henry desperately searches for the perfect seashell where he can find safety before nightfall.
Come along with Henry on the adventure of a lifetime and explore what lives, grows, and lurks in and around a coral reef. For children ages 4 to 8 years.
Henry Hermit Crab Finds a Home is a story of courage, determination, danger, and exploration.
Laara C Oakes is an award-winning author with a background in science. She has lived and traveled throughout the United States from the California redwood forests to the Florida everglades. Her admiration and respect for nature are reflected in her delightful stories.
Laara is the author of The Sunflower Squirrel picture book, an NIEA Finalist for inspirational children’s story, and Castor Starlight: Race to Polaris, an action adventure novel for ages 8 - 12 years.
Christina Allen's illustrated picture books have won several National Awards, including: The Silver Moonbeam Children's Books Award and the Mom's Choice Award.
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Rogue drones, six-eyed aliens, and getting chased across galaxies aren’t your normal daily routine. But to thirteen-year-old Starseed Castor Starlight, it’s business as usual when he’s hired for yet another dangerous mission.
With the fate of planet Eastland hanging in the balance, Castor and his space dragon Reggie race from the Andromeda Galaxy to the Milky Way in their Shapeshifting Supercomputer Starship to catch an elusive thief who holds the key to solving a mysterious crime. Will the trio survive their heroic adventure and uncover the mastermind behind this treacherous plot in time to save the planet?
Laara C Oakes is an author and poet with a background in the natural sciences. Privileged to live among, and to observe wildlife from the California redwood forests to the Florida everglades, her admiration and respect for nature are reflected in her heartwarming adventure stories.
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Award-winning picture book for Inspirational & Motivational Children's Story - Finalist - National Indie Excellence Award.
A little squirrel with a big plan. A story about friendship, generosity, and teamwork.
Laara C Oakes is an author and poet with a background in the natural sciences. Privileged to live among, and to observe wildlife from the California forests to the Florida everglades, her admiration and respect for nature are reflected in her delightful stories.
Christina Allen is an artist, illustrator and author. Her picture books have won several National Awards, including: The Bronze Evergreen Book Award, The Silver Moonbeam Children’s Book Award, Mom’s Choice Award, and the Indie Award for Excellence for Children’s Books, non-fiction.
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Continue the fun with Squirrel and her friends, Blue Jay, Cardinal, and Mouse.
The Sunflower Squirrel Activity Book is packed with puzzles, mazes, drawings to color, word scrambles and secret messages to decode.
Enjoy hours of fun with this companion book to the award- winning picture book, The Sunflower Squirrel.
Laara C Oakes is an author and poet with a background in the natural sciences. Privileged to live among, and to observe wildlife from the California forests to the Florida everglades, her admiration and respect for nature are reflected in her delightful stories.