Join Mrs. Claus on a whimsical Christmas Eve adventure in “The Marvelous Mrs. Claus”! As the sun rises over the North Pole, the toy workshop buzzes with excitement, but disaster strikes when the Toy-O-Matic 5000 breaks down. With Santa missing and time running out, Mrs. Claus rallies the elves to save the day. Together, they embrace the spirit of teamwork and creativity, crafting toys by hand while a special guitar is made just for a little boy named Jack. Filled with warmth and joy, this enchanting tale reminds readers that the magic of Christmas comes from love, collaboration, and a sprinkle of holiday spirit. Perfect for children and families, this heartwarming story is sure to become a beloved holiday tradition!

Available online at: MarvelousMrsClaus.com

The hardest times can teach the greatest lessons.

During the 1930s, eight-year-old, Delia, along with her four siblings and mother, leave the Dust Bowl of Oklahoma. Taking only a few belongings and using the last of the money to buy a two-headed axe, Delia’s mother travels to California to find work in the agricultural fields-tomatoes, grapes, cotton-anything that would support her family during the Great Depression. While confronting severe poverty, young Delia brings to life her mother’s morals: hard work, sharing, and the universal need to be loved.

Firewood and Christmas Potatoes is based on true events and will take the young reader to a time when approximately three million Americans (including children) were once treated harshly as they journeyed to a different state to begin a new life. Children will experience the life of a child similar in age, who encountered challenges and embraced hardship by allowing their heart to love all.

Firewood and Christmas Potatoes is a heartwarming story that will become a family favorite during the holiday season.

Available online and at: Barnes & Noble – Amazon – BAM

The fifth volume of the best-selling Good Night Stories for Rebel Girls series, 100 Inspiring Young Changemakers, shines a spotlight on extraordinary young women who are making their mark on the world today. Readers will celebrate well-known women like Greta Thunberg, Bethany Hamilton, Bindi Irwin, Zendaya, and the Linda Lindas, and meet up-and-coming powerhouses like inventor Vinisha Umashankar, fashion designer Marine Serre, stuntwoman Sadiqua Bynum, filmmaker Taegen Yardley, poet Alexandra Huynh, and environmental activist Helena Gualinga.

The girls and women in the book come from different countries and backgrounds and have a wide array of interests and accomplishments. Barrier-breaking performer Keke Palmer became the youngest talk show host in US history. Entrepreneur Mikaila Ulmer founded a lemonade company to help save honeybees. Brazilian skateboarder Rayssa Leal turned a hobby into an Olympic dream. And British body positivity advocate Megan Jayne Crabbe and Indigenous artist Te Manaia Jennings inspire kids to keep their minds healthy.

With a foreword by conservationist and TV personality Bindi Irwin, the book features the work of authors, artists, and editors aged 30 and under. Each story is told in the whimsical fairy tale style that has made the series a success and is paired with a bold, full-page portrait. More than 80 young female or nonbinary artists from all over the world contributed original artwork to the book.

Available online and at: Wherever books are sold including Amazon, Barnes & Noble, independent bookshops and specialty stores

Little Charity is a naughty little elf who steals all the Christmas toys for herself. After Santa whisks her away on his sleigh to help a family in need, she learns the true meaning of Christmas and the joy of selflessly giving.

In 1843 Charles Dickens read a parliamentary report on the hideous working conditions for children. He intended to write a scathing response, but he had a better idea: to write a story – A Christmas Carol – that would change society for the better.
It’s time. For a new story. A story to change our upside-down society for the better. A story to beguile parents and children to put down their cell phones, turn off their screens and open a book. Together. Families are yearning for their Light… for a beautiful, positive story that unfurls giggle-snickens of laughter, generates dialogue for a better world, models love-adore lessons of the heart, teaches life skills, and brings b’jeekers of joy and surprise to children and families. A story that begs to be read to the last page – the last word.

Jesse O’Neil is an orphan boy of comic charm and soul-igniting wonder. He is raised in 1950s New York City, by his entertaining young uncle, Conor, who is studying to be an actor, and his love-adore grandmother, Dearie, who owns her own theater. Therein, a rollicking production of A Christmas Carol takes root, with powerful Light lessons of courage, grace and laughter, of joyfulness, good cheer and appreciation for those you love most.

Amid all this, at age six, Jesse discovers that he has a ’disappeared’ grandmother, and he springs into his very own quest to find her. But first, he must puzzle out the web of riddles his mysterious mother has left behind. And brillish Jesse eats puzzles for breakfast! Jesse’s world reaches across generations and cultures, swirling with music, classic literature, gypsy storytelling and most exceptionally, theater. As the ‘Spirit of Christmas Past’, Jesse shines his magic – his Light – touching all those around him, most especially, himself.

We all want our magic back. We want to share it with our children and grandchildren. Here it is. Waiting for you in a new timeless Christmas story, proving over and over that Christmas is actually not a time, nor a season, but a state of mind that can celebrate our everyday magic all year long. Becoming Jesse is the star atop the tree, igniting the gentle, unlimited power of families reading aloud together.

(The novel includes a Dictionary of Jesse’s playful, made-up words.)

Available online and at: Amazon.com (ASIN:B07GW4SJCP) – Barnes & Noble – https://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/becoming-jesse patsiemccandless/1129809262?ean=9781732506602 – Books-a-Million – https://www.booksamillion.com/search? -id=7425605007936&query=Becoming+Jesse:+Celebrating+the+Everyday+Magic+of+Childhood&filter= – Indie Bound – https://www.indiebound.org/book/9781732506602

Awarded the GUINNESS WORLD RECORDS™ title for the longest hidden picture puzzle fold-out book, this amazing 16-foot-long fold-out Hidden Pictures® puzzle features a whopping 280 hidden objects!
This giant Hidden Pictures® puzzle is the ultimate search-and-find challenge. With sturdy pages that folds out to over 16 feet in length, this puzzle showcases an entire city relay race as runners work their way over giant bridges, through busy parks, inside subway tunnels, and more–all in a race to the finish line. A perfect and unique gift for Hidden Pictures enthusiasts of any age!

Available online and at: https://www.amazon.com/Longest-Hidden-Pictures%C2%AE-Highlights-Activity/dp/1684376483/ref=sr_1_1?crid=QYEVE97LWP71&keywords=longest+hidden+picture+book+ever&qid=1575483478&sprefix=longest+hideen+pic%2Caps%2C780&sr=8-1

Get preschool kids ready for kindergarten and keep their learning skills tuned up all summer with this innovative workbook that’s curriculum-based and teacher-approved. Kids will love the puzzles, poems, stories and more that make skills practice fun. Plus, there’s lots of bonus items: a pull-out HIDDEN PICTURES progress poster, reward stickers, an award certificate, outdoor activity ideas and crafts!
Expertly crafted to prevent “summer slide,” the Summer Big Fun Workbook will give kids a head start on their upcoming school year. It provides the right balance of review to maintain skills, and a preview of what’s to come.
The varied content will appeal to kids with a broad range of learning styles. Humor and colorful illustrations keeps kids absorbed longer, which helps them develop persistence and attention to detail. Great for homeschoolers, too.

Available at: https://www.highlights.com/store/summer-big-fun-workbook-bridging-p-k and https://www.amazon.com/s?k=highlights&ref=nb_sb_noss_1

Get kids ready for first grade and keep their learning skills sharp all summer with this innovative workbook that’s curriculum-based and teacher-approved. Kids will love the puzzles, poems, stories and more that make skills practice fun. Plus, there’s lots of bonus items: a pull-out HIDDEN PICTURES progress poster, reward stickers, an award certificate, outdoor activity ideas and crafts!
Expertly crafted to prevent “summer slide,” the Summer Big Fun Workbook will give kids a head start on their upcoming school year. It provides the right balance of review to keep skills sharp, and a preview of what’s to come.
The varied content will appeal to kids with a broad range of learning styles. Humor and colorful illustrations keeps kids absorbed longer, which helps them develop persistence and attention to detail. Great for homeschoolers, too.

Available at: https://www.highlights.com/store/summer-big-fun-workbook-bridging-grades-k-1 and https://www.amazon.com/s?k=highlights&ref=nb_sb_noss_1

Get kids ready for second grade and keep their learning skills sharp all summer with this innovative workbook that’s curriculum-based and teacher-approved. Kids will love the puzzles, poems, stories and more that make skills practice fun. Plus, there’s lots of bonus items: a pull-out HIDDEN PICTURES progress poster, reward stickers, an award certificate, outdoor activity ideas and crafts!
Expertly crafted to prevent “summer slide,” the Summer Big Fun Workbook will give kids a head start on their upcoming school year. It provides the right balance of review to keep skills sharp, and a preview of what’s to come.
The varied content will appeal to kids with a broad range of learning styles. Humor and colorful illustrations keeps kids absorbed longer, which helps them develop persistence and attention to detail. Great for homeschoolers, too.

Available at: https://www.highlights.com/store/summer-big-fun-workbook-bridging-grades-1-2 and https://www.amazon.com/s?k=highlights&ref=nb_sb_noss_1

In his new book, Child of the Dust, author Tom Wascoe tells the story of an American solider (Richie) and a Vietnamese woman (Linh), who fall in love and have a baby during the war in Vietnam. Richie attempts to marry Linh, but he fails to get permission from the Army. He is then pulled out of Vietnam. Linh and her son make an incredible journey to potential safety and security in Hong Kong. Meanwhile, Richie builds his career and raises a family in the United States. They meet again in Hong Kong two decades later and achieve their ultimate destiny.

Wascoe’s own history brings a great deal to his story. During the Vietnam War, Wascoe was stationed in Pleiku and escorted convoys. The camp and the city described in the book are informed by real life, and his protagonist’s career was inspired by Wascoe’s own work.

Child of the Dust is Wascoe’s second book. His first book, Backseat, about a college freshman rushing for a fraternity and hitchhiking 1,500 miles as a rite of passage into the fraternity, received four-and-a-half stars on Amazon.

Available at: www.tomwascoe.com – Amazon – Barnes&Noble.com – Ebook editions – Amazon Kindle – Barnes & Noble Nook – Apple iTunes (for the Apple iPad)