Cats are lovable, playful companions, and they each have their own personality. Cats all have a few things in common…
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Would a good friend be decent, descent, or dissent? When you show respect to someone, are you being deferential or differential? Does a bomb need to be defused or diffused? If a town is filled with corruption, is it full of depravation or deprivation? decease, disease Decease is the act of dying or departing from life.…
How did this author develop her characters? Is Winter’s Silence based on an event that happened in her life or in the life of someone she knows? Is there a sequel planned? And has this author ever faced religious discrimination? On the back cover of your book, it says that grew up as the only…
Houses are burning down for no reason. People are spontaneously combusting. An alien life form is stranded. And then there’s the ice cream. Buying a cone or ice cream sandwich from the ice cream man could change your life forever. Lacy, a single mom, leaves her eleven- and twelve-year-old children old home alone while she…
Each morning is Day One of the rest of your life. How do you want to spend it? What do you want to accomplish? Would you like to strengthen your relationship with Christ? Today is Day One is a devotional book perfect for those who don’t have a lot of time. And to be honest,…
What will you use your flashlight for on National Flashlight Day? How deep into your family’s roots will you dig on Roots Day? What origins you will create for Take it in the Ear Day? How frantic will you become as the time slowly ticks away on Tick Tock Day? National Flashlight Day – December 21 is also…
How long could you survive if you were lost in the Colorado wilderness during a blizzard? When Amy Raye was a child, her grandfather taught her to hunt. The love of doing this has never left her; it has only grown. On a hunting expedition with two friends, Amy decides to go out on her…
Has the nosy Miss Marble finally met her match? I grew up reading Agatha Christie’s mysteries. I own all of them, and their covers are worn from being read so many times. No criminal could get away with any wrongdoing if Miss Marple happened to be in the vicinity. With her long history of solving…
Will you write a letter to Santa on Santa’s Letter Writing Day? On Dewey Decimal System Day, will you learn about why this neat way of organizing books was created? How many wagers will you win on Phileas Fogg Win a Wager Day? Santa’s Letter Writing Day – Do you know a child who doesn’t…
During the first few months of 2010, a friend of mine somehow talked me into writing a project based on the assumption that the 12/22/12 craze had some momentum. She had explained that it was quite a hot topic and I should jump on the bandwagon and run with a story about the end of…
Would you dare to go hunting for ghosts inside a deserted mental institution? Somebody Save Me, the prequel to The Eidolon Tempest, hasn’t yet been published, but The Eidolon Tempest can be read and enjoyed even if you haven’t read Somebody Save Me. Reading the prequel did help me to better understand why such horrible…
In this haunting collection of tales, a young boy becomes obsessed with dolls after his cousin dies from leukemia. A teenage girl’s job of housesitting turns into a time of terror. A wife is convinced that her husband wants to kill her. And little children are mysteriously disappearing. “The Doll-Master”When I first saw the title…
Will you save a mutt on National Mutt Day? Are you going to wear a monkey costume on Monkey Day? How many cats will you herd on Cat Herders Day? Do you have a mask to wear on Day of the Ninja? Is your salesperson going to get a huge thank-you on National Salesperson Day?…
Two men from very different walks of life are about to meet each other. Chase lives in a world of poverty. Unemployment is a common thing, and Chase has been out of work for a year. His wife is also out of work, and they have gone through the little bit of savings they had.…
Lacy Dawn lives in poverty. To me, she appears to be a troubled child because of her home life. Her father beats her mother, and she is surrounded by abuse of all kinds. Her best friend is dead, but they still talk to each other. During playground time at school, all the other kids come…
Would you eat a currant pie or a current pie? Would you see a cygnet or a signet on a lake? Would you write about what happens each day in a dairy or in a diary? Do dear or a deer live in the woods? currant, current A currant is a small, seedless grape or…
Are emotions confusing for your toddler? Does he frown when he is happy? Smile when he is sad? Maybe she acts scared when she is surprised. Or does she act amused when she is mad? Emma: An Emotions Primer is another great addition to the BabyLit collection of books. There is a world of things…
Would you hide a key in a crevasse or in a crevice? Would you invite a critic or a critique to dine at your restaurant? Would you stand in a cue, a Kew, or a queue to get tickets for a movie? crevasse, crevice A crevasse is a deep fissure, or opening, in the earth’s surface or…
Toddlers begin learning about shapes from the toys they play with. Shape sorting cubes are made for children as young as one year old. There are also board books for babies that start teaching the shapes, but what about those of us who want to instill a love of great literature in our young ones…
How long will it take you to clean out your refrigerator on National Clean Out Your Refrigerator Day? How many people will you tell to have a bad day on Have a Bad Day Day? Will you take advantage of Stay Home Because You’re Well Day and stay home from work? Have fun finding a peculiar…
What would you do if you found out that the county was going to take your house away? Zollicoffer, Tennessee, is a little town with a big name. Lou Mayhew, who is about to enter the sixth grade, lives there with her parents. Her dad is the local junkman. Lou is not exactly thrilled with…
Is writing letters a form of corespondents, correspondence, or correspondents? Would you learn the definition of cosign or cosine in math class? Would a polite lady courtesy, curtesy, or curtsy? Do children like to play in the creak or the creek? corespondents, correspondence, correspondents Corespondents are the third parties in a divorce preceeding. The divorce case had…
What do deer, reindeer, Santa Claus, Mrs. Claus, elves, and a bunny rabbit have to do with the Christmas Cats in Silly Hats? Deer are beautiful creatures. I love to watch them visit the corn feeder we have out for them. Unfortunately for me, they usually visit it after dark or when I’m not looking…
What prompted the author to write this story? How much research did she do? Did she interview any cats or rats before writing this book? Does she find children’s fiction easier or more challenging to write than fiction for adults? How can her fans keep up with what she is working on? NOTE: This interview…
Most people think of rats as nasty disease-ridden animals. But people keep rats as pets, and rats are also kept in laboratories as test subjects. Cats are known for chasing and killing rats. It has been said that cats and rats are incapable of getting along with each other, but the same has been said…
