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A Stroke of Magic - The Last Hawaiian Princess
Spending time at Discovery Casa is always an adventure! Just ask Italian American twins Alex and Ella, and their Afro Panamanian friend Layla. The three friends are happy to be together again and even happier when they discover that the retirement home’s most talented artist, Art, has a new painting to show them.
Beautiful and enigmatic, the painting shows a woman on a beach with a peacock by her side. With the help of Emet, the magical paintbrush, the three friends jump into the painting and travel back in time to the Kingdom of Hawai’i, where they meet Princess Ka’iulani. She teaches them how to make a lei, dance the hula, and the importance of preserving one’s culture and language.
Release date: Oct. 24, 2023
Juvenile Fiction
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A Stroke of Magic - The dinosaur woman
Ella and Alex are seven-year-old Italian American twins who often go to Discovery Casa, a retirement home where their mother works as a nurse. One day, while there, they meet Layla, a six-year-old Afro-Panamanian girl who goes to Discovery Casa to visit her Abuelita, who tells the three friends that there is a new resident named Art--but nobody knows anything about him because he doesn't speak to anyone. Curious, Ella, Alex, and Layla go on a mission to find out who he is and they soon discover that he is an artist who painted a rather unusual and, at first glance, incorrect painting: three dinosaurs on a beach, with a woman in the background. What is a woman doing among dinosaurs? They wonder.
In the first book, the pivotal figure is Mary Anning, the female paleontologist whose findings on England’s Jurassic Coast contributed to the theory of evolution put forth by Charles Darwin and uncovered secrets about dinosaurs. However, many of her discoveries were unfairly credited to male paleontologists because of her gender, and as a result, history has overlooked her pioneering role.
Release date: Feb. 2, 2023
Juvenile Fiction
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a & b
This is a story about the friendship between a small statue called A and a beetle called B. B is flipped on its back and cannot turn upright. A who cannot move helps in any way he can. A and B prove that friendship is a wonderful gift!
This beautifully illustrated book can also be a coloring and doodle book!
A & B inspired the International Award Winning Animated Short, Inverse (click to view)
Release date: November 26, 2019
Children’s Activity Book
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The Willow City Boys Series
Spelunking Under the Outhouse
When brothers, Levi and Deevee, discover the existence of a cave under Willow City, a small 1950s town in North Dakota, they have to share it with their best friends, Gus and Mike. Together, the boys cannot resist the search for the elusive cave entrance hidden by the town’s mayor for safety reasons. Finding it will take creative minds, a bit of sneakiness, and skills that small-town life helps build. But problems develop when an old Chippewa woman demands they stay away from the cave. Last seen fifty years ago, her knowledge of the sight only intrigues the boys, especially, after Levi is frightened by her.
The middle-school-aged boys decide to press forward and begin the search for clues, but it will not be easy. As a series of events point to a location, they are forced to keep it a secret, too, for fear their plans will be thwarted by safety-conscious adults. The boys risk their lives figuring out the secret the old Chippewa woman will not fully reveal. The Willow City boys work together to find the cave, explore it, and solve the reason its entrance was hidden so many years before.
Release date: August 23, 2022
Juvenile Fiction / Adventure
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A Blue Hare in Gunder’s Glade
Mike, a middle-school-aged boy in the 1950s from Willow City, North Dakota, drags his friends on a search for blue rabbits tormenting an old Norwegian farmer. Learning about the man’s early years and the experiences in his youth, Mike and his three friends decide to work together to solve the mysterious sightings of blue rabbits. Mike is offered a reward if he rids the farmer of the tormenting and legendary creatures that have followed him from his homeland.
An unexpected meeting with the town’s new arrival, a Chippewa girl named Omi, drives Mike into action sooner than later. When some of her rabbits go missing, several of the boys are suspected of stealing, including Mike. Harsh encounters with landowners, trap setting, and rabbit stakeouts bring the group together. Mike must impress Omi and find her rabbits, too, but it isn’t going to be easy.
As the group works together for Gunder, they soon discover the connection the mysterious legend has with him. A dramatic conclusion regarding the blue rabbit origin in Willow City brings understanding and a new start for Gunder.
Release date: November 9, 2021
Juvenile Fiction / Adventure
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A Limb Along the Railroad Tracks
A unique find along the railroad tracks near a small town in North Dakota inspires four middle school boys to investigate its origin. As two strangers hide in town, the boys can’t help but wonder if the two are up to no good and linked to their find.
Deevee Wagner, one of the four boys, takes the lead on their investigation. The four work together to answer questions they have, but trouble seems to follow them at every turn. Setbacks don’t discourage them, and they still manage to keep their activity secret from the adults in their lives. . .for a time.
After a theft is reported in a nearby town, the boys know they are on to something. Events pile up, and the boys are forced to share what they know with the adults after an encounter with one of the strangers. The town’s police officer aides in their undertaking, but he must discipline the boys for risky actions.
Deevee discovers he has the skills and insight to put it all together, but he will need the help of his friends and the adults in his life to work out his plans—to capture the thieves and recover the loot.
Release date: April 06, 2021
Juvenile Fiction / Adventure
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The Hairy Farmer’s Daughter
Four middle school boys, interested in the local legends surrounding a small 1950’s North Dakota community, embark on an ambitious plan to get to the bottom of the unsettling stories. Local Scandinavian and Native American legends blend creating confusion about disturbing scenes witnessed by folks in the aspen forests. The boys find trouble after pursuing answers from young Chippewa boys from a nearby reservation. The boys still manage to seek answers despite their punishment. An old Chippewa man, and others, add clarity to the legends and eye-witness accounts of a lost little girl.
The boys decide to help the old Chippewa man find his boyhood home in the aspen forest. They also learn of buried money and other links to the legend. They get what they are asking for and maybe more. The boys discover a huge truth in their endeavors, but bragging rights must be abandoned for the protection of a few.
Release date: June 2, 2020
Juvenile Fiction / Adventure
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