AND WE HELPED -- by Melinda Chambers. Remember those wonderful smells wafting from Grandmother’s kitchen? Remember getting your hands all gooey with pie crust and biscuit dough and those special treats from the oven that you helped bake? That’s aroma therapy to the max and we all have memories triggered by the wonderful smell of bread baking. Melinda has captured those memories in this new book and you can, too. Children love to cook and help in the kitchen and what bettwe way to not only build memories but to incorporate math, science, reading comprehension, team building, and social science skills in such a friendly setting that everyone has a good time and has fun learning. 

Hardback. 31 pages.

Call number — (HC-7950MSC4)

Price:  $16.95

FRAIDY CAT - by Melinda Chambers, illustrated by Sue Ann Maxwell Spiker. Third in her series of children’s books,  this book teaches another life lesson.  Fraidy Cat learns one of life’s lessons by trying to overcome his fear of leaving his safe shelf in the barn.  Mama Cat takes his brothers and sisters out to explore and Fraidy Cat can’t muster the courage to take his first leap into life until he gets help from a most unusual creature. This book has received award status as finalist for Best Children’s Educational Book and finalist for Best Children’s Mind/Body/Spirit book by USABookNews.com., which is the premiere online magazine and review Web site for mainstream and independent publishing houses. 

Hardback. 32 pages, 

Call number — (HC-7950MSC3)

Price:  $16.95

MATTHEW THE LITTLE ANGEL - by Melissa  Bucheimer.  A new West Virginia author, Melissa’s first book, is a cute story about a young angel, whom God is sending to Earth to be a child.  Matthew, the little angel doesn’t want to go.  He wants to stay with God.  Matthew makes a series of promises, including:  Polishing the sun twice a day, shaping the clouds, and coloring the water.  The water is the hardest because it is always moving.  Does Matthew get to stay with God, or does he end up as a child on Earth?

Softbound, 32 pages. 

Call number — (HC-7950MB) 

Price:   $16.95

THE DAY THE SNAPDRAGON SNAPPED BACK - While digging up a luscious bone, the puppy digs up Beulah’s beautiful garden of snapdragons.  Mother dog tells her young pup about the care Beulah had given her snapdragons and how, years ago, chipmunks tried to destroy the flourishing flowers.  Puppy learns that caring for gardens…and puppies…can get them through the rough times and if the roots are strong, the garden will flower again. Author Melinda Chambers brings one of life’s best lessons to life: if the foundation of life is strong you can snap back even better than before…just like Beulah’s snapdragons. The beautiful illustrations by Sue Ann Spiker make this a delightful story for all ages. 

Hardback, 30 pages. 

Call number — (HC-7950MSC2)

Price:  $16.95

WE ARE WHOOOO WE ARE - by Melinda Chambers. Illustrated by Sue Ann Spiker. Chambers states that nature provides us with numerous lessons if we are willing to listen and observe.  This is a story about the wonders in the forest as seen through the eyes of an owlet.  The wise father owl explains to his son in a light-hearted way that he can’t be something he’s not, because he is whoooo he is. Throughout the day the two owls observe various birds in the forest and the wise owl proceeds to explain whoooo they are.  The crows are the morning wake-up call in the forest, the robins are great nurturers, the mockingbirds are the forest gossips, the sparrows have beautiful songs to share, the vultures provide order to the forest, the bluebirds bring a slice of happiness, the blue jays can be destructive, and the mourning doves bring peace in the forest.  The owlet is content to accept that all birds have a purpose and are whoooo they are until he sees a young boy walking in the forest.  The surprise ending reminds the reader that we have the ability to choose whoooo we want to be. 

Hardback, 31 pages. 

Call number---(HC-7950MSC1) 

Price:  $16.95