Cooper's Rainbow
A young spirited dog can’t fight his urge to chase the unrelenting taunting Squirrel until he doesn’t know how to get home.
​
Cooper’s Rainbow is a 32 page, 250-word picture book for children 4 to 8.
Lost and soaked, Cooper finds shelter in a hollow tree where he dreams of home and his best friend. Cooper’s continued misadventures lead him deeper into the woods and farther from his family until he spots a familiar shape in the darkness. Will Cooper ever be reunited with his family again?
​
Comparative titles are Small In The City, A Ball for Daisy, and Hot Dog.
How to Teach a Bear to Sing
A courageous young Bear, whose family muffles her dream of singing, steps out of the forest on a journey to find her song.
How To Teach A Bear To Sing is a lyrical 280-word picture book for children 2 to 6. Bear first encounters an owl who insists she is humming in her sleep. Next, she meets a young boy who wonders if a humming bear can sing. They make a plan. Bear’s confidence grows as she stretches and hummmm-zes and la, la, las with the help of new friends. It’s when Bear fails to put words to her song that she must dig deep and find the courage to try again.
Comparative titles are The Bear and the Piano, Sometimes We Fall, and We Will Rock Our Classmates.
Willow Waits
When endangered shorebirds migrate to a Lake Michigan coast, Willow, a young conservationist passionately protecting their nesting site from predators and habitat loss, faces grief and joy saving them from extinction.
​
Willow Waits is a lyrical 212-word picture book for children 4 to 8. The STEM back matter reflects the international conservation efforts to increase the Piping Plover population of the Great Lakes region. Willow’s journey as a citizen scientist is relatable to the growing environmental concerns of young people around the world.
​
Comparative titles: The Lodge That Beaver Built, You Nest Here with Me, and Over and Under the Pond.
A Koi Story
When a lonely girl befriends a magical Koi, she is faced with a choice to find out about Koi’s underwater world or stay on land and loose her friend forever.
​
Jasmine trusts the magic and dives in. Enchanted by the mysterious Koi and the Gasp, she discovers Koi’s secret wish to leave. Together they look towards ancient wisdom for a solution.
​
A Koi Story is a chapter book project for ages 6 to 10 with series potential.
​
Comparative titles are The Mermaid Moon, Orpheline: A Mermaid Lost and Found Story and Emily Windsnap; Six Swishy Tales of Land and Sea.
