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Courageous woodland creatures unite and fight to stop the pollution of their water supply. They are aided by uppity pet dogs, a loud mouthed macaw and a very flirty red hen.

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This book is about my life - from under my mother's desk as a child in Ghana to the hills of Vermont as a PhD holder now. As a bubbly child in my eighth year, who had all her future ahead and the love of her mom and dad, I never dreamt of waking up one day and losing my legs to polio, but that was what happened. From that point, my beautiful life began falling apart, Dad ran out and left us, never to return. My society treated me as an outcast...

Roger Watters deftly weaves humor, curiosity, and contemplation together in his poetry. Whether he's observing the natural world or the many qualities and quirks of people, he always does so with appreciation and unwavering compassion. Though his detailed and inquisitive poems are often reflective, they never get mired in nostalgia, but keep looking ahead-to hope, to the future, to the next quietly awe-inspiring event waiting around the corner...

What is it like to leave your home, friends and family and start a new life in a foreign country? How does one survive war in Africa and make a new life in one of the smallest, coldest, whitest corners of the United States? Deep North tells the story of three Somali survivors--a camel herder, a farmer, a single mother of seven--and how after years of struggle, each eventually found a home in Vermont. Told in their own voices, by them and for t...

Dear Aunt Bea: A Journal of a Journey is about a ten-year-old child whose family migrates from the flat American Midwest to the mountainous Northeast for a change of lifestyle. Without sibling, pet, or friend, Jimi makes daily solo treks through the neighboring meadows, hills and forests to collect nature treasures for art and study. With a growing, keen curiosity about the new environment, Jimi decides to explore many questions and observatio...

If one thing is true about humans, it's that we are complex creatures. Our thoughts, histories, and experiences create unique perspectives about the world and how we interact with each other. Yet, time and again, we reveal our collective tendency to react from a place of fear. Across the socio-political spectrum, our responses to troubling questions, differences and missteps are severe, causing us to dehumanize one another and deny each other ...

Poems/meditations on the conjunctions of space and time, the fluidity and unity of existence and the nature of innocence, death and salvation. Also perceptions on daily walks and views and perspectives from the top of his childhood maple tree that the author bore his entire life.

It has been nearly 2000 years since the High Mages of Science betrayed the world. Their thirst for power knew no bounds as their spells attempted to recreate the forces of life itself. Their arrogance tore at the fabric of our world. Few tales have survived of the heroes that fought to save our world from those who wished to make themselves gods. But there were heroes and their sacrifices were many. None living can say if the High Mages were a...

A child of Burundian immigrants, Janvier was born and raised in the harsh reality of Tanzanian refugee camps. This stark yet moving autobiography tells of his memories of that time, from his birth and growing up in the camps with his brothers and sisters, to his early years in the United States. Recalling the memories of his family and their journey from the 1994 Rwandan Genocide to the Tanzanian camps before he was born in 1997, Janvier tells...

Poems of moons that sail and elders spry, of critters that talk and bees that ask why, of lovelorn lovers and chess players wry, of brothers that laugh and daughters that cry, and that mystical maiden -- Lorelei. To top it off, we look to the sky, to galaxies and nuclei, and once more the vagaries of fate we defy, and all as seen through the poet's eye...

When eleven-year-old Felix's family inherits an old mansion and moves without warning, it doesn't take long to figure out there's a ghost living in the basement. But Papa Joe is no typical ghost. He's--well--nice. He's also been stuck in the basement since the 1800s, housebound by the rules of the Ghost Protocol Book. He's desperate to escape and it looks like the new kid in town is his only hope. But Felix doesn't stand a chance of helping P...

Tom Landsaw is out of prison and ready to continue a life interrupted. Fakists is the story of what happened: how a visiting professor at an upstate art school upended a burgeoning relationship, and how Landsaw's ensuing revenge proved disastrous. Along the way, a surfing detective falls for a burned-out curator under fire from the board, priceless art goes missing, and an onslaught of characters inhabit locales from the rainy streets of Doneg...

Since 2020 Alexander Twilight Day has been celebrated as a state holiday in Vermont. Who is Alexander Twilight and how did he achieve this unique honor? Twilight was born in Vermont in 1795 and became an indentured servant at the age of eleven to help alleviate his family's financial situation. From these humble beginnings he went on to get his education and achieve his goals through hard work and a strong sense of purpose. In 1823, when he co...

A lighthearted look at a year in the life of a herd of Vermont cows as they observe the seasons and the celestial objects in the night sky, the realm that is Hubble's Pasture. With words and art by Peter K.K. Williams, Hubble's Pasture & The Truth About Cows is a delight for all.

Grace laughed. "Ok, Gram, I'll peel and you talk." "By now, you've heard every story I can tell. But I've always said it's a grandparent's job to tell the family stories. Still, I think you got a full load from your grandpa and shouldn't need to hear much more from me." As she talked, she was rolling out the crusts. "Sometimes I feel like I'm still in school. It's the history, all the stories. They're just not written down. And every time some...

Every day Ron goes to his cabin in the woods and one day he notices a partridge. Every day after that, the partridge is there and soon Ron and the Partridge become fast friends, with both caring for one another in their own way.

Illustrated by a mother and grandmother team, this poetic, adventure story tells the story of a boy who trying to find a way to the moon through the seasons and moon phases. This beautifully illustrated picture book includes a clear and concise explanation of the moon phases for aspiring astronomers.

Dive deep into Our Scrumptious Lake, a humorous fiction, science-themed graphic novel, tailored for middle grade students but suitable for water lovers of all ages. An enlightening and PHYTOTASTIC story filled with science facts reveals the complexities and interdependence of the fascinating and fragile aquatic food chain. Phytoplankton, a microscopic organism, oblivious to his crucial role in the lake's food chain is befriended by a diverse ...

This coming-of-age thriller is part ghost story, part magical realism, and part reality. Every character has a secret. With a beautifully picturesque setting, James is tasked with finding his sister and manages to find himself as well. -Terry Persun, Author of The Right Thing In the wild Pacific Northwest, sixteen-year-old introvert James Hart hopes to climb a volcano, maybe meet a girl, and reconnect with his estranged father in Alaska. But t...