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Family-friendly stories filled with kindness, courage, imagination, and second chances.
Clover Meowoof
Everyone in Sandalwood Village thinks Clover Meowoof is lucky. Butterflies land on her hat. Flowers bloom wherever she goes. Even grumpy Barnabas Crunch waves
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Little Lindy Airhart
Every morning, the best bees in the meadow lift into the sky together and fly off to work at Low-Cal’s market, where the honey jars glow gold in the morning
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Something is Eating My Left Foot!
Something is eating the best berries in Sandalwood Village… and maybe a left foot or two? Up on Temptation Rock grows the juiciest, plumpest, most delicious
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Otto the Outta Not Otter
Every night the otters of River Browns Marsh sleep in a raft — not a raft made of wood, but a raft made of each other — floating on their backs with their toes
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The Weedles of Wickerwell’s Wall
Everyone in Sandalwood thinks Patch Wickerwell works alone. But behind the loose boards of his crooked workshop lives a tiny family with a very big job. The
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Mudpies and Dandelions: A Journey from Scraped Knees to Letting Go
A warmhearted illustrated picture book about childhood summers and letting go. Written by Brian Edward McDermott, RN. Paperback $17.99 | Ebook
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Nora the Nora Bug
Everybody says Nora is a ladybug. Almost! Down in the garden at the edge of Sandalwood Village lives a small red bug with six and a half spots, one bent
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Avery the Shoebox Chickie
Some dreams lift us with wings. Some dreams lift us with wonder. Avery is a little chickie in a feed-store shoebox, and she has one very big wish: she wants to
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The Gang of Dandelion Street
There’s a sound the grown-ups never hear. The pounding feet of seven kids running down Dandelion Street. Tommy was the captain — brave enough to face down
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Mrs. Mudd Invades Sandalwood
Something weird is happening at Rosa Velt Elementary. Ms. Dandy is gone for the week. The substitute is named Mrs. Mudd. She knows every student’s name from
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Pip-Pip’s Dandy Adventure
One small bird. One big world. One very long day. From the first wingbeat to the last porch light, Pip-Pip’s Dandy Adventure follows a tiny hummingbird through
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Lou the Sticker Sticker
“She had big teeth and freckled cheeks, Brown eyes that brightly shone, The kind that said, ‘I have a plan,’ And ‘Please leave me alone.’” Lou has a sticker
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Things We Didn’t Name.
Some inheritances don’t come in wills. They come in weather — the storms a family makes and hands down without ever naming them. Things We Didn’t Name is a
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Barnabas Crunch
Out at the end of the dock, past the swimming hole, lives the grumpiest soul in all of Sandalwood. His name is Barnabas Crunch. He grumbles at the mornings,
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The Mudpies Universe: Season One Collection (8-Book Box Set)
The Mudpies Universe: Season One Collection (8-Book Box Set) Welcome to Sandalwood Village, where the mail is delivered by roly-poly bugs, the best games are
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