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Grandpa has been writing again This time he's written 10 more short stories for you to read to your children. Your kids will love to read about Willy and his amazing adventures in his red wagon, a boy who goes fishing with his beloved grandpa, a repairman named Jimmy who can fix anything with his tools, and a beautiful monarch butterfly. Next find out the interesting twist in a story about a princess, a witch, and a frog, then think really hard about which animal you want to be Next are firetrucks and police cars, then watch out for a ghost named Freddy who wants to scare you Finally end with twin toddlers and their incredible super powers. Your child is sure to love these 10 exciting stories and will adore the bright and colorful illustrations that go along with them.

This is the first volume of the Sergeant Rousseau Series and is an exciting look into an interesting and complex New York City detective, Milton Rousseau. In the following four short stories, he deals with hoodlums from the criminal world of the US, Russia, China, Canada, and Mexico. Detective Rousseau loves his job and does it well. Rousseau wears expensive Italian suits and shoes, carries two pearl handled 45 Colt pistols, and is capable of chasing down and tackling a crook on the street without getting a speck of dust on his suit or shoes. The Sergeant appreciates intelligent, beautiful women, dates a model turned successful attorney, attends the opera, enjoys classical and mariachi music, writes poetry, dines on good food at expensive restaurants, and drives a 1951 Ford pickup truck as he speeds through the streets of New York City trying to keep the city safe. But most of all, Rousseau likes spending time at Maggie Lou's diner drinking coffee and eating cheesesteaks. Come along and meet detective Rousseau in "Detective Milton Rousseau," and follow him in "The Murder of Benjamin Wong," "The Mariachi Blues" and "Tequila, Wong, and Rousseau."

If you could be anything, what would you be? Join in on the adventure and wonder in the imagination of a sweet child as he thinks about being animals, and how he would change them in fun, silly and colorful ways. In the end, he learns that each and every animal exists just as it should and he doesn't need to change a thing. He also learns a valuable lesson about himself- that he is wonderful just as he is, too

Detective Rousseau wears expensive Italian suits and shoes, carries two pearl handled45 Colt pistols, appreciates intelligent, beautiful women, dates a model turned successfulattorney, attends the opera, enjoys classical music, writes poetry, dines on good food atexpensive restaurants, and drives a 1951 Ford pickup truck as he speeds through the streets ofNew York City trying to keep the city safe. But most of all, Rousseau likes spending time atMaggie Lou's diner drinking coffee and eating cheesesteaks.Now come ride along with detective Milton Rousseau in the second volume of theSergeant Rousseau Series. The Sergeant's Saga continues as we follow the New York Citydetective around Manhattan in four short stories: "An Ancient Mystery Solved," "CaptainMinglewood," "Rulfo, the Dog," and "Manhattan Blues." In these tales we discover the causeand purpose of Rousseau's strange dreams; we meet captain Minglewood who becomes aRomeo by night but continues to be a serious cop during the day despite an adventure, broughtabout by mistaken identity, that takes him from New York City to Australia and back. Inanother story, Rousseau proves to be a dog person and adopts a valiant stray he names Rulfo, and finally; we experience a deadly street shooting and various other adventures as Rousseaudoes his job as senior detective of the special investigative unit of Manhattan in NYC.