Kirjahaku

Savannah's busy brain and fertile imagination become ignited on a family vacation to the mountains when a little shopkeeper in a country market gives her a package of very old paper. "Just use your gift well," he tells her. Upon arrival at the family's summer cabin, Savannah discovers that she can sun-bleach the pages to reveal a hidden story of the "tiny others" who once made their home in the surrounding forest. But who wrote this mysterious story, and when was it done? Savanna's new neighbor, Chip Campbell, is a gifted young wood carver who thinks he knows the answers to those questions, but Savannah strongly disagrees with him. As the two young people challenge each other to accept and use their respective talents, they begin to understand that everyone has responsibilities for finding and developing the things that they do best, and then "using these gifts well". This is the first of the author's "Agent C" novels. Agent C is an embedded reading coach who makes cameo appearances in several of Lynda's stories for middle-grade readers. In Tiny Others, he takes the role of Mr. Pippin, the little shopkeeper who gives Savannah the ream of old paper. This gift causes the story to shift in a dynamic way. When something causes such a dramatic change in the story plot, it is called a "catalyst". The "C" in Agent C's name stands for that word.

Nine years after Percy's father disappeared at the time of the great Techno-Crash, her quiet life with her mother is shaken when she receives a birthday gift from him. Though her mother distrusts technology, Percy loves her new electronic journal. She names it the "Pomegranate" but is frustrated by its missing password. On the advice of her friend Jessie, she seeks help from the instructor of an underground computer class. Mr. Hayden replaces the journal's program, and it works but something is still wrong. Its guide dog, Byte is asking a lot of questions about Percy's family, and he knows things that Percy has never revealed to anyone. When Mr. Hayden locks her in the basement of an old technology building, she uses skill and ingenuity to escape. Then she contacts her father with the Pomegranate, and Mr. Hayden is captured. As her family reunites, Percy realizes that they will need to live with a careful balance that supports her mother's ideals for a living planet and her father's commitment to the development of technology. ...And that is also a necessary balancing act for our own time in history. Pomegranate is the second of Lynda's "Agent C Series" to be published as a paperback. The "C" stands for "catalyst", something that causes drastic changes and moves the plot of a story forward. Agent C is a little man who appears in each of the series' books to present a special object, the catalyst, to the main character. In Pomegranate, he appears as the deliveryman who brings Percy her gift.

Ten-year-old Laurie is called "Sis" by her family. She would like to use her creative imagination, but is tightly scheduled with tennis and piano lessons, swimming practice, and the supervision of her four-year-old sister, Allie.As an outlet, Sis invents stories for her fashion dolls at night before she falls asleep, but this secret world is threatened after young Allie reveals that her little friend, Mellie, was responsible for two heads being pulled off the dolls.Wondermart is a store with anything and everything. Can Sis find something there to help solve the problem? Only time will tell.Mother hurries off to order new glasses when the three arrive. They are short of time as usual, so Sis has to supervise Allie while the younger girl has her Easter photo taken.While they wait, a White Rabbit leaves the photo setting and approaches them. When he gives Sis an old pocket watch, time becomes distorted.The two sisters embark on a strange journey through the store. On the way, they make new friends and do new things. Sis finds just what she needs at Wondermart. It is time...time to think and dream, time to create, time to invent and play...time to figure out who she is, and who she is becomming....And she learns to defend her right to have it.White Rabbit Time (Agent C Series) is an illustrated middle-grade chapter book.Agent C is an embedded reading coach who makes cameo appearances in all of Lynda's Agent C Novels. In White Rabbit Time, he takes the role of the little man dressed as a rabbit in the photo department. The gift of his pocket watch causes a major shift in the story's plot.When something causes such a dramatic change, it is called a "catalyst." The "C" in "Agent C" stands for the word "catalyst."

After Alana's father dies, she tries desperately to control her unhappy life with "lucky" finger snaps. The snaps don't seem to be helping though, because her mother can't pay the rent, and they are evicted from their motel. Just when everything is at its lowest low point, Alana rubs the Wizard's lamp in a national contest and wins a solid gold charm bracelet. Suddenly, she has grandparents, a house, new friends, and amazing success in everything she tries. Is it all due to her luck? Alana's new friend, Jacob, doesn't think so, and the bracelet's mysterious little charms support his opinion. They suggest instead, that she is using her more dependable powers of people, a home, health, hard work, and positive attitude. This illustrated chapter book encourages middle-grade readers to examine the real value of some personal support systems we may be using to deal with life's difficulties. Lucky Alana is the fourth novel of the "Agent C" series. The "C" stands for the word "catalyst", meaning something that causes a drastic change. "Agent C" is a little man who makes cameo appearances in the books of this series. In Lucky Alana, he takes the role of the Wizard at the mall who awards Alana with her charm bracelet. Lynda has published four other illustrated paperbacks for middle grade readers. They are: Margaret's Christmas Cookies by Lynda, a short holiday chapter book Tiny Others, Agent C Series by Lynda, for middle-grade readers Pomegranate, Agent C Series by Lynda, for middle-grade readers White rabbit Time, Agent C Series by Lynda, for middle-grade readers They may be ordered on Amazon or at your favorite bookstore.

This illustrated book for beginning readers is only six chapters long. Its subjects include losing teeth, digging tunnels, observing the work habits of ants, and swinging on vines; all high interests for the children in its target audience. Mee-key is bored and sad. Mama-mo is having a busy day, and his older brother can go everywhere and do anything. Why does it take so long for a small monkey to grow bigger? However, Mee-key decides that being little has some advantages when his older brother can no longer fit on their mother's lap during a thunderstorm. "Sometimes I like to be little, and sometimes I want to be big," he concludes. "Little and big are both good. But when it storms, I'm happy to be little." The author is a mother of two grown daughters and a retired teacher with two degrees in elementary education.