King & Kayla are back on the case in this laugh-out-loud mystery from the Theodor Seuss Geisel Honor Award-winning series. King, Kayla, Mason, and Asia are playing in the snow. Later, Asia discovers her gold ring is missing. What happened to it? Analytical Kayla has a plan. Together the friends retrace their steps and thoroughly search the area. Sensitive King remembers the crow he saw outside. Crows like shiny things. Can King and Kayla put the pieces together and find the lost ring? With simple, straightforward language and great verbal and visual humor, the King & Kayla series is perfect for newly independent readers. King and Kayla model excellent problem-solving skills, including working as a team, gathering facts, making lists, and evaluating evidence.
King & Kayla are back on the case in this laugh-out-loud mystery from the Theodor Seuss Geisel Honor Award-winning series. King, Kayla, Mason, and Asia are playing in the snow. Later, Asia discovers her gold ring is missing. What happened to it? Analytical Kayla has a plan. Together the friends retrace their steps and thoroughly search the area. Sensitive King remembers the crow he saw outside. Crows like shiny things. Can King and Kayla put the pieces together and find the lost ring? With simple, straightforward language and great verbal and visual humor, the King & Kayla series is perfect for newly independent readers. King and Kayla model excellent problem-solving skills, including working as a team, gathering facts, making lists, and evaluating evidence.
King & Kayla are back on the case in this laugh-out-loud mystery from the Theodor Seuss Geisel Honor Award-winning series. Kayla needs to return her library books, but she can't find one of them. King knows that if they don't return all the books, they can't check out more--and that means no new stories. Analytical Kayla retraces her steps, with the assistance of their friend Jillian. Sensitive King smells a library book. Could it be lost in Dad's chair? Nope, that's a different book. In fact, it's a book that belongs to Jillian's little brother Adam. Can King and Kayla put the pieces together and find the lost library book? With simple, straightforward language and great verbal and visual humor, the King & Kayla series is perfect for newly independent readers. King and Kayla model excellent problem-solving skills, including working as a team, gathering facts, making lists, and evaluating evidence.
King & Kayla are back on the case in this laugh-out-loud mystery from the Theodor Seuss Geisel Honor Award-winning series. Kayla needs to return her library books, but she can't find one of them. King knows that if they don't return all the books, they can't check out more--and that means no new stories. Analytical Kayla retraces her steps, with the assistance of their friend Jillian. Sensitive King smells a library book. Could it be lost in Dad's chair? Nope, that's a different book. In fact, it's a book that belongs to Jillian's little brother Adam. Can King and Kayla put the pieces together and find the lost library book? With simple, straightforward language and great verbal and visual humor, the King & Kayla series is perfect for newly independent readers. King and Kayla model excellent problem-solving skills, including working as a team, gathering facts, making lists, and evaluating evidence.
In this latest book in the Geisel Honor award-winning series, our intrepid human-and-dog detective duo have another mystery to solve: how did Raj's cat escape from a locked house? King and Kayla have a new case and a new friend. King LOVES new friends. They're his favorite Raj needs our beloved detectives to help him find his cat. Blue was in the house when Raj left for school but now he's gone. Blue didn't come for dinner or breakfast. (King can't imagine missing a meal.) Blue never goes outside and he never had the chance to escape. Where did he go? When Raj describes Blue, he sounds very familiar. Could Blue be Cat with No Name?
In this latest book in the Geisel Honor award-winning series, our intrepid human-and-dog detective duo have another mystery to solve: how did Raj's cat escape from a locked house? King and Kayla have a new case and a new friend. King LOVES new friends. They're his favorite Raj needs our beloved detectives to help him find his cat. Blue was in the house when Raj left for school but now he's gone. Blue didn't come for dinner or breakfast. (King can't imagine missing a meal.) Blue never goes outside and he never had the chance to escape. Where did he go? When Raj describes Blue, he sounds very familiar. Could Blue be Cat with No Name?
Jillian thinks there's a ghost in her basement. King and Kayla know that ghosts aren't real, but what is making that dark shape and that scary noise? King and Kayla are going to a sleepover at Thor and Jillian's house. King LOVES sleepovers. They're his favorite thing And he particularly likes Jillian's basement, because animals are allowed on the furniture. But Jillian and Thor are afraid to go downstairs because there's big, dark blob that goes "Whoooooo " and chases her around the basement. Kayla's not worried; she wants to know what's happening downstairs. With her intrepid co-detective, she investigates the weird sights and sounds and solves the mystery--but not before an encounter with Cat with No Name and a run-in with a skunk.
Jillian thinks there's a ghost in her basement. King and Kayla know that ghosts aren't real, but what is making that dark shape and that scary noise? King and Kayla are going to a sleepover at Thor and Jillian's house. King LOVES sleepovers. They're his favorite thing And he particularly likes Jillian's basement, because animals are allowed on the furniture. But Jillian and Thor are afraid to go downstairs because there's big, dark blob that goes "Whoooooo " and chases her around the basement. Kayla's not worried; she wants to know what's happening downstairs. With her intrepid co-detective, she investigates the weird sights and sounds and solves the mystery--but not before an encounter with Cat with No Name and a run-in with a skunk.
King takes center stage when there's a mystery to solve at his new doggy day care. When King visits the new doggy day care, he meets lots of new friends, including Houdini, who claims he can escape any situation. King vows to keep an eye on Houdini, but the next thing you know, he's vanished King and his fellow canine guests begin the investigation and soon Kayla and the humans that work at the Dog House join in.
King takes center stage when there's a mystery to solve at his new doggy day care. When King visits the new doggy day care, he meets lots of new friends, including Houdini, who claims he can escape any situation. King vows to keep an eye on Houdini, but the next thing you know, he's vanished King and his fellow canine guests begin the investigation and soon Kayla and the humans that work at the Dog House join in.
Kayla is a girl who has to go to the doctor a lot. She used to be afraid of needles, but not anymore because she has learned how to be brave. Brave Kayla is easy to read and a great length for busy pediatric doctor's offices, waiting areas, and for those patients who may need a little encouragement. (Also available: Brave Jake, the brother version of Brave Kayla.)- "As a subspecialty physician who cares for children, and especially those with 22q11 deletion, I see more than my fair share of kids who are scared or nervous about getting bloodwork done. I also see a lot of kids who are unsure about how to deal with their medical issues with their friends, and Michelle clearly writes from having experienced much of this in her own child. This short story presents these topics in a relatable way, and would work as a nice distraction during the blood-draws themselves I'm always amazed how resilient kids are, but this story will help them cope too." -Nick Bennett MBB Chair, PhD, Division Head of Pediatric Infectious Diseases and Immunology, Connecticut Children's Medical Center- "As a mom who brings her children to the doctor a lot and often lives at the hospital for days at a time, this book will be coming with us to every appointment " -Kim Jennings, IVIG infusion mom "Brave Kayla and Brave Jake are books that I need to have in my school nurse office. This book not only helps children who often need medical treatments, but helps those who don't need treatment often, to understand. I like the pages that speak to the importance of privacy at a child's level of understanding. The illustrations are lovely, bright, soft and so cute. The font, easy to read with great placement. I enjoyed reading Michelle's books." - Sherri Lewis Knapp- "Working in the emergency room and urgent care you get used to seeing sick people. The one thing I never can 'get used to' is seeing sick children; they always tug at my heartstrings. As a provider and as a parent I love how this book helps teach young children not only what to expect, that it's going to be ok, but also that they are not the only one who goes through this, even though it may seem like that to them in the moment. Helping children know what to expect goes a long way; it helps reduce their anxieties about it, makes the process easier/smoother and is less scary the next time. I would recommend this book to any parent with a young child age six months to second grade as well to pediatricians, children's hospitals and offices that treat young children." -Heather Ryng PA-C- #specialneeds #22q #anxiety #bravery #beingbraveatthedoctor - Brave Kayla and Brave Jake books are written by Michelle Spray and Illustrated by Valeria Leonova - Michelle Spray is an additional needs mom living in Connecticut with her husband and their four children. Michelle understands "bravery" not only as a mom of two children who have endured multiple surgeries, procedures, and prodding because of kidney issues and 22q Deletion Syndrome, but she is also a scoliosis warrior. Her memoir Growing Up with Scoliosis became her first book on her journey as an author. She is proud to supply an underlying theme of HOPE in all of her books.- Connect with Michelle Spray on Social Media @ spraybooksetc
"Those barbarians to the north are joining forces, possibly for an invasion" the king said, throwing the letter down and taking a long drink of his coffee, which he always took very strong. "Oh my " exclaimed the queen, holding her napkin to her mouth. "What does that mean, King-Papa?" asked Kayla. The Princess had never seen her father almost frown for so long at one time. Princess Kayla, a 13-year-old queen-in-training, awaits the arrival of foreign visitors from the neighboring country of Achim. There has been strain between the two countries in the past, but in light of a new threat from the North, they have new motivation to move past their differences and form an alliance. But given their tumultuous history, will they be able to reconcile in time? Join Princess Kayla as she meets Princess Bithiah and the official envoy to attempt peace negotiations. How will Princess Kayla host her foreign guests? What adventures will she suggest they embark on together to build their relationship? You decide what will happen in this Reader-Directed story. Sail to a far-off land of kings and queens, kingdoms and conflicts, and strange creatures you've never seen before. In a land where dragons dwell, before the inventions of modern civilization, the exciting and unusual adventures will certainly take turns toward the unexpected
A cyclone is coming. Kayla's dad is very scared. What will they do?Your purchase of this book supports Library For All in its mission to make knowledge available to all, equally.
Imagine a world where Winter Nova, a children's holiday, is celebrated forever and a day In this fantastical winter wonderland hidden from the world, Frostoria is the home of Princess Minney and the royal family. Consequently, the Princess promises to protect her brother, Prince Kaden and younger sister, Princess Alaysia from the obnoxious Troll Fairies. As the kingdom celebrates the Prince's sixth birthday, and children are enjoying grand balloon rides, ice-skating, and Polar Bear expresses, the Troll Army devises a plan to kidnap Prince Kaden and ransom him to "Simon Summer" the Terrible. Now, Princess Minney and the Polar Knights must protect the castle and Winter Nova at all cost. Like children around the world, whatever shall Frostoria do without their form of "Christmas"?
Ten years ago, Kayla made the biggest mistake of her life.A Vegas-sized mistake.For a decade, she's believed her hasty marriage was annulled and that her secret could stay hidden.She should've known better. Growing up in the foster system knocked most of the hope out of her long ago.But when the stubborn cowboy she married by mistake steps up to help her, she might just find something to hope in once again...
