Donna Gielow McFarland

Conoce a Pato -un granjero ingenioso e inteligente- y a sus mejores amigos Gato y Gallina. Cuando Pato lee un libro sobre f siles, invita a sus amigos a excavar huesos de dinosaurio. Al parecer, excavar en busca de los huesos es la parte f cil. De regreso a la granja, los otros animales no est n muy seguros de querer el esqueleto de un Tiranosaurio Rex en el granero...Escrito para lectores principiantes, esta ingenua y r pida aventura tiene giros inesperados. Las ilustraciones de Kim Sponaugle capturan perfectamente a estos adorables animales. Pato y sus amigos: los huesos de dinosaurio es un cuento que puede disfrutarse una y otra vez.

Poor Debbie.Debbie wrote her first book and submitted it to KDP, but her files were rejected. Debbie is fictitious, but her mistakes are only too real. Follow along with professional book formatter Donna Gielow McFarland as she demonstrates: How to format a book to look the way readers expect a book to look.How to avoid the hassle of rejection by doing it right the first time.Tips and tricks for working in KDP.Don't Be Like Debbie can serve as a manual for how to format a book so it will pass KDP's inspection. It's more than the bare minimum, though. Don't Be Like Debbie describes how to format a book so it looks the way readers expect a book to look.The instructions are not software-specific - someone will still have to figure out how to set margins or page size in whatever software they're using. But Don't Be Like Debbie contains a detailed explanation of elements needed to format a book correctly, including avoiding errors that won't cause KDP to reject a manuscript, but will make the book look like it was written by a do-it-yourselfer. Don't Be Like Debbie is for authors who want to try formatting their own books, it's for graphic designers and illustrators who just got their first job working on a book and it's for authors who hired a graphic designer or illustrator who is new to designing books. Take a quick read through and you'll avoid tons of mistakes, some of them very costly to correct.

Are you in high school or middle school and you want to play keyboard with the worship band at church? Are you a piano teacher who has a student who wants to play worship songs with their youth group? Are you a worship leader and you'd like to add a new keys player to your team? This book is for you "Worship at the Keys" is a step-by-step method, paced for teens, explaining how to play contemporary Christian praise and worship music with a church band. Reading chord charts, playing with different groups of musicians, understanding practical concepts in music theory, playing by ear - all this and more is contained the this user-friendly book. Helpful reference materials include a comprehensive chart of chords and an aid to transposing from one key to another. There are 23 contemporary Christian worship songs written in simple keys and easy-to-read formats. Songs include: What a Beautiful Name * Here I Am to Worship * Breathe * Every Move I Make * Holy Spirit * Amazing Grace (My Chains are Gone) * From the Inside Out * Your Love Awakens Me * Cornerstone * 10,000 Reasons * My All in All * Oceans (Where Feet May Fail) * This is the Day * He's Got the Whole World * Jesus Paid it All * Lord, I Need You * At the Cross (Love Ran Red) * You Never Let Go * Happy Day * Jesus, Lover of My Soul * Our God * Open the Eyes of My Heart * You Are My King (Amazing Love) *

Meet Duck -- a clever, resourceful farmer -- and his best friends, Hen and Cat. When Duck reads a book about fossils, he invites his friends to come with him on a dinosaur dig. It turns out that digging up the bones is the easy part. Back at the farm, the other animals aren't too sure they really want a T-Rex skeleton in the barn... Written for beginning readers, this silly, fast-paced adventure takes unexpected twists and turns. "Duck and Friends: The Dinosaur Bones" is a tale sure to be enjoyed again and again. Suggested reading level: 1st-2nd grade.

"Don't touch the purple elephant " the king warned, but the purple elephant's skin looked so soft that Prince Carmel couldn't resist. He stretched out his hand and gently touched the elephant's face. Immediately, the purple elephant raised his trunk and trumpeted. Then, he reared up on his hind legs...So begins an adventure sure to delight young and old alike. "The Purple Elephant" can be read a chapter at a time as a bedtime story, but most will want to read straight through this enchanting tale. "The Purple Elephant" contains all the good old-fashioned ingredients -- an adventuresome prince, a reluctant princess, a friendly fire-breathing dragon, a wicked wizard and a generous dose of humor.This paperback version includes black and white illustrations. A color edition is also available -- look under "formats."