Books for Children 

Here are original captivating stories complete with vivid, colorful illustrations, that reinforce positive values and a disciplined work ethic.  Integrity is at the forefront as life lessons are driven home.  Your kids will laugh as they learn.  These bedtime stories are guaranteed to become their favorites.  Get on your best animal voices and engage story time with the children you love.

Author Keith Howard and illustrator Nicholas Krosse Howard are a father son combination intent upon producing quality, entertaining tales that will stimulate your child's imagination.

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The Night Owl Rooster at the Early Bird Barnyard

$ 12.99 USD

The Night Owl Rooster at the Early Bird Barnyard 

Rooster is a real "night owl".  He loves to stay up late partying with his roommates Raccoon and Possum.  They watch TV, eat potato chips and popcorn, and drink pop.  They sometimes have a blast just hanging out at the mall.  But Rooster needs a job if he's going to keep wearing expensive clothes like that shiny red jacket.  Meet Bull, the snorting farmyard foreman with his crew of milking cows and egg-laying hens.  And there's a problem.  He needs to hire a trustworthy rooster with a strong cock-a-doodle-doo!  Will Rooster be able to break old habits?  Can he become a dedicated worker? 

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The Cotton Candy Trees of Cottonwood Elementary

$ 12.99 USD

The Cotton Candy Trees of Cottonwood Elementary

Everyone has heard of Cottonwood Trees.  Afterall that's how Cottonwood Elementary got its name.  But Cotton Candy Trees?  This is just plain silly.  The kids can't wait to get out of school each day to eat the Cotton Candy right off the trees.  But that crazy gopher looks this way and that; and if no ones spots him, he will eat all the Cotton Candy right out of sight.  Things look pretty dismal until the kiddos have a splendid idea.  Let's paint fake cotton candy trees.  "Yuk! Gag! Speuaat! That's not Cotton Candy.  Ugh-huh, ugh-huh, you got me kids!"

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Johnny Wants Chocolate Pie

$ 12.99 USD

Johnny Wants Chocolate Pie
Boy does this kid love chocolate pie!  Mom and Gramma can't keep him full.  Chocalate pies as big as wagon wheels?  Are you kidding me!  This is downright sillyness.  A chocoalate pie as big as a house, with helicopters for blenders and firehoses squirting whipped cream?  Maybe that'll satisfy Johnny's hunger.  This fanciful tale images the ever expanding grocery list of teenage boys.  Boy can they put away the food!

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The Ooshey-Squishey Pig

$ 12.99 USD

The Ooshey-Squishey Pig
Oh man is that pig a real slob!  He's always wollering in the mud.  And when he does he says, "Ooshey-ooshey-ooshey....Squishey-squishey-squishey.... the mud feels so good!"  But that old pig has a tender heart and likes to help people out.  Just goes to show, even though first impressions are lasting, they're not always the greatest indicator of worth.  We can learn not to judge individuals by their appearance but by their worth as persons.

Parenting is not easy work.  Here are some links to help you craft your skills:

 

PBS Parents

http://www.pbs.org/parents/childdevelopment/

 

Reading is Fundamental

http://www.rif.org/parents/readingaloud/default.mspx

 

Focus on the Family

http://www.focusonthefamily.com/