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A grandpa watches over his young grandson from Heaven. 

A story that celebrates the strong bond between grandparents & their grandchildren.

2016 Children's Moonbeam Book Award Winner

(Religious/Spirituality Category)

Picture Book
Author: Michele McAvoy
Illustrator: Mike Motz

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Olive felt ordinary, always picked last for teams at recess and never a Valentine placed on her desk. Until one day at a dance with her daddy she is picked from the crowd by the dancing gorilla. It is at that moment that Olive realizes -she is not ordinary!

Picture Book
Author: Michele McAvoy

Illustrator: Valentina Carboni

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Elsie battles a terrifying ghost to keep her best friend around, forever. But does forever have too much of a cost? What Elsie doesn't realize is that the cost of keeping Roman around may be too high.  

Middle-Grade  

Author: Jenna Lehne 

Illustrator: Uliana Babenko (cover art)(Releasing April 2021- preorder coming soon!)

Fulki's village lost its moon. But Fulki knows a secret. She befriended a tiger who taught her the Moonsong.  But the townspeople forbid befriending wild beasts- with teeth and claws and no manners at all. And, the townspeople forbid singing of any kind, for it calls the wild beasts. Will Fulki's friendship with a tiger and their song bring back the long lost moon? Follow Fulki and her forbidden friendship with a wild beast, a tiger, as they learn from each other love, acceptance and what it means to bring harmony to our natural world. 

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