Children’s

The Pet Detectives are an eleven-year-old English Labrador named Jaxxs, a fourteen-year-old yellow American Labrador named Blizzard, and a fifteen-year-old black English Labrador named Coopah! Their petmom is Lisa Smith Putnam, and together they make up Lisa and the Pet Detectives. Lisa and the Pet Detectives own and run Simply Pets Magazine by day, but they are always willing to lend a helping hand. They’re always helping to solve problems and helping others find their way! Learning lessons while at play!

Sirius is a Maremma sheepdog, a livestock guardian breed from Italy. They are usually solid white dogs. But not Sirius, he was born with spots. When Sirius was two months old, Mercury was born on the farm. Mercury is a blue-eyed miniature horse. He has spots too, and an unusual color pattern with three white legs and one dark leg, one white ear and one dark ear. Mercury and Sirius became instant friends.

How much fun do you think it would be, if we were all like Sirius and Mercury? They may be different but only see the ways they are alike.

Trails of wildflowers. Trails of cattle. Trails of stitches. Trails of history. Ten-year old Erica Kraft explores all these trails and more when she visits her grandparents at their farm in Caldwell County, Texas.

Scamper was a big gray squirrel who lived in Aunt Boo’s yard. Scamper made a general nuisance of himself, while constantly dreaming of being king of the backyard. Aunt Boo thought of a unique, yet simple, solution to teach Scamper to be satisfied with what he had.

Scamper was a big grey squirrel who lived in a wonderful place filled with everything he could ever want to eat—apples, plums, pecans, and the delicious cornbread Aunt Boo made. When winter came, Scamper did not know where to store all his pecans. He had a tough decision to make.

Scamper, the big grey squirrel that lived in Aunt Boo’s backyard, dreamed of finding a cozy hide-away for the winter. He searched and he searched until he found the perfect hide-away, until Aunt Boo heard his tiny footsteps. Then Scamper's hide-away wasn't so perfect any more.

Join Scamper in his fourth book of Scamper the Mischievous Squirrel Series. Scamper discovers snow, children, animal friends and the joy of Christmas.