How far and how high can your imagination go? How high will pigs stack, how high can puppies pile? How far will a little mouse go to feed his family? A collection of vignettes featuring dogs, cats, bird, mice, frogs, fish, penguins, a boy and his kite and a girl with her balloon and others.

For Zac Zap, a boy with spina bifida the wacky adventures continue. In this second book, adventure finds Zac Zap. His bustling city introduces the trolley and with the help of the friendly trolley driver, Mr. Wes, Zac and his wheel chair explore like never before. When he and Mr. Wes foil a robbery, the local head of Acme Trolley fire Mr. Wes in spite of his heroics. The replacements trolley drivers are indifferent to Zac's condition and incompetent. Zac becomes a loss boy when he is mistakenly put in a mail car and sent west hundreds of miles. A series of mishaps has him working for the rail company, driving a bus, and arriving in the town of Smartinville on the bayou Teche just in time to help his friend Amy participate in the Great Big Canoe Race. Amy, who has Down syndrome and Zac must out-paddle and outwit the competition, bears, a swamp monster, hidden traps, and villains galore.

The prettiest girl on Planet X and her puppy, Knuffelen, live near a friendly sun and moon. She and her puppy fix robots, fly rockets ships, and collect moon beams, stardust, and sunbeams has they travel around OUT--SPACE!

Zac Zap was born with spina bifidia which robbed him of the use of his legs and impaired his speech. This does not stop him from sharing joy as he goes about town in his wheelchair visiting the shops and exploring the unusual streets and forgotten pathways. His special talent is his hugs. Zac gives the best hugs in the world. One day he learns there will be a great big race of machines. Zac has a bicycle designed especially to be pedaled by hand. He enters the race vowing not to quit. But can he out race a motorcycle girl, an airplane, a bulldozer, an ice cream truck, a pie wagon, and an evil boy on a pogo stick? First one to reach the Old Light House is the winner. Religious themes.

With the rain a special quiet descends upon the people of New Orleans. The busy city pauses--simpler struggles replace the hustle and bustle. Life dissolves into neighborhood water colors. In these somber times there are moments to reflect, appreciate bucolic scenes, to splash across water puddles.

Visit a day in the life of the Carnnaregio district of northern Venice. Here, everything passes the ancient church with blue doors. Children go to school, dogs ride in boats, men walk to work, mothers, daughters and granddaughters shop. It all happens among the bridges and winding canals of this quiet neighborhood. Along the way you will learn a little Italian.

Anne desires to be a writer, but admits she has no imagination, no experience, and only knows what she had read in books. She decides life should he orderly and well-planned and gives up on dreams of romance and adventure. This is when she suddenly meets the mysterious and annoying, Jules Allan and his dog, Sam. She and her cat, Josephine are swept up in an adventure and taken to the land of Homecoming. Here she is mistaken for Alice of Alice in Wonderland and threatened by a Gray Queen and her ally the Ombudsman, attacked by flying pirates and jealous girlfriends, pestered by pixies, and for the life of her had no idea if any of this is real or the product of her imagination ~ except she knows she has no imagination, so maybe it is real. And the boy Jules Allan, is he real or something that she had made up.

In the series WHEREVER THE WIND MAY BLOW, WINDSWEPT is the sequel to HOMECOMING. The romance, humor, and adventure continues for Anne and Jules Allan. Anne aspires to be a writer but though an avid reader of 19th Century literature she realizes she has little imagination. She decides to forgo thoughts of romance and adventure and live a practical, well-ordered life. She is suddenly swept into a fantastic adventure in the land of Homecoming by the mysterious, Jules Allan. She is mistaken for Alice of Wonderland, attacked by flying pirates and creature known as Enuffs. She encounter jealous pixies, a vindictive Gray Queen and has troubles in babysitting. As Anne tries to make sense of it all as she finds that her real conflict is internal. She struggles to cope with clumsiness and emotional outburst. All the while she is haunted by the mystery of spiral staircases and the need to protect her inner child of unconditional love.

A pour quoi story in the tradition of southern folk tales that purports to explain why there are white alligators. Told from the perspective of a clever raccoon, a traveling naturalist learns how the actions of a sneaky alligator, a missing turtle, a bossy lady duck, some crazy birds and a trio of ornery owls combine to create a hilarious adventure story. Over 70 black and white illustration