Celebrate all of your favorite holidays with these magical stories, told through enchanting puppet plays. Each will entertain both children and adults as they interact with the puppets, sing, and laugh out loud.

Meet Rudolph, the No-Nose Reindeer. How will he lead Santa's sleigh without his famous nose that lights up the sky? Encounter a lamb delivering eggs while posing as the Easter Bunny, a very sweet witch who doesn't want to scare anyone on Halloween, a Komodo dragon who receives Valentine cards from a secret admirer, Harriet the Hedgehog who doesn't want to stand in for the missing groundhog on Groundhog Day, a scarecrow who tries to save a desperate turkey from becoming dinner on Thanksgiving Day, and goofy animals performing silly acts in a talent contest at the Fourth of July festivities.

Included is a bonus puppet play for any day of the year; a lost, confused lamb in the Australian outback goes on a walkabout to search for his mum, with help from a nurturing kangaroo and a wily dingo. These puppet plays are lots of fun for all ages

About the Author

Shelly Varney-Bock is a children's author, school volunteer, secretary, and mother. Along with writing numerous puppet scripts, she has also performed in hundreds of her own magical plays. Shelly resides in the beautiful desert of Tucson, Arizona, with her husband and their three wild and crazy dogs.

Sixth grader Tara O'Hara is determined to find the treasure of the Taramara Indian tribe. It is hidden in the legendary Lost Cave somewhere in the Arizona desert. With the help of her enchanted medallion, Tara enters a magic land, pulling along her wisecracking younger brother, Patrick, his dog, Brutus, and her reluctant friends, Paige and Eric. There they meet Ruben, a walking, talking, nine-armed saguaro cactus, Billy Joe, a gambling, charming, gold-toothed coyote, and Ppe, a Mexican gecko who cooks the best enchiladas in all of Arizona down in his underground cantina.

The children tease and bicker but keep their sense of humor while traveling across the fairyland desert into the perilous cave. They fight off an army of wolf spiders, escape from a tunnel of death, slide into a subterranean lake, and trade insults with smelly javelina pigs until at last they find the treasure and bring it back safely.

"Treasure of the Lost Cave" was written for nine- to twelve-year-old readers. This well-written manuscript contains fifteen page-turning chapters. Author Shelly Varney-Bock weaves a magical adventure story around four children on a quest to find lost Indian treasure in the Arizona desert. The camaraderie and humor between the children is depicted in an amusing and entertaining way. The desert becomes more enchanting when portrayed as a whimsical fairyland full of danger and intrigue.