Crazy Adventures for Brothers and Friends

Boys love adventure and being the heroes of their own stories. Join the excitement as Kaden and Cameron transform into dolphins, gnomes, kid adventurers, mummies, zombies, elves, and everyday heroes. These boys dive headlong into one adventure after another, working together to save the day, win the game, shoot the rapids, and even become a dragon that transforms itself.

Each story is inspired by direct requests from two growing heroes, who eagerly tell their grandmother what to write about next week! This truly unique approach guarantees boy-approved and friend-approved adventures that capture the best of their dreams. Crazy Adventures for Brothers and Friends will leave you grinning and ready for more – and more there will be! Mama Johanna has been crafting these tales for over ten years, while the boys have grown both in size and in their adventurous requests for more, week after week, bedtime story after bedtime story.

CRO'67 a Golden Bear Story

Buckle up for a thrilling journey through the vibrant 1950s and 1960s with this riveting coming-of-age memoir. Echoing the nostalgia and charm of classics like American Pie, Fast Times at Ridgemont High, Stand by Me, American Graffiti, and Pleasantville, this graphic memoir offers a unique blend of heartfelt stories and vivid adventures.

Set in the idyllic suburb of Upper Arlington, Ohio, during a Camelot era, this tale follows a group of friends navigating the exhilarating highs and lows of adolescence. From mischievous escapades to moments of poignant self-discovery, the narrative captures the essence of youth, marked by friendships, first loves, and unforgettable parties.

Against a backdrop of significant historical events – social pressures, the Cuban Missile Crisis, the Vietnam War – our protagonists brush shoulders with the elite, all while experiencing the raw and joyful transformation from childhood to teenage years.

Croman - Combat Ready One Man Army Ninja

Two of the world’s most guarded secrets awaited him, and today, his journey would begin. These secrets were calling to him, drawing him in.

Croman, an acronym for Combat Ready One Man Army Ninja, follows an extraordinary warrior who discovers a box of ancient ninja manuscripts, weapons, and apparel that grant superhuman abilities. Alongside rigorous training, the ghost of the founder, a legendary ninja from ancient Japan, enhances the protagonist’s abilities and physical prowess.

Due to his unparalleled skills, the protagonist becomes the President’s secret agent, with a security clearance higher than even spies. As the sole Croman, he undertakes the most secretive military operations, including disarming a North Korean missile. However, adhering to the ninja’s creed of invisibility and driven by his own preferences, he turns rogue, prompting assassination attempts by secret agents and government officials. These attempts fail, thanks to his exceptional abilities and ingenuity.

The book also outlines various ‘Croman’ workouts, enabling readers to train and become Croman operatives themselves. Filled with spy lore and black ops, with settings in foreign countries, this martial arts fiction doubles as a training manual. Discover if you would have followed the same path as Tony Viviano.

Crystal Palace

In 1910, Charles Francis Richter was a very curious 10-year-old boy. His curiosity would one day lead to the creation of a way to measure the size of an earthquake. As a boy though, Charlie’s curiosity leads him on an adventure that introduces him to Marie Curie, Albert Einstein, Edwin Hubble, Robert Koch, Rudolf Diesel, and Joseph Tyrrell.

Travel with young Charlie Richter to Crystal Palace, in England, for a historical re-imagining of the greatest scientific exhibition of the 20^th century that never actually happened, and explore some of the ideas that launched the modern world.

Culturally Responsive Orientation and Mobility Standards

At last! The field of Orientation and Mobility (O&M) embraces the 21^st Century Model for standards-based instruction with these research-based, peer-reviewed, and validated performance standards that correlate to success in career, college and community life.

Commensurate with general education curriculum, these learner performance standards give important credibility to O&M instruction by providing measurable, age-appropriate and culturally responsive outcome targets to guide assessment and instruction.   

For those who don’t understand what O&M is and for those who fund it, the O&M CCCRS clearly articulate and justify a learner’s need for instruction, justify a level of service needed to meet age-appropriate performance targets and justify the tools need to do the job. This is a must resource for master and novel-level instructors alike.

Cup's Bad Day

What is a Cup, no who is Cup? Cup is Adriana's grandfather and somehow, misfortune seems to be his constant companion. Follow Cup, Nana, and Adriana on their fishing adventures in Central Pennsylvania.

Curious Facts from the Deep

Oceans cover about 70% of the Earth's surface. Only 5% of the oceans have been explored so far. Most people know little about marine life. We love diving, and in Curious Facts from the Deep, we bring stunning photography and interesting little-known facts to your attention.

Curse of the Jackal

Set in barbaric times, a young fisherman lives in peace on an island surrounded by warfare. At age 16, Elgin becomes a man but is soon faced with the brutality of ancient living. Innocence is swept away by violence, forcing two lovers to face life without each other. Surrounded by warring invaders, Elgin’s people must learn to fight or die.

Annon, the ascetic, is a disciplined spiritual seeker whose fate is intertwined with greater powers. Two lives are forced to experience the full range of human emotions and to rise above their circumstances. Shipwrecks, battles, and a spell-bound jackal navigate around a timeless love story between Elgin and Corina.

Elgin, with help from his wise teacher, must face his own demons while conquering his arch enemy.

Cute Little Suzy Plum

Suzy Plum is a cute little mouse with a very long tail.

She can’t play with the other mice

Because her tail always gets in the way.

Then one day Suzy discovers

That she actually has a fairy tail

That leaves cute little flowers wherever it goes!  

Daddy Bear Goes to War

At the peak of middle age, when you have many responsibilities and suddenly a distant threat arrives close to home and you feel called to help, how do you justify leaving your young family and sacrificing your thriving career for the greater good? How do you stay the course at every unexpected turn along the way? How do you keep a positive attitude during the devastation of war and simultaneously give encouragement with humor to your family left behind? After the mission is accomplished and many friends and comrades are lost, how do you successfully return to the life you left?

When Pearl Harbor was attacked in 1941, Jim Greene was living in Washington D.C. and intimately aware of Hitler’s threat to democracy. He was 42 years old, married with three young children and developing his advertising agency from D.C. to Boston. How could he contribute to the war effort while managing his current responsibilities?

Daddy Said I Need a Parachute

Funny things happen every day. Just stand and stay quiet for a full minute and listen to the things around you - the sounds and the voices. There are instances when you believe you've heard someone say one thing and the person actually said something very different.

In this story, you will find that although Andrew is planning to enjoy his day at school, he has heard his dad say something to the teacher. Now, Andrew's day is full of wondering, imagining and excitement! He cannot wait to get home to get his surprise from his dad.

What do you think Andrew heard his dad say to the teacher?

This is a fun read about a great way to ask questions and be clear in what we believe we have heard others say. Read on to see what happens.

Daisy

Have you ever wondered what happened to Daisy Buchanan after the Great Gatsby was murdered in his swimming pool on Long Island in the summer of 1922? She and Tom Buchanan fled to Europe where they met almost everybody worth knowing in the roaring twenties: the Hemingways, the Fitzgeralds, Pablo Picasso, who painted her portrait, Gerald and Sara Murphy, as well as the Prince of Wales.

After years of interviews and with the help of Daisy’s diaries, her daughter, Pamela, has reconstructed Daisy’s life in Paris, in England, and in Spain where Daisy left the privileged life she had known to become involved on the loyalist side of the Spanish Civil War.