The Adventures of Eli and Jake begins with the boys moving to their new house and Buddy the Dog and Doolie the Cat making a new friend, Squeaky the Mouse. While having great fun with Buddy, Doolie, and Squeaky, the boys learn valuable lessons. Moving Day, Buddy Gets Lost, Grandma Moves In, Trick or Treat, and The Christmas Star will keep readers and their children entertained for hours. Readers will fall in love with the boys and their pets.

Eli is an adventurous young boy. One day he decides to explore his uncle's back yard, only to find that the yard has a magical element to it. During his adventures, he learns that love, courage and accepting responsibility are key attributes everyone must possess. Along the way, Eli and his best friend Gus, meet family members who help him learn values and the importance of having fun. This book is filled with adventures that, with a little imagination, can be found in every back yard. Parents will like the book because it teaches kids important life lessons.

Celebrate Autumn in Cypress Corners with this Contemporary Romantic Comedy from bestselling author JoMarie DeGioia! The guy who can be whatever he needs to be The girl who wants to stand on her own Fun and fast…light and easy And a dream that just might come true Eli Graham grew up in foster care, and always tried his best to fit in. He’s a people-pleaser, and his talent and temperament bring him success in his sales career at Chapman Financial. He never lets anybody see the lonely guy he hides behind his charm and sparkle. Or the hope for family and connection he can’t seem to shake. Caro Richmond owns her own bakery in Cypress Corners, creating new recipes and trying new things at least where her baking is concerned. She suffered a heartbreaking loss three years ago, but it isn’t the loss of her fiancé that haunts her. Work is her focus now. She’ll leave the living to somebody else. When Eli comes to work in Cypress, he’s immediately taken with Caro. She’s gorgeous, but she also seems like she needs some fun in her life. He’s just the guy to give it to her, and the annual Fall Festival would be a great place to start. They begin to date, and both of them start to think this might be more than just fun and easy. Can Eli trust that what he’s feeling is something real? Or is he just dreaming of a future he can never have?

Award-winning author Eric Schlich’s Eli Harpo’s Adventure to the Afterlife isan accessible and big-hearted novel that explores belief and forgiveness as a boy grapples with his faith and sexuality on a rollicking family road trip to Bible World. When Eli Harpo was four, he underwent emergency open-heart surgery, flatlined on the operating table, and for a brief time, went to heaven and met Jesus. Or at least that’s what his father, a loving but devout Baptist minister, has raised him to believe. Nine years later, Eli isn’t so sure. His rounds with his father to evangelize at hospices and sell his father’s self-published book, Heaven or Bust!, feel inauthentic and strange, especially now that he’s started having sex dreams about Jesus. Between that and his mother’s terminal breast cancer diagnosis, Eli feels further from heaven than ever. But when the famous televangelist Charlie Gideon shows up at the Harpos’ doorstep with a proposal to create a new attraction based on Eli’s trip to the afterlife at his Bible-themed park, Eli isn’t able to say no. As the Harpos head off on a rollicking road trip from Kentucky to Bible World in Orlando, Eli is left to grapple with not just his faith and his sexuality, but also his own parents’ messy humanity and what happens when a family held together by mythmaking starts coming apart at the seams. Hilarious and moving, Eli Harpo’s Adventure to the Afterlife is a kind-hearted story about self-discovery and the search for truth, wherever it takes you.

Friend or villain? Brother or traitor? This compelling story of wartime friendship brings the looming War of 1812 to dramatic life. Jacob is a steadfast Loyalist. Eli is a newcomer to Upper Canada, whose family has just moved from the American South. The two boys become fast friends, but their friendship is tested when Eli's father refuses to pledge allegiance to the Crown. As Loyalists in Upper Canada become more and more suspicious of those with American leanings, the looming war threatens to pull the boys -- and their town -- apart. Peopled with key figures from the War of 1812, such as General Isaac Brock and newspaperman-turned-traitor Joseph Willcocks, Brothers at War portrays the tense era just before the War of 1812, which pitted neighbour against neighbour as Upper Canada prepared to fend off invading American forces.

First century private detective Jake Jezreel is drawn into a mysterious case involving a rare black jewel. The case begins rather simply with a request by James, the head of the Jerusalem church, to locate a missing fellow minister in the church. This puzzling disappearance has the entire Christian church in Jerusalem concerned and praying for their missing pastor. Soon, the investigation for the missing person diverts Jake into a more elaborate course, that of trailing after a jewel known as The Black Diamond. Detective Jake Jezreel had never heard of The Black Diamond. And yet this mys-terious object will plunge him and his wife, Hannah, into an adventurous investigation like he had never experienced before. What kind of power did this lustrous, gorgeous diamond have over men? How could it make men hate and attack each other to own it? Will Jake be drawn into the powerful, magnetic influence this black beauty possesses? Only a nerve-racking climax at the Hip-podrome in Caesarea can bring the answers Jake is searching for.

An understanding of language arts concepts is key to strong communication skills—the foundation of success across disciplines. Spectrum Language Arts for grade 3 provides focused practice and creative activities to help your child master capitalization, punctuation, grammar, and parts of speech. This comprehensive workbook doesn’t stop with focused practice–it encourages children to explore their creative sides by challenging them with thought-provoking writing projects. Aligned to current state standards, Spectrum Language Arts for grade 3 includes an answer key and a supplemental Writer’s Guide to reinforce grammar and language arts concepts. With the help of Spectrum, your child will build the language arts skills necessary for a lifetime of success.

Test with success using Spectrum Language Arts for grade 3! The four-part lessons encourage creativity and strengthen writers by focusing on sentence types, mechanics, and subject-verb agreement. The book features easy-to-understand directions and include

Simple Steps for Third Grade helps your child master math and language arts skills such as addition, subtraction, multiplication, division, fractions, measurement, geometry, graphing, problem solving, grammar, punctuation, capitalization, usage, and sentence structure. A standards-based resource that simplifies key concepts for easy understanding, Simple Steps for Third Grade provides learners with easy-to-follow units, clear explanations, skill-reinforcing activities, and an answer key to check accuracy. By preparing students for today’s rigorous academic standards, this comprehensive resource is ideal for supporting classroom learning and enhancing home school curriculum. A unique workbook series that offers step-by-step guidance, Simple Steps breaks down essential concepts so that learners can develop a deep understanding of both math and ELA skills for improved academic performance. With Simple Steps for Third Grade, your child is one step closer to complete school success!

Travel back in time with Jessie to the exciting 1900's oil boom in wild, beautiful Oklahoma -- to an era when those entrepreneurs BOLD enough to gamble on their dreams amassed fortunes!