Repetitive, predictable story lines and illustrations that match the text provide maximum support to the emergent reader. Engaging stories promote reading comprehension, and easy and fun activities on the inside back covers extend learning. Great for Reading First, Fluency, Vocabulary, Text Comprehension, and ESL/ELL!

From the bestselling author of Seasons of Your Heart and A Tree Full of Angels, a lyric, loving, and inspiring approach to communion with God based on Benetictine spirituality.

From the bestselling author of Seasons of Your Heart and A Tree Full of Angels, a lyric, loving, and inspiring approach to communion with God based on Benetictine spirituality.

When five-year-old Jillian forgets her song, she along with her brother and sister, Eli and Emy, approach "The One Who" to ask for help. Instead of the requested song, Jillian is given a small seed. From disappointment and anger, to the satisfaction of a job well done, the children experience an array of emotions and circumstances culminating in an unexpected ending that surpasses their expectations. Children will enjoy the story and the variant personalities of the trio of siblings as they first argue and then learn to work together for something important. Adults will enjoy drawing parallels between the behavior of the children and that of the church as it tries to deal with the undomesticated Kingdom of God. Hopefully, all will see that the seeds needed are already in us, holding in them everything that is or ever will be needed to experience the good news. And that is something to sing about!

A 14 year old girl with extreme musical talent is dying of cancer. Her father (a special government agent), a strange visitor from another planet simply calling himself the Music Man and four powerful beings who accompany him converge on Earth to thwart a pending attack in our future. But can they do it in time? Who can be trusted? Will the young girl realize her destiny in time before she dies? What will happen to Earth if she fails? Why is all this related to only music? What did a fifth airplane on 9/11 have to do with the young girl? The Music Man has been sent to Earth by four special beings. But why was he sent here and what does he know about Earth? How can a 14-year-old girl save our planet? A genius inventor, a radical doctor and a NASA video surveillance specialist all become part of the now complex countdown. And we just have a little over 677 years to become prepared for the inevitable.