1) When the Birdies Came to Tea ~ Book 1
The oldest Blake
sisters ~ Susannah and Katie, who are the same age one week every year,
are celebrating their fifth and sixth birthdays in a most unusual way.
Nana has planned a tea party but asks the girls to give gifts instead of
receiving them, to new friends she has invited.
Katie is confused about this undesirable concept and tries to discover who these kids are and why they want to ruin the party.
She is certain it is the Stink Boys from down the road, until the new friends begin flying in...
2) Mr. Snowman Ate Our Picnic Lunch ~ Book 2
The
youngest Blake sisters, Kelsey and Sharon, are left behind at the
grandparent's cabin after their parents take the four older sisters on a
ski trip. They soon forget their disappointment when Nana and Papa
suggest they build their first snowman.
So the fun begins with hot cocoa and gingerbread cookies, a snowball fight, and chasing a doe and her fawn around the cabin.
The
girls picnic lunch disappears and the youngest sister thinks the
snowman ate it because he's holding a half-sandwich with a bite missing
in his pine-cone-thumb and pine-branch-finger hand. The older sister
disagrees. Then who did?
Bear Cub Adventure ~ Book 3
The
middle Blake sisters, Marsha and Becky, get to go on a camping trip to
Sugar Pine Point State Park, ALONE with their parents! Unfortunately
they are surprised to find out the cub scout, Stinky Boys are going on
the hike with them. Why would the girls parents leave their sisters
behind and invite the neighbors?
Trek along with the trail with these
two families and meet the critters they encounter along the way,
including a mama bear and her cub, and learn a few lessons every camper
should know.
(Wonderful illustrations of a porcupine, beaver, skunk, raccoons, owl, deer, fish, and one more bear cub than expected)
Nana's Tin of Buttons ~ Book 4
The
six Blake sisters are once again visiting their grandparent's Lake
Tahoe cabin while waiting for their new sibling to be born.
What can the bored girls do for fun on a rainy day?
Nana
suggests they make button necklaces and tells them the story behind the
buttons in her tin. At first the sisters aren't thrilled but they soon
have a change of heart and each girl designs her own personalized
necklace.
The sun comes out the next day so Papa piles everyone in
the car for a drive around Lake Tahoe while they continue to wait for
news about the baby.
Will the baby be a brother or another sister?
The girls visit their favorite Tahoe sites and return to a wonderful surprise.
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Kathy Boyd Fellure is the second born of eight daughters in a writing family.
Her
parents began reading to their girls and never stopped, continually
adding books to children's bookcase even the wee ones were free to
explore.
Kathy began writing stories in elementary school and
continued through high school and college. Her first published words
were in the non-fiction genre; slice of life, freelance newspaper
reporting, and church columns.
After dabbling in poetry and song
lyrics while stationed for three years in England with her military
husband, she dipped her toes in the fiction genre and dove into the deep
waters for a long swim.
The Blake Sisters Lake Tahoe Adventure
Stories are beautifully illustrated children's story books for ages 4 -
8, or to 100 as her faithful readers proclaim. These historical accounts
of Tahoe, California from 1959 - 1969, are rich in family values and
honest sibling interactions. A teaching page ends each story with fun
and interesting facts to learn and share.
Kathy's contemporary
women's novels, On the Water's Edge, are represented by Wendy Lawton of
Books & Such Literary Agency. The first novel is completed and
presently being shopped, the work-in-progress is at a 50,000 word count,
and Kathy plans to start the third this fall. These are also Lake Tahoe
stories with a hint of romance, and struggles that lead to searching
for the only One that can bring truth and salvation to overcome fear,
unforgivness, and abandonment.
You can contact Kathy at the websites listed below and on Facebook and Twitter.Kathy
serves as the Distribution Editor for Manzanita Writer's Press, she is
the founder of Amador Writer's Critique Group, (which hosts an annual
literary read and is listed in the Jerry B. Jenkins 2013 Christian
Writer's Marker Guide) and a member of ACFW and Inspire Christian
Writer's. She teaches children's writing workshops for conferences and
is available for guest speaking at retreats and writing seminars in both
the children's and novel genres.
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