Michael E. Owens Knihy

Because he is so small, he never gets to travel on a caravan. But when the wise men see the star, they decide that Camelino can carry the gifts to the newborn Savior. He gets picked on by the other camels but because he learns a lot on the trip to see the baby, he learns a lot about himself and in the end he helps the caravan avoid the King Herod and find a different way home. And saves the Baby Jesus. Because he is so small, he never gets to travel on a caravan. But when the wise men see the star, they decide that Camelino can carry the gifts to the newborn Savior. He gets picked on by the other camels but because he learns a lot on the trip to see the baby, he learns a lot about himself and in the end he helps the caravan avoid the King Herod and find a different way home. And saves the Baby Jesus.

In the 1870’s, Billy was looking forward to a lazy summer in West Texas, waiting for his dad to return home to take their cattle to market. When he doesn’t return, the task of trail boss lands in his lap. During his travels with the herd, he gains an unexpected trail hand and runs into a band of rustlers; the man the Chisholm trail is named after, Bass Reeves, the first black Texas Ranger; and a famous Indian chief. On his return home, he has another unexpected visitor and goes after his dream – a wild stallion in the hills. Billy never considered himself a hero, but others had a different idea.

Mr. Bernard Mocking is an agent for the Bird Nest Real Estate Agency to help birds find appropriate nesting sites and breeding homes for a wide selection of feathered clients. In the process, students are learning the nesting habits and other interesting facts about the dozen different kinds of birds in the book.

Chuck finally found a teacher he really liked, but then he shows up dead, or was he? Chuck believed it, but convincing his classmates was a different story. And then there was the drugs. Chuck knew the kingpins of the drug cartel in town, but again no one believed him. His reputation for telling whoppers had preceded him and his wild claims left him more ostracized than ever. Will anyone ever believe him? A teacher's life and a drug war hanged in the balance.

It’s the 1840s along the Mississippi River and Mike Fink must live in the shadow of his infamous father, with no one giving him a fair shake. Mike and a black slave, Cletus, believing they will be charged for two murders on the riverboat, escape capture through the backwoods of Illinois, down the Ohio and Mississippi Rivers, heading as far away from Cairo as they can. Being chased by the law and outlaws too, will Mike and Cletus finally make it to Memphis and freedom?