Harold and the Poopy Little Puppy No. 1 Amazon Hot New Release!

HAROLD AND THE POOPY LITTLE PUPPY is an Amazon No. 1 hot new release. It also topped four categories including Children's Books on Values. Quite a compliment for the book:)

Cool Assegai jigsaw from Nelson Mandela the Boy Called Troublemaker

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Want to play a cute online jigsaw puzzle? Click the book title.

Its Nelson Mandela Day today -- and I found my book on Amazon translated to German! Check out the translation for the word "Troublemaker." Very descriptive! 

Nelson Mandela -- now in German!

Cute video golden retriever meets new puppy

Golden retriever and puppy

This golden retriever is really happy to see a new puppy.

In my new book HAROLD AND THE POOPY LITTLE PUPPY -- Harold, the golden retriever, is not quite as pleased. Especially when Prince, the puppy, poops in the hallway and the Dad blames Harold. But Harold and Prince do become best friends. It just takes a while and a few disasters,.HAROLD AND THE POOPY LITTLE PUPPY will be on amazon in August

WIND RUNNER - FREE TEACHING COMMON CORE LESSON PLANS - NEW MEXICO NATIVE AMERICAN INDIAN REVOLT AGAINST THE SPANISH

Wind Runner -- Young Indian runners who ran as fast as the wind, carried vital messages for hundreds of miles across deserts, plains, and over mountains. This time the message was WAR. The starving Pueblo Indians were rising in battle against the cruel Spanish soldiers occupying their land, New Mexico. And they were calling on other Indian tribes, some their sworn enemies, to join the fight. Running alone is Running Deer, a 14-year-old boy taking the place of his older brother, Star Fire. But can a young boy succeed in this dangerous mission?

Click below for lesson plan TEACHING WITH HISTORIC PLACES: 

Download Lesson Plan New Mexico The Hispano Ranchos

Download Free Teaching Links, Worksheets and Common Core Lesson Plans!

As a former teacher, I know that planning lessons can be extremely time-consuming. I am really pleased to be offering professionally compiled Free Teaching Links to Common Core Lessons Plans for my books, starting with Nelson Mandela, the Boy Called Troublemaker. I hope teachers and home schools enjoy utilizing the excellent suggestions. I wish I'd had them when I taught! See: Download Your Free Mandela Common Core Lesson Plans in the top right hand corner of the blog.

This biographical novel brings to life Mandela’s childhood and his tribal initiation at sixteen when he resolved to live up to his name—Troublemaker—and fight for freedom for his people.