Books with author Andrew Sanderson

Thirteen-year-old Jessica accidentally discovers the Doors of Time and, with her eleven-year-old brother Josh, travels back through the story of their home-town, Frome in Somerset. On the way, they find that life in the past can be a lot rougher and scarier than in their own day. Join them as they meet some of the people who played a part in the fascinating history of this small, English town – with maps and pictures to help you on your journey of discovery. The story is especially suitable for nine- to thirteen-year-olds – but that doesn’t stop everyone else reading it, too!

Scotty the Owl Goes to the Market is about a young little owl who disobeyed his mother when she told him to stay home. Instead of staying home, he follows her to the market and loses sight of her. Becoming very frightened, he asks around if anyone has seen her. Scotty uses questions like: who, where, why, and how to find his mother. This book teaches children that it is important to obey their parents and it also teaches important question words when looking for clues. Along with the funny illustrations, Scotty the Owl Goes to the Market is a fun rhyming book that is appropriate for young beginner readers. Scotty the Owl is a series of books, so look for other adventures with Scotty.

From the early morning fruit vendors hawking their wares to a quiet morning spent savoring a cup of hot chocolate, from the glistening, silvery salmon announced by a fishmonger's bellow to the silent halls as they're hosed down one last time by the night workers, the full experience of a farmer's market is reflected in Sara Anderson's signature cut-paper style and pitch-perfect voice. Set in the halls of Seattle's fabled Pike Place Market, a place Sara Anderson has shopped and loved for almost a quarter of a century, the book vividly recreates the cacophony, variety, joy, and life that can be found in every market across the land.

All profits from this book will go in to Saige's college fund.My name is Saige Anderson. I'm nine years old. I go to Forest View Elementary. At school, I like to go to recess, gym, and I also enjoy reading. When I'm not at school, I like to hang out with my friends, do gymnastics, and read.I chose my animal because penguins are cute, cool, and animals that are easy to make. An interesting fact that I learned about my animal is that in some parts of Antarctica, penguins swim in water so cold that if humans took a short swim, they would die because of the coldness of the water.My favorite type of textured paper to make was with plastic wrap. I enjoyed the collage making because it was really fun. I think my book is the best it can be because I made it and I worked hard.-Saige Anderson3rd Grade, 2010-2011November 2013 - Saige is now in 6th grade. She loves to read on her Kindle, is in competitive gymnastics, and plays the violin. She continues to draw and write and I am looking forward to publishing some more of her work.--Cameron Anderson (Saige's father).

This oversized board book traces a city across the span of a day -- filled with the people, traffic, parks, streets, stores, and buildings that make up the town. The breadth of the urban experience may all be found here: from the bicyclist lazily gliding through the park to the raucous swooshhhhh of traffic; from the clanging crash of construction work to the quiet of a sweeping streetscape as seen from a high-floor apartment building.Vibrant colors that zing with the heat rising from a steaming sidewalk are perfectly matched to a syncopated, sound-filled, chant-again-and-again text. Ingeniously die-cut pages reinforce the experience of the city skyline in a stylish book that represents a tour-de-force performance by Sara Anderson.

The Piper's Cave is Haunted!"You can hear the sound of bagpipes inside! The smugglers must have hidden their stolen goods in there!" It was September 1, 1939. World War II had begun for Great Britain with thousands and thousands of children being evacuated from the large cities to the countryside to escape the bombings and begin a new life living with "borrowed parents". Twelve-year old Joe Anderson finds himself evacuated to a small coastal village in the southwest of Scotland. His best friend is an old sea captain. He has other friends, evacuees just like him. They become involved in all kinds of mischief, including dismantling a live bomb and collecting birds' eggs on the floating islands where one wrong step could send them through the island and trap them down under the water. Quirky characters and suspicious happenings make them realize that something sinister is going on in Rockcliffe and they aim to find out what it is! The prisoners of war, black-outs, bombings and rationing of food and clothing play a big part in their lives. The war is a constant reminder to Joe and his friends that there is danger and uncertainty even in Rockcliffe.

Jenny knew life at the new house would be just that, new. She was the new kid at school and didn’t hold out much hope for making a best friend by summer. The only good thing about living in the country was that she might get to take horseback riding lessons. Jenny loved horses, and becoming a horse-woman might just make life bearable again. Plus it would be a step towards her biggest dream ever, to have her very own horse. Little did she know, the old stable on the neighbor’s farm held the biggest secret she would ever have to keep. But would keeping it mean that she would lose the most important thing she had ever found? The Secret Stable is a middle grade story about a 10 year old girl whose special friendship with a mysterious and lonely horse helps her find the courage and strength to risk everything for someone besides herself.

Way back in the bayou country lies Crawdad County. The Spanish moss on the live oaks hangs so thick that unless you look especially closely, you might not notice rickety Alligator Acres, huddled cozily upon the water s edge. Its country just teeming with folks, a friendly kind of place Cecil, the alligator, calls home. Back beyond live Cecil's neighbors, including little Woo, the armadillo, and a zebra named Eloise. Just how a zebra came to be there is a story for another time. The wind does not often blow through the steamy bayou but when it does, a story is sure to follow. The wind is blowing tonight, there's a distant fiddle singing, and the story we are here to tell is about the Crawdad County dance of Eloise, who didn't quite fit in, and of Cecil and Woo, who made sure that she did.

This oversized board book traces a city across the span of a night -- filled with the people, traffic, parks, streets, stores, and buildings that make up the town. The breadth of the urban experience may all be found here: from the bicyclist lazily gliding through the park to the raucous swooshhhhh of traffic; from the clanging crash of construction work to the quiet of a sweeping streetscape as seen from a high-floor apartment building. Vibrant colors that zing with the heat rising from a steaming sidewalk are perfectly matched to a syncopated, sound-filled, chant-again-and-again text. Ingeniously die-cut pages reinforce the experience of the city skyline in a stylish book that represents a tour-de-force performance by Sara Anderson.