Books with author Anna Blake

The Sometimes It Happens series was born out of Ms. Blake’s work with children in a school setting. When she witnessed children experiencing difficult situations, she wanted to help them deal with their strong emotions. She began to create stories to help the children use coping skills to give them comfort and hope. The Sometimes it Happens series was born.This first book in the series, Sometimes it Happens: You Have to Stay Home, focuses on the current (Covid-19) situation of children having to stay home, away from their daily routines; keeping them away from their friends, schools, teachers, and even other relatives. While Ms. Blake continued to educate from home, she listened to her student’s feelings and questions. She took these thoughts and put them together to help children have a positive outlook on a difficult situation, letting them know that everything will be ok.Watch for more Sometimes it Happens books coming soon!

The Sometimes It Happens series was born out of Ms. Blake’s work with children in a school setting. When she witnessed children experiencing difficult situations, she wanted to help them deal with their strong emotions. She began to create stories to help the children use coping skills to give them comfort and hope. The Sometimes it Happens series was born.This first book in the series, Sometimes it Happens: You Have to Stay Home, focuses on the current (Covid-19) situation of children having to stay home, away from their daily routines; keeping them away from their friends, schools, teachers, and even other relatives. While Ms. Blake continued to educate from home, she listened to her student’s feelings and questions. She took these thoughts and put them together to help children have a positive outlook on a difficult situation, letting them know that everything will be ok.Watch for more Sometimes it Happens books coming soon!

After graduation, Lex, a relatively good girl who spends her summers at Sunset Beach with her family is headed to the beach house alone for part of the summer this year. Lex's parents will meet her at the summer house for part of the summer but before then, the family’s long time summer friends and neighbors, the Alaric’s, have agreed to keep an eye on her. Life at Sunset Beach becomes a lot more interesting for Lex when Nolan, the eldest Alaric and one of Sunset’s hottest guys makes it his personal responsibility to keep an eye (or two) on Lex until her parents arrive. Nolan, who is also one of Lex’s oldest Sunset Beach friends challenges himself, Lex, and all of their friends when he tries to hide his feelings for Lex, especially when another guy enters the picture.Lex, Nolan and their longtime summer friends are faced with romantic twists and turns that take them on a fun filled yet emotional journey that ends where none of them expected.

Sometimes it happens, you’re bored and there’s nothing to do.Take a trip outside. You may find your own zoo!So sometimes kids get bored. They can’t find things to do. This often will lead to fights with siblings, isolation or destructive behaviors. This book helps children to go outside find something to explore! Gives them an escape to keep their minds off nothing to do! It promotes positive thoughts in a child, so they can just walk outdoors and become an explorer.

Join Captain Barbara Ann and her crew, Matey Moose and Wink, the parrot, aboard the USS Imagination for a day at sea. When a storm suddenly throws them off course, they become lost and in great peril. During the night, the angel of the stars appears. She encourages Wink to search for Matey and, in the process, counsels him to have faith in God. Later, when Captain Barbara Ann's crew is safely back on board, Captain asks the angel for directions back to the Port of Hope. The angel tells her to follow God's compass to the River of Faith because the River of Faith will lead her home-home to the wonderful Port of Hope.

Sometimes it happens and there’s no real answer why?Sometimes someone close to you may die.Real life doesn’t slow down just because you’re a child. This book helps children get ready ahead of time to experience sickness and death close to them. Beginning with the death of a plant or a pet, she guides the child to see that the end of a life can be experienced using all their emotions, and that’s a good thing!Parents and grandparents will find this book a wonderful tool to help their little ones deal with a difficult but real subject.

Sometimes it happens, you’re bored and there’s nothing to do.Take a trip outside. You may find your own zoo!So sometimes kids get bored. They can’t find things to do. This often will lead to fights with siblings, isolation or destructive behaviors. This book helps children to go outside find something to explore! Gives them an escape to keep their minds off nothing to do! It promotes positive thoughts in a child, so they can just walk outdoors and become an explorer.

Sometimes it happens and there's no real answer why?Sometimes someone close to you may die.Real life doesn't slow down just because you're a child. This book helps children get ready ahead of time to experience sickness and death close to them. Beginning with the death of a plant or a pet, she guides the child to see that the end of a life can be experienced using all their emotions, and that's a good thing!Parents and grandparents will find this book a wonderful tool to help their little ones deal with a difficult but real subject.

After all the drama and heartache, Anika, Mia and Legacy try to move on with their lives, but relationship woes stick to the three of them like glue. Anika finds the strength to leave Reynard for good and move on with Jaxson, but she has a hard time trusting again, and Jaxson’s soon to be ex-wife, Michelle, doesn’t make it any easier for her. Will Anika learn to trust again, or will she become a bitter woman and push Jaxson away? Mia gets a taste of real love with Morris, but her fleshly desires keep her from experiencing a true commitment with the man who is best for her. Mia has to choose between love and lust. Is she really ready to be the main chick, or will she forever be content as the side chick? Legacy has issues with Kenny’s future baby momma and finds out a secret that Tanya and Kenny have been hiding. Tanya’s pregnancy has put Legacy’s happily-ever-after on pause, and she has to decide if she will ride it out with Kenny or move on with her life. Is this the last straw for Legacy, or will she find it in herself to forgive Kenny again? More drama, more lies and even more deceit consume their lives. Will this trio ever get it together, or will their future be a repeat of their past?

After graduation, Lex, a relatively good girl who spends her summers at Sunset Beach with her family is headed to the beach house alone for part of the summer this year. Lex's parents will meet her at the summer house for part of the summer but before then, the family’s long time summer friends and neighbors, the Alaric’s, have agreed to keep an eye on her. Life at Sunset Beach becomes a lot more interesting for Lex when Nolan, the eldest Alaric and one of Sunset’s hottest guys makes it his personal responsibility to keep an eye (or two) on Lex until her parents arrive. Nolan, who is also one of Lex’s oldest Sunset Beach friends challenges himself, Lex, and all of their friends when he tries to hide his feelings for Lex, especially when another guy enters the picture. Lex, Nolan and their longtime summer friends are faced with romantic twists and turns that take them on a fun filled yet emotional journey that ends where none of them expected.

Join Captain Barbara Ann and her crew, Matey Moose and Wink, the parrot, aboard the USS Imagination for a day at sea.When a storm suddenly throws them off course, they become lost and in great peril. During the night, the angel of the stars appears. She encourages Wink to search for Matey and, in the process, counsels him to have faith in God.Later, when Captain Barbara Ann’s crew is safely back on board, Captain asks the angel for directions back to the Port of Hope. The angel tells her to follow God’s compass to the River of Faith because the River of Faith will lead her home—home to the wonderful Port of Hope.