Books with author Annabelle Jay

Help make reading interactive! This classic tale is simply told in a board book that features a built-in drawer in which are seven stand-up story characters and props. A child can use the sturdy cut-outs to retell the story in her own words or make up a new story. This version has no gratuitous violence. The wolf ultimately is propelled back up the chimney by the heat of the boiling pot - never to be seen or heard from again. The stand-up characters spark imagination and encourage creativity and story-telling skills. A child can actually make the wolf knock down the house of sticks and the house of straw! This new interactive reading concept is also appealing to a child who is a restless reader.

Help make reading interactive. Goldilocks and the Three Bears is a classic tale that teaches manners and respect for others' property. The unique feature of the Story in a Box version of Goldilocks is the self-contained drawer in the back of the book that holds seven stand-up story characters and props. The sturdy cut-outs enable a child to retell the story in her own words or to make up a different story. There is a cut-out figure for Goldilocks, Mama Bear, Papa Bear and Baby Bear as well as a cutout for the table with the bowls of porridge, the three chairs and the three beds - all the essential components of the story. The stand-up story characters spark imagination and encourage creativity and story-telling skills. This new interactive reading concept is also appealing to a child who is a restless reader.

Imagine how much fun it would be to be able to grow your own beanstalk right after you have read the story of "Jack and the Beanstalk". Our "Jack and the Beanstalk Story in a Box" is a very unique presentation of the story as well. The book comes with a drawer filled with stand-up story characters and props. So you and your child can read the story and your child can re-enact the story using the thick, cardboard, stand-up characters. The atttached net bag holds a packet of easy-to-grow pole beans, a plastic planting pot and a small bag of pottting soil. Plant the beans on a window sill, keep moist and within a week or two, you will have your very own beanstalk! Life and art combine for a truly unique reading and growing experience. Recommended for children over 3 years. Story in a Box books have received Teachers' Choice, Teachers' Choice for the Family and Creative Child Awards.

The Sun Dragon: Book Four Before King Roland ruled over Earth, four dragon kingdoms fought over the plentiful planet: Ice Dragons, Sun Dragons, Earth Dragons, and Bone Dragons. One day a young dragon named Prince Grian slipped aboard the Sun Dragon ship and traveled to Earth, while on that same day, an Earth Dragon named Caden snuck away from his village. The two met and fell in love, but both were killed in battle. The Artists, creators of the universe, were furious about the death of these true loves. As punishment, they erased the Sun Dragon race, banished the Bone Dragons to Draman, and put the Ice Dragons in the North Pole, where they could not harm the Earth Dragons. The Artists declared that the dragons would remain cursed until the true love between Grian and Caden was born again and they reunited all dragons in peace and harmony. Years later Prince Grian is reborn, and it is up to him and his godparent, Skelly, to find his soulmate on Earth. But with the head of the Earth Dragon Protection Society, or EDPS, trying to kill him, reuniting with the love of his life seems impossible. Will Grian be able to find his match before the EDPS finds him? And if he finds Caden, will it be the true love of the prophecy?

The Sun Dragon: Book FourBefore King Roland ruled over Earth, four dragon kingdoms fought over the plentiful planet: Ice Dragons, Sun Dragons, Earth Dragons, and Bone Dragons. One day a young dragon named Prince Grian slipped aboard the Sun Dragon ship and traveled to Earth, while on that same day, an Earth Dragon named Caden snuck away from his village. The two met and fell in love, but both were killed in battle.The Artists, creators of the universe, were furious about the death of these true loves. As punishment, they erased the Sun Dragon race, banished the Bone Dragons to Draman, and put the Ice Dragons in the North Pole, where they could not harm the Earth Dragons. The Artists declared that the dragons would remain cursed until the true love between Grian and Caden was born again and they reunited all dragons in peace and harmony.Years later Prince Grian is reborn, and it is up to him and his godparent, Skelly, to find his soulmate on Earth. But with the head of the Earth Dragon Protection Society, or EDPS, trying to kill him, reuniting with the love of his life seems impossible. Will Grian be able to find his match before the EDPS finds him? And if he finds Caden, will it be the true love of the prophecy?

The Sun Dragon: Book Two Mani doesn't know much about his powers except that he turns into a blue dragon every night. His adopted mother Allanah has told him he hatched from an egg. He's half-human, half-dragon, and she found him after his dragon mother died.When his best friend and crush witnesses his transformation, Mani flees to the wizard Mansion, where he finds a group of fellow creatures called the Animal Guard. They assume that Mani has also been transformed by the sorceresses, and they enlist him in their quest to find the evil women and bribe them to turn the Animal Guard back into their human forms. Mani decides to help after he falls for one of the Animal Guard's members, a wolf-boy named Lup, but little does he know that his own blossoming powers will soon come between them. Mani must keep the sorceresses from using their greatest weapon, the North Star, while struggling to find out where he belongs in the rapidly changing world of magic.

The Sun Dragon: Book ThreeThe people of Earth thought they'd found refuge from their robot adversaries on the planet Draman, but they're about to learn they were mistaken.On the day of the Dramanian Naming Ceremony, the half-human, half-dragon children choose between colored robes representing the two genders recognized by their society. But for some children, the choice isn't so simple.Sara Lee, a Dramanian girl, faces a decision: remain as best friend and maid to Princess Nimue, or aid a child who refuses to select a robe. Battling the oppressive gender roles of her world means sacrificing her friendship with Nimue, but Sara Lee takes up the cause. When they're assaulted by a robot spaceship, Nimue and Sara Lee join forces to seek the aid of the legendary wizard, Merlin. But even Merlin cannot keep them safe, so he sends both women back in time, where they must find Allanah, defeat the creator of the robot army, and find a way to defy the societal expectations determined to keep them from being together in the way they both desire.

The Sun Dragon: Book Five In the final book of The Sun Dragon series, teenager Luke is keeping a big secret: on the inside, she’s really a girl. However, after she’s attacked by an incubus who might be her father, Luke learns of the powers that come with such a lineage, and her life gets even more complicated. As the last Artist in the universe, she must work with the wizard Council and the dragon clan leaders to defeat the evil incubi before they consume the entire world, all while struggling to dump her accidental girlfriend, managing her love for an Igreefee royal who sees her as a friend, and deciding whether it’s time to transition into the girl she knows she is. An epic finish to the journey started with Allanah’s first Sun Dragon, Luminosity will bring all of your favorite dragons, wizards, sorceresses, and birds together for one last battle that will decide the fate of them all.

The Sun Dragon: Book Two Mani doesn't know much about his powers except that he turns into a blue dragon every night. His adopted mother Allanah has told him he hatched from an egg. He's half-human, half-dragon, and she found him after his dragon mother died. When his best friend and crush witnesses his transformation, Mani flees to the wizard Mansion, where he finds a group of fellow creatures called the Animal Guard. They assume that Mani has also been transformed by the sorceresses, and they enlist him in their quest to find the evil women and bribe them to turn the Animal Guard back into their human forms. Mani decides to help after he falls for one of the Animal Guard's members, a wolf-boy named Lup, but little does he know that his own blossoming powers will soon come between them. Mani must keep the sorceresses from using their greatest weapon, the North Star, while struggling to find out where he belongs in the rapidly changing world of magic.