Books with author Barbara A. Fanson

Students learn how to handle the struggles of the restrictions in this fictional keepsake story Invasion of the Thistles. The invasive species takes over when people stop using the playground due to the virus lockdown. Can the students use their social media savvy to get others to help them eradicate the prickly pests before the restrictions are lifted? How will they confront Queen Bea who wants to save the thistles for the bees? Will ‘les trois amis’ conquer the prickly pests, take back the abandoned park, and prevent another casualty? This fictional story is based on true events during the spring of 2020. Author Barbara Fanson pulled over 320 thistles from her local playground so children will eventually use the swings.

Shirl the Squirrel, Foxy and other animals are preparing for winter. Add 3 villains and you have a fun, but educational story. Can Shirl the Squirrel and Foxy get away from a dog, goose, and a hawk? Did Shirl fall or did she have a nice autumn? Some squirrels stash their cache in a dark, cool midden (hiding place) for years. Learn more about other animals, cones, acorns, and leaves in this adventurous tale. Can you name all the items below? Read all of the Shirl the Squirrel Adventure books.

It’s not easy building a nest with only a beak to carry dried weeds and mud. Robin has to fight the wind while building a nest. Then protect her baby birds from a monster with a gadget and a cat that can hear the peeps of her baby birds. From egg to Robin, this photographic book shares the life cycle of four robin eggs. Add two predators and you have an interesting story of survival. Get more activity sheets on our website: http://fanson.net

Hunting for food is never easy when you’re a squirrel—especially if you can’t climb trees. Join Shirl the Squirrel and her friend Earl the Squirrel as they overcome obstacles in the search for food. Attacked by a blue jay and chased by a cat, they manage to get away. Can Shirl keep Earl from finding out her secret? This is one in a series of Shirl the Squirrel adventure books.

This is Barbara Fahey's illustrated verse story of a baby whale who goes out at night from her bed and to visit the night excitement and misbehave. She does that and more, but in her adventure she doesn't realize the tide change and gets stuck in the mud and gets beached on the shore. There she meets and wakes up a snail who was asleep in his snail shell. The snail helps her get home for a happy ending. This story was a prize winner among entries from Canada and twenty U.S. states in a Seven Hills Annual Writing Contest. Baby Bubbles has been read to young children in school classes where the children expressed their enjoyment of the story in overwhelming praise and delight.

Fiction or Non-Fiction? It's not easy building a nest with only a beak to carry dry weeds and mud. Robin has to fight the wind while building a nest. Then she has to protect her baby birds and look for food constantly.From egg to Robin, this photographic book shares the life cycle of four robin eggs. Add two predators and you have an interesting story of survival. Will the baby birds or fledglings learn to fly?An engaging and educational story about a robin, who builds a nest, feeds her baby chicks, watches the fledglings leave the nest, and protects them from 2 predators.

It's not easy building a nest with only a beak to carry dry weeds and mud. Robin has to fight the wind while building a nest. Then she has to protect her baby birds and look for food constantly.From egg to Robin, this photographic book shares the life cycle of four robin eggs. Add two predators and you have an interesting story of survival.Robin Sees a Monster is an educational and interesting fiction book based on facts.

Thistles take over when people stop using the playground due to the COVID-19 restrictions. Can the grade 8 graduates use their social media savvy to get others to help them eradicate the prickly pests before the restrictions are lifted? How will they confront Queen Bea who wants to save the thistles for the bees? Will 'les trois amis' conquer the prickly pests, take back the abandoned park, and prevent another Covid casualty?Unfortunately, most of this story is based on true events during the Covid-19 pandemic.Author Barbara Fanson pulled over 220 thistles from her local playground so children could eventually use the swings.