Books with author Barbara Lee

Sheltered heiress Lori York runs away to the isolated island lighthouse at Pajaro Bay. But when a mysterious man washes ashore during a winter storm, she has to figure out just what he's hiding before they both end up as shark bait.Winner of the Romance Writers of America's Golden Heart Award under the title In Deep Water.Welcome to Pajaro Bay, the little California beach town where the cottages are cute, the neighbors are nosy, and it's always possible to find your personal Happily Ever After. The novels can be read in any order, or follow along from the beginning to see how the world develops.--Books by Barbara Cool Lee:THE PAJARO BAY MYSTERIES:1. Honeymoon Cottage 2. Boardwalk Cottage 3. Lighthouse Cottage 4. Little Fox Cottage 5. Rum Cake Cottage 6. Songbird Cottage 7. Sunshine Cottage THE CARITA COVE MYSTERIES:1. Maggie and the Black-Tie Affair2. Maggie and the Inconvenient Corpse3. Maggie and the Mourning Beads4. Maggie and the Empty Noose5. Maggie and the Huichol Homicide6. Maggie and the Whiskered WitnessAnd many more to come.

Hallie Reed comes to Pajaro Bay to spend the summer working at the village's broken-down old amusement park. But a series of mysteries sets her on the trail of two missing teenagers. She soon finds herself at the center of a puzzle that will change her whole life when she visits Boardwalk Cottage.Previously published as Under the Boardwalk.Welcome to Pajaro Bay, the little California beach town where the cottages are cute, the neighbors are nosy, and it's always possible to find your personal Happily Ever After. The novels can be read in any order, or follow along from the beginning to see how the world develops.--Books by Barbara Cool Lee:THE PAJARO BAY MYSTERIES:1. Honeymoon Cottage2. Boardwalk Cottage3. Lighthouse Cottage4. Little Fox Cottage5. Rum Cake Cottage6. Songbird Cottage7. Sunshine CottageTHE CARITA COVE MYSTERIES:1. Maggie and the Black-Tie Affair2. Maggie and the Inconvenient Corpse3. Maggie and the Mourning Beads4. Maggie and the Empty Noose5. Maggie and the Huichol Homicide6. Maggie and the Whiskered WitnessAnd many more to come.

A 2020 ALA Notable Children’s Book A Washington Post Best Children’s Book of 2019 Barbara Dee explores the subject of #MeToo for the middle grade audience in this heart-wrenching—and ultimately uplifting—novel about experiencing harassment and unwanted attention from classmates. For seventh-grader Mila, it starts with some boys giving her an unwanted hug on the school blacktop. A few days later, at recess, one of the boys (and fellow trumpet player) Callum tells Mila it’s his birthday, and asks her for a “birthday hug.” He’s just being friendly, isn’t he? And how can she say no? But Callum’s hug lasts a few seconds too long, and feels…weird. According to her friend, Zara, Mila is being immature and overreacting. Doesn’t she know what flirting looks like? But the boys don’t leave Mila alone. On the bus. In the halls. During band practice—the one place Mila could always escape. It doesn’t feel like flirting—so what is it? Thanks to a chance meeting, Mila begins to find solace in a new place: karate class. Slowly, with the help of a fellow classmate, Mila learns how to stand her ground and how to respect others—and herself. From the author of Everything I Know About You, Halfway Normal, and Star-Crossed comes this timely story of a middle school girl standing up and finding her voice.”

Maggie faces her most confusing case yet when she finds some treasured beaded skulls–in a pool of blood! Can she figure out what happened before someone else ends up dead? And when movie star Reese Stevens tries to make a fresh start, can Maggie keep him from going off-track?Maggie McJasper is starting over in a little California beach town. She has a craft shop, a nice circle of friends, and a handsome movie star who keeps flirting with her. Life would be pretty great if she could just stop stumbling over dead bodies….Carita Cove romantic mysteries are fun and flirty reads, with no swearing or love scenes, and no gruesome violence to keep you up at night. Collect them all:1. Maggie and the Black-Tie Affair (short intro story)2. Maggie and the Inconvenient Corpse3. Maggie and the Mourning Beads4. Maggie and the Empty Noose5. Maggie and the Hidden Homicide6. Maggie and the Whiskered Witness

A 2005 Caldecott Honor Book This book is about a book. A magical red book without any words. When you turn the pages you’ll experience a new kind of adventure through the power of story.Winning a Caldecott Honor for its illustrations of rare detail and surprise, The Red Book crosses oceans and continents to deliver one girl into a new world of possibility, where a friend she’s never met is waiting. And as with the best of books, at the conclusion of the story, the journey is not over.

A 2005 Caldecott Honor Book This book is about a book. A magical red book without any words. When you turn the pages you’ll experience a new kind of adventure through the power of story.Winning a Caldecott Honor for its illustrations of rare detail and surprise, The Red Book crosses oceans and continents to deliver one girl into a new world of possibility, where a friend she’s never met is waiting. And as with the best of books, at the conclusion of the story, the journey is not over.

Profiles of twelve people whose diverse careers involve animals: fish biologist, animal behaviorist, veterinarian, wildlife manager, zoo educator, animal shelter supervisor, dairy farmer, wildlife photographer, veterinary technician, jockey, pet sitter, aquaculturist.Profiles of twelve people whose diverse careers involve animals: fish biologist, animal behaviorist, veterinarian, wildlife manager, zoo educator, animal shelter supervisor, dairy farmer, wildlife photographer, veterinary technician, jockey, pet sitter, aquaculturist

Welcome to the wonderful world of monsters, freaks and other strange creatures! In this book you will find out about the structure of monsters and how to draw them. It is very simple and incredibly fun! You cultivate your imagination and lateral thinking, develop your small motor skills and colour perception by learning, drawing and combining different geometric shapes! There are no regulations and rules, you will not get failed drawings! Monsters don’t have required shapes or determined colours – it is all depends on your imagination!

2019 The Washington Post Best Children’s Book of the Year (Erin Entrada Kelly Pick) A 2020 ALA Notable Children’s Book “The novel’s all-too-familiar scenario offers a springboard for discussion among middle schoolers…Easily grasped scenarios and short chapters help make this timely #MeToo story accessible to a wide audience.” —Publishers Weekly (starred review) “Realistic and heartbreaking.” —BCCB Barbara Dee explores the subject of #MeToo for the middle grade audience in this heart-wrenching—and ultimately uplifting—novel about experiencing harassment and unwanted attention from classmates.For seventh-grader Mila, it starts with some boys giving her an unwanted hug on the school blacktop. A few days later, at recess, one of the boys (and fellow trumpet player) Callum tells Mila it’s his birthday, and asks her for a “birthday hug.” He’s just being friendly, isn’t he? And how can she say no? But Callum’s hug lasts a few seconds too long, and feels…weird. According to her friend, Zara, Mila is being immature and overreacting. Doesn’t she know what flirting looks like? But the boys don’t leave Mila alone. On the bus. In the halls. During band practice—the one place Mila could always escape. It doesn’t feel like flirting—so what is it? Thanks to a chance meeting, Mila begins to find solace in a new place: karate class. Slowly, with the help of a fellow classmate, Mila learns how to stand her ground and how to respect others—and herself. From the author of Everything I Know About You, Halfway Normal, and Star-Crossed comes this timely story of a middle school girl standing up and finding her voice.

“A lovely, heartbreaking, warm, funny, and ultimately hopeful map of the way back home.” —Jordan Sonnenblick, author of Drums, Girls and Dangerous Pie A cancer survivor must readjust to “normal” middle school life in this “powerful story about surviving and thriving” (School Library Journal, starred review) from the author of Star-Crossed and Truth or Dare.Norah Levy has just completed two years of treatment for leukemia and is ready to go back to the “real world” of middle school. She knows it’ll be tricky—but like the Greek mythological characters she read about while she was sick, Norah’s up for any challenge. But seventh grade turns out to be harder than she thought. Norah’s classmates don’t know what to make of her. Her best friend, Harper, tries to be there for her, but she doesn’t get it, really—and is hanging out with a new group of girls. Norah’s other good friend, Silas, is avoiding her. What’s that about, anyway? When Norah is placed with the eighth graders for math and science, she meets Griffin, a cute boy who encourages her love of Greek mythology and art. And Norah decides not to tell him her secret—that she was “that girl” who had cancer. But when something happens to make secret-keeping impossible, Norah must figure out a way to share her story. But how do you explain something to others that you can’t explain to yourself? Can Nora take her cue from her favorite Greek myth? And then, once she finds the words, can she move forward with a whole new “normal?”

Welcome to the wonderful world of monsters, freaks and other strange creatures! In this book you will find out about the structure of monsters and how to draw them. It is very simple and incredibly fun! You cultivate your imagination and lateral thinking, develop your small motor skills and colour perception by learning, drawing and combining different geometric shapes! There are no regulations and rules, you will not get failed drawings! Monsters don’t have required shapes or determined colours – it is all depends on your imagination!

“A poignant and often hilarious slice of middle-grade life.” —Kirkus Reviews “Readers will root for big-hearted Tally.” —Publishers Weekly Thirteen-year-old Tally discovers several surprising things about her roommate—including the possibility of an eating disorder—during a seventh-grade class trip in this timely novel from the author of Star-Crossed and Halfway Normal.During a class trip to DC, thirteen-year-old Tally and her best friends, Sonnet and Caleb (a.k.a. Spider) are less than thrilled when they are assigned roommates and are paired with kids who are essentially their sworn enemies. For Tally, rooming with “clonegirl” Ava Seely feels like punishment, rather than potential for fun. But the trip is full of surprises. Despite a pact to stick together as much as they can, Sonnet pulls away, and Spider befriends Marco, the boy who tormented him last year. And Marco just might “like” Tally—what’s that about? But the uneasy peace in Ava and Tally’s room is quickly upended when Tally begins to suspect something is off about Ava. She has a weird notebook full of random numbers and doesn’t seem to eat anything during meals. When Tally confronts Ava, Ava threatens to share an embarrassing picture of Tally with the class if Tally says anything to anyone about her suspicions. But will Tally endanger more than her pride by keeping her secret? This is one class trip full of lessons Tally will never forget: how to stay true to yourself, how to love yourself and embrace your flaws, and how being a good friend can actually mean telling a secret you promised to keep…