Books with author Barbara Smith

Everyone loves ghost stories but this book of true ghost stories is only for kids! Whether you're huddled under the covers with a flashlight, camping out with your family or having a sleep-over with your friends you'll get a shiver out of these spooky stories. True Ghost Stories for Kids, Fifty Spine-Tingling Ghostly Tales, is sure to give you goosebumps. These creepy tales include one about a haunted toy store, a stuffed animal that talks - and says things it shouldn't say. There are stories about phantom ships, planes and buses and even one about angry birds - not the game - these are the vicious ghosts of prehistoric birds. Best selling ghost story author Barbara Smith is especially pleased to present her latest collection. This one's for her very favourite readers - kids, just like you. Enjoy the fun!

Everyone loves ghost stories but this book of true ghost stories is only for kids! Whether you're huddled under the covers with a flashlight, camping out with your family or having a sleep-over with your friends you'll get a shiver out of these spooky stories. True Ghost Stories for Kids, Fifty Spine-Tingling Ghostly Tales, is sure to give you goosebumps. These creepy tales include one about a haunted toy store, a stuffed animal that talks - and says things it shouldn't say. There are stories about phantom ships, planes and buses and even one about angry birds - not the game - these are the vicious ghosts of prehistoric birds. Best selling ghost story author Barbara Smith is especially pleased to present her latest collection. This one's for her very favourite readers - kids, just like you. Enjoy the fun!

The bestselling, "excellent…poignant―and scientifically lucid―portrait" (New York Times Book Review) of the remarkable Marie Curie.Through family interviews, diaries, letters, and workbooks that had been sealed for over sixty years, Barbara Goldsmith reveals the Marie Curie behind the myth―an all-too-human woman struggling to balance a spectacular scientific career, a demanding family, the prejudice of society, and her own passionate nature. Obsessive Genius is a dazzling portrait of Curie, her amazing scientific success, and the price she paid for fame. 15 photographs

A night at the cemetery forever changes the lives of four friends. They are the Chosen Ones...selected before birth to travel through time. The Council for the Past and the Future guide them on their way. Four friends, four different time periods...The Battle of Bunker Hill, the Ludlow Massacre, the doomed Titanic and a Civil War medical camp. When their tasks are complete, what will the friends do when they realize...one of them has not returned...

The bestselling, "excellent…poignant—and scientifically lucid—portrait" (New York Times Book Review) of the remarkable Marie Curie.Through family interviews, diaries, letters, and workbooks that had been sealed for over sixty years, Barbara Goldsmith reveals the Marie Curie behind the myth—an all-too-human woman struggling to balance a spectacular scientific career, a demanding family, the prejudice of society, and her own passionate nature. Obsessive Genius is a dazzling portrait of Curie, her amazing scientific success, and the price she paid for fame.

Otis Paul loves being in the garden. He observes the flowers and butterflies. Unexpectedly, an unusual creature appears one day from under the garden leaves. It's Harry the Echidna, and he wants to make friends, but he is different. Otis Paul and Harry go on a journey to explore ways of making Harry look the same as other Echidnas and become firm friends along the way.Some children's reviews of the original draft: ""Dear Aunt Barb, Me and my brother enjoyed your book. Your book is good, it involved a good plot. I like how you make an interesting problem and solution. The illustrations are good too. Please write more books."" - Thirandu and Inuka""Dear Barbara, I thought the book was cute and interesting and I especially like the pictures. I also had fun colouring in."" - Aesha, aged 81/2 years""Dear Barbara, I really enjoyed reading the book, colouring in the pages and I also think it is a good idea having spare pages to draw your own pictures. I can't wait to read your next book. PS. Your pics look professionally done."" - Khadija, aged 11 years

From acclaimed author Barbara Smith comes this long-awaited series of children's books. Based on true accounts of hauntings, and told with a master storyteller's eye for detail, these collections will scare, astound and instruct kids of all ages. This book is the perfect spine-chilling companion for young readers on long journeys. This collection of chilling ghost stories takes place on highways, byways and aboard a variety of types of transportation. A mysterious model plane flies in circles over an eerie pit, warning a passerby of a strange situation below. Goaded by a creepy bus driver, a boy gets on a weird school bus and realizes the passengers are from another time.

Otis Paul loves being in the garden. He observes the flowers and butterflies. Unexpectedly, an unusual creature appears one day from under the garden leaves. It's Harry the Echidna, and he wants to make friends, but he is different. Otis Paul and Harry go on a journey to explore ways of making Harry look the same as other Echidnas and become firm friends along the way.Some children's reviews of the original draft: ""Dear Aunt Barb, Me and my brother enjoyed your book. Your book is good, it involved a good plot. I like how you make an interesting problem and solution. The illustrations are good too. Please write more books."" - Thirandu and Inuka""Dear Barbara, I thought the book was cute and interesting and I especially like the pictures. I also had fun colouring in."" - Aesha, aged 81/2 years""Dear Barbara, I really enjoyed reading the book, colouring in the pages and I also think it is a good idea having spare pages to draw your own pictures. I can't wait to read your next book. PS. Your pics look professionally done."" - Khadija, aged 11 years