Books with author Bob Shepherd

Davy Presents Diesel Locomotives provides a fun story by Davy the Locomotive while teaching kids about diesel locomotives and diesel engines, and how diesel engine's produce electricity instead of steam to make diesel locomotives work. Enhance your child's interest and fascination in diesel locomotives. A Reading Certificate is awarded to kids upon submission of a fun quiz to Sinterklass & Company. The Reading Certificate Includes a passcode for access to a Kids Secret Library. For all reading levels 9 to 12.

Model railroading is a wonderful hobby! Do you love trains? Do you like building things? Then model railroading is for you.Diesel Davy shows you how to start your model railroading hobby with a basic starter kit and teaches you all about trains, rolling stock, and—most importantly—the meanings of the words and terms used in model railroading. The knowledge you gain from reading this model railroading workbook will impress your friends and earn you the title of “railroading engineer.” It won’t be long before all your friends will come to you for advice on how to get started in their own model railroading hobbies.

In this Short Story Reader, titled Haunted Caboose, two adventurous friends decide it would be fun to spend a night in an old abandoned caboose whose dilapidated condition had garnered many ghost stories from the local residents. Intrigued by the stories they have heard about this particular caboose, they set out on a daring adventure to explore the truth about this old 'crummy' (a word used by railroad workers to describe a broken-down and dirty caboose) and the tales perpetuated by superstitious railroad workers who refused to ride inside it. What happens during that night provides the two friends with an eye-opening lesson about ghost stories. A Reading Certificate is awarded to kids upon submission of a fun quiz to Sinterklass & Company. For all reading levels 8 to 12.

When Adam sides with his grandfather against the king, he hopes to find the approval for which he yearns. Instead, he faces betrayal and the whip of slavery. Desperate, he undertakes a dangerous mission, hoping to regain the king’s favor, not only for himself but also for Mount Eirene, his home. Meanwhile, Keeda warriors ravage his people’s fields, a dragon plots to overthrow the city, and the life or death of all rests in the hands of one man.Can Adam find answers in the King's Stones before it’s too late? Will the prophet’s dying prediction be fulfilled? Can Mount Eirene survive the anger of the king?This page-turning Christian allegory not only excites the mind, but also stirs the soul, probing the depths of human darkness and arriving at life’s ultimate answers.

Strawberries Press (just refer to us as Strawberries) is a new publishing company with refreshingly different ideas about writing, illustrating, and developing children's picture books. We refer to the presentations and elements that go into the production of our picture books as the interactive reading and learning concept. Strawberries books are beautifully illustrated and designed to be high-quality publications that children will love and treasure. For example, our interactive picture book for train enthusiasts entitled Choo-Choo Charlie Presents Railroad Box Cars provides a fun story by Charlie the Locomotive about railroad box cars in the nonfiction genre. Entertaining and informative, children learn how to identify the parts of a box car; the definition of a box car; why box cars have brake wheels; how box cars were used for specialized purposes, such as refrigerator and cattle cars, and military sleeper and galley cars; how box cars are being replaced by intermodal containers that are trucked or shipped to their destinations; the dangerous practice of freight-hopping; and an introduction to a lovable singing “hobo” called “Boxcar Willie”. A fun test is included at the end of the book. Just send Strawberries the completed test and your child will receive a beautifully printed Reading Certificate that he or she can proudly frame and display for all his or her friends to see. Reading traditional picture books, watching videos, visiting websites that contain associated subjects, taking fun tests, and earning Reading Certificates represent the interactive parts of the Strawberries reading and learning concept. Strawberries picture books are specifically written for preadolescents between the ages of approximately 8 and 12. Younger readers with advanced reading skills and older readers who enjoy simpler subject presentations will also benefit from Strawberries books.

Explore what it's like to be an astronomer in this beautifully illustrated Discovery Workbook on our solar system. Learn all about the sun, earth and moon, and then blastoff for a thrilling journey to all the planets. This workbook takes your child on a space adventure with the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) that will excite and inspire the imagination. Enhance your child's interest and fascination in the astronomical sciences. A Reading Certificate is awarded to kids upon submission of a fun quiz to Sinterklass & Company. For all readings levels 9 to 12.

The first volume of the 3-volume set of Charlie Presents... Discovery Workbooks, titled Charlie Presents Steam Locomotives, provides a fun story by Charlie the Locomotive while teaching kids about steam engines and how they work, the definition of a train, and how to determine a locomotive's wheel configuration number. Enhance your child's interest and fascination in steam locomotives. A Reading Certificate is awarded to kids upon submission of a fun quiz to Sinterklass & Company. The Reading Certificate Includes a passcode for access to a Kids Secret Library. For all reading levels 9 to 12.

Explore what it's like to be a photographer in this beautifully illustrated Discovery Workbook on photography. Learn all about the cameras and photographic equipment that photographers use for creating pictures of people, places and things. This workbook takes your child on a picture-taking adventure that will excite and inspire the imagination. Who knows? Your child might be the next Ansel Adams or Susan Sontag. Enhance your child's interest and fascination in photography and the photographic arts. A Reading Certificate is awarded to kids upon submission of a fun quiz to Sinterklass & Company. Includes passcode for Kids Secret Library. For all reading levels 9 to 12.

The second volume of the 3-volume set of Charlie Presents... Discovery Workbooks, titled Charlie Presents Railroad Box Cars, provides a fun story by Charlie the Locomotive while teaching kids all about box cars and how they work, how brakeman used brake wheels to help slow down and stop a train, the different types of box cars, and how "hobos" used box cars for travel and as temporary shelters. Enhance your child's interest and fascination in railroad box cars. A Reading Certificate is awarded to kids upon submission of a fun quiz to Sinterklass & Company. The Reading Certificate includes a passcode for access to a Kids Secret Library. For all reading levels 9 to 12.

The third volume of the 3-volume set of Charlie Presents... Discovery Workbooks, titled Charlie Presents Railroad Cabooses, provides a fun story by Charlie the Locomotive while teaching kids all about cabooses and how they were like mini-hotel rooms on wheels. Kids learn why railroad companies stopped using cabooses, the purpose of the caboose, who used the caboose, the different types of cabooses, and are entertained by actual ghost stories associated with cabooses by railroad workman. Enhance your child's interest and fascination in cabooses. A Reading Certificate is awarded to kids upon submission of a fun quiz to Sinterklass & Company. The Reading Certificate includes a passcode for access to a Kids Secret Library. For all reading levels 9 to 12.

Strawberries Press (just refer to us as Strawberries) is a new publishing company with refreshingly different ideas about writing, illustrating, and developing children's picture books. We refer to the presentations and elements that go into the production of our picture books as the interactive reading and learning concept. Strawberries books are beautifully illustrated and designed to be high-quality publications that children will love and treasure. For example, our interactive picture book for train enthusiasts entitled Choo-Choo Charlie Presents Steam Locomotives provides a fun story by Charlie the Locomotive while teaching kids about steam engines and how they work, the definition of a train, the history of steam locomotives, and how to determine a locomotive's wheel configuration number. Children even get to watch a singing cartoon video of Choo-Choo Charlie the Engineer and how he uses candy to make his train run. A fun test is included at the end of the book. Just send Strawberries the completed test and your child will receive a beautifully printed Reading Certificate that he or she can proudly frame and display for all his or her friends to see. Reading traditional picture books, watching videos, visiting websites that contain associated subjects, taking fun tests, and earning Reading Certificates represent the interactive parts of the Strawberries reading and learning concept. Strawberries picture books are specifically written for preadolescents between the ages of approximately 8 and 12. Younger readers with advanced reading skills and older readers who enjoy simpler subject presentations will also benefit from Strawberries books.

In many ways, Allison Anderson is like most girls. In others, she's very different. The differences aren't immediately obvious but have caused misunderstandings and avoidance from others in the past. Starting high school in a new town, she expects the same experiences—until she meets the Calderas.David Caldera, charismatic son of a local rancher, adopts Allison into his social circle. He and other new friends introduce her to their world of horses and extreme sports. Along with a lost horse she befriends, they help her to trust, gain confidence, and venture beyond her previously isolated world. She also falls helplessly but hopefully in love.Navigating through confusing emotions, over-protective parents, and jealous classmates is difficult, but Allison's overriding fear is losing the people she's grown to love. To prove her determination to keep up, she enters a race—a dangerous decision that could cost her everything.