Books with author C J Smith

A collection of funny, scary and festive narrative poems for children. Where do fairy tale characters have their tea break? What do you do if you find a monster in your kitchen? How does Santa choose which fairy to sit atop his Christmas tree? What would you do if you had a magic clothes chest that allowed you to become whatever you dressed up as?Took a look inside - you might be surprised at the answers!

Jordan is a young girl who’s not had an easy life so far. Every night she’s haunted by nightmares; everyday by half-forgotten memories. So what’s a girl to do when she finds out that the secrets of her past may be the only way to save the future?Sweet Melody- Jordan has finally made it to her senior year in high school. If she’s a few years early, then hey, all the better. She thought bullies were going to be her main problem again this year but when two new students show up she quickly learns they will be harder to handle than the bullies. With her school life turning upside down the only peace Jordan is able to find is at home.…That is until the unthinkable happens. When even that fragile peace is threatened, Jordan finds herself in a race against time to figure out what exactly is going on and whom she can trust. With danger lurking behind every corner, can she even figure out how to trust again in time?

No one likes homework. But tricking your future self into doing all your homework for you isn't foolproof. In The Homework That Time Forgot, a young alien named Glort uses his genius to make a science fair project that steals homework from his future self--and causes a paradox! With a second, angry Glort in his universe--a Glort who takes revenge by stealing the project--can he still beat his rival at the science fair, thwart the bully who wants to take credit for his work, and send that angry Glort home? Ages 9-12Also by J. Smith:Ahoy! Monster Ahead

In 1999, I decided to something special for our annual Christmas card since it would be the last one for the 20th Century for us. This poem and art, which I created, became that year's Christmas card. I will be donating ALL proceeds from the sale of this book to Roswell Park Women's and Children's Hospital in Buffalo, New York, and hopefully will be ordering a case of hardcover versions, once it is up on Amazon for sale in both formats, to donate to the gift shop at that hospital for sale there. I hope you will like this book, and I have set it as available for sharing if you would like to do so. Thank you for buying this book, and yes, there is something to love about every season. Sometimes you just have to think a bit harder to find it. May all your wishes for someone you love come true.

They live amongst us: the telepaths and precogs and the other psychics. They call themselves paths, and they refer to us non-paths as drips, because we are like a leaking faucet to them, irritating and always in need of fixing. Forget about your carnival “mind reader” and “fortune teller”; the real paths are hidden in plain sight, although you might, possibly, identify them by their sticks. The sticks look like ordinary objects, walking canes and rulers and such, but they are much more than this. Sticks allow paths to focus the energies of the five psychic forces. Now different path factions are on the brink war, and if hostilities break out, we drips are sure to be dragged into the conflict whether we’re aware of the actual cause or not. Six young paths will try to prevent this catastrophe: two young stick-makers, Heather Harris and her cousin Aiden Griffin; their older brother and sister, Kenneth Harris and Sage Griffin; and two genius-level practitioners of pathiology, Vero King and Malodny Throckwell. Will they succeed and be heroes or fail and throw us all - paths and drips - into chaos?

John Harkness loves working and living on the Moon. But one day, that all changed with the arrival of a rare meteor storm that hits not only Armstrong City where he is currently assigned, but almost wipes out nearby Mining Shaft Six. With an automatic SOS coming from the devastated Shaft Six, Director of Operations Frederick Landry is forced by Military Command to abide by the Maritime and Space Code concerning SOS signals and send someone to check out the situation, though he insists he can't spare anybody because of damage and injuries at the City. With little evidence to indicate that anyone is left alive at Mining Shaft Six, John is assigned to check it out and begins a journey that will reveal a potential global crisis and change his life forever.

Many many years ago, before you were born, before your parents were born and before their parents were born, there was a strange and magical land called Quinkanna - a land that was home to many kind and wonderful people and creatures.Quinkanna was a peaceful land ruled by the kindest King and Queen ever to have lived. The Kindg and Queen shared their humble castle with their two young children; Prince Benjamin the Wild and Princess Jessica the Wise. Quinkanna had been at peace for over a thousand years. The last time the land had been threatened was during the Great Dragon War when the fiercest, most evil dragons had nearly destroyed Quinkanna. Luckily for the King and Queen, no dragons had been seen in Quinkanna for a thousand years.Until now.The discovery of a friendly but scared dragon cub in the land followed by a mysterious illness that befalls the beautiful Princess Jessica threatens to destroy the happiness that had been bestowed on the land for so may years. When the wisest healers in the land are unable to cure the child it falls to the brave little dragon cub to take on an incredible quest to save her, and all of Quinkanna, from the threat of the Wonambi Dragons!A Thousand years ago, Quinkanna had been attacked by the terrible and evil Wonambi Dragon tribe. After the land was destroyed in the Great War, the Wonambi retreated to the treacherous Mountains of Bex, far away from the green and lush fields and orchards of Quinkanna. Since then, no creature or person had ever met a Wonambi dragon and lived to tell the tale. To succeed in his quest and save the Princess, the infant dragon cub must face his darkest fears , overcome his weaknesses and discover the truth about his own past before facing the most terrible danger in the land.Only then can he find the cure....