Books with author C. Fox Smith

The first five Bella-Boo books brought together in a fantastic collection for all.Features;Bella-Boo - Where Are YouBella-Boo is missing, come along and help find our beloved puppy !Bella-Boo On Christmas EveAn adorable Bella-Boo Christmas book to read and enjoy with your child during the run up to Christmas.Bella-Boo's ABC Book of AnimalsA beautifully illustrated alphabet picture book to read and enjoy together.Bella-Boo First Day at Puppy SchoolBella-Boo is nervous on her first day of Puppy school, come see her spend her first day at Puppy School. Bella-Boo In The Snow Its a SNOW DAY and Bella-Boo is off to play! A great collection of stories to read and enjoy together with your little one.Bella-Boo is a small boarder collie puppy who loves to get into mischief and adventure, her tales are written for a younger audience and are a great treat for bedtimes. This book is a collection of the first 5 Bella-Boo books.

For many high school students, graduation is something to look forward to. After all, college is right around the corner, as well as the option of taking the first steps into the world before them.Vaughn Allen will find himself taking the second option, yet the world that he steps into is far from anything he could have possibly imagined, except in the dreams that he’s had recently. Those dreams, he will come to know, are actually memories – memories of someone else’s existence.Within the earth native’s body reside the energies of the Mystic, a warrior from the world of Draknir who had sealed away its greatest threat – Zangard – at the cost of his life. But the servants of Zangard are working to free their lord and master from his confines, thus undoing the Mystic’s work and plunging Draknir back into a dark and dreadful age.The only hope for preventing this outcome rests with Vaughn, who not only possesses the Mystic’s energies, but also his powers. However, he will have to be trained to use them if he is to ever stand a chance against the forces of this wicked sorcerer. Vaughn will not be alone in this, for people who will become friends and family to him will assist him in preparing for this ordeal. But will the earth native be adequately prepared for the first obstacle in his path: a servant of Zangard who not only loves to torture her enemies, but will also have her own designs for him from the moment they meet?

To save his true love, a teenage boy teams up with a group of mythical creatures to stop an evil goddess bent on destroying the world in this adventure-filled fantasy novel.Concluding the tale of teen adventurer Kyle Dunlop as chronicled in Draupners Curse and Giants of Anglesey, Yggdrasil: The World Tree pits Kyle against a wicked goddess and her quest to destroy the World Tree.In a subterranean world beneath our own, the serpent Nidhogg is accidentally set free and begins to gnaw at the roots of the World Tree. Soon the damage it inflicts becomes apparent, and it is only a matter of time before the treewhich sustains all manner of lifeis totally destroyed. Helreginn, the goddess of the dead, sees this as an opportunity to expand her kingdom. To ensure the serpent doesnt slip away before the trees destruction is complete, she orders her evil minions to kidnap several fairy maidens to use as sacrifices to appease the ravenous beast.Kyle Dunlop, along with a group of warrior elves and goblins, a dwarf, and a dragon, sets out for distant Eljudnir to rescue the helpless fairies. But as the rescue party faces one life-threatening challenge after another, Kyle wonders whether hell ever again see his true love, a captured fairy named Idunnand whether this world hes come to love will be thrown into evil darkness forever.

Dry Island Rain braves forward into a dangerous new world that does not know the touch of man. Set in a time somewhere in the ancient past, a young girl must face this frightening existence completely helpless and all alone. Can she survive long enough to watch her world end or will she fall victim to the many dangers of the Isle? Bordering on mythology and ancient lore, Dry Island Rain is an exciting epic adventure of timeless beauty and legendary danger. Will she survive the end of the beginning?-(Newest Version #1-V5.0 equipped with fresh hyperlinks, a blue border backdrop, new text, new spooky blue cover, and added content. The New Print version has beautiful lavender color pages for your enhanced reading enjoyment!)billyfoxsmith@gmail.com

A knowledge of great European cultural works is vital for any well-rounded classical education, and the anti-European bias of many present-day educational curricula has led to the deliberate downplaying of great works of art such as Richard Wagner's wonderful operas. Although this work was originally designed for younger readers, older persons seeking an introduction to Wagner's tales will find it equally readable and compelling. It tells the storyline of three of his most famous works: The Flying Dutchman, Lohengrin, and The Mastersingers of Nuremberg, in easy-to-read format. Once familiar with the plot, viewing the actual opera becomes immeasurably more pleasurable, and opens up a greater understanding of the dynamics of Wagnerian themes, motifs, and their underlying meaning. Lohengrin was first performed in 1850, and is based on a number of medieval German romances. Its fame has become so well-ingrained in Western consciousness that its Bridal Chorus, better known as "Here Comes the Bride," is still played as a processional at weddings. Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg (The Master-Singers of Nuremberg) was first performed in 1868, and is one of the longest operas ever written, with an average performance taking around four and a half hours. The story revolves around the real-life guild of Meistersinger (Master Singers), an association of amateur poets and musicians, and provides an unparalleled insight into life in the ancient and beautiful medieval city of Nuremberg. It is Wagner's only comedy, and also the only one which did not use supernatural elements in its storytelling. The Flying Dutchman was first performed in 1843 and is an adaptation of the older European legend of a ghost ship that can never make port and is doomed to sail the oceans forever. The ghostly crew interact with live people with unexpected consequences and Wagner was inspired to write it after a perilous sea-journey in which his own ship was nearly sunk. Illustrations by Byam Shaw.