Books with author Cheryl Chan

A squirrel makes its way along a snake's slippery body, a happy face can be found among the pebbles in desert sand, and a mini-ladder lies on the sides of a beaver lodge. Sound unlikely? Not in this fun-filled collection of hidden pictures!Young puzzle fans are challenged to discover objects hidden in thirteen delightful nature scenes. Each colorable, full-page puzzle is accompanied by captions and pictures of the objects in the drawing. Solutions are provided.

Puzzle fans of all ages will love these witty scenes of wildlife featuring clever concealments of incongruous items. For example, a clan of elephants munch their lunch amid a backdrop that includes, upon closer inspection, a Christmas stocking, feather, ski boot, hammer, thimble, and scissors. Other images feature amusingly absurd juxtapositions of unlikely items within portraits of a giraffe family, a chortling trio of hyenas, hatchling crocodiles, and a lone monkey among chattering parrots.Each of the 14 full-page illustrations appears with a chart of clues to its camouflaged objects. Their mysteries solved, the black-and-white puzzles offer hours of coloring fun.

BECOMING AMERICA is the story of some of the first German immigrants to East Bristol, WI, just northwest of Madison, in 1846. Based on true stories, this book was written as a resource for storytellers and teachers, an inspiration to middle grade students, especially immigrants, and as a source of amazement for the descendants of the immigrant families of East Bristol/Sun Prairie/DeForest, WI! The tale begins in Schneeberg, Bavaria, progresses across the Atlantic Ocean in a ship that sets sail from Rotterdam, Holland, lands in the Port of New York, and finally ends in the farmlands of Wisconsin. America is always growing, maturing, changing, and just as immigrants become Americans, so too do immigrants and their descendants help America to become America. We hope that the students and families who read these stories will take away that same sense of resiliency, hope, faith and optimism that typifies the American people. And the sense of "Gemuetlichkeit" as demonstrated by the Wisconsin pioneers, who so enthusiastically welcomed new families into their community. We also hope that hearing these stories will encourage readers and listeners to compile their own family and community stories!

"A century is only a spoke in the wheel of everlasting time." -Louis Riel.In 1885, Batoche is a dangerous place to be! The discovery of a magic pocket watch at the Batoche National Historical Site hurls Max, Kaeleigh and Liam back in time to the eve of the greatest battle fought in the North West: the Battle of Batoche!The North West Field Force sent by Prime Minister Sir John A. Macdonald is about to attack the Métis of the small village. Soldiers march and the bell of Batoche rings out in warning as the three time-travelling siblings, together with their new friend Isidore, find a way to help Gabriel Dumont and Louis Riel lead their people during the North West Resistance. It's an adventure like nothing they could have imagined, full of danger, intrigue and mystery!