Books with author Cindy Schneider

Suddenly Sandy stopped. She saw something that was bigger than a seashell. "Look, Momma," said Sandy, "there are stars on the beach!" A mother and daughter’s day at the beach becomes a lesson in life as they discover starfish stranded on the beach and work to rescue them. Sandy and her mother discover that small acts of kindness can make a big difference, if only to one. The reader is drawn through the book by beautiful, fluid watercolors that hint at the coming sunset. After Sandy and Momma head for home the reader is allowed to linger a little longer and discover a surprise look at the ocean after dark. Starfish on the Beach includes an educational bonus of facts about starfish (or sea stars) written in a child-friendly, humorous style with additional teacher and parent resources. "This little book can help change the world... one reader at a time." - Karen Vance, fine artist. A PORTION OF ALL SALES OF THIS BOOK WILL BENEFIT THE PAJAMA PROGRAM, A NON-PROFIT THAT PROVIDES SLEEPWEAR AND NURTURING BOOKS TO CHILDREN IN NEED

Chicken Fact or Chicken Poop is a science-rooted, fact-based, and study-reinforced manual designed to help you weed through the facts and fictions about your flock. Chicken keepers have access to more information than ever these days, which makes it harder than ever to determine whether what you're reading is a chicken fact or just plain chicken poop. A seemingly reputable blog may tell you one thing while a magazine could say the complete opposite! A farmer may give some homespun wisdom that another may say is complete phooey. This is where Andy Schneider, The Chicken Whisperer, comes in. Schneider has assembled a team of leading chicken experts to help you sort through common facts and fictions about how to keep your flock happy and healthy.Chicken Fact or Chicken Poop covers topics including nutrition, trauma, parasites, medication, predators, and human health. This go-to reference gives you more of everything you need to know, and didn't know you needed to know, about backyard and urban chickens.

Sophie just wants to enjoy recess but when a new student moves in, total war breaks out on the playground. She is ready to give up on recess altogether until she discovers a magical fortress that helps her to restore peace on the playground. The Evergreen Fortress is an exciting story about a girl who resolves an impossible conflict by asking questions, listening to inspiration and following her heart.

After the power grid goes down and the death of their parents; Henry, Eva and Layla are left alone in a dark, desolate and dangerous world, with only their father’s dying words – stay together.When Eva gets nabbed in a roundup, she confronts greater threats than she ever imagined, while Henry and Layla search for her, facing their own imminent peril. Up against the mysterious forces of a conspiracy that may go beyond this world, they fight to stay together, stay alive and escape the future.