Books with author Courtney Shaw

Izzy's got boy trouble in the first grade. She tries everything to get the new boy in schools attention, but all it has done is turn him bright red and put her at odds with her best friend. Mom offers advice that sounds crazy to Izzy. Will she give it a try? Will it work? Listen to Boy Trouble for some giggles and see if Mom is as nutty as she sounds...

In one of Sir William Thomas’s past lives he was a knight in shining armor. (Actually chainmail!) At a tournament he confronts the evil cat (He Who Shall Remain Nameless) and wins. His heroism and virtuosity qualify him to belong to an elite group of warriors known as The Nine Worthies or heroes, and he is immortalized in a tapestry in a very private and secure home.

This book is intended for children aged 7 to 12 years old.A young girl, Anna, receives a seemingly ordinary bracelet from her grandmother that shows glimpses of a dim future left in her hands to change. The power of the bracelet to predict the future and transform the young girl into other beings will keep children on the edge of their seat from page to page. “Now before you put this on, there is something very special about this bracelet,” Gramma said very seriously, so much so that it made Anna nervous. Gramma continued, “This is not like any other bracelet. When you wear the bracelet, you will notice it warm up at times and the stone will appear to move inside with a smoky hue. Then, as you are watching, it will show you a glimpse of the future. This is a future that is dark and grim. It will be in your hands to change the future for good.”Anna sat wide-eyed and a bit nervous. “Gramma, I don’t think I am the right person. I can’t change anything!”“Yes, you can dear. The bracelet shows the Changer, who used to be me, who to pass on this gift to. The bracelet knows even when we don’t. Now, it is your turn. You are the new Changer.”With the bracelet, Anna becomes the Changer and has many opportunities to make the world a better place.

From the Pacific Coast to the Caribbean Coast to the North Atlantic Coast embarks a tale of a lovable Great White Shark, named Whitey O'Gill who survives through the tragic loss of his family during a typhoon and perseveres to gain a new home in an unlikely destination on the Caribbean Coast after being unconscious and adrift at sea for fifty days by taking upon a request by a cold- hearted greedy King Leo the Lionfish to retrieve a pot of gold located in the dark cartilage chilling cold steep depths of a trench in the North Atlantic Ocean guarded by two savage enormous humpback whales that goes awry after its fulfillment and is later to be discovered as a golden blessing that not only turns Whitey into a hero, but catches him off guard with the reward of ultimate happiness off of the coast of his favorite fantasy destination, Ireland!