Books with author Courtney Lynn

Growing up can be tough. Growing up as an atheist can be even harder. Especially when you have family and friends trying to tell you it's wrong. Even little ones need an outlet to know it is ok to be Godless. I wanted to create something fun and interactive for little kids to enjoy. I want every little kid to know that it's quite alright to be who you are.

Sketti Tales is an adventure story! It is about 4 friends who travel to space and around the world discovering new things! Sketti Sam, Tomato Tom, Meatball Martha, and Breadstick Barb are all explorers seeking for answers and new discoveries! They travel in their spaceship, P.A.R.M. (Pasta Aeronautic Rocket Machine). They want to see the Big Bang, but they go back too far. Meatball Martha tries to fix it, but she pushed the wrong button and BANG! Something exploded and everything started to happen at once! Martha is ejected from the ship and Sam has to reach out and try to save her! Will he be able to get to Martha in time?

Get ready to go on an adventure of a lifetime! Sketti Sam and his friends, Breadstick Barb, Tomato Tom, and Meatball Martha, are all taking you to places where no man, woman, child, or pasta has ever been! With the help of P.A.R.M. (Pasta Aeronautic Rocket Machine), they will go back in time to see how it all started! That's right, they are starting off with a BANG! (Literally!) Learn how the universe started through imagination and fun! See the universe through the looking glass and marvel at all the wondrous sites it has to offer! Kids will learn about galaxies, stars, planets, and even nebula! Are you ready to embark on the trip of a lifetime?

Let's get ready for another adventure! After watching the Big Bang in "Sketti Tales: An Adventure Through Space and Time", the friends are ready to see what happened to the Earth and life on it. We are introduced to a new friend, Garlic Gabriel. He does not believe in evolution, but Breadstick Barb is up to the task to help him learn and understand it. Find out if Gabriel has a change of heart after the adventure! While this book does talk about evolution in some detail, there is always more to learn. There are some additional resources at the end of the book for you and your child/ren to look into!

Great Aunt Helen needs help and Sutton and her family decide it’s a great opportunity to spend the summer down in Coopersville. There she meets the curly-headed cutie with the beautiful eyes who works at the Pizza Shack, Luke. It seems like the perfect love story is unfolding for Sutton and Luke but what will happen at the end of the summer? When tragedy strikes Sutton is faced with the harsh reality that Luke may not actually be who she thinks he is. Has Sutton been living a lie? Are her and Luke meant to be? She’ll do everything she can to find out.

20 amazing illustrations that are designed to inspire and capture a young mind! This book includes 10 activities at the end for the children to do. The activities stimulate the child's mind and encourage imagination and thought! Being a freethinker is one of the best things a child can be! A child's mind is like a book with blank pages. This book is designed to help fill those pages with creativity, knowledge, and the need to learn more.

"Where did we come from?" "How did it all start?" Those are some questions children ask their parents. They seem like such simple questions, but they have very complicated answers. "Through Space and Time" is the perfect book to start the conversation of where it all began! It is simple enough for children as young as 3 to understand. Through Space and Time is not meant to be an answer guide, it is meant to be the start of children asking questions to find out on their own. It is a great introduction to start the conversation about where it all began! With permission from The Hubble Heritage Team and Space Telescope Science Institute (STScI), this book was able to use the actual images taken by Hubble to show how beautiful the universe really is!

22 colorful illustrations designed to capture the attention of it's reader. (Ages 4-9). Simple, yet engaging activities at the end of the book to make the child think, express themselves, and it gives an opportunity for adults and children to talk about the child's feelings. Bullying is an issue that seems be discussed so much, but it just keeps getting worse. I see people roll their eyes when "bullying" is mentioned. I hear people say, "There are so many books on bullying, Please Don't Pick On Me is not going to sell." True, there are hundreds of books out there on the topic of bullying, but none are like Please Don't Pick On Me. This book is designed for children ages 4-9, but it also has a message in there for the adults. This books opens the dialogue between kids and adults. It forces a conversation to happen and requires adults to look at things through a child's eyes. It also makes adults really question how they approach the situation of bullying with both the victim and the bully themselves. I see all these studies done by Phd psychologists and people who read all kinds of text books on bullying, but it is not helping matters. They are not talking about it in the right way. Yes, they tell kids "it gets better", but you know what a kid says to that, "I have to wait until I get older?!" I am not a licensed psychologist and I have not done studies across the country or the world watching how children interact. However, I am a mom and I was a victim of bullying myself. I lived it. I still have memories of what kids called me in 3rd grade and how I felt. As a mom, I saw how my son was treated in school and I see how his friends are treated as well. I do not need to sit and observe a classroom to know what bullying is and how it effects kids. It was my life. Please Don't Pick On Me gets to the root of bullying; name calling. It also points out that adults need to start looking at talking to kids about the names they are called. Telling kids to "ignore it" is not the answer or the solution to bullying. Ignoring the name calling only condones the bully's behavior and makes the victim feel as though their feelings do not matter. So, why should you buy Please Don't Pick On Me? Because it can help. If it prevents one child from being bullied or helps one adult change their dialogue, it is worth it. Plus, $1 from every sale of Please Don't Pick On Me goes to Random Acts. Random Acts is a charity that promotes kindness through even the simplest acts. We can all afford to be a little kinder to one another. Help me spread kindness!

I have to accept that Salem was stopped in her tracks, because God knew there may have been more storms, where she could have been headed, again. HE called HIS child home while she was resting safely in his arms. HE saved her and pulled her up out of the black hole, that Satan so many times had her drowning in. Satan had tried to swallow her whole, but the Almighty hand of God reached down and pulled her to safety as Salem acknowledged HIS grace and mercy. A lost sheep was brought back to pasture. I miss my daughter more than I can express in words. I know many parents out there have lost a child at different ages with different circumstances that know the pain. I pray that God consoles each one of us that feel that tear trickling down our cheeks at the most unexpected times, stemming from the memories that re-surface and take us to our knees time and again. To all of those who awaken to a soaked pillow case and the stark quiet of an empty room, you are not alone. God watches over us both day and night. HIS son is on HIS right… and my child is in the LIGHT! I praise GOD, that HE did not call my daughter HOME until HE allowed Salem, to open her heart to HIM, again just… IN THE KNICK OF TIME…

A pickpocket who finds value in things others do not want, Trip Morgan meets and becomes involved with Nate Mackey, a down-and-out former Wall Street professional who looks eerily like a child in a photograph Trip found years before.its part of a collection of stolen trinkets hes collected since he arrived in New York. He keeps it all close and works out a life he could have if he could ever let someone keep him long enough for him to build up a treasure trove of small wonders all his own.in confronting their own demons and finding value in each other, Trip and Nate may find that their relationship is a wonder of its own.

I have to accept that Salem was stopped in her tracks, because God knew there may have been more storms, where she could have been headed, again. HE called HIS child home while she was resting safely in his arms. HE saved her and pulled her up out of the black hole, that Satan so many times had her drowning in. Satan had tried to swallow her whole, but the Almighty hand of God reached down and pulled her to safety as Salem acknowledged HIS grace and mercy. A lost sheep was brought back to pasture. I miss my daughter more than I can express in words. I know many parents out there have lost a child at different ages with different circumstances that know the pain. I pray that God consoles each one of us that feel that tear trickling down our cheeks at the most unexpected times, stemming from the memories that re-surface and take us to our knees time and again. To all of those who awaken to a soaked pillow case and the stark quiet of an empty room, you are not alone. God watches over us both day and night. HIS son is on HIS right… and my child is in the LIGHT! I praise GOD, that HE did not call my daughter HOME until HE allowed Salem, to open her heart to HIM, again just… IN THE KNICK OF TIME…