Books with author Craig Alan Smith

Enchantments of the Haglady explores a young girl's dream world and a young boy's struggle to survive. Each overcomes heartbreak, misfortune, and calamity through their strength of character and belief in themselves.Enchantments of the Haglady walks the line between historical time travel and fantasy, balancing the two with ease as it explores the travels of two orphans--a girl from the twenty-first century and the other a boy from the eleventh century. They grow strong in spite of their tragedies and meet on the docks of Venice just before the First Crusade.The enchantments will transport the reader to ancient lands of pirates, shipwrecks, kidnapping, an emperor and an empress, a princess, first infatuation that crosses over centuries, and the always-present and mysterious Haglady.

Enchantments of the Haglady explores the "dream" world of a young girl, and the "struggle to survive" of a young boy, each who overcome heartbreak, misfortune, and calamity through their strength of character and a belief in themselves. This intricately crafted novel walks the line between historical time-travel and fantasy, balancing the two with ease as it explores the travels of the two orphans, a girl from the 21st Century, the other, a boy from the 11th Century, who grow strong in spite of their tragedies, and meet on the docks of Venice just before the First Crusade. The Enchantments will transport the reader to ancient lands of pirates, shipwrecks, a kidnapping, an emperor and empress, a princess, a first infatuation that crosses over centuries, and the always present and mysterious Haglady.

Enchantments of the Haglady explores a young girl's dream world and a young boy's struggle to survive. Each overcomes heartbreak, misfortune, and calamity through their strength of character and belief in themselves.Enchantments of the Haglady walks the line between historical time travel and fantasy, balancing the two with ease as it explores the travels of two orphans--a girl from the twenty-first century and the other a boy from the eleventh century. They grow strong in spite of their tragedies and meet on the docks of Venice just before the First Crusade.The enchantments will transport the reader to ancient lands of pirates, shipwrecks, kidnapping, an emperor and an empress, a princess, first infatuation that crosses over centuries, and the always-present and mysterious Haglady.

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Charlie Maidly moves to Mars with his parents and his dog and the last remaining members of the human race. Charlie is a sensitive and an imaginative boy, and he is growing up fast. Mars has a strange effect on him and he begins to manage his strong moods by telling stories to his friends. The planet also has a strange effect on his dog - who begins to talk! One day they come across a native of Mars - the Kink-Konk - who exists despite the grown-up scientists insisting that there are no natives of Mars! The Kink-Konk is searching for his lost relatives. The Kink-Konk is an irritable, charming, poetic, and maddening creature - a lot like Charlie himself. Together they journey across Mars on an adventure of discovery. Philosophy, emotions, thrills and tragedy are all played out across an accurately described Martian landscape. It's the next best thing to actually being there! The stories Charlie tells and the story he is living become intertwined, enriching each other, and deepening the strange alien effect the Red Planet exerts over the friends. A new world and a fresh start are forged out of the memories of Old Earth...but nothing can be known for sure in such a melancholic, poetic, and ultimately inhuman landscape.Join Charlie, his friend Emilia, his dog VW, and the quirky and unpredictable Kink-Konk on a journey through the geology and geography of Mars, and through the landscape of the hearts and souls of the children, young pioneers facing the challenge of growing up on an utterly alien world.

"Slow and steady wins the race", so says the ponderous tortoise! The hare doesn't agree though - he's sure he's going to win... but will he? The Hare & the Tortoise is one of the world's best-loved stories for children and here it is, told with bags of fun! From the brash hare (who loves to show off), to the delightfully eccentric tortoise, this children's classic from The Story Mouse has it all.Here at The Story Mouse, we're passionate about reading, so all of our titles use vocabulary which is easy to understand while challenging the young reader to ask questions, building confidence while learning.

Enchantments of the Haglady explores the "dream" world of a young girl, and the "struggle to survive" of a young boy, each who overcome heartbreak, misfortune, and calamity through their strength of character and a belief in themselves. Enchantments of the Haglady walks the line between historical time-travel and fantasy, balancing the two with ease as it explores the travels of two orphans, a girl from the twenty-first century, and a boy from the eleventh century, who grow strong in spite of their tragedies and meet on the docks of Venice just before the First Crusade. "Alan Smith deftly bends time and place as we join a self-confident Kathryn and the strong-willed Antonio in this fantasy adventure as their dreams and reality crossover time from the present-day Jersey Shore to Medieval Venice and Constantinople. Many mysteries are solved as the Haglady will certainly enchant young readers!" ---David B. Dunlevy, EdD

The Lion & the Mouse is the story of a very unlikely friendship. The big, loud lion with his fearsome roar is king of the jungle, while the little, quiet mouse with his tiny squeak lives out of sight, down amongst the flowers. But there comes a day when despite his strength, the lion needs the help of the tiny mouse. Why? Find out in this wonderful traditional children's story which is re-told here with lots of fun along the way.Here at The Story Mouse, we're passionate about reading, so all of our titles use vocabulary which is easy to understand while challenging the young reader to ask questions, building confidence while learning.