Books with author D.P. Brown

“Growing Up To Be Mayor” is the inspiring true story of Dr. Lee P. Brown, the first African American Mayor of Houston. Born to migrant farm workers in rural Oklahoma, Lee’s family is forced to leave the Oklahoma dust bowl and move to California where they hope a better future awaits them. At only five, Lee had survived The Great Depression. No stranger to hard work, Lee works along with his whole family picking grapes, cotton, potatoes, melons … the family must make a living. The opportunity to go to school and learn to read transforms Lee's life. Lee works his way through college and eventually earns four degrees. From a beat cop with the San Jose, California Police Department, Lee is selected to serve as Atlanta’s Commissioner of Public Safety. Later he serves as U.S. Drug Czar in President Clinton’s Cabinet and then is elected as the first African American Mayor of Houston, Texas. “Growing Up To Be Mayor” not only tells the story of one of our living legends, but also encourages children to accomplish their own American dreams.

Max overhears a conversation between his son Oliver and his friend Liam; where Liam says that his dad has a really interesting job; and Oliver says he wishes that his dad too had an interesting job like that. Oliver actually does not know what Max’s job is. Max owns and runs a small Laundromat and dry cleaning service. Max is saddened that Oliver is not happy about it. So he decides that he will dress up in some of the clothes that his customers bring in and take on that persona and job. So one week he comes home as; * A policeman * A fireman * A bus driver * A pilot * A priest Max then tells made up stories about his adventures in that persona. Oliver is so impressed and proud of his father’s jobs. However, Max can’t keep up the lie and feels bad … Will Max tell Oliver what he had done and what his real job is? Will Oliver be disappointed? Or will he love his father regardless of what his job is?

Every year, Santa Claus delivers presents to children around the world on Christmas Eve; but this Christmas, he is distracted by his new hobby of making technologically advanced toys: * Drones that children can fly in! * Xbox/play stations that pull children into the TV set for a real life adventure! * Books where the characters jump out and entertain children! * Dolls that come to life! While testing play stations, Santa is pulled into his TV set and he goes on an adventure … and loses track of time … On Christmas Eve, children around the world eagerly wait for Santa with high expectations. They leave milk and honey for Santa and carrots for his reindeer. But Santa doesn’t head off on his normal journey of delivering presents this Christmas! Children everywhere are disappointed. There is pandemonium across the globe; from London to New York, Hong Kong to Sydney. When Santa emerges from his TV set, he realizes what has happened and isn’t sure what to do … Should he skip Christmas this year? Should he arrive the next day? He isn’t sure the new technology toys are ready to give out yet because they are still in test mode … But he must deliver the best Christmas ever, and make up for his mistake, even though it’s a day late!

Andy is a young fun loving country boy who has a keen interest in bees and enjoys just watching them go about their foraging for nectar. He soon becomes more interested when he discovers his father's friend is a beekeeper with a lot of beehives. The discovery means it may be possible for him to have his own hive too. He is now not content in just staring at the bees hopping from one flower to another; he wants a beehive of his very own and to taste its honey. Although he is confident of how easy it will be, he starts his quest without proper research on how to collect bees. Will Andy achieve his goal and become the great beekeeper he so dreams to be ?

When the Foster twins travel to far off Colorado from Little Rock, to assist their great uncle to save his horse ranch from the greedy grasp of an unscrupulous and dangerous land grabber, they find their greatest adventure. The trip into the mighty Rocky Mountains meets with danger, intrigue, and the discovery of the most unusual group of people ever found in the great and mysterious mountains of the west.