Books with author Dee Phillips

Boldly illustrated with sparkly foil and bright colors, this witty introduction to animal lives is playful, engaging, and informative. Facts about what animals eat and drink and what noises they make help toddlers learn about these diverse species. With a touch of humor, this playful adventure teaches toddlers about kangaroos—who hop around Australia's countryside with their babies in their pouches.

We wait in the early morning darkness. Soon we will attack. My axe and sword are ready. Viking blood runs through my veins. These graphic and colorful 48-page books meet Common Core genre requirements and feature a fictional story, two pages of nonfiction, and two pages of activities, giving students some background knowledge necessary to understanding historical events. Using fiction to amplify history also allows students to think critically about the pas--and piques curiosity, leading to further exploration and discovery.

Here’s a new book by Dee Phillips “The Alphabet Book of Monsters: A Kids Book with an Alphabetical List of Monsters”. If your kids are into monsters, they’re sure to love this book. Let your kids discover new monsters they may not have heard of yet – like the Yowie or the Wyvern. This book contains a list of over 100 different types of monsters, with a brief description of what each type of monster looks like or what it is known for. For instance, do your kids know what a Kraken is or what a Manticore looks like? There are many bright colorful illustrations of monsters in the book, with short blocks of text describing them. “The Alphabet Book of Monsters…” is suitable for kids 8 years and up – those who already achieved the skill of reading. But, you can read the book together too. It would be a great experience for parents and kids to visualize together each monster depicted.Set at a low introductory price, “The Alphabet Book of Monsters…” is currently available in the Amazon Kindle Store. You can conveniently download it immediately so that you and your kids can start enjoying it right away.

I carried messages for the Resistance. Secret messages from fighter to fighter. There were German soldiers everywhere. I was always in danger. These graphic and colorful 48-page books meet Common Core genre requirements and feature a fictional story, two pages of nonfiction, and two pages of activities, giving students some background knowledge necessary to understanding historical events. Using fiction to amplify history also allows students to think critically about the pas--and piques curiosity, leading to further exploration and discovery.

“The Gift of Christmas” is about a boy who is given a theme to write about the meaning of Christmas. Liam doesn’t think Christmas is just about Santa Claus and presents so he sets out to learn the real meaning of Christmas. All kids today should know what Christmas is really all about. “The Gift of Christmas” educates kids about the real meaning of Christmas, the gift that God gave to us all – the joy and hope of Jesus in our lives.Set at a low promotional price, “The Gift of Christmas” can be conveniently downloaded from the Amazon Kindle store and enjoyed immediately by you and your family.

From the splintered trunk of an old broken tree, a fluffy gray face appears. It's a spotted owl chick, and the hungry baby bird is waiting for its parents to return with a tasty meal of mice or woodrats! It's dusk in the cool, quiet evergreen forest, and the parent owls are hunting. They will soon be back, however, to check on their chick in a treetop nest. Filled with information perfectly suited to the abilities and interests of its second-grade audience, this colorful, fact-filled volume introduces young readers to the everyday life of a spotted owl. What does the owl eat? How does it catch its prey? Where do spotted owls make their nests? And how does a pair of spotted owls care for their chicks? Throughout the book, readers are encouraged to make scientific observations based on the book's images and answer questions about the lives and physical characteristics of these nocturnal birds. This innovative approach to teaching about wild animals gives young scientists the chance not only to read and learn the facts, but also to develop their own powers of observation and critical thinking.

“The starless night was dark and stormy. A thick covering of grey clouds blotted out any light the moon may have cast. The sky threatened a coming rainstorm but that hadn’t happened yet. The gloomy darkened sky made tonight’s kill easier than most. No one could see me hidden in the shadows of the garbage strewn alley. I was perched behind a rusting solid steel trash bin covered with ripped and shredding political posters, biting my nails absent-mindedly and killing time until a likely prospect showed up. There wasn’t much going on in this decaying section of the city at this time of the night. It was a warehouse district for the most part, with a few shabby (and probably shady) establishments scattered here and there amongst the aging storehouses. My hiding spot was just south of a fishery that reeked of smelly, rotting fish. There was a greasy spoon diner with a bar attached right at the head of the alley where I waited. The customers that frequented it were usually rough-house type characters of no-good account. I had no mental qualms at taking down any of the clientele (if you could call them that) coming out of there. I had my standards and they were not on the high side.It was just after midnight and the bar crowd had not yet spewed onto the streets for their homeward stagger. Pickings were few but I only had to wait a short time for my prospective victims to show up. They were two men actually, obviously drunk, probably a couple of patrons from the grimy whiskey joint nearby. I could hear their boisterous singing as they stumbled along. The two men held each other up, arms around each others shoulders, lurching against the filthy brick walls from side to side down the alleyway. One man was tall and slim, unshaven and slovenly. He had greasy black hair that hung to his shoulders in ribbons. He was dressed in a filthy pair of jeans that hung loosely on his hips. His black Harley-Davidson T-shirt was stained with the remnants of numerous meals. The other man was fat with a few strands of grey hair falling over his balding forehead. He was wearing an over-sized ‘Columbo’-style raincoat that was dirty and smelly. Neither man looked very respectable but, heh, who was I to be picky? They were probably headed to take a leak in a private corner of the alley, choosing not to visit the pub’s filthy, overcrowded john. It was a bad decision and it was only their bit of bad luck that they happened to come this way instead. I waited until they were midway down the dingy passage before I struck. I was lightning fast, like a snake, first taking out the chubby one, biting swiftly through his throat into his jugular. He never knew what hit him. Bright red blood flowed through the wound as his shriek was cut off mid-way and I licked my lips in anticipation. Before he even hit the pavement though, I attacked again, this time swiftly breaking the neck of the other guy with my bare hands. It was easy. It was what I would call a ‘good kill’, silent, fast and deadly. Their bodies slumped to the pavement, crimson blood pooling beneath them, and I zoned in for my first meal in over two weeks. I sucked greedily at their throats taking in every drop of the hot, red liquid. I was hungry—so hungry. Their blood tasted sweet as it coursed down my throat, thick and satisfying.” Diane was a plain and simple small town girl of the early 1900's when she was turned into a vampire. Like all vampires, she had to kill to survive--but she didn't like what she had to do. Killing and drinking blood was not in her nature. She did everything she could to avoid it, but the compulsion was too strong. It was the way she lived, the only way she could survive. Then oneDiane survived for decades like this, killing when she had to, but living a lonely and depressing existence. Then one day as she had just finished feeding she met the boy who changed her life. If you like vampire romance books this is one you just can't miss!

We face each other on the battlefield. Two proud samurai. Revenge burns in my heart. Here is where it ends. These graphic and colorful 48-page books meet Common Core genre requirements and feature a fictional story, two pages of nonfiction, and two pages of activities, giving students some background knowledge necessary to understanding historical events. Using fiction to amplify history also allows students to think critically about the pas--and piques curiosity, leading to further exploration and discovery.

In the highest branches of a rain forest tree, a monkey is hanging by its tail from a branch as it gathers tasty leaves with its small hands. The acrobatic tree-dweller is a spider monkey, and it's foraging for food high in the treetops with members of its family. Filled with information perfectly suited to the abilities and interests of its second-grade audience, this colorful, fact-filled volume introduces young readers to the everyday life of a spider monkey. How is the animal's body adapted to its treetop life? What does a spider monkey eat? How does it move from tree to tree? And how do spider monkey families spend their days and raise their young? Throughout the book, readers are encouraged to make scientific observations based on the book's images and answer questions about the lives and physical characteristics of these agile creatures. This innovative approach to teaching about wild animals gives young scientists the chance not only to read and learn the facts, but also to develop their own powers of observation and critical thinking.

The Bue Zoo Guides are perfect for the young animal-lover that is eager for more, more, more! Each of these big blue books uses close-up photos, simple text and charming illustrations to introduce over 40 types of critters in an encyclopedic fashion. Introductory chapters offer information about different animal groups and symbols are provided to offer more information about habitat and food sources. Some spreads also include comparative measurement or in some cases (bugs), life-size illustrations and photographs.Blue Zoo Guides from Two-Can Publishing is a series of four, full color, 96-page, hardcover books by Dee Phillips and Allison Howard that showcase selected animals while presenting the facts scientific terms, life cycles, and behavior of each featured creature...The four titles comprising this outstanding and highly recommended series for school and community library collections include Ocean Life, Reptiles and Amphibians, Bugs and Spiders and Mammals―CHILDREN'S BOOKWATCH