Books with author Elizabeth A. Miller

Why is the sky blue? What makes a balloon float? Why can't I see in the dark?You can discover the answers to these questions and more with The Everything Kids' Easy Science Experiments Book. Using easy-to-find household materials like soda bottles and flashlights, you can build bubbles, create plastic--even make raisins dance! All of the experiments are kid-tested and educational--but more importantly, they're tons of fun! These quick and easy experiments help you to:Explore your five senses.Discover density and sound.Delve into seasons, life cycles, and weather.Investigate electricity and light.Study the solar system and landforms.Examine matter and acids/bases. This is the perfect book for a rainy Saturday, a lazy vacation day, or even after school. You'll have so much fun conducting the experiments, you'll forget that you're actually learning about science!

Copper Creek Series Book TwoCould a Twist of Fate Heal a Broken Heart?Ben Kohl rode into Copper Creek amid the aftermath of scandal and disillusionment in the fall of 1880. Michael Randolph’s passing that summer had sparked an epidemic of doubt in Copper Creek that perhaps all was not as wholesome or honest as it seemed. But remedying this perception was not Ben Kohl’s aim. Rather, he intended to seek out the keeper of Michael Randolph’s darkest secret to release an even more shocking truth on the unsuspecting populace.That truth had been Olivia Kohl’s private heartache for more than twenty years. Abandoned by her husband just months after they’d taken their vows, she had subsequently lost their only child at birth. She had finally begun to enjoy life again when her younger brother, Henry, accepted his first assignment as pastor for the Copper Creek church. But when Ben claims the impossibility of being her son, all the sorrow of her traumatic past threatens to destroy her happiness once more.Adamant that Olivia’s aunt sent him to find her and explain the deception she perpetrated to keep them apart, Ben’s desire to know more about his father sparks a storm of emotion leading to dangerous complications when he begins to show romantic interest in Michael’s grieving daughter, Rachel. Forced then to choose between telling the truth or preserving a beloved memory, Olivia plans to make a brave confession. But when a deadly subterfuge, designed to exact revenge on all of Copper Creek, ignites a catastrophe no one could have foreseen it will take a twist of fate to mend more than one broken heart.

Copper Creek Series Book OneThe Burden of Secrets Could Cost Her More than Her Heart...Jane Randolph’s residence in Copper Creek had not been of sufficient duration to know how many secrets were concealed behind its friendly doors or beneath its shimmering namesake. Orphaned as a child, she had come to live in the serene Missouri town with her Uncle Michael and his family at their General Store and was too grieved and inexperienced to consider the dubious history of her new community or its residents. But during the summer of 1880, the arrival of two strangers begins to unravel the mystery of a hidden copper mine that had shrouded the town in legend for decades. Eager to dismiss the news as gossip, Jane’s encounters with the dashing architect, Thomas Mason and the town’s inscrutable new minister, Henry Kohl, begin to make her suspect there may be substance to the rumors. But her doubts are further complicated by the unsettling attentions of both men.Caught between the affections of Mr. Mason and Mr. Kohl, Jane must determine which man’s declarations are sincere and how their interest in her relates to a worrying discovery of duplicity among her own family. Yet, the deeper Jane delves into the motives and memories of others, the greater her fears become that if she makes the wrong choice, she may lose far more than her heart.

Copper Creek Series - Book ThreeOne Memory That Couldn’t Be Forgotten or Forgiven...The winter of 1880 had closed in on the town of Copper Creek, blanketing the Missouri countryside in a sparkling expanse of white. The stillness of the season afforded Ruth Randolph the opportunity to reflect on the drastic upheaval in her life since her husband's passing that summer. But then, nothing much in Copper Creek had remained the same, since more than one secret had been exposed because of Michael Randolph's death. Infidelity, intrigue, deception and mistaken identity had all been revealed in the light of truth. Yet, Ruth couldn't have been happier. After a long period of grief, she had finally made peace with the past. But when a letter arrives from her estranged father, Caleb Vance, a grudge left unresolved for more than twenty years forces Ruth to relive the darkest hour of her youth. Once caught between an arranged marriage and a passionate romance, Ruth made her choice at the point of a gun and nearly died for defying her father's will. Since that day, nothing but animosity had existed between them. Determined she could never forget her father's injustice or forgive his cruelty, Ruth's initial rejection of his attempts at reconciliation unwittingly draw her into his deadly struggle for revenge with the man responsible for their rift. Coming to realize how grossly mistaken she's been, Ruth's desperate attempt to spare her father and save the town from financial ruin leaves her life hanging in the balance. As a result, the path of a single bullet from a notorious gunfighter’s pistol becomes her only hope to prevent the cruel events of the past from happening again.

The Copper Creek Chronicles is a wholesome frontier saga about the Randolph family and the members of their close-knit community in Copper Creek, Missouri. Set amid the changes of the late 1800s, the four novels from Elizabeth A. Miller’s original award worthy Copper Creek Series comprise this comprehensive story of long-kept secrets, hidden fortunes, greed, revenge, faith, loss, romance, mystery, and redemption. The Copper Creek Chronicles contain:Secrets of the Stream (Book 1) - Jane Randolph learns the startling truth about her beloved uncle’s past and struggles against the loyalty due to her family and the stirrings of her heart for the man bent on her uncle’s destruction. Ripples by the Stream (Book 2) - Olivia Kohl must reveal Michael Randolph’s darkest secret or risk losing her chance to claim the life she’d thought she’d forsaken long ago. Memories by the Stream ( Book 3) - Ruth Randolph recalls the most difficult decision of her youth and brings about a retribution that could cost Ruth her life, if she can’t find a way to put the past to rest. Crossroads at the Stream (Book 4) The Randolphs are expecting a happy ending until the ambitions of a mysterious stranger threatens to expose a secret about the town’s origins that could destroy the entire community.Discover the “secret” of Copper Creek for yourself. Read this heart-warming tale of love and life in The Copper Creek Chronicles today.

An Impossible Choice Between Loyalty and Love...Despite exile on St. Helena, Napoleon Bonaparte’s mania for power could not be subdued. Men loyal to the cause of freeing the French emperor had been amassing stolen treasures for months to “buy” their leader’s release. But, when one of them goes too far and steals a priceless gypsy amulet, the shadow of suspicion is cast upon one of England’s noblest families – the DeManes.Fleeing a disastrous duel sparked by the theft of the gypsy relic, Lord Geoffrey DeMane’s ensuing condemnation by the law sends him into hiding. Branded a traitor by all of society, Geoffrey’s closest friend, Lord Alec Adair decides to begin an investigation of his own. His search for DeMane leads him to a gypsy camp where Geoffrey’s unexpected return could doom a young gypsy girl named Kara.An unwitting pawn in Geoffrey DeMane’s romantic pursuits, Kara’s reputation demands DeMane’s expulsion from camp. But his possession of the legendary Invader’s Amulet trumps any considerations of her personal safety. Charged by her grandmother to reclaim the sacred gem from DeMane’s unworthy hands, Kara is quickly drawn into close collaboration with Alec Adair whose own efforts to unravel Geoffrey’s duplicity have proven futile.Trapped in a treacherous web of intrigue, Alec and Kara come to rely on each other and gradually begin to share a love more perilous than the dangers surrounding them. But when a cruel twist of fate unmasks the real traitor in their midst, they are forced to make an impossible choice between loyalty and love.

This unique problem-solving program is designed for children from reading readiness through third grade. It was created to increase young children’s understanding of mathematical concepts through direct visual involvement. Students demonstrate their understanding of the concept by creating a drawing before providing the answer – a perfect combination of reading, math, and art!Each book contains 180 problems, one for each day of the school year. Students love making pictures, and at the same time, they become successful problem solvers. The open-ended method promotes diversity and confidence among students as they use their own abilities and perspectives to reason through and solve mathematical problems. Students learn to look for more than one way to solve a problem, developing confidence in their reasoning abilities and improving problem solving skills.The series includes five Teacher Resource Books, one for each level in grades 1-3, one for grades 4-5, and one for grades K-3 based on animal themes. Student Workbooks, with activities chosen from the Grades K-3 Animal Themes are also available.

This unique problem-solving program is designed for children from reading readiness through third grade. It was created to increase young children’s understanding of mathematical concepts through direct visual involvement. Students demonstrate their understanding of the concept by creating a drawing before providing the answer – a perfect combination of reading, math, and art!Each book contains 180 problems, one for each day of the school year. Students love making pictures, and at the same time, they become successful problem solvers. The open-ended method promotes diversity and confidence among students as they use their own abilities and perspectives to reason through and solve mathematical problems. Students learn to look for more than one way to solve a problem, developing confidence in their reasoning abilities and improving problem solving skills.The series includes five Teacher Resource Books, one for each level in grades 1-3, one for grades 4-5, and one for grades K-3 based on animal themes. Student Workbooks, with activities chosen from the Grades K-3 Animal Themes are also available.

Copper Creek Series - Book 4Caught at a Crossroads Between Truth and Lies...The promise of new life had taken on special significance with spring's arrival in 1881. After a hectic year full of upheaval, changes abounded in every corner of the small Missouri town of Copper Creek. New buildings, new faces and new romances were transforming the rural community plagued by scandal since rumors of a hidden copper mine became deadly last July. But all that trouble was behind them now. Or so the people of Copper Creek thought, until one balmy morning in March, the stage arrived carrying a passenger with a decidedly disturbing mission.A man of mystery, Nathan Lawber was determined to keep his motives for coming to Copper Creek as murky as his identity. Tasked with investigating recent intrigues in town, his inquiries prompt him to form an unlikely partnership with Amanda Brown who was bent on carrying out a selfish coup of her own. Obsessed with the Reverend Henry Kohl, Amanda was determined to stop his approaching nuptials to Jane Randolph. But her misguided attempts to sway Henry's affections only managed to draw her deeper into Nathan's dangerous game. With Amanda serving as a willing pawn, Nathan uncovers a damming secret Jane and Henry swore to conceal for the good of the entire town. But his ensuing gambit to complete his assignment and secure Jane for himself only leads to a difficult crossroads for them all. Faced with revealing the truth or sustaining a well-intentioned lie, they come to see the fate of everyone in Copper Creek hinge on a showdown between the scruples of a devious stranger and the tenacity of a trusted man of God.

This unique problem-solving program is designed for children from reading readiness through third grade. It was created to increase young children’s understanding of mathematical concepts through direct visual involvement. Students demonstrate their understanding of the concept by creating a drawing before providing the answer – a perfect combination of reading, math, and art!Each book contains 180 problems, one for each day of the school year. Students love making pictures, and at the same time, they become successful problem solvers. The open-ended method promotes diversity and confidence among students as they use their own abilities and perspectives to reason through and solve mathematical problems. Students learn to look for more than one way to solve a problem, developing confidence in their reasoning abilities and improving problem solving skills.The series includes five Teacher Resource Books, one for each level in grades 1-3, one for grades 4-5, and one for grades K-3 based on animal themes. Student Workbooks, with activities chosen from the Grades K-3 Animal Themes are also available.