Books with author Elizabeth Otis

Audrey Kinkora only has three goals in life: become the best volleyball player on her team, attend the best parties on campus, and have the hottest guy as a boyfriend at Arial State University, and, so far, she's achieved all three.When she finds out she's one of the few half-Fae and half-Mer hybrids in her small, magical hometown, she's faced with the decision to take up responsibilities that she finds too difficult to deal with, and everything – including the scales! – that comes along with it. These duties includes saving the peoples whose blood runs through her veins while dealing with the allure of the college life calls her name, which is growing stronger every minute. But soon Audrey realizes that the longer and farther she hides, the worse the pangs that comes with responsibilities get – and the faster she gets thrown down the hole as she encounters the mystery of the blood of the Mer and Fae and all it entails.

A Mouse in the House is a loveable tale about three little tails, constantly thinking with their bellies but always following their hearts.Slow Pete, the old and wise rat, leads Big Ralph, the large and brave rat, and Du Moe, the small but courageous mouse, through all sorts of adventures.But living in Mr. Newman’s house isn’t all fun and games. When a robbery leaves Mr. Newman tied up and stranded, the three little friends come to his rescue and prove to him that rodents aren’t really all that bad.Whether it’s Slow Pete making a pair of glasses for Du Moe, or Big Ralph taunting humans to entertain his friends, A Mouse in the House is a story about companionship, bravery, perseverance, and teaches that sometimes, big fun comes from small heroes.

Ducks are supposed to like flying. After all, its a natural thing for them to do. But Wilber the duck is terrified of flying too high. As his mother tries to help him, Wilber flies with his eyes closed. He is just too frightened to look down. Even after he promises his mother he will try to fly higherand with his eyes openno amount of coaxing convinces Wilber to take wing with his duckling friends. But one day when a sly red fox tries to grab his mother and take her away, Wilber must decide whether he can soar high into the big blue sky and save the day or let that nasty fox have his way. In this childrens tale, a young duck who is scared to fly high must summon the courage to overcome his fear in order to rescue his mother from a hungry fox.

Ducks are supposed to like flying. After all, its a natural thing for them to do. But Wilber the duck is terrified of flying too high. As his mother tries to help him, Wilber flies with his eyes closed. He is just too frightened to look down. Even after he promises his mother he will try to fly higherand with his eyes openno amount of coaxing convinces Wilber to take wing with his duckling friends. But one day when a sly red fox tries to grab his mother and take her away, Wilber must decide whether he can soar high into the big blue sky and save the day or let that nasty fox have his way. In this childrens tale, a young duck who is scared to fly high must summon the courage to overcome his fear in order to rescue his mother from a hungry fox.

Who knew a fourteen-year-old could become a hero? Charmaine Harp isn’t looking for adventure when she begins her job as a camp counselor in Rochester, New York. To her surprise, it turns into much more than just summer work. With strange noises, disappearing objects and scares aplenty, this is not your average summer camp.Locked doors, mysterious people, even bats attract Charmaine’s curiosity to delve into the mystery of the tower room. She teams up with her friends to discover the identity of the rec center’s elusive tenant, but her attempts set the stage to threaten her friendships and even her own well being. Finally taking matters into her own hands, she seizes one last gamble to catch the phantom. Will Charmaine discover the resident of the tower room before another person is placed in danger?

How is the Day of the Dead celebrated? What effect did politics have on twentieth-century painting? How do you weave with a backstrap loom? Arts and crafts offer a window into Mexican culture, reflecting its history, technology, beliefs, and every-day life. Every piece of Mexican art tells us something about the environment and the culture it was developed in, so that we can see how and why people make their art.

Out in the Park one day, children, I met a little boy not bigger than you are, who told me that he liked stories about a boy and a dog and the things they did together. He said that it must be a real boy and a real dog, and there must be other animals in the story, not great, big, fierce ones, but just neighborly ones-animals a boy might, perhaps, meet when he went for walks in the woods-and take pictures of and get to know. So this is the story of the way a real boy and a real dog spent their first summer in the real country; and the fun they had together.