Books with author James P. McDonald

On a trip to the bakery, Petey and Vesters are supposed to wait outside, but when Petey sees an old family friend he can’t help but follow her inside. With all of the wonderful smells, Petey is happy just to sit and sniff, but something in the corner catches his eye and the real fun begins.Join Petey and Vesters in their sticky, sweet Great Cake Caper!

After being on the road to adventure for five years, you return to your childhood home to reunite with your family. Unfortunately, you return to ruin and are inflicted with a devastating plague by the cult of Dekathar, the lord of catastrophe and doom. You must travel the lands bearing this debilitating burden alone and find a way to remove this plague before it completely ravages you and destroys everything you come across, all the while avoiding The Dark Lady Jad-dama, a dark paladin in service of Dekathar.In this gamebook, YOU are the hero! You will create a character using the game system within and navigate the challenges you will face in the spirit of the self-play gamebooks of days past. You will need two six-sided dice (or an APP), a pencil, and paper for notes to fully enjoy this brand new adventure.

Kalinthryn, the infamous Chaos City. It is called such for its ruler, the Azure Dreamer, is said to be able to bend reality within the city boundaries. Only the foolish would attack such a city. You are a slave condemned to spending the rest of your life working in the mines under the city when such a fool does exactly that. You and your newfound allies take advantage of this attack and escape the dungeons of the Coal Guild, only to find yourself in the middle of a ruthless siege.In this gamebook, YOU are the hero! You will create a character using the game system within and use it to navigate the challenges presented in the spirit of self-play gamebooks from the past. You will need two six-sided dice (or an APP), pencil, and paper for notes to fully enjoy this adventure.

The Ogre wants the Kung-fu Master to teach him the ancient arts, but burping, farting and bad hygiene certainly aren’t good behaviors that a master would stand for. Written in the spirit of an Aesop’s Fable; both characters in the story have important lessons to learn and they aren’t always easy. The Master and the Ogre come to discover that changing one’s nature is far more difficult than changing one’s behavior.

Jane McDonald may be a BAFTA-winning TV star and platinum-selling artist, but she'll never forget her Northern roots, and she's as much known for her Yorkshire charm as for her showbiz accolades.The nation first fell in love with Jane twenty years ago, as the break-out star of BBC reality TV show The Cruise. She was catapulted to dizzying overnight success, but since then, she has navigated some stormy waters. Her dreams hit the rocks as TV and music execs, 'the London lot', swooped in and tried to morph her into a generic international diva. Her fans lost their connection with her, and melted away. Her marriage, which began with a fairytale Caribbean wedding watched by a television audience of 13.5m, ended. Jane lost her confidence, and hid from the world.Though it hasn't always been plain sailing, Jane's now back on the crest of a wave. In her uplifting autobiography she shares her incredible story.

Petey loves to help his family, but he can’t climb trees, so while the family builds a playhouse Petey tries to keep busy and ends up in some big trouble, soaking his best friend, Vesters the cat who hates water, and tangling with a big yellow bumble bee named Charlie who ends up losing his temper. Come along with the Lamb Family pets for some rip-roaring fun.

Jane McDonald may be a BAFTA-winning TV star and platinum-selling artist, but she'll never forget her Northern roots, and she's as much known for her Yorkshire charm and humour as for her showbiz accolades.The nation first fell in love with Jane twenty years ago, as the break-out star of BBC reality TV show The Cruise. She was catapulted to dizzying overnight success, but since then, she has navigated some stormy waters. Her dreams hit the rocks as TV and music execs, 'the London lot', swooped in and tried to morph her into a generic international diva. Her fans lost their connection with her, and melted away. Her marriage, began with a fairytale Caribbean wedding watched by a television audience of 13.5m, ended. Jane lost her confidence, and hid from the world.But Jane's unsinkable and now she's back on the crest of a wave. In her uplifting autobiography she shares her incredible story with heart and humour. It hasn't always been plain sailing, but now she's enjoying more success than she's ever had before, and her fans love her all the more for it.

Upon an a simple, ordinary piece of paper lives three scribbles. Just your regular old scribbles to the average person, but in the hands of a child the scribbles become everything imaginable. Help your child move from scribbling to drawing and become the artist they want to be with the adorable story, The Scribbles. Never underestimate the power of the scribbles and the amazing imagination of children. Through the eyes of a young child the clouds in the sky take on all kinds of shapes, from animals, to dragons and cityscapes; and on the beach becomes kingdoms and backyards are where rockets launch and unicorns graze. Kids have a way of bringing the simplest things to life. For toddlers, wild lines are the beginning of a creative journey, for preschoolers scribble lines are a little more thought out. When kids get to kindergarten, scribbling is a serious undertaking that with encouragement will blossom into a love of drawing and creating. It's easy to forget humble beginnings and focus only on the step by step lessons that teach children the skills to draw, but it's in those scribbling moments that travel way outside the lines that imagination begins to expand and build. My own scribbles had long been forgotten; until, when teaching my children to draw, I came across those long lost friends, peeking up from the page, and the book The Scribbles came to life. Celebrating all the stages of artistic development is an integral part of growth. For kids, scribbling is one of the first steps in artistic expression. This is a story that celebrates being a beginner, so the next time a young child brings you their page of scribbles look a little closer and imagine what you might find.