Books with author Jay H. Smith

Look and Find: Noah's Ark and Other Bible Stories introduces children to stories from the Bible, including Noah's Ark, Jonah and the Whale, and David and Goliath. The book presents eight colorful, highly detailed look-and-find scenes. Kids search the scenes for dozens of hidden biblical characters and objects. The book is recommended for children ages 4 and older.Here is a closer look at the eight scenes in Look and Find: Noah's Ark and Other Bible Stories:Explore the Garden of Eden for Adam and Eve's forbidden tree, plus other green, leafy things.Find pairs of animals climbing aboard Noah's Ark before the great flood.Search a traveling marketplace for Joseph's jealous brothers.Travel to Egypt, where the people of Israel were the slaves of the Pharaoh, and find Egyptian items.Search the parting Red Sea for Israelites running for freedom from the Egyptians.Locate the musical instruments David played while he tended to his flock of sheep.Find the battle gear David didn't need to defeat Goliath.Join Jonah in the whale's belly and search for other things swallowed by the whale.

Eli Anderson loves his family’s ranch. The only problem is his family. When his alcoholic father finally takes things too far, he thinks his only choice is to run away from his small town. And when he ends up on the Texas border in a town called Del Valle, his luck finally starts to turn. The day he meets Carina, everything changes. She lets him believe, for a moment, that everything might be okay. But his demons are always waiting around the next corner, ready to remind him of the life he left behind. As he finds new love and freedom, he also finds that overcoming his past is no easy task.

Crossing the Arctic is the story of a Norse Fjell Trollet, a mountain troll. Ridiculed because of is lack of cleanliness, Fy decides to follow in his father’s footsteps and make his way from Norway to the New World in order to start a new life for himself. Receded fjord waters impacted by glacial movement and ice jams in the Arctic allow Fy to take advantage of his huge height and walk across. Two Nisse, small Norse troll people, accompany him and the three fact adventures on the journey to the New World.

One final contender stands between Claire and claiming the Fallen Throne—but Faith isn’t giving up without a fight. Defeating Faith and taking her blood isn’t all Claire has to worry about. She must find the last few drops of her own original blood—before the big three usurp her realm and end any chance of her completing the prophecy. Mace offers a strong shoulder, but as long as Claire aches for the missing Thanos, she can’t let herself lean on it. Meanwhile, the Oracle has emerged from a 500-year hiatus to gleefully fling monkey wrenches into Claire’s timeline. Claire loses several hours to one of the hag’s schemes, resulting in Faith getting away with the Prince of Time. Which definitely isn’t part of the prophecy. Putting the Time King back together again won’t be easy. Even if Claire manages to gather all the parts, nothing fits like it did before. The cracks expose the truth that will change everything…including who’ll be the last man standing by Claire’s side.

Tristan learns to read is a non-fiction series focused on early learning and reading. Learning and reading is critical in the successful development of children and it is never TOO early or late to start. The subjects are highlighted as part of the book title so that each parent can choose the subject that they want to focus on with their child. Repetition and brevity makes learning fun for both parent and child.