Books with author Jennifer Beck

With adorable full-color photographs throughout and simple activities to be enjoyed with Mom or Dad’s guidance, Ranger Rick Jr. books are perfect for young children starting to learn about the world around them. These small books are a great way to start your child’s first library! Animal Homes will explore the many habitats of North American animals! Through full color photographs and illustrations, and educational, entertaining text, this book shows that. just like us, all sorts of animals have their own ways of building homes!

Married . . . Julie and Matt wanted to be together more than anything in the world. But they’re starting to wonder if eloping was the right answer. . . . with problems . . . When a horrifying incident tears their college town apart, Julie and Matt’s fragile relationship is threatened, too. Their marriage was meant to be magical—but now the spell is broken. Is this their last chance? Now they are dealing with the realities of marriage—including being attracted to other people. The tension between them is building. Was getting married the biggest mistake of their lives?

Changing lives . . .Married at eighteen, Matt and Julie soon discovered that it would never be as easy as they had dreamed. But when Matt finds out he has cancer, he and Julie face their greatest crisis yet. Growing fears . . .Matt’s illness quickly takes its toll on the young couple. Matt is losing hope, while Julie must be there for Matt and find a way to pay the mounting bills. Holding on . . .More than ever, Matt and Julie need each other. But as each one tries to be strong for the other, they grow apart. Can their love survive Matt’s illness, or will it separate them forever?

Out of the game, death becomes murder…Computer geek, Cora Winters, is studying a high-tech virtual reality game: a cyber experience beyond anything she thought possible. And someone's tampering with her research. After a missing student turns up dead, Cora fears she knows more about the killer than she realised. Helped by her friend, Dakota, she investigates, but when the serial killer deposits another body, there’s only one clue left to follow: a riddle. Forced into a code of lies and disloyalty, Cora must fight to survive or risk losing control of reality.The game needs a new player, and no-one gets out… alive.

With adorable full-color photographs throughout and simple activities to be enjoyed with Mom or Dad’s guidance, Ranger Rick Jr. books are perfect for young children starting to learn about the world around them. These small books are a great way to start your child’s first library! Animal Opposites explores the opposing ways animals live, eat, hunt, and play! Through full color photographs and illustrations, and educational, entertaining text, this book shows that just how different animals can be!

Explore thelives of gorillas with Ranger Rick in this beginning reader with full-color photos of gorillas in the wild! This I Can Read book is an excellent choice to share during homeschooling, in particular for children ages 5 to 7 who are ready to read independently. It’s a fun way to keep your child engaged and as a supplement for activity books for children. What if you wished you were a gorilla and then you became one? Could you eat like a gorilla? Sleep like a gorilla? Live in a gorilla family? And would you want to? Find out!Ranger Rick explorers can learn all about gorillas in this reader full of fascinating facts, vivid wildlife photographs, a Wild Words glossary, and a hands-on activity about how to make a snack like a gorilla! Ranger Rick: I Wish I Was a Gorilla is a Level One I Can Read, which means it’s perfect for children learning to sound out words and sentences.

Busy Moms shows off lots of animal babies and their moms. Learn about North American animals through full color photographs and illustrations, and educational, entertaining text. Ranger Rick Jr. books appeal to the youngest children starting to learn about the natural world around them. These small books are a great way to start your child’s first library.

This title is suitable for children aged 4 to 8 years old. Calvin is one unusual starling! While his siblings and cousins learn to fly, this rare bird lets his imagination soar while reading about pirates, dinosaurs and other fascinating things. The other birds call him "geeky beaky," but Calvin just ruffles his feathers and buries his beak in a book. Yet, when it comes time to migrate, poor Calvin suddenly realises he can't fly! His sisters, brothers and cousins carry him into the air. On their way south, the winds blow hard, the trees bend and the air starts to smell strange. It's a hurricane and only Calvin can save the day, because he has read about it! Witty illustrations, an endearing hero and a delightful story make this a true celebration of the pleasures of reading.