Books with author Jenny Harris

Biscuit the cat loves to play outside and watch nature's habits. As this particular day goes on, he finds himself interacting with animals like he has never done before. He encounters interesting daytime animals like barn swallows and squirrels, and scary nighttime animals, a coyote and an owl. Spend sunup to sundown with Biscuit as he outplays, outsmarts, and outruns nature's animals in his own backyard.

I wrote this for NaNoWriMo 2012.Dhani is twelve, and he doesn’t like it. Everything seems to be changing around him – his friends, his Mum, not to mention his body. (Let’s not go into that). Life is boring, confusing, and lonely.So one day, he decides to write a letter to his Dad, who died when he was a baby. It’s not a big deal. It’s just that neither his Mum nor his Uncle Sanji ever seem to understand.But then Dhani starts hearing sounds in his bedroom. Strange sounds – like ice grinding against ice. If he thought no one would understand about hair and spots, this is a whole other story…

I wrote this for NaNoWriMo 2011.Here there be dragons, but not as you know them. In this world, dragons are the greatest force for good the world has ever seen. Every drop of blood, every tooth, every scale has the potential to erase any trace of illness from humans. Of course, they’re still dangerous. Those teeth are still sharp. Except a handful of people have been found who have a blood type that dragons can’t stand.Amari and Raniah are the only siblings in the world who both have this blood type, and they live together near the dragon farms. Amari farms the dragons and makes sure they're healthy, and when they're dead, Raniah chops them up.They're the best of friends. And they like their jobs. But there's danger at every turn, and they're about to stare it in the face.

Biscuit the cat loves to play outside and watch nature’s habits. As this particular day goes on, he finds himself interacting with animals like he has never done before. He encounters interesting daytime animals like barn swallows and squirrels, and scary nighttime animals, a coyote and an owl. Spend sunup to sundown with Biscuit as he outplays, outsmarts, and outruns nature’s animals in his own backyard.

I wrote this for NaNoWriMo 2010.Veronica lives with her father in a tiny house by the sea. Life is perfect. Her Dad goes out in his fishing boat every day, catches fish, and takes them to the nearby market. Veronica spends her time playing games, swimming, and making up stories. She used to have an imaginary friend, but she's far too old for that now. She doesn’t need anything or anyone except her Dad. Until one day, he disappears. And Veronica must leave her little Eden to go and find him.

When Biscuit the Cat finds himself locked outside in a storm, he finds safety in a barn. But finding a warm place to sleep is not as easy as he would like it to be. He encounters mice and birds that bring back a memory of the past and new wild animals that he tries to befriend. But Biscuit has the surprise of his life that makes him wish he had never stepped outside in a storm and will have readers laughing until the very end.

When Ginger the puppy goes to visit Nanny's farm, Ginger's dad tells her to go straight to the farm and not stop along the road. But along the way, Ginger meets several creatures who need her help. When Ginger stops to take a drink from the pond, she meets a fish named Samantha who is stuck on the shore. Then, she meets a turtle named Tiffany who is turned over on her back. She also runs into Ruby, a robin who has fallen from her nest. Although Ginger wants to help her new friends, she remembers the promise that she made to her dad, and she knows that she needs to get to Nanny's farm soon. Ginger has to choose: will she keep the promise she made to her dad, or will she help her new friends with their troubles?

Language is the only art which can be read.Detailing her childhood in St. Louis, Missouri, her pathway to discovering her love of words, and putting those words to paper, Jennifer Harris shares how she fell in love with words, and how time and circumstances took them from her. In WriteLife, she explains even in the depth of this barren place of creativity, how she managed to crawl out of that place to regain the power words had always brought, and explains the peace she has now achieved.