Books with author Jenny Alexander

2019 NTBF Best Picture Book AwardBeginning in the old book store and mounting in tension to the end in the youngster’s room in the wee hours of the morning, the love of words, ideas, and sharing what’s inside come alive through the intrigue of this tale. Looking to find an interesting read, an old bookstore owner presents a book, and the experiences that follow are far more than expected. Late that night three special rules from the bookstore owner help make sense of what's encountered upon opening the book and experiencing the powerful impact of words.Warning: This adventure may lead to a lifelong fascination with books.

SHARKS is an informative children's guide to the fascinating world of sharks. The eight orders of sharks are introduced along with examples of many species. Interesting shark facts are interspersed with 25 colorful photographs. Readers discover how different species of sharks can vary in size, color, shape, eating habits, and even temperament. This 6,000 word book is appropriate as a read aloud book for younger children as well as a research guide for older children.

Emmett’s dream is always the same. Tingling with half-forgotten memories, he stands in an unknown room surrounded by mirrors, curio cabinets, and nesting dolls. A painting, Belshazzar’s Feast, hangs on the wall, its disembodied hand numbering the King’s final days. Then comes the stranger, the serpent-wielding young woman with the glittering amber eyes. Her words are always the same. Emmett will soon save her. Then the supposed hero awakens to his unremarkable life, awaiting the next night and the same maddeningly familiar dream.Seventeen-year-old orphan Emmett Brennan remembers nothing of his past—not the boiler room in which his needle-ravaged mother gave birth to him, nor the Druids who tenderly delivered him. He can’t remember the cabal-summoned Revenant that clawed itself from shadow to hunt him, or why his mystical midwives hid him from the necromantic creature. Approaching adulthood, he is unaware of the dark forces that still search for him or the mysterious sentinels who secretly protect him, but on the eve of his eighteenth birthday that will change. The Revenants will find him. Only the young woman from his dreams can help him confront all he was once made to forget. Together, they will brave the nightmarish landscape Emmett’s waking world will soon become.