Books with author Joan J Harris

Bellies come in all shapes and sizes. There are big ones, small ones, hot ones, cold ones, and even green ones! Learn about all kinds of bellies and the best way to take care of your very own belly–no matter what kind you have!Originally created by Dr. Seuss, Beginner Books encourage children to read all by themselves, with simple words and illustrations that give clues to their meaning.

Guns and ghosts and assassins-- oh my!Kristen and Brad are visiting their cousin Sally in a small city in New York. It's just a family vacation; what could possibly go wrong??Apparently, a lot. Kristen is visiting a museum for school research and suddenly discovers she's been thrown back in time.... AGAIN. Luckily she's not alone; a cute museum volunteer made the strange trip to 1865 with her. Together they do what needs to be done, and steel themselves to deal with a tragic national event.Across town Brad and Sally are also on an educational mission. However, a bonehead move by Brad triggers a cosmic timeshift for these cousins, as well. Abruptly thrust into 1865, they find themselves taking part in an important--and potentially deadly--mission on behalf of a revered American leader.The two sets of teens rush to put history on the right track, as the life and liberty of others depends on them And can they each manage to get back to their own time?~ ~ ~ ~This is the second Timekeepers book, which features Brad and Kristen Everheart.Target audience is ages 12-up. The book is approximately 51,600 words.

The Royal Dragon Billy Bob had no idea what a summer camp was when the princess suggested he should go during summer vacation. He was excited and fearful at the same time. When he discovered that three close friends would be his tent mates, he was very happy, and even more so when he saw Prince Arthur Jim Ray was the camp leader. During the day he seemed happy as he dealt with new adventures, even the adventure where he has to overcome his greatest fear. This is a very charming story all children will love. They will probably be singing the little song the campers sang at the end as they remember what Billy Bob did.

The fire-snorting Royal Dragon is not a typical dragon. Rather than being fearful, he wants to befriend everyone. Rather than being fearsome, he is tender-hearted. And rather than being frightful, he is sensitive and understanding and gives a good example to others.When he returns to school after spending time in bed with an illness, Billy Bobhe encounters a new student in class, Maria, who speaks very little English. The other students, not understanding that her loneliness and lack of self-confidence are what make her reticent to speak, and they talk about her in negative terms. Billy Bob wants to help her and changes everyone around him.

The next gripping tale of magic, adventure and Norse mythology from the SUNDAY TIMES bestselling author of CHOCOLAT and THE GOSPEL OF LOKI.The squabbling Norse gods and goddesses of Runemarks are back! And there's a feisty new heroine on the scene: Maggie, a girl the same age as Maddy but brought up a world apart - literally, in World's End, the focus of the Order in which Maddy was raised. Now the Order is destroyed, Chaos is filling the vacuum left behind... and is breaching the everyday world.Six hundred miles apart, two girls each bear on their skin a runemark: a symbol of the Old Days when the known Worlds were ruled by the gods from their sky citadel, Asgard. Now Asgard lies in ruins, and the power of the gods has long since been destroyed. Or so everyone thinks. But nothing is lost for ever, and the gods haven't given up yet (nor stopped squabbling!) and they want the power of the runes borne by Maddy and Maggie - these new runes, which carry huge potential, their runelight shining out as a portent to the future. Soon both girls are swept into a maelstrom of cataclysmic events that are to draw them closer and closer to each other, and nearer and nearer to a horrific struggle where each must prove where their loyalty lies . . . Filled with inventive and humorous detail, trickery and treachery, carnage and lunacy, Runelight is the second title - following Runemarks - in a series of gloriously imaginative and dramatic tales about the Norse gods.

Billy Bob, e Royal Dragon, recently came to live in the Kingdom of Kool with his friend, Princess Betty Lou Sue. ey live in a beautiful castle in the center of the kingdom. Billy Bob is learning many things about his new home. Now he needs to learn about Christmas. He thinks Christmas is only about presents, lots and lots of presents. e princess teaches Billy Bob about the very rst Christmas and about the real meaning of this beautiful holiday.

Guns and assassins and ghosts— oh my! Kristen and Brad are visiting their cousin Sally. It's just a family vacation; what could possibly go wrong?? Apparently, a lot. Kristen is visiting a museum for school research and suddenly discovers she's been thrown back in time.... AGAIN. Luckily she's not alone, as a cute museum volunteer travels to 1865 with her. Together the two must discover what needs to be done, and steel themselves to deal with a tragic national event.Elsewhere, Brad and Sally are also on an educational mission. However, a bonehead move by Brad triggers a cosmic timeshift for these cousins, as well. Abruptly thrust into 1865, they find themselves drafted into a life-saving—and potentially deadly—mission.Can the two sets of teens put history on the right track? And can they also manage to get back to their own time?

The squabbling Norse gods and goddesses of Runemarks are back! And there's a feisty new heroine on the scene: Maggie, twin sister to Maddy but brought up a world apart - literally, in World's End, the focus of the Order in which Maddy was raised. Now the Order is destroyed, Chaos is filling the vacuum left behind...and is breaching the everyday world. A chilling prophecy from the Oracle. A conflict between two sisters. And with just nine days to stave off the Apocalypse, carnage is about to be unleashed ...

There is simply no other book like this one on the market. One reason may be that a market scarcely exists for the secrets that baseball’s greatest hitters (or “strikers,” or “stickers”) brought to their craft over a century ago. Like other sports, and like our culture generally, baseball coaches and gurus have invested heavily in the notion of progress. Today is better than yesterday (goes the dogma) in every way, thanks to technology, training, and medical advances. A lot of that notion is true: some of it is bunk.“Players are stronger and healthier today.” True; so why do they strike out one out of every three trips to the plate? “Because pitchers are throwing much harder.” Generally speaking, yes; but the mound is also lower, the hitting background is better, batters wear helmets and body armor, and a zero-tolerance exists for knockdown pitches. Tris Speaker fanned 13 times in 674 plate appearances during the 1920 campaign while batting .388 and leading the league (for the fifth of eight seasons) with 50 doubles. Who performs at that rate today, even in Little League?John Harris believes in the value of historical research and scientific method—and he also entertains a skepticism of our blind, arrogant faith in the present’s superiority to the past. Convinced that yesteryear’s batsmen must have done at least some things better (precisely because they amassed such dazzling numbers while being less healthy and less tutored), he has invested years in reverse-engineering the swing that preceded Babe Ruth and the “live ball.” No single type of swing existed back then, it turns out; in fact, hitting featured a vast diversity of styles compared to the modern game. Nevertheless, certain tendencies can be isolated (front-foot hitting, shifting in the box, choking and hand-spreading, etc.). To judge by casual explanations offered of (for instance) the Georgia Peach's three-inch hand spread, today’s color commentators and technical analysts haven’t a clue about what was going on with Ty Cobb or Honus Wagner. As for baseball historians, they can tell you about Ed Delahanty’s drinking problem or Fred Clarke’s eye for the girls... but most of them have no interest whatever in how their subject gripped a bat.Dr. Harris corrects many such oversights, insofar as is humanly possibly over a century later and with little more than grainy still photos to go on. True students of the game will be shocked--and perhaps delighted--by how many potentially game-changing tips he has managed to uncover for the next generation of hitters... if any risk-takers emerge among the crop, that is.