Books with author John Armstrong

Bones lives in the forest by the sea. He has a house, a garden and a workshop, where he invents various unusual machines and potions. Two young girls find their way to Inverhora, where Bones is, and thus begins a series of unusual adventures.They become guinea pigs for Bones’ strange contraptions, including a space helmet and the dream chamber. One of the girls returns and meets Sam, a canine friend of Bones who teaches her the value of learning and developing her mind. She begins a quest to find her heart’s truest desire, before attempting a dream-walking test set by Bones and Sam, during which she meets a girl who is like an older version of herself and who shows her various scenes from her own life. On passing this test, however, both creatures deem her ready to return to her own world and face her problems once more.The girl has one last trip with Bones and Sam before leaving. They visit Bones’ new shop, Bones Apothecary, an outlet for his inventions and potions.

Sophie is a young girl from the wrong side of the tracks. She has a bit of a chip on her shoulder and is angry with her parents and her life. Her friends are leading her astray and she has begun to do badly at school and indulge in some risky behaviour. After an unpleasant encounter between her friends and a disabled classmate, Sophie begins to re-evaluate her relationship with them. Her conduct at school has deteriorated to the point where she is referred for behaviour management. As she begins to spend more and more time on her own in the hills, she encounter a crow which behaves strangely and seems to want to communicate with her.Despite guidance from her avian mentor, Sophie gets into further trouble at school. Crow tries to show Sophie that there is a better path for her in life than the one she has been following. Then a shocking incident at the shop where she has started to work part-time forces her to confront her unruly past head on.

Princess The Cow learns that her farmer is hanging up his milking stool and she will have to go to a new farm. Will she make new friends there? Will the new farmer be nice to her? Will she become one of the chosen few cows that the farmer actually pets? Follow her story in this first installment of her adventures as she is taken to the auction barn and learns who her new farmer is. Look for her second challenge as Princess Goes To The Fair

Tag along with Dexter and Stray as they navigate a wonderful bicycle town, street perform at a farmers market, discover a toilet paper factory full of treasure, befriend a civilization of tree-dwelling aerialists, battle feral chickens, and accidentally learn how to teleport around the world! Twice! It's awesome and fun and you're just going to love it!

Jessica wanted Mom to buy her a pirate costume that she saw on the computer. As soon as she got the costume she put it on. Then, she put Rondo's costume on him. "Ahoy!" She was ready to annoy the boys! Also, the book includes facts about pirates at the end of the story. This funny story teaches children the /oy/ sound and it incorporates words that contain /oy/. The text includes appropriate leveled sight words and the author strategically places dialogue throughout the story to promote phrased and fluent reading.

Unworthy is a dystopian novel for young adults. Nearly two hundred years after a killer disease swept the planet, an island nation continues its isolated survival due to the ruthless dedication of the military. The laws and culture of the country are based on the survival of the fittest, distrust of disease, and control of the general population. Marked at birth as “Unworthy” to be raised, a young woman questions the necessity for the cruel practice, so many years after the Isolation was declared. She embarks on a journey which will uncover truths about her past and about her society which she could never have imagined.

While making her favorite snack with her Daddy, little Sofia makes an amazing discovery about herself! Her realizationchanges the way she sees this colorful world. Filled with wonder and questions,Sofia journeys into a world that isn't just black or white, but a beautifulrainbow of colors. This book is the story of a little girl learning that she is Multiracial. “Chocolate Mixer” addresses the common questions our children may ask about a world filled with different cultures, skin-colors and waysof life, and how even our own parents can look so different from one another.

Jessica and Kelsey were doing chores for Mom and Dad. Jessica used the vacuum, Kelsey was on the 4 wheeler and dad was on the lawn mower. Rondo did NOT like the noise! This funny story teaches children the /er/ sound while incorporating words that contain /er/. The text includes appropriate leveled sight words and the author strategically places dialogue throughout the story to promote phrased and fluent reading. At the end of the text, there is a small section about the different kinds of lawn mowers.

This non-fiction book describes how corn grows and what corn needs to grow. Also, the book shows the different ways to cook corn. It also describes the variety of ways that corn is used. This story incorporates words that contain /oi/. The text includes appropriate leveled sight words and the author strategically places dialogue throughout the story to promote phrased and fluent reading.