Books with author K. L. Russell

This is Book 10 of an ongoing series of 13 picture books/travel game about 18 wheelers. It includes the following firms: ARD Express, Bartel Bulk Freight, BLT, BTC Express, Charger Logistics, D&A Truck Line, Dahl Trucking, Daum Trucking, Erb Transport, F&A Carriers, Harlens Trucking, HD Edgar Trucking, Highways & Skyways of NC, Mayer Truck Line, Navigation Group, Norsemen Trucking, Special Event Transportation, STS (Sun Transportation Systems), and Walbon & Company. It offers children and bored adult passengers opportunities to search for trucks as a game with points and "winner" while looking out car windows to search for, spot, and get points when they find these trucks. The books present 18 wheelers in sequence, with Book 1 containing 19 of the largest firms (totaling over 94,000) and Book 12 containing 19 much smaller firms (totaling only 172). Remember, spotting an 18 wheeler is a whole lot simpler than trying to spot that missing license plate from Iowa.

Twenty-two years to the day, a videotape of an unsolved 1989 murder arrives at the San Francisco Homicide Detail. So starts Counterfeit Road, second of the series and San Francisco homicide inspector Ben Raveneau’s toughest cold case. The victim, Alan Krueger, a former Secret Service agent, carried in his coat sixty-one hundred dollar bills. In 1989 the Secret Service inspected the bills and called them legitimate. They take another look now and say, counterfeit.But there’s more. There’s a link to the present they don’t want to talk much about. Raveneau studies the videotape. He pores over the old case files. He hunts for the couple who reported Krueger’s body and enlists the help of a retired homicide inspector. When a young man steps forward with yellowed photos the investigation moves to Hawaii. What made little sense, makes more as Raveneau turns misaligned pieces and realizes something darker is rapidly evolving. But who can he convince? If no one listens, can he, his partner, and one FBI agent stop the attack from happening?

As a fresh journalist graduate from New Zealand, it was a given that I was excited to land my first job in Sydney, Australia. However, the move across the Tasman was not as easy as I initially thought. This story is about the challenges I faced as I tried to settle in a new city. From being trapped in an Asian beauty salon, to living with a promiscuous old man who I regularly chauffeured around in a vintage Rolls Royce, there was never a dull moment in the land Down Under.

Book 8 in a series of 13 interactive picture books/travel games showing 19 trucking companies. This book contains All Freight Systems, All-State Express, ALTL, Bellavance Trucking, Bluestar Services, Brooks-DeHart Furniture Express, CAST Transportation, Churchill Transportation, Gantt Transport, Garner Trucking, Godfrey Trucking, Great Plains Transport, IMG Trucking, McKevitt Trucking, Portage Transport, Seward Motor Freight, Sunstate Carriers, Waletich Corporation, and World Wide Carriers. Children and bored adult passengers search for, spot, and get points to locate 18 Wheelers while driving on the interstate or stopping at truck stops. Books are in sequential order, from largest firms (Book 1 with 96,870) to smallest (Book 12 with 172). Includes close-ups of the tractor, trailer, and company names.The idea is to spot the 18 wheeler and record certain information. This is another version of the "License Plate Game" or "The Alphabet Game", only an 18 wheeler is easier to spot than a license plate.

WHAT IF YOU WERE THE ONLY ONE WHO COULD SPARE THE SOULS OF THOSE HANGED FOR WITCHCRAFT IN 1692, BUT YOU HAD TO BARGAIN YOUR OWN SOUL TO DO IT? First in a new fantasy romance series, this paranormal young adult novel introduces teens November Atwood and her twin cousins--athletic Jeff and wheelchair-bound Hawk. On their way home from school, the trio discover an ancient box buried in the shadows of the abandoned Danvers Asylum for the Insane. This sets in motion the final elements of a blood bargain signed more than 300 years ago when Salem, Massachusetts was a sleepy village--and witchcraft was a hanging offense. Cryptic clues and a curious gold coin prompt the trio to venture into the tunnels beneath the asylum where Jeff is struck by "elf-shot," then abducted and replaced by a changeling. To rescue him, the two remaining cousins must journey deeper into the tunnels, to The Room of Rings, a giant portal into the past, whose keeper tells November she is "...the one they have awaited for 300 years"--she is "The Prediction." Together, November and Hawk enter the Rings and are transported back to Salem Village in the year 1701. There, November will meet the minister's son, Thomas Parris, and discover a love that can transcend time. But first, The Prediction must wager her soul to bring about an end to THE BARGAIN OF WITCHES.

WHAT IF YOU WERE THE ONLY ONE WHO COULD SPARE THE SOULS OF THOSE HANGED FOR WITCHCRAFT IN 1692, BUT YOU HAD TO BARGAIN YOUR OWN SOUL TO DO IT? First in a new fantasy romance series, this paranormal young adult novel introduces teens November Atwood and her twin cousins--athletic Jeff and wheelchair-bound Hawk. On their way home from school, the trio discover an ancient box buried in the shadows of the abandoned Danvers Asylum for the Insane. This sets in motion the final elements of a blood bargain signed more than 300 years ago when Salem, Massachusetts was a sleepy village--and witchcraft was a hanging offense. Cryptic clues and a curious gold coin prompt the trio to venture into the tunnels beneath the asylum where Jeff is struck by "elf-shot," then abducted and replaced by a changeling. To rescue him, the two remaining cousins must journey deeper into the tunnels, to The Room of Rings, a giant portal into the past, whose keeper tells November she is "...the one they have awaited for 300 years"--she is "The Prediction." Together, November and Hawk enter the Rings and are transported back to Salem Village in the year 1701. There, November will meet the minister's son, Thomas Parris, and discover a love that can transcend time. But first, The Prediction must wager her soul to bring about an end to THE BARGAIN OF WITCHES.

This is Book 12 in a series of 13 full color, children's interactive travel books about 18 wheelers that share the road we all travel on. The firms are Apple Freight, Changing Seasons Transport, Dango, Dhillon & Son Transport, First Choice Transport, Get Cargo, Green Acres Transport, IMI Logistics Services, Liberty Transport, Monty's Express, One Transportation, P&P Carriers, PM Anthony's Transport, Renaissance Logistics, Royal Express, Sky Express, Slager Trucking, Yassah Duyank Trucking, and Zick's Transport. They are in sequential order, from the largest firms (Book 1 contains 19 firms with over 94,000) to the smallest (Book 12 contains 19 firms with only 172). The children, and bored adult passengers, use the book to search for, spot, and get points for finding the 18 wheeler. 19 different trucking firms are in each book which allows the children and grandchildren of those drivers to see the truck that Dad or Mom, Grandpa or Grandma drive. It also provides miles and hours of entertainment while the whole family trade opportunities to find one of these trucks. It can be used along with the license plate game or the "ABC" game on long, interstate highway vacation trips.

David L. Russell has written a succinct yet comprehensive introduction to children's literature that focuses on genres and concepts rather than on particular authors. From a literary perspective, Literature for Children is an engaging title that explores the foundations and contexts of literature, including the various genres of children's literature from picture to informational books. This book provides a unique overview of critical theories of literature. Significantly expanded history of children's literature, including more titles, more authors, and provides a through and comprehensive background of literary works.