Books with author Karen Wilson

What better way for Bear to say thanks, than to have a big dinner with all his friends! Bear has come up with the perfect way to say thanks—a nice big dinner! When Bear decides to throw a feast, his friends show up one by one with different platters of delicious food to share. There’s just one problem: Bear’s cupboards are bare! What is he to do? Karma Wilson’s playful text and Jane Chapman’s charming illustrations bring to life this celebration of family and friendship. Young readers will delight in discovering the special gift Bear has to share.

The Ins n' Outs of Bullying is an educational book written to help middle and high schoolers get a better understanding about bullying, what to look for, the effects, and how to respond. This book was written to fulfill my Girl Scout Gold award. The profits from the sale of this book will be used to buy more books to donate to local libraries and schools.

Tip the talking dog, tells her own dog stories of her farm life, action and adventures on the farm with the other farm animals. She begins her story when she came to the farm as a puppy and met the other farm dogs, and how she began her sheepdog training from a pet dog, to become a full working farm dog with the farm sheep, cattle and finally geese.Tip tells of how farmer Ted chose Border Collie sheepdogs as his farm dogs, and how he and his wife Aggie both helped train her to become the top dog she is today and man's best friend. Border Collies also make good guard dogs, and loyal companions to their owners, always on the lookout for strangers visiting the farm. Tip and her friends lived most of their lives in the house in comfort, hence the saying, it's a dogs life, compared to most dogs they were spoilt and loved.In easy to understand ways Tip explains how the lambs are born right up until the time they are turned out into the fields with their mums. Her friends on the farm are Jude and Tess, the other farm dogs, they have lots of action and adventure on and off the farm .Read of Tip's encounter with a chicken when she first arrived as a pup, and how Jude had pups and her fascination with them. There are lots of photos of dogs and puppies, and other animals on the farm for you to enjoy, see Tip in plaster after an operation on her leg, and how she made a full recovery. Ideal fifth grade book.

Bear's cave fills with animal friends as he sleeps in this classic book from New York Times bestselling team of Karma Wilson and Jane Chapman.In a cave in the woods, in his deep, dark lair, through the long, cold winter sleeps a great brown bear. One by one, a whole host of different animals and birds find their way out of the cold and into Bear's cave to warm up. But even after the tea has been brewed and the corn has been popped, Bear just snores on! See what happens when he finally wakes up and finds his cave full of uninvited guests—all of them having a party without him!

Bear is going to the swimming hole, but first he must find his friends. There's a clatter in the tree! Is it Mouse? No . . . Someone seems to be hiding from Bear and his friends. Who is it? WHO? How Bear and his forest friends discover a NEW FRIEND will enchant young readers. Spotlight is a division of the ABDO Group and features library editions of popular fiction titles. Spotlight editions are printed on high-quality paper and with reinforced library bindings specifically printed for the library market. Grades preK-6.