Books with author Kathie Brown

There’s a Unicorn in the Garden! Oh no. One day, I saw the most amazing thing. A shimmery, shiny, color-changing unicorn was standing half-in and half-out of my prize-winning azalea bushes eating up all the flowers! He said he was hungry, so I led him to my vegetable garden...This engaging story is written and illustrated for early readers who enjoy problem solving, critical thinking, and uproarious comedy at bedtime. Ages 2-8 recommended.Join a clever little girl who must find a way to protect her garden produce from a stubborn unicorn who’s sick and tired of being fed sweets. Can she stop him before he tells his friends and becomes a real problem? (I mean, just imagine a whole infestation of unicorns gobbling up heads of lettuce left and right, for goodness sake!)Charmingly illustrated in bold, papercut artwork in bright, eye-catching colors, this picture book is sure to keep children’s attention. Each illustration shows dimension and shadow, giving the illusion of stacked layers of paper.Told from a first-person perspective, it’s easy for kids to imagine themselves as the hero who must come up with a plan to stop the greedy unicorn from coming back.Product Description 13 full-page spreads, 36 pages total, illustrated in vivid colors with bold, attention-getting papercut figures and lush garden landscapes. Convenient 8.5” x 8.5” size makes it just the right size for children to hold and enjoy. Beautiful, smooth, untextured paper with a glossy finish. Perfect bound book with a glossy, easy-to-wipe-clean paperback cover. Ages two to eight recommended. Preschool through third grade.

Book II, "The Book of Nice" is a draw your own pictures book, with a blank page after each chapter where creative kids to draw their own pictures. "The Book of Nice" is based on the Golden Rule: Treat others like you want them to treat you. It is written for elementary school readers. In “The Book of Nice”, Hezzra-The-Centipede regains his sight from the Evil Ruby. The Ruby gives him firesight too. Skeetle-The-Beetle is rescued from a deep hole by Mother ‘Possum. Skeetle, Duke, and Hezzra have a final battle in the Crystal Cave where Hezzra almost dies. Queeny puts Witch Hazel leaves on Hezzra’s wounds. Grandfather Beetle gets lost. After Christmas, rain floods The United Acres of Sassafras . Then snow and ice cover everything. Ms. Persnickety Fox tells Red-tailed Hawk to steal Skeetle’s magic backpack. Inside is “The Book of Nice.” The Tal-wees plan to invade The United Acres of Sassafras on killer bees. Two Tal-wees change from mean to nice. The magic backpack and “The Book of Nice” save the United Acres of Sassafras on Earth Day. Praecher-The-Spirit-of-Peace blesses The United Acres of Sassafras.

Fourth grade level. Blank pages throughout the book are for creative kids to draw their own illustrations. Full of fantasy, mystery, humor, and just plain fun! When Skeetle-The-Beetle and Duke-The-Chameleon have to fix Queeny's water problem, they end up on a curious trip to Firey Lizard Cove where they meet Firey Lizard, the Faces, invisible Sprites, Big Horned Beetles, and the real Witch Hazel. Firey Lizard is 900 years old. He hatched from his egg after spending thousands of years under Sassafras Mountain. Firey Lizard thinks no one likes him because he is too big and ugly. Firey has a close call on the edge of the bluff. Fairies turn back into mean Tal-wees who pay the price when they become rocks! The power of the Ruby is rekindled when the ants get a message on the walls of their colony. Everyone wants to know, "Where is The Ruby, Where did the gold river come from? Are those shiny things diamonds? What happened to the Fairies? Tell the Lollygaggers to be quiet." A surprise ending is wonderful for Queeny and Firey Lizard. All of these exciting things happen on Sassafras Mountain.Mountain. Firey Lizard thinks no one likes him because he is too big and ugly. Firey has a close call on the edge of the bluff. Fairies turn back into mean Tal-wees who pay the price when they become rocks! The power of the Ruby is rekindled when the ants get a message on the walls of their colony. Everyone wants to know, "Where is The Ruby, Where did the gold river come from? Are those shiny things diamonds? What happened to the Fairies? Tell the Lollygaggers to be quiet." A surprise ending is wonderful for Queeny and Firey Lizard. All of these exciting things happen on Sassafras Mountain. You will feel warm and fuzzy when you read this story and draw pictures right in the book. It is a keepsake.