Books with author Kay Brown

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.

Depressed and alone, from a broken family and a murdered brother, Dee awakes on the pavement having been assaulted. Covered in blood and slipping in and out of consciousness she is rescued by her best friend’s family who give her blood to heal. Upon recovery she is mortified to learn that she is now undead, an immortal – with a liking for Rhesus A positive. Oh, and seriously screwed by her new family of outcasts. Being made a Ward of the Vampyre Council, and candidate for the secretive Vanguard Society is the least of Ashley’s problems. Or so she thinks. A grouchy tattooed mentor with no patience, a face that everyone is terrified of, and not being allowed home are enough to worry about. Ashley doesn’t know it, but powerful forces are aligning and she is their unwitting target. Then there’s the plotting and scheming of the Council Overlords who hold her life in their own hands. Growing up as a teen in the undead world she faces loss, fear and betrayal. Ashley must survive long enough to help solve the horrific crime that shocks the immortal world and resolve the question as to who, or what, made her.

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.