Books with author Kevin Bales

One day at the neighborhood park, Beetle Dan and Billy Spider were playing on the swings when Billy Spider, who is not afraid of heights, wanted to go down the big purple slide. Beetle Dan is not so sure. He doesn't like heights and prefers to stay close to the ground. Journey down the Big Purple Slide with Beetle Dan and Billy Spider as they learn how to overcome fear and to know size does not matter.For parents, this 32-page picture book offers guidence on how to teach children about overcoming fear, helping friends, dealing with peer pressure, and honesty.

"G'Noo the Baby Roo's First Christmas" was first conceived of as a holiday bedtime story for my children. There is even an audio recording of the original story which I made for them back in the late 1990's. Eventually, it evolved into a stage play intended for young audiences. "G'Noo" is a short children's play about a young kangaroo, known as a "joey", who sees humans celebrating Christmas by exchanging presents but isn't quite sure what to make of it. Eventually, G'Noo asks her parents about the holiday but they aren't quite sure what it's all about, either.The play focuses on what would happen if there were no human around to teach animals what Christmas is all about. How would these animals interpret a "Christmas" beyond its religious significance? However you celebrate the holiday season, please enjoy your time with "G'Noo the Baby Roo" and may all your holidays bring you nothing but joy.

"Water Brats" A Play for Teenagers in Two ActsWritten by Kevin T. Baldwin6 Females, 1 MaleSynopsis:Six middle-school age girls from varying backgrounds get themselves trapped together in a large underground outfall connected to an abandoned treatment plant for the local sewer system. They need to find their way out in two hours before the next water discharge floods the tunnel. They have to travel from the diffuser tunnel to the outfall tunnel, or approximately two miles under sea level, in order to reach the other exit located near the bottom of the outfall shaft, one hundred feet under water. Along the way, they find a bag filled with money and the inscription "Millborough Savings Bank" along the side. But they can't tell any adult because, while down there, anyone with a cell phone finds that their devices aren't working sufficiently, thus they cannot call for help letting anyone know they're trapped. However one text message is received and comes through on a cell phone VERY clear: "I'm coming for you!"