Books with author Lisa Williams

The spirit of Christmas is in serious danger.A towering Christmas tree that once stood tall in the city has been missing for the past eight years. Without the tree, the city has slowly forgotten the magic that is Christmas.Everyone except for one little girl.Nicki Noel loves two things: trucks and Christmas. She’s always felt drawn to them, despite being told that girls can’t drive trucks.But when her mother needs to leave town for work, and Nicki goes to stay with old friends of her father’s, the mysteries of her past begin to unfold in front of her.Can a little girl drive a truck? Can the magic of Christmas return to the city? Or will it finally be lost, forever?Nicki Noel and the Curious Christmas Truck is the debut children’s novel of a Big Five-published hybrid author who wanted to write a book he could share with his son. It’s written for ages 8 – 12 as the intended audience, but can be enjoyed all ages.

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What would happen if bees disappeared? Find out in this fourth book from Lily Williams in the award-winning If Animals Disappeared Series that imagines the consequences of a world without bees.The rolling hills and lush climate of Kent, England are home to many creatures.These creatures are fluffy, sneaky, spikey, and ... small, like the bee.Though bees are small, their importance is BIG. Today there are over 250,000 species of bees but all of them are in danger. Because of disease, pesticide exposure, lack of foraging habitats, and poor nutrition, entire honey bee hives are dying.What would happen if bees disappeared completely?Artist Lily Williams explores how such a loss would effect not just bees' environment, but the world as a whole in this poignant, beautiful book about the importance of our most important bees.

Summer is winding down and strange days have hit the town of Needles, Massachusetts. Barry Drinkwater, a pool-boy for his parents, is unsure how to proceed when cryptic messages land in his lap while floating in the backyard. Whenever Barry thinks he is alone, he catches someone spying on him from behind shrubbery, gazing at him from around the corner, or peering at him over a newspaper. Then, one day, he happens upon a peculiar help wanted ad: an open position for a Courtroom Abstract Artist via Mirro Enterprises. Meanwhile, his guilt-ridden, morbid, and eccentric friend, Wayne, is obsessed with preparing for the impending apocalypse and introduces Barry to a fantastical realm – a realm that raises more questions than answers. While pursuing the truth, Barry finds himself haunting the local cemetery, wandering through an abandoned mental hospital, and exploring a mysterious highway off-ramp. Important questions remain: Can Barry exist as a pool boy forever? Will Wayne perish as he fears? Will their fates intertwine? And, most importantly, what is the story behind Exit-Thirty-Three-B?

This book is filled with fun activities and stories which will definitely keep your children busy. It includes 20 fun stories and games. Great for beginner readers, great for bedtime stories, and great to read to the little ones. THERE IS A TABLE OF CONTENT FOR EASY NAVIGATION OF STORIESStories and Games included are:1. CHRIS THE CAT AND TOMMY THE TURTLE (Story)2. Can you help Chris and Tommy through the buoy maze so they can win the race?3. PATSY THE PIG AND HER SHINY RED APPLE (Story)4. Sara Sheep and Her Hot Air Balloon Ride5.Can you help Sara the sheep make it to the hot air balloon by going through the cloud maze?6. Help Sara the sheep count the number of hot air balloons.7. TWO STUBBORN FROGS (Story)8. Which Castle is Small; Which Castle is Big (Game)9. GABBY GORILLA (Story)10. RANDY THE RINOCEROS GETS LOST (Story)11. This sentence has all words that start with the letter B. Start out slow saying the sentence and then have fun by saying it faster and faster.12. How many bananas did Bobby Bobcat bury below buddy’s bones?13. How many bones did Buddy Bear bury?14. GREG THE GIRAFFE GOES TO THE MOVIES (Story)15. Which animal below is tall and which animal is short?16. Can you help Greg and Penny find their way through the car maze? Good luck!17. SAMMY THE SEAL GOES SLEDDING18 . RITA THE RABBIT’S FUN DAY AT THE FAIR (Story)19. Where is Pinky the Rabbit hiding?20. Pinky the Rabbit is hiding from her friends again? Can you find her?

Twelve-year-old best friends Carly and Arlene write about the final, cataclysmic days of Atlantis in a story that parallels the growing tensions between the girls. The heroines of their fantasy novel are twin princesses destined for sacrifice to the Rain God. In real life, Carly develops a crush on a boy and Arlene feels betrayed; in Atlantis, Princess Eva is imprisoned in a tower while Princess Lydia falls in love. As the floods threaten to destroy Atlantis, the princesses are separated and each must find a way to escape. Carly and Arlene realize that their lives are taking different and unexpected directions, too. A satisfying read for Atlantis fans, this novel by award-winning author Lisa Williams Kline offers romance, magic, and a race against time.

---First book by Eleven year old Author---Jenna’s life is about to change in a major way.A young girl by the name of Jenna discovers her mother’s secret. A school meant to teach how to control the elements of fire, water, and earth is in her mother’s past. She encounters a bully forced to be mean, a flaming unicorn named Magma, and an overly excited autistic boy named Brady. Jenna decides the school will be more exciting than she ever imagined.

Small kids are curious by nature and they want to know about the wonderful nature around them.Poems are a great way to know about nature and they also make the kids feel happy.Poems in this book are about solar system, Earth, oceans, plants, animals, birds, mountains, rivers, and many more.The rhyming poems make the kids learn many interesting things in the nature and get a better view of their natural world.You might want to buy this book for your kids which they can read anytime they want whether in home, school, or while travelling.

"Crossing the Chemo Room," Book One of the nonfiction trilogy "Survival Stories," tells the true tale of Lonna Lisa Williams’ battle with cancer. After enduring a tragic childhood, early motherhood, and divorce to a Navy pilot, Lonna met her second husband at the university where she got her Master’s degree in English. They married and had a daughter. When she was pregnant with their second child, Lonna noticed that something was wrong, and soon after Jonathan was born, she discovered she had cancer. Walk with Lonna as she takes you through the physical and emotional challenges of surgery, chemotherapy, and recovery. Meet the other patients, health workers, and friends who helped Lonna along this path. Discover how Christ’s resurrection power strengthened Lonna to write about miscarriages and wildfires in "I Saw You in the Moon." Journey across the landscapes of New Zealand, Russia, and Turkey in Lonna’s third book, "Fire and Ice," as she survives the loss of her California life and family but rises like a phoenix to teach English overseas.