Books with author Marji Stevens

A tasty world tour—with savory sauces!Take your next entrée further than it’s ever been before. The World Sauces Cookbook is here to help you top off your meals with 60 sumptuous sauces from all four corners of the globe—including Satay, Adobo, Creole Remoulade and Comeback Sauce, Baba Ghanoush, and Pesto Della Zia.In addition to helpful prep tips and storage instructions, each sauce recipe comes complete with a flavor profile, spiciness index, and basic serving suggestions. Looking to really show off these sauces? The World Sauces Cookbook also comes with over 30 recipes for main dishes and sides meant to match with them.The World Sauces Cookbook includes:A world of flavor—From Mexico and Germany to Kenya and Indonesia, sample 60 easy-to-make sauces originating in almost as many countries.Saucy suggestions—Learn how to make your sauces shine with helpful guidelines for flavors, spiciness, and best pairing options.Perfect pairings—Pick out the ideal plate to highlight each of your sauces with the help of 30+ recipes for delicious sides and entrées.Discover how simple it is to bring flavors from all over the world right to your table with The World Sauces Cookbook.

Daisy Goes to the Races is the first book in my series of author-illustrated, Daisy Starshine middle grade/chapter books. Daisy, a young, orphaned, and disabled donkey, often dreams of becoming a unicorn as her way of coping with her self-perceived inadequacies. She loves that her eight-year-old best friend, Clarissa, has created a glittery silver horn for her to wear. But when Daisy starts working at a local race track, she is crushed that the other animals and grounds workers tease her for it. She’s even more hurt when the race horses she admires reject her because of her small stature and the leg brace she wears. When an angry employee sets fire to the stables that house her and the other animals, Daisy discovers a strength she didn’t know she had, saves the day, and finally discovers the happiness that comes from accepting herself as she is.As a father, grandparent, and clinical psychologist, Mark Stevens has helped numerous children overcome the issues Daisy struggles with. Drawing from this experience, he writes about human (or animal) nature and transformation that occurs in the midst of life’s difficulties in a way that is accessible to kids. His hope is that these these stories will encourage children as they face their own struggles, discover their own unique gifts and strengths, and come to fully accept themselves for the shining stars they are.

Daisy Goes to the Races is the first book in my series of author-illustrated, Daisy Starshine middle grade/chapter books. Daisy, a young, orphaned, and disabled donkey, often dreams of becoming a unicorn as her way of coping with her self-perceived inadequacies. She loves that her eight-year-old best friend, Clarissa, has created a glittery silver horn for her to wear. But when Daisy starts working at a local race track, she is crushed that the other animals and grounds workers tease her for it. She’s even more hurt when the race horses she admires reject her because of her small stature and the leg brace she wears. When an angry employee sets fire to the stables that house her and the other animals, Daisy discovers a strength she didn’t know she had, saves the day, and finally discovers the happiness that comes from accepting herself as she is.As a father, grandparent, and clinical psychologist, Mark Stevens has helped numerous children overcome the issues Daisy struggles with. Drawing from this experience, he writes about human (or animal) nature and transformation that occurs in the midst of life’s difficulties in a way that is accessible to kids. His hope is that these these stories will encourage children as they face their own struggles, discover their own unique gifts and strengths, and come to fully accept themselves for the shining stars they are.

Will Martin had always thirsted for adventure. He and his buddy, Pete, had spent every day of their lives tracking down imaginary thieves, hiding out from nefarious bandits and shooting at fictional enemies behind the walls of their manmade fort. Then one day, while traipsing through the pine forest just beyond the family farm, the boys spot two dark strangers dumping a heavy, rolled up carpet into a ditch near the edge of their property. Just what are those two men doing there and what exactly was that thing in the carpet they just buried? It’s a mystery that, before they're done, will lead to more spine-tingling danger, bloodshed, and life-threatening scenarios than the boys ever imagined.

Sky’s Amazing DreamThis is the story of a fun loving Golden Retriever and his phantasmagorical dream. Sky is a playful dog who thinks that he’s a boy. He is strong and athletic and sometimes just plain silly. He loves to make people happy. He loves to bring joy wherever he goes. He believes in magic and he knows that he has magical powers. Sky’s Amazing Dream shows how a happy dog with a wonderful dream, can turn a dog into a boy, make rocks into gold, meet the President of the United States and make children all over the world happy as pie! Yes, Sky is the super hero of a just published children’s book, Sky’s Amazing Dream. But he is also a real dog, the most famous canine of Bedford, New York and truly a Dog Of The World. Best of all, Sky is available for personal appearances, book signings and happy celebrations with kids at bookstores, schools, libraries. If you like, Sky will bring his mom and dad (with whom he wrote the book) and they will all read the book to your friends and members.

A young man wakes up in a strange bed with a young lady that's not his wife risking his status as a paladin. To make matters worse, he and his friends are asked to protect a princess which leads to an adventure across their kingdom and empire. They sail the ocean, find and serve an enchanter, fight undead, and even serve an unexpected monarch to bond and fight, but can they survive. An empire spanning adventure that even crosses the most mysterious terrain of the human heart.

Rather than stay with the mean, smelly Zielinskis, Shannon Simpson treks a hundred miles through the forest seeking her long-lost grandmother after her parents are hurt in a car accident. Finding Gran means finding her way safely through the woods with only a compass, her wits and a mysterious, possibly magical marra mamba stone to guide her. During her journey, Shannon faces bad weather, injuries, hunger, thirst, and lots of wild animals - some nice and some not so nice. And she uncovers secrets about her family and herself.

Written to make the truths of the gospel accessible to children, this book uses simple illustrations and concrete, easy-to-understand language to explain important theological ideas, such as sin, heaven, the Bible, and the Holy Spirit. Each of the 25 chapters introduces a biblical concept by asking a question and answering it with simple vocabulary and plenty of review to help the information stick. Written by a former teacher and the mother of a child with intellectual disabilities, this book meets a critical need for parents and teachers looking for a tool to teach kids about God, humanity, Jesus, salvation, and more.Ages 5-8 (read to me)Ages 8+ (read myself)