Books with author Molly Smith

In Green Anaconda, young readers follow anacondas as they learn about their natural habitat, physical characteristics, diet, life cycle, and behavior. Age-appropriate text paired with colorful photographs will engage young readers as they discover how the world's heaviest snake adapts to its environment for survival. With high-set eyes and nostrils, the green anaconda is able to stay completely underwater while stalking its prey. Green Anaconda includes such useful and fun learning features as a detailed diagram of a full-grown male lion next to an image of a green anaconda to compare their girth.

In Blue Whale, young readers follow blue whales as they learn about their natural habitat, physical characteristics, diet, life cycle, and behavior. Age-appropriate text paired with vivid animal photographs will capture children's attention as they discover how the world's largest mammal adapts to its ocean environment for survival. Blue Whale includes such useful and fun learning features as a detailed comparison diagram showing a Boeing 737 alongside an illustration of a blue whale.

Idiot is a powerful coming of age story about a girl who beats the odds and moves between two worlds from a drug addicted mother to a nurturing adoptive family. Idiot forces you think about the choices we're all destined to make and strikes a perfect balance between love and loss.Although Idiot was inspired by a true story, it is entirely a work of fiction. So many women could write stories of their own abuse and struggle trying to blend into young adulthood. This book transitions the reader from a young and unknowing girl to a beautiful young woman and provides a unique glimpse into the private life of Eva Langston through her diary entries.This story was written with the hope it may help others ease into and through difficult transitions. Although abuse never goes away, it is sometimes dealt with in a manner that allows survivors to move forward and blossom. This work is dedicated to all young people who haven’t yet found their way.

This children's story relates the desire of a precocious young girl to meet her guardian angel. One evening, she is surprised when her wish to meet her guardian angel is granted and, even more, who he turns about to be. Besides teaching children about guardian angels, this book also examines the depth of devotion between humans and their animals and, especially, helps children who have recently lost a beloved pet. The story is unique in that it depicts a horse that the author loved, but who sadly passed away. She met a psychic once, who told her that he was around her always, which was the inspiration for this book.

I Wish I Had a Dad is a self-help children's book that focuses on the absence of a father in a young boy's life and gives insight on the emotional toll that it can have on a boy as he transitions into manhood. Divorce, separation, and death are only a few reasons why the father may be absent from the home. This may affect the child's ability to identify with others because a piece of their life has gone unanswered. Wish I Had a Daddy opens the door for parents to discuss how a child feels and good discussions for the child to overcome and be at peace with the way life is.