Books with author Patrick Murphy

Adventurous young readers will embark on an epic journey with this historic book about the lives of the pioneers. They’ll follow Olivia and her family as they travel along the Oregon Trail. Discover what it was like to live in a wagon and sleep under the stars. Learn what the pioneers ate and how they found food. Their ultimate destination? A new home!Stunning photographs combine with lively illustrations and engaging, age-appropriate stories in DK Readers, a multilevel reading program guaranteed to capture children's interest while developing their reading skills and general knowledge. With DK Readers, children will learn to read—then read to learn!

Yee-haw! Create suds-ational soaps with Sheriff Woody, Buzz Lightyear, Rex, and more. Make Your Own Toy Story Soaps has everything you need to create Toy Story-inspired soap projects in your own kitchen! The kit includes twelve original recipes, melt-and-pour soap base, soap dyes, a character face mold tray, five punch out gift boxes, and more. With more than thirty full-color photographs and clear step-by-step instructions, this kit has everything you need to bring this crew to life. Kit includes:32-page recipe book200g clear glycerin soap base45g glycerin soap pigmentFive punch-out gift boxes1 tray with 6 character molds

Saddle up for an adventure with two sisters as they revitalize their school's horseback riding club while also helping out at their family's bakery in DK Adventures: Horse Club. Emma adores horses as much as she idolizes her older sister, Amanda. She dreams about riding a cinnamon-colored horse in a show alongside her one day. Emma's wish looks like it's about to come true — but it's not such a smooth ride. Join Emma and Amanda at Paddock Promises' camp and learn how to handle, groom, tack up and ride a horse, meet horses from myths and legends, plus get a recipe to bake sweet pony cupcakes in DK Adventures: Horse Club. DK Adventures are an innovative mix of narrative and nonfiction for kids ages 8-11 featuring engaging, action-packed stories that help kids build their skills in vocabulary, grammar, comprehension, and critical thinking while developing a love of reading. With diaries, recipes, poetry, instructions, graphics, or songs, the genre spreads in each DK Adventures title enhance the story and reinforce curriculum learning, while the expansive range of entertaining nonfiction subjects will appeal to boys and girls everywhere. Supports the Common Core State Standards.

A chilling postapocalyptic novel of hope, despair, art, and war from the Nebula and Philip K. Dick Award–winning author of The Falling Woman. A plague wiped out most of the population, but some have been spared. In San Francisco, those who were left—painters, writers, dreamers—began rebuilding the city in their image: a society based on art, community, and peace. But not everyone has the same pacifist ideals. When a mysterious young woman, Jax, appears in San Francisco, she brings disturbing news. There’s a power-hungry man, a general, moving across California, annexing cities and rebuilding his own version of America, willing to destroy anyone who stands in his way. His sights are set on the Golden Gate Bridge, and his army will soon descend, bringing guns, determination, and violence. If Jax and her allies are to survive, they’ll have to defend themselves with nothing more than their creativity—and the soul of a city that refuses to be dominated. Drawing comparisons to the mind-bending work of Gabriel García Márquez, this lush and thought-provoking dystopian novel is an examination of human spirit, for better or worse, and a magical journey into what it means to survive.

In this self-published book, author and illustrator, Patrick Murphy, brings dinosaurs to life with an expert blending of art and science. Intended for kids age 9 and up, Dinosaurs A-Z: Dinosaur Classics goes over the basics of dinosaur paleontology - what is a dinosaur? When did they live? What were they like? Do dinosaurs still roam the earth? In addition, readers get a closer look into the lives of some of the most beloved dinosaurs. After reading this book, your child will fall in love with dinosaurs all over again.

It's 1943 and young Leo tries to protect his disabled sister Ruby as the Nazis invade Italy. After his mother is arrested, he turns to Monsignor Hugh O'Flaherty to save them. But he is no ordinary priest. Known as 'The Pimpernel of the Vatican', he is the legendary organiser of the Rome Escape Line. Soon Leo is helping out with the secret network dedicated to saving lives of escaped prisoners. Bust as the sinister Nazi leader Kappler closes in, can Leo stay out of his evil clutches?Leo's War is based on the astonishing true story of Monsignor Hugh O'Flaherty, the Irish Oscar Schindler who saved over 6,500 lives during the German occupation of Rome in World War II.Told through the eyes of a twelve-year-old boy, it is a dramatic roller coaster of extraordinary human courage pitted against the darkest evil by the bestselling author of Molly's Diary.

An introduction to Election Day for the youngest readers.This fact-filled Rookie Read-About Holiday book introduces the youngest readers (Ages 3-6) to Election Day. Colorful photos and very simple nonfiction text encourage children to read on their own as they take an in-depth look at the importance of voting, different methods of voting, and how voting helps us take part in our government.

Eight-year-old Cam Caper thinks he has hit the lottery when he discovers dinosaurs in the field behind his house. It doesn't bother him that the prehistoric animals don't look like the illustrations in his science book. His bright blue ankylosaurus is the best pet a boy could ask for. But when a zombie virus starts changing the peaceful dinosaurs into killing machines, Cam and his friends work with a local scientist to find a cure. To save the creatures they take to the air, travel in time, and face their biggest fears. Funny, touching and suspenseful, Attack of the Dinosaur Zombies shows that friends can come in any shape, and that sometimes you have to risk everything to save the one you love.

Every kid knows about T. rex and Brontosaurus. But what about Oryctodromeus? Concavenator? When it comes to dinosaurs, some of the best are also some of the least-known. Dinosaurs A-Z: Dinosaur Oddities is a book dedicated to the strangest and most spectacular dinosaurs you've never heard of. Written for elementary school children of higher reading levels, this books contains dozens of colorful, rigorously-researched illustrations meant to bring these amazing animals to life right before your eyes. You'll never look at dinosaurs the same way again!