Books with author Paul Rice

The Saga of The Little Blue Egg for ages 8 through 12, is a busy story about a new Robin couple that loses their first egg in a strong spring storm. The egg is saved by a passing leaf in a stream of water that over ran it's bank during the storm. The animal community, sensing their loss, gathers together to find the egg. It is finally found safe in a soft tuft of grass near the church. They pursuade Butch, a big bull dog, to carry the egg back to the tree in his big soft lips. It is finally back in the repaired nest and everyone is happy. The story is beautifully complimented by the illustrations of Rodney Whisman, the Authors competent illustrator.

The dastardly plan to ruin the lives of students at M.R. Rick Jr. High is underway. Walker Hayes, school cyber bully extraordinaire, will get his revenge for not winning 1st place at the computer science fair last year. Will anyone discover his evil plan? Can anyone stop him? Only one person could possibly defeat Walker, but he's having problems of his own. After slipping into a shaman's mystical coat, Cullen Arma, an average 13 year old, can conjure the skills of animals when he's excited, anxious, or mad. Cullen must now learn to understand his emotions in order to control these skills. Unfortunately, the clock is ticking. Can Cullen use these mystical talents to put a halt to Walker's sinister plans? Only with the help of his best friend, Brayden, and brainy cousin, Alyssa will he and his fellow students stand a chance.

A young Robin couple get together, They gather twigs and other materials to build a nest high up in a nearby tree. Rosie, the female robin feels an urgency to sit on the nest. She tells Robert, her mate to go and search for food while she is nesting. He flies off in the direction of a nearby creek where foodstuffs will be ample. While he is gone, Rosie lays their very first egg together and cannot wait for him to return so she can show him their new egg. Robert returns with his mouth full of goodies for her and when he arrives at the nest, she stands up and shows him the results of their union. With is mouth full, he cannot say anything until he downloads his gatherings into Rosies mouth. He then says "WOW that is great. Did you have any troubles ? She thanks him for asking and then instructs him to now sit while she goes looking for more goodies. He does.Soon after Rosie flies off to find more sustenance, the wind begins to blow and instantly everyone is aware of a large storm heading their way. The rain really begins to come down and the wind is blowing their tree limb back and forth. Rosie had fastened the nest to the limb with mud from the nearby creek and the rain is beginning to weaken it and the nest appears to be getting loose. Recognizing this situation, Robert becomes alarmed and flies off into a nearby bafn loft where he can keep an eye on the eggs condition. Suddenly a strong puff of wind blows again and the nest dumps the egg out into space and it begins to fall towards the earth below. In Roberts mind thought is a crucial word "splat" and he knows what is going to happen to their beautiful egg. God however was watching and He prepared a large Eucalyptus leaf filled with rain water, to pass directly under the falling egg and it landed safe within its water and then continued downstream until the leaf bumped a object under the water and caused it to dump the egg out onto a tuft of waiting grass. Rosie, having returned to the tree, sees the destroyed nest and began screaming to everyone about her egg and that it must be found. Two loyal robins sitting higher up in the tree stated that they would cover the community and collect a group of animal friends that will be more than willing to scour the surrounding areas and find the missing egg. It is found that same afternoon, returned to the repaired nest and then squeaky squirrel returns it to the nest. All ends well as the egg finally presents a beautiful naked baby robin. He stands to examine his surroundings and say " Gee, I just knew Gods world would be a great place to be in".

Timmy is the only child of a mother whose husband died from the effects of "Agent Orange" in the Vietnam war. She prays nightly for God to help Timmy find something that will will help him settle down a bit. He is so rambunctious it wears his mother out. Then, one morning he hears a noise outside his second floor window. Looking out, he sees two tall poles sticking out of the fog. Wondering what they could be, he hurriedly goes downstairs, eats a slice of wheat bread, drinks a little milk and rushes out the door.Running into the fog, he trips over some railroad rails that had just been laid there. Getting up , he then is confronted by some rows of barbed wire that is surrounding a big piece of canvas. Not ever seeing a tent before, Timmy cautiously raises the side and then pricks his thumb on the wires. He cried out and the Ring Master, hearing him, ran over to the side of the tent and picked him up. Timmy looked at the tall man and said "What are you doing here"? Then the Ring Master said "Well what are you doing here'? Timmy said that he lives in the little house just outside of this heavy fog. The Ring Master said " Have you ever seen a Circus "? Timmy said " What is a Circus"? So the Ring Master began carrying Timmy all around the big tent and introducing him to all of the circus entertainers. From the thin man, sword swallower, fat lady, airilist , juggler and every one else. Then he saw all of their animals that helped and performed in the circus. Tell you what" said the Ring Master, "If you will come here early every morning and feed and water all of our animale, you can have a good breakfast with all of the performers and then watch us all perform" " Wow, I can do that" So every day, Timmy did his work and then watched the performers practice for their activities. Then in the evening, He brought his mom to see them also. When the circus ended in two weeks, his mom thanked the Ring Master for letting Tim help them and also helped him to settle down a bit. Timmy did a great job every day and we all enjoyed his company while he watched all of us perform. The Ring Master shook her hand and told them good bye. When his hand left hers, she noticed that he had placed an envelop in her hand. Opening it whenever they returned home, she discovered a nice crisp $100.00 dollar bill in it. They would now be OK for a while. When going to bed that evening, she thanked God for providing for Timmy and helping him to settle down a bit.