Books with author Phyllis Cross

Do you remember your favorite place, home or neighborhood? Shady Hollow may remind you of that place and time in your life. The kids living there in the valley are happy, free and always learning. They step up to help the neighbors with chores, and make sure the animals are fed and watered. A surprise happened one Christmas when some piglets were born. No one knew the Mama pig was expecting. It was a Christmas miracle. The piglets lead the kids to a lonely boy with disabilities. He was in a wheelchair; very shy and did not make friends easily. His grandmother tried to protect him, but in doing so, she made him more withdrawn. The kids wondered if she was a witch because of her strange behavior. Read how the miracle piglets bring them together and teach the Shady Hollow Kids about friendship; and that you can’t judge people by appearances only. They learn that just because a dog is black it doesn't mean that he is bad. It's just his coat color. Read how they learn that you must look inside to know who a person or a dog, really is. Children's easy to read book. 6 X 9 , 74 pages, ages 0 to 11.

Roscoe Rooster knows that it’s Halloween night. He thinks that the old pesky raccoon will be coming around to snatch his hens from the hen house. He is standing watch and ready for him just in case he does show up. Read how he crows his loudest crow and takes on that old raccoon to get rid of him once and for all. Book Fourteen of the See It! Read It! Series was created to make reading fun for the young reader, with short, simple and easy words a child can learn to read. An easy to read book.