Books with author Ruth Rivers

Cat detective Samantha Spayed is on the case! The flat-footed feline unravels the mystery of what became of Hollywood Starlet, Kitten Zoe Catfits. Along the way she falls into the paws of some bad cats: drug-lords, jewel thieves, and femme fatale felines.She also falls hard for a rakish Tom Cat she is not sure she should trust. Will Sam lose her hard-boiled heart, or even one of her Nine lives? If you love film noir', or cozy cat crime tales, you will love SAM SPAYED, Cat Detective!

Since its publication in 2003, this book has established itself as an indispensable compendium of prayers for children. With prayers from the Bible, traditional sources, modern anthologies and others written specially for this collection, the prayers touch on all aspects of life: friends and family; festivals and special occasions; home and school; the world; for good times and bad times; for health, sickness and bereavement; for peace and the future; and for our relationship with God. The prayers are numbered and carefully indexed to make them easy to browse and look-up, meaning that the user can make the perfect choice for any occasion. With 15,000 copies sold to date, this popular resource is now available with a new cover and a revised list of prayers.

Since its publication in 2003, this book has established itself as an indispensable compendium of prayers for children. With prayers from the Bible, traditional sources, modern anthologies and others written specially for this collection, the prayers touch on all aspects of life: friends and family; festivals and special occasions; home and school; the world; for good times and bad times; for health, sickness and bereavement; for peace and the future; and for our relationship with God. The prayers are numbered and carefully indexed to make them easy to browse and look-up, meaning that the user can make the perfect choice for any occasion. With 15,000 copies sold to date, this popular resource is now available with a new cover and a revised list of prayers.

What a lovely way to keep alive a child’s natural sense of wonder! This Amazing World is a sparkling collection of poems about anything and everything around us—the birds and the animals, the plants and the trees, the land and the sea and the sky. Short, but deeply in touch with life, the poems mark the movement of the sun from daybreak to darkness—"The Great Unseen." They chart the unfolding of the seasons. They lift and swing—"Create a Space"; "A Prayer for Song Birds." Some of the poems stand sturdy and stalwart—"Choice of Timbers"; "There Grows a Tree." Some notice "Weeds"; some "Noise and Stillness." They introduce "Gruffalo the Buffalo" and the color "Pink." They observe "The Silver Road" that stretches out from the moon. God is everywhere present, instigating the beauty and delight that run through all these poems. They are the work of writers who are well-known and lesser known; from the past and from today. Ruth River’s pen-and-ink drawings, filled with splashes of color, add vibrancy to these full-of-life poems. This Amazing World is a perfect gift for everyone—especially anyone 6-12 years—who loves exploring. "And promises of morning keep Pouring around us while we sleep."