Books with author Stephen Makk

On the Wings of a Dove, sub-titled, Grandmother Tales is a charming little children's book beautifully illustrated and elegantly written. This enchanting collection of folk tales from South India is based on South Indian oral tradition, passed down from generation to generation, by word of mouth and told to the author when he was a young boy by his mother..On the Wings of a Dove is inspired by the Eastern tradition of story telling and written for the enjoyment of children all over the world. The refreshing descriptions of nature: woodlands, meadows, animals, birds and insects are designed to bring children closer to nature and to make them appreciative of things around them that are unique in color and design.In the first story, the author tells the tale of two dove sisters, Kutty and Kuttathy who lived in the beautiful dove kingdom, Kanaka Puri. The bond between them is a perfect example of sisterly love. Unfortunately, an action in a hurry without foresight, severed the bond of love and affection and plunged the sisters into sorrow.The Firefly imagines the geneses of one of nature's simple wonders, one that has fascinated children through the ages. The story is replete with an original FIREFLY song.Manu the Wicked Fisherman is an unforgettable story about the struggle between good and evil, and how good triumphs.The last story, The Village School Teacher is a light and hilarious and will help the children close the book with a happy smile.

It is 2138. Jake lives on planet Dios with his father, a Planetary Environment Controller (PEC), and Squawker his holographic pet. Jake's dad accepts a new assignment: to clean up Planet Terra - a cesspit, exo- planet in the habitable zone of their Solar System.Jake is forced to leave his Dios life behind and move to planet Terra and a new school. Planet Terra is nowhere near as nice as Dios and the litterbug, lay-about classes of Terra treat their environment appallingly. Powerful energy companies, supported by corrupt politicians, have polluted and disfigured the Terran landscape and destroyed whole ecologies.Global climate change is turning half the planet to desert.When teachers and students at his new school find out that Jake's dad is there to get strict new environment laws enforced, Jake is bullied. Things spiral downwards and Jake runs away to a camp of eco-warriors living outside the city, In time the tribe accept him. Jake meets and falls in love with Moon Water and, after a showdown with Tumbril, becomes leader of the tribe. Their home threatened by drilling for Terrafirmium, an energy-rich crystal, Jake takes up the fight. Primitive acts of sabotage do little to deter the miners. Jakes’ last, desperate ploy is to hack into the Terran governments communication system . He makes an impassioned plea to the young Terrans. to stop big businesse and government destroying the planet.The message goes viral.Terra-wide ,youth takes to the streets in protest. The Supreme Council finally hears the case of Jake v. Resources Inc. and the legacy of generations to come is decided in a landmark legal case.

With her feet planted squarely in both her home world and the fairy world, Pippa Gardner has an assignment: Find the long-lost son of Queen Mab. Her quest is thwarted by various natural disasters such as geysers, earthquakes, and teenage hormones. With the help of both her human and non-human friends, finding the lost Eros is the easy part. What to do with him is a whole other question, one that might be beyond Pippa’s control.Meanwhile, the fairy world is preparing for the fight against the long-foretold coming of Ruinae, a malevolent entity which will end both worlds as we know them. While all plan, not all plan to fight on the same side.About the author:J. M. Stephen is an author and educator with a penchant for mythologies of all kinds. She loves the woods, secluded places, reading Virginia Woolf and being out in nature. She has taught writing, literature and publishing at The Gotham Writer’s Workshop and The New School. Her articles and short stories have appeared in numerous publications. Aside from her young adult series, she is also the author of the adult biblical fantasy, Nod. She lives in New York City with her family.

Teenage twins, Luke and Alice Goodnight, live an idyllic life in modern-day rural England. However, when Luke discovers a mysterious object in an old book, a disastrous chain of supernatural events ensues. Recruiting their elderly aunt, Augustine Cherrybrum, an eccentric sorceress, only makes things worse when her curiosity gets the better of her. Something truly evil is stirring in an ancient mine under a nearby wood and the twins will need all the help they can get to fight it. Can a retired Special Forces soldier and a secret society of Arthurian knights, founded by Merlin fifteen hundred years ago, aid the twins in their perilous quest?