Books with author Steve Larkinson

***** Winner of the 2015 Literary Classics Gold Book Award ********** Winner of the 2016 Readers' Favorite Silver Book Award *****One of the baby birds seems to be missing. His greedy siblings have pushed him out of view! A tale of sibling rivalry and their parents love for ALL their offspring. The series of high-quality photographs accompanied by the simple rhyming tale provide a rare opportunity of a 'birds-eye' view into the nest. The reading content is aimed at 3-5 year-olds, but the photographs and the story that they tell will fascinate all age groups. The length and content make it a perfect bedtime story, a great start for beginner readers and a superb study of real-life nature and family life that demonstrates how care and compassion persists amongst even the tiniest of creatures. Steve spotted this family of swallows in the eaves of a small bakery in south-west France and this delightful story unfolded as he photographed them. Kate added the words in rhyming couplets and created the book and educational resources. Little Bird Lost is one of those children's picture books that both educates and entertains. It can be used to promote discussion on bullying, greed and sharing fairly as well as with simple number work and directions. This book was inspired by the birds themselves and by a chapter in Spontaneous Evolution by Bruce Lipton about Darwin's theory of the survival of the fittest. Available in paperback and kindle books. The Lexile measure is 380.

***** Winner of the 2015 Literary Classics Gold Book Award ***** ***** Winner of the 2016 Readers' Favorite Silver Book Award ***** One of the baby birds seems to be missing. His greedy siblings have pushed him out of view! A tale of sibling rivalry and their parents love for ALL their offspring. The series of real-life photographs accompanied by the simple rhyming tale provide a rare opportunity of a 'birds-eye' view into the nest. The reading content is aimed at 3-5 year-olds, but the photographs and the story that they tell will fascinate all age groups. The length and content make it a perfect bedtime story, a great start for beginner readers and a superb study of the natural world that demonstrates how care and compassion persists amongst even the tiniest of creatures. Steve spotted this family of swallows in the eaves of a small bakery in south-west France and this delightful story unfolded as he photographed them. Kate added the words in rhyming couplets and created the book. This book was inspired by the birds themselves and by a chapter in Spontaneous Evolution by Bruce Lipton about Darwin's theory of the survival of the fittest. Available in paperback and kindle books. The Lexile measure is 380.

Squiffy is the idea man in his neighborhood. The Vine Street Boys--Tank Who Weighs a Ton, Dan and Don the Almost Identical Twins, Stinkbug, Brero the Vaquero, Katz Who Carries a Pencil, and the soccer team --are his willing accomplices. Squiffy’s scheme is to build a pirate ship on the crown of a tree, and invite all eighteen of the Vine Street Boys to join him. What happens next is both predictable and hilarious as Squiffy takes command of his ship and its pirate crew in its precarious perch atop the tree.

Darien awakens to find her taste buds have gone away and that no food -- including candy and milkshakes -- tastes good. Her parents worry she won’t eat and will begin to shrink. Luckily, they discover the one food that makes all others edible...pizza. Darien won't eat food, but she really knows how to chew the scenery. She's an over the top drama queen and the book is illustrated from a child's eye view, putting readers in the position of a private audience. This is a fast, fun read for ages 3-6.

When Hay-Hay steps outside her house one morning an elf on a log turns her into a dog. She decides to go to school, and there she makes a day of it - a wild, untamed day of hyjinks until all the other students join in and the school is emptied. That's when the Police Officer shows up. This book was completed "alla prima," or "in one sitting." It was drawn direct, ink to paper, both illustrations and text.

Squiffy is the idea man in his neighborhood. The Vine Street Boys are his willing accomplices. Squiffy’s scheme to build a pirate ship on the crown of a tree—and invite alls fifteen of the Vine Street Boys to join him—has hilarious consequences for Captain Squiffy when the Boys suddenly abandon ship and send their leader hurtling through the air and right into a pig sty.