Books with author Susan Spierling Smith

Katie is a third grader who lived happily with her pretty mother and doting father. When suddenly she finds herself an orphan, her life is turned upside down. The social worker discovers that she has one living relative, her mother’s older sister. This puzzles Katie as she has never heard of having an aunt. She is taken to live with this strange aunt who lives in the hilly backwoods of a little country town. The aunt is surly and even cruel at times. She seldom talks except when she demands overwhelming tasks for Katie.Katie finds peace in the beautiful woods and makes friends with the animals. Her special friend is a fish, whom she feels listens to her plight with sympathy. One day, he turns Katie into a fish, and they go off on an adventure to solve the problem of her mean aunt.

Katie is a third grader who lived happily with her pretty mother and doting father. When suddenly she finds herself an orphan, her life is turned upside down. The social worker discovers that she has one living relative, her mothers older sister. This puzzles Katie as she has never heard of having an aunt. She is taken to live with this strange aunt who lives in the hilly backwoods of a little country town. The aunt is surly and even cruel at times. She seldom talks except when she demands overwhelming tasks for Katie. Katie finds peace in the beautiful woods and makes friends with the animals. Her special friend is a fish, whom she feels listens to her plight with sympathy. One day, he turns Katie into a fish, and they go off on an adventure to solve the problem of her mean aunt.

Goldie and Gretzky are two ducks who live at a local duck pond and learn about the coronavirus. They travel around their neighborhood bringing joy and cheer to their neighbors during the shelter in place directives. This book contains colorful collage art which allows for further exploration and interaction. It also includes suggested activities for adults and children which promote literacy, art skills and dramatic play.

Katie’s Wish is the story of Katie, a third grader who lived happily in a small city with her pretty mother and doting father. When suddenly she finds herself an orphan, her life is turned upside down. The social worker finds one living relative of whom Katie had never heard. She is taken against her will to live with this strange aunt, who lives in the hilly backwoods of a small country town. The aunt is surly, and even cruel at times. She seldom talks except to demand overwhelming tasks of Katie. Katie finds peace in the beautiful woods and makes friends with the animals. Her special friend is a fish, who she feels listens to her plight with sympathy. One day he turns Katie into a fish and they go off on an adventure to solve the problem of her mean aunt.

Goldie and Gretzky are two ducks who live at a local duck pond and learn about the coronavirus. They travel around their neighborhood bringing joy and cheer to their neighbors during the shelter in place directives.This book contains colorful collage art which allows for further exploration and interaction. It also includes suggested activities for adults and children which promote literacy, art skills and dramatic play.

"Knock Knock Jokes for Kids" is a collection of 107 hilarious knock knock jokes that your young kids will absolutely love.Young children don't always enjoy reading, but they all enjoy being entertained. Knock Knock Jokes for Kids will help your little ones to overcome that hurdle.Hey grandparents. Have you every spent precious time with those grandkids and wished you had a fun way of interacting with them that could also be educational at the same time? Well, trust me, this little collection of knock knock jokes will solve that problem and have the little ones coming back for me. Just be prepared, because they won't want you to stop reading when you pull this book out.If your little ones already know how to read, then all you have to do is hand them this Knock Knock Jokes for Kids book and watch their eyes light up. Be sure to cuddle up with them and make the most out of the precious time you have to share with them.

Excerpt from Tranquilina's ParadiseI hate crowds, said Chivo to Ramiro, but I would rather like to be sprinkled with holy water and be sure of going to paradise. Ramiro scratched his head with one gray foot. Being blessed makes one very smug, he answered, in his old man's voice. Look at the cat next door. She has been so self-satisfiedsince she went to the benediction last year that it annoys me even to see her wash her face. I think we must just behave as well as we know how and perhaps we will get to heaven, too.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

Excerpt from Tranquilina's ParadiseChivo, the little deer in the garden of the house at the corner of the Second Street of the Delights, watched the animals going down the cobbled road below the garden wall to the benediction. Once a year, on the seventeenth of January, everyone in the village who owned animals painted them with bright colored stripes and circles and put flowers and ribbons round their necks and led or carried them to the church of the Vera Cruz to be blessed by the priest.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.