Books with author Taylor David

A fun & happy picture book for kids age 3 or younger. The pictures are large, bright & colorful. The words are big and easy to read. A great first book that kids will love. The history of my book “Happy” began in 1999. My daughter Kara Taylor was born in January of that year. Kara had health problems from the minute she was born, and nearly died at birth. She was born with a heart defect, and within 24 hours of being born she had to have emergency heart surgery. She was born in Orlando, and had to be immediately flown by helicopter to Tampa to see a surgeon that specialized in the type of condition that she had. He successfully completed the surgery, but Kara would need 3 additional surgery over the next 2 years. Unfortunately, Kara didn’t live for another 2 years. She passed away in May. The loss of a child stays with you forever, and Kara stayed with me. The grief knocked me down for years. In 2011 I decided I wanted to channel that loss into something positive. My book “Happy” is the result. When I made the decision to write it, it was created as if I were writing it for Kara. The words are the words I would want to read to her if I had the chance. The process of writing this book has helped me deal with the loss. My hope is that it will bring happiness to other children, and to the parents that read it with them.

A WW2 memoir of a Prisoner of War'It is criminal that such a significant and brave action by Scottish soldiers is not awarded its rightful place!'The Scottish Association of the Teachers of HistoryThe true story of a young Scottish soldier stranded in France during WW2 and sent to a Prisoner-of-War camp. Despite starvation, loneliness and the permanent threat of prison cruelty, Dave found the inner resources to keep going. He saw it as his duty to escape and he tried often enough, for long enough to explore France in unexpected ways, using his schoolboy French to good effect.With his forced companions, he fought his own war to stay alive and keep his humanity. He played his accordion, invented a water-heater from prison rubbish, and communicated through mathematical formulae when there was no common language. Amid the defiance and savage punishments, there were also football, concerts and time to learn hand-stitching from a Jewish tailor.The story of 4.5 years in a world where one egg is an illegal treasure, where knives are hidden and get used, where Jewish prisoners are glimpsed and, inexplicably, disappear.This book is a tribute to the human spirit.'A fascinating Prisoner of War-Internee story. Dave's personality, technical skills, common sense and Scottish entrepreneurial attitude shine through.'Don Marshall, Military History Enthusiast

“I enjoyed every page of this book.”Online Book ClubCould you prove your innocence if an entire country believed you were guilty?Dan Harris is in a dark place. The tragic death of his son left his heart and his marriage in ruins. Despite traveling to the Bahamas to focus on his next book, Dan continues to find himself lost in a fog of grief and guilt. His life only goes from bad to worse, though, when he stumbles upon a dead body and immediately becomes the prime suspect in the man’s murder.In the face of a local constable who’s out to get him and with no one but a flirtatious librarian on his side, Dan desperately searches for evidence to prove his innocence. But each body added to the killer’s pile only makes the writer look more and more guilty.With his marriage on life support and his freedom in peril, can Dan unmask the murderer before he loses everything?Full of colorful characters and pulse-pounding, page-turning suspense and twists, if you like Harlen Coben and David Baldacci, you’ll love Guilt.Guilt is Book 1 of the Guilt Series.Get your copy today!