Books with author Tim Steffa

Nine-year old Bubby has just found out his mother’s cancer has returned with a vengeance. His best friend, Brandi, is moving to California. On top of all of this, Bubby’s father decides to quit his job and build a boat in the basement. Everyone, except Bubby, sees this as a sure sign of insanity. A story for middle grade readers (ages 8-12) and adults alike, Sailboat in a Cellar is a coming-of-age tale told through the eyes of Bubby who, during a summer of great uncertainty, learns more about himself, reconciles with issues of life and death, and discovers the answer to the great mystery of how his dad will get the sailboat out of the cellar.

THE (INCR)EDIBLE ADVENTURES OF ALLIE QUIRK is an illustrated series of books for children ages 7-10 that follows the journeys of Allie Quirk and her mom as they travel around the world in search of culinary delights.BOOK 1: MOM’S CUP OF COFFEEAllie Quirk’s mom is a coffeeholic. If coffee were perfume, she’d wear it. Mrs. Quirk must have her morning cup of Joe, but when she wakes up on a sunny Saturday and finds no coffee in the house, she takes her daughter on an around the world journey in search of hot java. From Maine to Paris, Vienna to Istanbul, New York to South America, the fearless globetrotters stop at nothing to find the elusive coffee bean. Oh, and along the way, the Quirks just happen to solve the mystery of a world-wide coffee conspiracy.

Nine-year old Bubby has just found out his mother’s cancer has returned with a vengeance. His best friend, Brandi, is moving to California. On top of all of this, Bubby’s father decides to quit his job and build a boat in the basement. Everyone, except Bubby, sees this as a sure sign of insanity. A story for middle grade readers (ages 8-12) and adults alike, Sailboat in a Cellar is a coming-of-age tale told through the eyes of Bubby who, during a summer of great uncertainty, learns more about himself, reconciles with issues of life and death, and discovers the answer to the great mystery of how his dad will get the sailboat out of the cellar.

THE (INCR)EDIBLE ADVENTURES OF ALLIE QUIRK is an illustrated series of chapter books for children ages 7-10 that follows the journeys of Allie Quirk and her mom as they travel around the world in search of culinary delights. BOOK 1: MOM’S CUP OF COFFEE Allie Quirk’s mom is a coffeeholic. If coffee were perfume, she’d wear it. Mrs. Quirk must have her morning cup of Joe, but when she wakes up on a sunny Saturday and finds no coffee in the house, she takes her daughter on an around the world journey in search of hot java. From Maine to Paris, Vienna to Istanbul, New York to South America, the fearless globetrotters stop at nothing to find the elusive coffee bean. Oh, and along the way, the Quirks just happen to solve the mystery of a world-wide coffee conspiracy.