Books published by publisher Gamekeeper Press

THE AWARD-WINNING SERIES CONTINUES... Once Upon a Zombie, Book One: The Color of Fear, is the winner of numerous awards, including best YA Fiction (The Purple Dragonfly Award), Best Preteen novel (National Indie Excellence Awards), Best Juvenile Fiction (The President's Award), and featured on Kirkus's Best Books of the Year list. And now the much-anticipated sequel has arrived! Caitlin Fletcher is stunned when all the living dead characters from her last adventure in Wonderland vanished from her life. Had it all been a dream? A hallucination? Or did she suffer some kind of nervous breakdown because of the tragedy she was forced to confront? If only it was that simple... It turns out the truth is far more frightening! Everything Caitlin holds dear is threatened when the Lord of the Curtain, the mysterious enchanter from another universe, reaches into Caitlin's world, bringing darkness and death into her life. Her crippling fears, which she had finally gotten under control, now threaten to swallow her whole as her sanity is called into question, her family is in grave danger and a mutant flock of crowmen is sent to hunt her down and kill her. Walking dead Peter Pan, Tinker Bell, the Tin Man, and Scarecrow are just some of the blood-eyed zombies Caitlin must confront as she races against time to prevent her family from succumbing to a powerful force of unspeakable darkness. Provided the zombified mutant crowmen don't catch her first!

Hi! I Am Your Baby is a book for parents and caregivers to read to their children, starting from the newborn period and beyond. From the voice of a new baby, Hi! I Am Your Baby provides parents and caregivers with advice about important pediatric topics such as healthy sleep and eating habits, and healthy family patterns - all in one poem! A baby starts on a journey, down a curvy road lined with whimsical flowers, and tells his/her parents about how he/she learns from experience, including about sleep time, family meal time, developing independence time, helping each other time and picking wildflowers together time. Hi! I Am Your Baby is a book for all ages that helps families understand the importance of working together, learning together and spending time together.

A thirsty world is near its end – and there’s only one way to make it rain. When the world needs a hero, it finds one in a princess – who journeys on a moonless night on a dangerous path to find faith in herself. Will she save her father, her people and the planet from a catastrophic drought? Told through the eyes of a father-daughter camping trip, The Water Princess: A Classic Adventure takes the reader on a journey through the majestic and wild central California mountains and coastline. Will it ever rain again? Beautifully illustrated, The Water Princess: A Classic Adventure will inspire readers to find and hike the same mountains overlooking the Pacific Ocean as the princess with a bow and arrow trying to make it rain.About the AuthorAuthor Ron Ricci originally told a campfire story called “The Water Princess” to his daughter and a group of friends camping with their dads when the girls were 10-years old. Years later, his adult daughter Annie encouraged him to publish the story and painted the water drop featured on the book's cover to inspire him – and it worked! The cover illustration of the princess with her bow and arrow as well as all the other interior illustrations were created by Lyn Meredith, an talented and self-taught artist from Hanford, California. Follow the adventure on Facebook.com/thewaterprincessbook; on Instagram @thewaterprincesbook; and on Twitter @thewaterprincesbook.

David Baxter takes the blame for the graffiti on the school gym doors to keep his friend out of trouble and earns a three-day suspension. His dad, the juvenile judge, forces him to go on a roadtrip to redemption on the Natchez Trace Parkway. What his dad doesn't know is that David meets a ghost carrying the last letter of Meriwether Lewis - the piece of evidence that may solve the 200-year-old mystery of Lewis's death. Thanks to the ghost, David just might figure out how to relate to his dad and forgive his wayward mom.

"Emma Loukas had a typical teenage life. Until she didn’t. After choosing to stay home instead of accompanying her family to a minor league baseball game, Emma is not present when a suicide bomber detonates an explosive device at the entrance to the stadium just as her family arrives. In the months that follow, grief therapy and the gloomy looks from friends and her extended family do nothing but drag Emma further down into the rubble left behind by that deadly April afternoon. To escape the sad reality of her new life, Emma heads across the country to California to spend her senior year with her grandmother. Getting away from her former life is the only way to survive. It doesn’t take long, though, for Emma to experience Grandma Connie’s dementia, and it’s more than a seventeen-year-old is capable of handling on her own. Now, Emma fears she has just made her bad situation worse, and she begins to wonder if it’s even worth trying to survive.But when the family mementos on the dresser catch her eye, Emma feels a bit of light flicker inside her. Maybe the way to make sense of her new life is to live the lives her mom, dad, and brother no longer can. So she sets out to achieve each of their dreams. It won’t be easy, but it’s all Emma has left, and in the process, she just may find out who she’s supposed to be."

When a child is diagnosed with hearing loss, it is overwhelming. The future can feel uncertain and parents might worry whether or not their child will thrive. Harper's real life story allows readers to follow her journey, providing both parents and children who are facing any kind of diagnosis a much-needed dose of encouragement. Through Harper's navigation of hearing loss, kids can imagine what is possible. Understanding and awareness are key to feeling included, and the community around a child with hearing loss is critical. This story shares ways people in a deaf or hard of hearing child's life can better support them. Harper's witty approach to storytelling resonates with young readers and will surely inspire the people who love and support them.

'Sasquatch Sagas- A Violent World'... is an empowering novel of discovery, adventure and initiation into adulthood. It follows the trials and tribulations of a Juvenile Sasquatch orphaned and alone in the wilderness, fighting desperately for survival in a harsh and dangerous world. After his parents and innocence are both violently taken from him he must reconcile the horror of his grief and come to grips with the raging anger of his inner demons. During his traumatic coming of age, the identities of the real monsters in his world shift and flow like shadows in the fog. 'A Violent World' is a tale of tragedy and hope, violence and tenderness, in which the young Sasquatch must learn to harness his emotions and master his burning, inner rage at his misfortune... if he is to have any hope of surviving his odyssey towards the Pole Star and hoped-for redemption."An amazing but believable tale incorporating Bigfoot lore and research, Dogman, Government cover-ups, and blending it all together in an action packed story of life, love, beginnings and endings plus the turmoil that goes with it... Funny in parts while tragic in others and a great read from start to finish." ... James P, Encounter SurvivorAbout the AuthorAs a child W.R. Wildwood ran wild in the rugged, mountainous terrain of his family's farm. Many weekends were spent in National Parks recording animals and their behaviours for the various Filed Naturalist, Birdwatching and Bushwalking clubs his parents were involved in.Rather than be dissuaded from the likelihood of Sasquatch, his life of wilderness exploration and animal study convinced him they were more likely to exist than not.The many witness reports describing encounters with Sasquatch often demonstrate a dangerous lack of understanding between the animals and humans. After growing concerned with the many calls for the shooting of one to prove their existence Mr Wildwood was inspired to portray the animal’s perspective… and Sasquatch Sagas was born.A Violent World is Volume 1 of the series. For more information, including scientific speculation, short stories and well-known encounters told from the possible viewpoint of the animal itself, check out the author’s website:www.sasquatchsagas.com

Chisella, a young artist, looks longingly out onto the mountains beyond her tiny village. Cooped up in her tiny room, she dreams of making art on a much grander scale and having friends to play with. One day, she goes into the mountains where she chisels and sculpts her BIG IDEAS to life in the form of a gaggle of gargoyles! Follow along with Chisella and her new friends as they transform their hilly hideaway into a magical city of majestic arches, spiraling columns, and smiling clouds. Who says dreams don't come true?

Award-Winning Juvenile Fiction/1st Chapter Book. Ideal for 3rd/4th/5th Graders. Strong Father-Daughter Story. 4.5 from the IndieReader. Synopsis: A thirsty world is near its end - and there's only one way to make it rain. When the world needs a hero, it finds one in an 11-year old who journeys on a moonless night on a dangerous path to find faith in herself. Told through the eyes of a father-daughter camping trip, The Water Princess: A Classic Adventure takes the reader on a journey through the majestic and wild central California mountains and coastline - with an unexpected twist at the end. Beautifully illustrated, The Water Princess: A Classic Adventure will inspire readers to find and hike the same mountains overlooking the Pacific Ocean as the princess with a bow and arrow trying to make it rain.About the AuthorAuthor Ron Ricci originally told a campfire story called "The Water Princess" to his daughter and a group of friends camping with their dads when the girls were 10-years old. Years later, his adult daughter Annie encouraged him to publish the story and painted the water drop featured on the book's cover to inspire him - and it worked! The cover illustration of the princess with her bow and arrow as well as all the other interior illustrations were created by Lyn Meredith, a talented and self-taught artist from Hanford, California. Follow the adventure on Facebook.com/thewaterprincessbook; on Instagram @thewaterprincesbook; and on Twitter @thewaterprincesbook.

A beautiful Spring morning in Echo Forest is the setting for three sentimental journeys of blossoming friendships, courage and enduring love. The Little Green Armchair illustrates how solitude, peacefulness and nature create connections that span a lifetime. In The Windy Day Picnic, Primrose Possum and her little possum family exhibit the extent to which a parent will go to make sure her children are safe at the end of a long adventure. And, finally, Neville, The Thirsty Little Stinkbug provides a little story about how wonderful friendships can be created and blossom out of troubled situations.

Chisella, a young artist, looks longingly out onto the mountains beyond her tiny village. Cooped up in her tiny room, she dreams of making art on a much grander scale and having friends to play with. One day, she goes into the mountains where she chisels and sculpts her BIG IDEAS to life in the form of a gaggle of gargoyles! Follow along with Chisella and her new friends as they transform their hilly hideaway into a magical city of majestic arches, spiraling columns, and smiling clouds. Who says dreams don't come true?

What a wonderful and inspirational true story of dreams becoming a reality! "My Hundred Dollar Horse" captures the hearts of the readers, young and old, as we journey together to discover how the prayers of a young girl desiring to have her own horse become a reality. But it doesn't stop there! Written in a captivating style, accompanied by a lot of beautiful drawings, this book will cause you to never give up even if all odds are against you. It's a miracle story with twists and turns, and a happy ending filled with victory, courage and purpose Ceitci Demirkova Founder & CEO "Changing a Generation" Best Selling & Award Winning Author "Motivated by the Impossible: Recognizing Your Invisible Mentors" www.ceitci.org