Books published by publisher Schreyer Ink Publishing

Little Olive felt ordinary, always picked last for teams at recess and never a valentine placed on her desk. Until one day at a dance with her daddy she is picked from the crowd by the dancing gorilla. It is at that moment that she realizes -no little girl is plain.The Gorilla Picked Me! is a fun and sentimental story about little Olive’s single defining moment when she realizes, no little girl is plain!

"What Do You Do, If You Lose Your Lalabaloo?" Should you get in a Rocket and zoom off to space? Goodness knows, you've looked all over the place! This Limerick-style story takes children on a silly and fun adventure to find their own Lalabaloo. They will look many places, only to discover that what they have been searching for, high and low - they already have within them, wherever they go....

“I can feel it in the wind,” he whispered.“What,” I asked. It always made the hair on my arms prickle when he talked like that.“Twelve and fifteen,” He muttered. “That’s twenty seven.”I nodded, but I was terribly confused as to what he meant.“It’s about to begin.”Young Billy Scarlet never knew what her life was about. She was the bastard child of a governor’s daughter and a pirate, but all through her childhood she felt that there was something more to who she was. Having been raised in an orphanage, by a stern head mistress and an old sailor toughen her up well enough, but it never prepared her for the adventure that awaited her.After the man that raised her is killed, Billy and her friends Clara and Davy turn to a life at sea as ship’s boys, all the while hiding the fact that Billy and Clara are girls. After five years and what seems like a life time the two girls identities are discoverer and they are put off the ship. Their first night on land they meet a mysterious man named Shadowlark who seems to know the two of them better than they know themselves. He tells them of a life they once lived that neither of them can remember. They are soon thrust into an epic battle with an immortal sea captain named Nate Grayheart, who will stop at nothing to kill all three of them.

As crown prince, Cormack is required to take a bride and his place as king. His father’s choice is Princess Nephara of their neighboring ally, the Kingdom of Caraway. But the appearance of Asrai, a fiery mermaid determined to get what she wants, and an heir to her own throne, has Cormack wondering where his heart’s loyalty lies. Exiled from her underwater kingdom, Asrai is determined to do whatever is necessary to return to her throne, but Cormack, once a means to an end, has enchanted her. Can Asrai get the best of both worlds, or will she sacrifice her heart for her kingdom?

As crown prince, Cormack is required to take a bride and his place as king. His father’s choice is Princess Nephara of their neighboring ally, the Kingdom of Caraway. But the appearance of Asrai, a fiery mermaid determined to get what she wants, and an heir to her own throne, has Cormack wondering where his heart’s loyalty lies. Exiled from her underwater kingdom, Asrai is determined to do whatever is necessary to return to her throne, but Cormack, once a means to an end, has enchanted her. Can Asrai get the best of both worlds, or will she sacrifice her heart for her kingdom?

Twelve-year-old Joey Tonelli is a Halloween fanatic, so when his best friends Kevin and Barry tell him a few days before the spooky holiday that they are “too old” for trick-or-treating, he is devastated. Desperate to get his two killjoy friends into the Halloween spirit, he dares them to go inside that scary abandoned house on Creep Street—the house all the kids in town think is haunted. Well, the kids in town are right: the house really is haunted—by the malevolent ghost of Bob Smah, a young boy who died many years before under mysterious circumstances. Reborn as an angry spirit, Bob is determined to destroy anyone who sets foot in his home. Despite the horror that Bob unleashes upon The Fright Friends, they become determined to help free the dead boy’s trapped spirit. Will The Fright Friends successfully free Bob Smah from the House on Creep Street, or will they end up as ghosts themselves? Find out for yourself when it all goes down on Halloween night.

In the land of the great red sun, dogs sing, wolves kill, humans serve, and wolf-shifters rule with magic and menace. Pietre is a human boy who has spent the last thirteen years afraid of the sunset, the Blødguard, and the wolf-shifting masters who rule his world. Wittendon is a werewolf prince who has spent the last nineteen years afraid of his father, his inability to do magic, and the upcoming tournament he's sure to lose. But when Pietre finds an orphaned pup in the woods and Wittendon is forced to arrest the boy's father soon after, both of them begin to realize that keeping the rules might be just as terrifying as breaking them. Now serf and master must learn to cut through their own prejudices and work together in order to turn their world before it turns on them. Grey Stone is a story of dogs who talk, wolves who kill, and a stone that-for better or worse-can change all that.

Young children will have fun getting into - and out of - the tub with Sadie. A precocious mouse with a mind of her own, the defiant Sadie is gently coaxed into a bath and later into bed by her patient mommy. There's more to story time than just reading aloud! Into the Tub easily teaches PreK and Kindergarten parents to use the following three essential reading strategies with their children: • Picture Talk - Expands vocabulary and enhances prediction skills. • Chime Time - Develops phonological awareness. • Tell It Again - Strengthens comprehension skills by retelling the story These strategies, plus the additional activities included in the back of the book, assist parents in teaching reading readiness skills when reading with children as young as two. Rather than just giving a book to students, teachers can use Into the Tub to help them model and practice the StoryTime Strategies with parents during: • Kindergarten Orientation • Literacy Workshops • Parent Conferences • Parent Involvement Activities • Great for Title I, Reading First schools and districts with parent involvement initiatives! Also available in spanish!

Ridgewell's -here is the story of a business and the three generations of a family that built it from an early twentieth century 'mom and pop' to its iconic place atop the 'fine' catering industry of today. As told by Bruce Ellis, the grandson of the founder, the reader will follow the remarkable journey of his grandparents, two nearly penniless immigrants from England and France. Despite fantastic odds they made it to America, met and married. Then, using skills learned as professional servants, they opened a tiny business of catering to the well-to-do and politically powerful in the Nation's Capital. Bruce will describe for the reader the path this extraordinary family took as it grew the business that they loved. How, using the time worn principles of absolute honesty, hard work, love of life and kin, they passed it on to the next two generations, With Bruce the reader will experience the highs of stunning success as a family business along with the personal devastating losses of two of their most cherished members. Settle in and read about the special efforts of this storied business. From the Vietnam Prisoners of War Dinner held for 1200 guests in a tent, the Began-Sadat Peace Accord celebration during the Carter on the South Lawn of the Nixon White House administration, the wedding of Liz Taylor and John Warner to the simple joy of a small backyard bar-b-q Ridgewell's and its founding family had seats at the tables of celebrities in business, politics and Hollywood. Their story is one even the most sophisticated host or hostess will find of deep interest and enjoyment. Come along and follow a family and read about the business that they put heart and soul into and one that, astonishingly, has served every White House from Harding to Obama.

The Bay Gull is a story about a cute, friendly sea gull who finds a bagel and shares his treat with friends on his journey throughout Narragansett Bay. The sea gull starts his trip in Bristol, RI and makes his way to Block Island, RI stopping at several locations including Hog Island, Prudence Island, Beavertail and Newport. An illustrated map highlighting the sea gull's journey provides a geography lesson for readers. Although the book is based is RI, the audience is all children at heart who enjoy a great story.