Books published by publisher Old City Press

Children will be tapping their feet and singing along to these catchy tunes based on the stories in the Times Tables the Fun Way Book for Kids. (purchased separately). Each song has special effects to enhance the story and help kids remember the times tables. First teach the story in the Times Tables the Fun Way Book and then play the accompanying song. The CD comes with a booklet with the words to the songs.It can be played on any stereo or computer that plays music CD's.

Europe: birthplace of Grimms' Fairy Tales. An unfamiliar land, brimming with its own breed of Corrupted who hide in the shadows, growing more evil with each passing day. For modern-day hero Alice Goodenough, this is more than enough to worry about. But she also has a fencing tournament to think about.And a promise to keep with Sam Grayle, a Corrupted dwarf who schemes for more and more wealth. When their train breaks down in a small town in eastern Hungary, Alice finds the legacy of the hero is alive and well. Corrupted have visited this town before, and they aren't quite vanquished just yet. There's one left, hiding away, biding his time to enact a terrible price on his enemies. A little creature with big, big plans ...Werewolves. Vampires. Giants. Europe is a different place with new dangers, new monsters and new surprises.

Book 8 of the award-winning Young Adult adventure series!200 years ago, the Brothers Grimm brought their stories to life.But why? The question has haunted the heroes for two centuries, and no one has come close to the truth. Alice Goodenough will learn the terrible truth. And it will come at a terrible cost.The fencing tournament is in just a few short days. Alice's team is hopelessly outmatched, facing off against fencers who have more experience and an inhuman amount of energy. But the other fencers also have a special drug, one that Alice's team can use to even the playing field. Whether they should take the drug or not threatens to tear the team apart.Meanwhile, Alice must live up to her agreement with Sam Grayle, who lusts after a hidden treasure that once belonged to the Corrupted. Alice must team up with a group of explorers and delve deep into a forbidden cave that holds more secrets than any of them expected.This book contains the following Grimms' Fairy Tales:- Twelve Dancing Princesses- Rapunzel

Mishca needs to save her sisters, but only Ryder can save her. The truth about Mishca’s past shattered her heart. She deals with the pain by focusing on a new mission: saving her newfound family from their creator. With her sisters scheduled for termination, Mishca and her friends set out on a journey up the North Queensland Coast to save them before someone else dies. Ryder understands the need driving Mischa. It’s in her DNA. But he’s not giving up on the chance they can still be together. She’s the only one to have seen him levitate. The only one to watch the sparks dance across his skin. The only one he trusts enough to know what is in his heart. And now, he might be the only one who can stop Mishca from losing her humanity. Driven apart by secrets, will they come together in time? "Authors like Sharon M. Johnston keep the genre from getting stale by taking a creative bent and exploring overlapping elements." - LIBRARY JOURNAL AUTHOR INTERVIEWQ: Tell us about your writing style.A: My writing is inspired by the “What if” scenario. What if there were people who delivered Karma? This is a novel in progress expanding on a short story I wrote that was runner up in the Australian Literary Review’s YA short story competition. What if my dad had been diagnosed with terminal cancer when I was at high school? A story I’m currently writing. What if males went extinct? A story I’m currently querying. What if Puck was in love with Titania? A short story Shakespeare retelling I wrote for an anthology coming out in June.I love daydreaming and letting my mind take me to these weird and wonderful places and when the idea sticks, I write it. Q: What do you write?A: I write a lot of weird stuff that would fall under the Speculative Fiction umbrella and often mash two genres together. Science Fiction plays a strong role in my stories, probably because I like making stuff up and creating new things. I do also write contemporaries, but they usually come from something very difficult I have faced in my life.OPEN HEARTDIVIDED (book 1)SHATTERED (book 2)Q: Why should readers pick up your books?A: Divided is a story that proves great Young Adult or New Adult stories don’t have to be straight contemporary. Mischa’s story takes you on a journey of mystery and intrigue, with a twist at the end that you just won’t see coming. It’s perfect for readers who want to love Sci Fi with more Fi than Sci, especially when it has a healthy dose of romance. And Divided has one of the best book boyfriends ever with Ryder.Be sure to scroll up and hit that BUY NOW button to enter a world of intrigue, mystery, danger, and of course, romance.

There is a superhero inside all of us, we just need to put on the capeIn ten days, Zyria will celebrate her tenth birthday and come into her full superhero powers. She is proud that she’s able to carry on the family legacy, but she’s torn with leaving her school and friends to enroll in superhero school. She didn’t know how she was going to break the news to her best friends Coral and Nikko. The three of them had been together since first grade.A new kid, Tomas, just enrolled at Carthan Elementary School and he found himself the victim of being bullied by some of his classmates. One day after he was attacked, Zyria and her friends discover him shaken, and offers to help him defend himself. Will Zyria and her friends succeed in protecting Tomas? Or will they be putting themselves in the pathway of danger? The bigger question is, will Zyria have to say goodbye to her best friends in order to begin her new superhero life?

Kate Moore Barry served as a scout and a spy and is credited with helping Gen. Daniel Morgan defeat the British at the Battle of Cowpens, a turning point in the war for independence. The author weaves together history, folklore and fiction to create a memorable story about three generations of Scots-Irish settlers who built a life in the wilderness of the South Carolina Upcountry during the 1700s. llustrated by John Ingle, Courageous Kate tells riveting stories of Kate’s encounters with cruel Tories and of the day she tied her youngest child to a bedpost so she could ride out to alert Patriot militiamen about gunfire at her parent’s nearby home.

Some of the most familiar animals are the friendly faces found on the farm. From ducks to donkeys, horses to hens, these animals have a special relationship with the people who care for them -- and with people in general. Take a colorful, close-up tour of the farm and meet the animals that have become our friends and part of our way of life. Animals from all over the world star in the bright and irresistible Snapshot Picture Library series. Gorgeous photography, ranging from dramatic to laugh-out-loud funny, will engage readers of any age, while young readers will particularly delight in the lively, easy-to-read, playful text. From the friendly and familiar animals found on a farm or in your very own home to exotic and endangered species that many people may never see, the Snapshot Picture Library series is your ticket not only to other places but to other ways of seeing and thinking about the world we love and share.

The debut children’s book by author and family and parenting blogger Aja Dorsey Jackson. Are you the sun... Or the moon reflecting its light? Are you the glimmer of a candle in the darkness... Or a sunbeam’s whisper into the night?Shine takes young children on an illustrated journey toward bedtime in this lullaby all about the many things around us that shine bright. While soothing little ones off to sleep, this book encourages young children to shine wherever they are. With calming artwork and rhyming verse, this book is the perfect way to whisk your child off to dreamland.

Book 2 of the award-winning Young Adult adventure!200 years ago, the Brothers Grimm unleashed their stories upon the world.Literally.Now the characters of the Grimms’ fairy tales walk among us. With every day that passes, they grow more evil. They are the Corrupted, and only a hero can stop them.For 18-year-old Alice Goodenough, that means taking precious time off from her summer vacation. In addition to volunteering at the local library, Alice must stop the Corrupted who are now actively hunting her down. With the help of her magic pen and her trusty rabbit friend, the world has suddenly gotten a lot more complex. The Corrupted are everywhere, and only Alice can see them for what they truly are.Meanwhile, at night, Alice’s nightmares have begun to grow more real. Terrifying man-eating rats are plaguing the city of Chicago, and it’s up to Alice to figure out a way to stop them. But before she can do that, she’ll have to face off with an even more dangerous enemy sent to kill her. An enemy that has killed heroes before …This book also contains the following Grimms’ fairy tales:-The Frog-Prince-Fundevogel-Aschenputtel

Book 4 of the award-winning Young Adult adventure!Senior year of high school has begun. For most students, that means settling into classes, doing homework and maybe working part-time over the weekend.For Alice Goodenough, it means navigating the tricky cliques of her high school, staying on top of her studies and making new friends ... in addition to experiencing more nightmares, more sword training and more battles with the Corrupted. After facing off with the dreaded dwarf named Sam Grayle, Alice finds her nights plagued with two separate dreams. In one, she's floating through a massive mansion filled with old, dusty furniture and drafty windows. Shadows dance across the wall. Children cry out. The dream provides no answers.In her second dream, a terrible smoke-like creature roams the streets of Minneapolis, feeding off human victims while it plots a terrible revenge that threatens to rid the entire world of something everyone holds dear. Alice must decide which dream to pursue: does she foil the smoke-creature's plot or solve the mystery of the empty mansion?

Jim Kjelgaard wrote more than forty extremely popular novels for children. He incorporated into his books his two great loves -nature and animals. He spent much of his childhood living on farms in the Allegheny Mountain Range in Pennsylvania. This wild country and his experiences of the animals he knew and loved come alive on the pages of his books. The Spell of the White Sturgeon (1953), The Lost Wagon (1955), Trading Jeff and his Dog (1956), Double Challenge (1957), We Were There at the Oklahoma Land Run (1957), Swamp Cat (1957), Rescue Dog of the High Pass (1958), The Black Fawn (1958), The Story of Geronimo (1958), Hi Jolly (1959), The Duck-footed Hound (1960).