Books published by publisher MacLaren-Cochrane Publishing

Adoption isn’t just for children. In the animal kingdom, cuckoo birds find foster parents to raise their young. Mama Cuckoo lays an egg in a nest where Mama Warbler has laid three eggs. Mama and Papa Warbler accept the cuckoo egg as their own. Gone Cuckoo is a compelling story of the loving, powerful relationship between parent and youngster. After much misadventure Mama and Papa Cuckoo realize the beauty of their adopted nestling is to let the bird be the bird he was born to be…a cuckoo. Award winning author, Nancy Kelly Allen, captures the hearts of adults and children in a book that’s a perfect fit for family and classrooms.

Caliph Harun al-Rashid really did send an elephant to Emperor Charlemagne, and a man named Isaac really did deliver him. Though we know much about the two great leaders from histories, records, and even biographies written in their time, all we know about Isaac is that he was Jewish. Charlemagne probably recruited him to be his emissary because of Isaac’s connections to Jewish communities along the trade routes of both the East and the West. The story of Abul-Abbas, therefore, shows members of the Christian, Jewish, and Muslim faiths working together.

This book is printed in the Dyslexie font, the typeface for people with dyslexia. Go to www.dyslexiefont.com to find out more about the typefaceRenowned artist, Kelly Stribling Sutherland, and university professor, KD Chapman, have teamed up to create a delightful early reader, Pat the Bat. The beautifully illustrated story is inspired by a project that Chapman and his young daughters worked on many years ago when they were just beginning to read. Building early vocabulary with simple sentence structure and intuitive rhymes will engage children as they read about Pat and his friends. Colorful artwork accompanies the story, guiding readers through the imaginary world of Pat the Bat.

Adoption isn’t just for children. In the animal kingdom, cuckoo birds find foster parents to raise their young. Mama Cuckoo lays an egg in a nest where Mama Warbler has laid three eggs. Mama and Papa Warbler accept the cuckoo egg as their own. Gone Cuckoo is a compelling story of the loving, powerful relationship between parent and youngster. After much misadventure Mama and Papa Cuckoo realize the beauty of their adopted nestling is to let the bird be the bird he was born to be…a cuckoo. Award winning author, Nancy Kelly Allen, captures the hearts of adults and children in a book that’s a perfect fit for family and classrooms.

Hiram builds fires to heat the two-room schoolhouse and earns dimes for his trouble. With a heart full of hope, he saves his money in a sock and thumbs through a catalog looking at a shiny fiddle, a maple fiddle, the kind of fiddle he dreamed of playing. Tragedy strikes. Hiram uses the dimes to help his family and sets his hopes on a gift from the Christmas elves that send a present to every child in school. Hiram delights in the simple presents he receives and those gifts change the course of his life.

This book is printed in the Dyslexic font, the typeface for people with dyslexia. Go to www.mcp-store.com to find out more about the typeface and discounts. Dylan had the most amazing imagination. He would show it through his drawings. Apart from his passion for drawing, he loved and collected robots. What happens when his drawing of the largest most magnificent robot comes to life?

“Let’s hop. Spring is singing. Sunny skies and butterflies.”Percy and Bonny pack their lunch for a trip to the meadow. Percy brings his journal so he can write a poem along the way. Bonny wants to write one too, but she’s not sure how. Can Percy help? Together they explore the sights, sounds, scents and scenery that inspire their words. Share Bonny’s joy as she discovers how fun it is to write a poem.

Every fable has a moral. On the last night of Hanukkah, a little dreidel learns the important lesson that true happiness comes from just being yourself. The plain wooden dreidel is unhappy that no one is playing the dreidel game. "Nobody notices me", the dreidel complains to the beautifully lit silver menorah. With the help of the silver menorah, the wooden dreidel learns that he too is special!

"This book is printed in a font that helps earlier readers and people with Dyslexia read more confidently. This font can be used by all. For more info go to www.Dyslexiefont.com Go to www.mcp-store.com to find out more about the typeface and discounts."The Pencil Eater hunts for tasty treats but encounters some obstacles along the way. Frustrated by his efforts, The Pencil Eater visits an elementary school and discovers a whole new set of problems. The Pencil Eater is a clever tale inspired by an elementary school teacher's struggle to keep track of pencils in her classroom.