Books published by publisher Blue Sky at Night Publishing

Simple but powerful, Journal Buddies is no ordinary journal. It's an invitation to experience a journaling adventure and to expand your creativity and express your feelings. Most of all, it's an invitation to strengthen your self-esteem, build healthy relationships and create a positive outlook on life. To add to the excitement, you complete this unique journal with the help of your buddies - your friends, Mom, Dad, teachers, grandparents, cousins, mentors, even your pet or your imaginary friend. You've never experienced a journal like this!

Simple but powerful, Journal Buddies is no ordinary journal. It's an invitation to expand your creativity and express your feelings. Most of all, it's an invitation to strengthen your self-esteem, build healthy relationships and create a positive outlook on life. To add to the excitement, you complete this unique journal with the help of your buddies - your friends, Mom, Dad, teachers, grandparents, cousins, mentors, even your pet or your imaginary friend. You've never experienced a journal like this!

Math Goggles is a collection of field-tested activities for children that integrate mathematics into the world of the visual arts. Serving as the focal point for each mathematics activity is the work of a famous modern artist”Jackson Pollock, Andy Warhol, Georgie O'Keefe, and many more. After learning brief biographical and anecdotal information about the artist, the reader engages in an exploration of the mathematics embedded in the artwork by creating the featured piece of artwork in the spirit of the artist. Step-by-step instructions accompanied by color images of the artistic masterpieces as well as actual student work aid the reader in visualizing and understanding how to create the art in each activity. As the reader creates each masterpiece, mimicking the great masters, they simultaneously hone their estimation, counting, measurement, and number-sense skills while noticing, creating, and describing shapes and patterns and experimenting with symmetry and probability.

Talmage Boston seeks to find out what it was that made our major presidents tick and what caused their historic lives to play out as they did. In Cross-Examining History, Boston interviews presidential insiders including Pulitzer Prize winners and finalists, Emmy Award winners, New York Times best-selling and "Notable Book" authors, scholars of the highest order, and a few newcomers well on their way to gaining national public recognition, all in hopes to provide insights about America's past that can help us better understand our present situation and provide a more informed expectation about our future.

Fifth grader Max Speyer has been chosen to be the starting goalie for the local youth lacrosse league. Because he is younger and smaller than the team's other goalie, he lacks the confidence he needs to beat his archrival, Snake Eyes. In order to boost his confidence, he trains to the point of obsession-until an enlightening conversation with his neighbor, Dr. Bob, shows him that he needs to let go and trust that all his training has made him a good enough player to get the job done. Can he beat his nemesis? This story combines lacrosse scenarios with solid sports psychology to provide solutions to many significant challenges that youth players face. Included in the novel are a glossary of lacrosse terms and ten winning sports psychology tips.

As Barbara Bush's life was being celebrated, the many examples her family shared of her wisdom, humor and values inspired us all. Now what Mrs. Bush taught her children and grandchildren has been collected for all our children. Barbara Bush's grandchildren called her “Ganny,” and they knew how important it was to listen to what Ganny said.Author Chris Bridge collected Mrs. Bush's passions and priorities: loving family and friends, literacy and serving others and made a special trip to Kennebunkport to get inspiration for the illustrations. She walked the beach where Ganny walked, visited the library where she read to the children and talked to locals who knew her. It seemed that everyone knew Barbara Bush or had a story to share about her! The illustrations depict some of Ganny's favorite places and things. You'll see her big sunhat, her peonies and pearls. One page has her husband, President George Bush's, boat in the background. She filled her life with books and dogs, so you'll find plenty here, along with lots of beautiful blue: her favorite color.Take a deep breath, and imagine a soft breeze in the salty air as you take a walk with Ganny through the pages in this book. And always remember what Ganny says!

Have you heard of Welcome W. Wilson Sr., the man who became a multi-millionaire real estate investor in Houston, Texas?By any measure, Welcome Wilson, chairman of the Welcome Group has led a big life.Mr. Wilson has made friends in the highest places, developed communities that continue to prosper, survived some major setbacks and made hundreds of successful real-estate deals.Married his college sweetheart Joanne, and they have five productive and happy children. Growing up in South Texas during the Depression, Welcome learned the art of the Wilson Deal, an uncanny ability to pitch deals that favor the Wilson's, from his father and his many uncles.He sharpened this skill in partnership with his brother, Jack.Combining the Wilson Deal with hard work and determination, he found continuing success: at the University of Houston, in the Navy, in civic and Federal service, and again and again in real estate.It often took some fast-talking, some scrambling, and lots of hard work, but Welcome has always had great confidence that he could figure out a way to get a job done.Named a legend by the Texas Business Hall of Fame, he has received numerous other awards for his many accomplishments.Colorful, lively and opinionated, Welcome find real delight in bringing people together and making big things happen. His memoir provides insight on his relationships with Dwight D. Eisenhower, JFK, Lyndon B. Johnson and other notable leaders, shows the many ways he supports the university and the city that have provided him so much opportunity, and explains the inner workings of his most notable deals, including the founding of The Jamaica Corporation and the development of the Astrodome.At age 30, he received the Arthur Fleming Award as one of Ten Outstanding Young Men in the Federal Service (Neil Armstrong and Robert Gates were later recipients).Welcome's candid and entertaining anecdotes will engage you and inspire you to find more success in your life to aim high and have confidence.Always Welcome Includes:Growing Up in the Depression and WWIIFrom Hungry Student to Happy HusbandAnchors AweighThe Cold War WarriorOur First DevelopmentHow to Own a Bank for $600 CashThe AstrodomeIt's Right to Support Civil RightsThirty Years on River Oaks BoulevardI Owe Everything to Having Good PartnersUp to My Eyeballs in Politics for Seventy YearsLeading the CougarsAnd much, much more!"Welcome's efforts as an entrepreneur have enriched the community, led to better lives for untold numbers of fellow Texans and inspired generations of admirers and followers to do greater things.My hope is that through reading this book, you will come to know Welcome W. Wilson, Sr., as I have--as a brilliant businessman, a loving family man, and a proud Houstonian."-Rick Perry, US Secretary of Energy, former Governor of TexasSo if you want to learn more about Welcome Wilson Sr.'s life then scroll to the top of the page and select "Add to Cart"!

It’s no wonder that meteorologist Anthony Yanez is a favorite with teachers. He knows just how to make the science of weather come alive for kids. He takes complicated topics, like the water cycle, and explains them in ways that not only make sense, they’re also fun. In A Wild Ride on the Water Cycle, he introduced young readers to two friends, Jake and Alice, who like to hang out and joke around. The main difference between these friends and Yanez’ audience is that Jake and Alice are drops of water. The engaging tale of their friendship begins with their initial introduction in a lake, so long ago there were still dinosaurs in the water and on the land. As they travel around the planet through the years, they become part of every aspect of weather: rain, snow, fog and more. As their story brings the process to life, Yanez includes the science behind each stage of the water cycle with accurate, accessible terminology. It takes a great weatherman to make sense of the weather, and the forecast for enjoyment of his first weather book is 100 percent.

Combining classic children's literature with fun kitchen science experiments, this handbook is an ideal resource for parents or teachers who want to instill a cross-curricular approach to educating their children. A wide range of experiments are featured, including how to make the green goo found in Dr. Seuss' Bartholomew and the Oobleck, as well as making pasta dance as shown in Tomie dePaola's Strega Nona. Each chapter contains a detailed summary of the story, step-by-step instructions with a list of ingredients, thought-provoking questions for children, science facts, how to relate the experiment to everyday life, and sources for further exploration. The activities, which are appropriate for children ages 4 to 11, result in a terrific way to combine reading with turning a kitchen into an exciting laboratory of learning.

Since he was a very little boy, Smitty's dream has been to play football, but his mom says school comes first. When his teacher says his excitement for the game is interfering with his work, he's got a big problem. Can Smitty make both his mom and his coach proud? Wade Smith's story, based on his own experience, shows young students and athletes how important it is to stay focused and determined at school so they can achieve their dreams in life and on the field.

Readers write: "Well written, just right for a ten year old.""What a fun book to read!""...It was fun to read, and I can't wait for book three of the series."Book 2 of the Sara & Margo Adventure Series for kids has the two sisters turning a quiet family lakeside vacation into another mystery solving, bad-guy chasing adventure.High tech gadgets combined with sailing, riding and diving make for a real page turner!Sara and Margo track the bad guys with boats, flying drones and remote-control submarines. Under water and above water, their resourcefulness is fully tested in this adventure.Book 1, Stolen Bikes, had the sisters and their friends using a customized drone as well as see in the dark glasses.In Drone Detectives, these gadgets as well as new friends help them become the local heroes!Book 1: Stolen Bikes: Sara & Margo Adventure SeriesBook 2: Drone Detectives: Sara & Margo Adventure Series