Books published by publisher Flying Squirrel Press

It’s 1956, the beginning of the Civil Rights movement in the U.S. and the middle of the Cold War. Revolutions are happening all over the world. On the home front, midwives Patience and Bitsy face personal challenges. Their young adult children are changing. Bitsy’s adopted son returns from Korea wounded in body and spirit. Patience’s daughter is pregnant “out of wedlock,” and Danny, her son, has a problem with booze. Childbirth in the U.S. is changing too. The midwives who were once called for home deliveries have been overshadowed by the new hospital with its “painless childbirth”, until a few rebel nurses appear and Bitsy and Patience step forward to help them. In the midst of these challenges, journals written in the 1850s by Grace Potts, the elder midwife of the Hope River, begin appearing on Patience’s porch at night. The diaries detail Grace’s escape from slavery when she was fifteen. Who is bringing them? And why? What do the midwives do now? Read the journals, of course. Struggle to understand and help their children, of course. Join the civil rights protests on Main Street, of course… and sing!

Lost on Hope Island: The Amazing Tale of the Little Goat Midwives is an adventure story without villains, zombies or fire-breathing dragons. The book asks the real question “What if I were shipwrecked -- could I survive?”A page-turner for young readers or a family read-a-loud-book, Lost on Hope Island will give fans of Harman’s previous USA Today best selling books an opportunity to discuss, with their children, the topics of birth, death, racial diversity, climate change, loneliness, courage, family and hope.

Book 2 in the Lost on Hope Island: The Amazing Tale of the Little Goat Midwives series is an adventure story without villains, zombies or fire-breathing dragons. The book asks the real question “What if I were shipwrecked -- could I survive?”A page-turner for young readers or a family read-a-loud-book, Lost on Hope Island will give fans of Harman’s previous USA Today best selling books an opportunity to discuss, with their children, the topics of birth, death, racial diversity, climate change, loneliness, courage, family and hope.

Book 2 in the Lost on Hope Island: The Amazing Tale of the Little Goat Midwives series is an adventure story without villains, zombies or fire-breathing dragons. The book asks the real question “What if I were shipwrecked -- could I survive?”A page-turner for young readers or a family read-a-loud-book, Lost on Hope Island will give fans of Harman’s previous USA Today best selling books an opportunity to discuss, with their children, the topics of birth, death, racial diversity, climate change, loneliness, courage, family and hope.

Lost on Hope Island: The Amazing Tale of the Little Goat Midwives is an adventure story without villains, zombies or fire-breathing dragons. The book asks the real question “What if I were shipwrecked -- could I survive?”A page-turner for young readers or a family read-a-loud-book, Lost on Hope Island will give fans of Harman’s previous USA Today best selling books an opportunity to discuss, with their children, the topics of birth, death, racial diversity, climate change, loneliness, courage, family and hope.

Have you ever been asked to follow a trail of peanut butter? I have, and I can tell you, it can lead you to the most unexpected places! Who am I? The name’s Taylor. Don’t mind the wheelchair, it’s what I to use get around. Together with my friend Sam and our partners, Aikido and Chase we’re the Ability Kids K-9 Agency. We’re gumshoes; you know detectives and we solve mysteries! Call us if you have a mystery to be solved – we won’t fail you. So, how did this crazy case begin? To the blood curdling scream of, “My Hobo! WHO TOOK MY HOBO?” Who could be responsible? Why the trail of peanut butter? What’s a Hobo? Would Sam’s amazing sense of smell be able to sniff out the thief? And how was I going to deal with Aikido licking up all the evidence? Check out ‘The Case of the Peanut Butter Bandit’ to find out…

Have you ever been asked to follow a trail of peanut butter? I have, and I can tell you, it can lead you to the most unexpected places! Who am I? The name’s Taylor. Don’t mind the wheelchair, it’s what I to use get around. Together with my friend Sam and our partners, Aikido and Chase we’re the Ability Kids K-9 Agency. We’re gumshoes; you know detectives and we solve mysteries! Call us if you have a mystery to be solved – we won’t fail you. So, how did this crazy case begin? To the blood curdling scream of, “My Hobo! WHO TOOK MY HOBO?” Who could be responsible? Why the trail of peanut butter? What’s a Hobo? Would Sam’s amazing sense of smell be able to sniff out the thief? And how was I going to deal with Aikido licking up all the evidence? Check out ‘The Case of the Peanut Butter Bandit’ to find out…

A short coming-of-age story set in a small Ohio town in the 1950’s and told through they eyes of a 12-year old boy named Ben who works with his dad, his Grandpa George, and Wally, an older black man, in the tavern they own that's a gathering place for the town. When Angelo Cosentino drives up in his Cadillac on a hot summer afternoon with money pouring from his pockets, Ben’s life begins to change. The story is set against the racial divide in small town America and is intended for kids 10+ and adults of all ages. It paints a picture of what life was like before social media when fences were few and far between. A Tom Sawyer like tale, straight-forward and true to the heart.

A short coming-of-age story set in a small, blue-collar Ohio town in the 1950’s. Lightning Strikes centers around 12-year old Ben, his Grandpa George, his dad, and Wally, the black man who works in the tavern they own. Ben’s friend, Ike, lives three miles away in the “colored” settlement most white people don't visit, except to pick up the help . When Angelo Cosentino drives up to the tavern in his Cadillac on a hot summer afternoon, Ben’s life changes. The story is intended for kids 12+ and adults of all ages. It paints a picture of life before computers and video games, when fences were few and far between.