Books published by publisher HumanBean Media International

Prepare your children for success and happiness in life. Four fun, illustrated stories which introduce your child to the vital life skills of Teamwork, Goal Setting, Planning for the Future and Self Development for kids. Meet the mighty Timmy Tuna as he races through the Ocean. Nothing can stop him until he is trapped by an abandoned net! Only by working as a team with Crab and the Jellies can he find a way to escape and save them all from disaster. This fully illustrated book supports your efforts to raise happy, competent kids by demonstrating important life skills using the most effective teaching method ever - storytelling. Setting and achieving goals raises self-esteem in kids. In Magic Mouse we discover that making your dreams come true can be hard work, but that in the end everyone benefits. Planning for the future is a vital skill which Elli the Ant knows well. Elli races around in the summer months gathering food for the family larder. When winter comes and the food runs out, Elli's family have plenty to last all winter long. Self Development means improving yourself to be more useful to others. As a tiny sapling, Pip just wanted to be popular like Big Apple. So, with lots of help and work he grows strong enough to grow the apples which feed all his forest friends. Birds and squirrels nest in his branches and children come to build a tree house. Soon he is the most popular tree in the forest and everyone wants to be around him. Introduce your kids to these important life skills. These stories are the perfect length for a bedtime read or for a class room session. By the end of each story your child will have learned a life-changing behavior such as Setting and Achieving Goals, Planning for Success, Teamwork and Self Development. Give them the opportunity to learn these vital skills at an early age. Suitable for Parents and Teachers As adults, we have access to the wisdom of life coaches and Gurus who help us develop the attitudes and behaviors of successful people. This life-enabling knowledge is now available to the most important people on the planet - our children. I do hope your children enjoy reading these stories and they go on to lead happy and successful lives. Thank you, David David Machin Author of The Star Dragon

Introduce your kids to the life skills which lead to future happiness and success. An illustrated, interactive adventure where your child must use Teamwork, Goal Setting and other vital Life Skills to save the world from darkness. Teamwork and Listening Skills help kids develop social skills and make friends. Your child will use Teamwork to face an arduous trek across the desert and Listening Skills to turn a sword-wielding warrior into a loyal friend. Working with others in a team is a great way for children to learn the social and emotional skills they will need as they grow up. It is also a great way to make new friends! This illustrated book supports your efforts to raise happy, competent kids by demonstrating important life skills using the most effective teaching method ever - storytelling. Setting and achieving goals can raise your child’s self-esteem. Your child will set and achieve goals to overcome the challenges they face during their Quest. Each small success leads to a bigger challenge which can be solved with the right attitudes and behaviors. As they plan each step and achieve each goal they become stronger and more confident in their abilities. "If I could do that, then maybe I could do this too..." An adventure where your child is the hero. Hidden deep in the mountains is the Eye of Draco, a massive, sparkling gem which is the source of all the color and light of the world. But then the crystal is stolen by a gang of greedy men and the world is plunged into endless gloom. In a fading world without color it’s a race against time to find the crystal and save the world from eternal darkness. Do you have the skill and courage to face the Dragon and save the world from darkness? Are you the hero the world has been waiting for? The adventure continues... This is book one in the Star Dragon trilogy. By the end of the final book your child will have experienced the life changing benefits of Goals, dreams and planning for success, Teamwork and empathy, Leadership in action and Doing the right thing (even when no-one is looking) Parent and Teacher reviews: “I have been looking for a book just like this for a long time. It offers moral guidelines, entertains, and teaches all at the same time!” M.Todd. Father of 5 children (Amazon Review) “We use this book with grades 1-3. A few of the younger kids need some help with the vocabulary which can stretch them a bit at times but most of our children in 2-3 are fine with it on their own. What they learn varies with each child but the benefits of setting goals and working with others are clear throughout. I would recommend it to any K-12 educator or home-schooler wanting to introduce children to these life skills.” Gill Kendrick. Head Teacher From David Machin, author of The Star Dragon: As adults, we have access to the wisdom of life coaches and Gurus who help us develop the attitudes and behaviors of successful people. This life-enabling knowledge is now available to the most important people on the planet - our children. I do hope your children enjoy reading ‘The Star Dragon’ and they go on to lead happy and successful lives. Thank you, David p.s. We'd love to know what you think of 'The Star Dragon' so please do leave a review or email me david[at]humanbean.com and as a thank you for your time, I'll send you 3 short stories which demonstrate Teamwork (Social Skills), Goal Setting (Self-esteem) and Planning for the Future (Confidence). Thanks, David

Your kids learn how to be happy and successful while saving the world! Introduce your kids to the attitudes and behaviors which bring happiness and success in life. A fully illustrated adventure where your child must use Teamwork, Goal setting and Social skills to save the world from eternal darkness. Teamwork and Listening Skills will help your child develop social skills and make friends. Your child will use Teamwork to face an arduous trek across the desert and Listening Skills to turn a sword-wielding warrior into a loyal friend. Working with others in a team is a great way for children to learn the social and emotional skills they will need as they grow up. It is also a great way to make new friends! This illustrated book supports your efforts to raise competent kids by demonstrating important life skills using the most effective teaching method ever - storytelling. Setting and achieving goals can raise your child’s self-esteem. Your child will set and achieve goals to overcome the challenges they face during their Quest. Each small success leads to a bigger challenge which can be solved with the right attitudes and behaviors. As they plan each step and achieve each goal they become stronger and more confident in their abilities. "If I could do that, then maybe I could do this too..." An adventure where your child is the hero. Hidden deep in the mountains is the Eye of Draco, a massive, sparkling gem which is the source of all the color and light of the world. But then the crystal is stolen by a gang of greedy men and the world is plunged into endless gloom. In a fading world without color it’s a race against time to find the crystal and save the world from eternal darkness. Do you have the skill and courage to face the Dragon and save the world from darkness? Are you the hero the world has been waiting for? The adventure continues... This is book one in the Star Dragon trilogy. By the end of the final book your child will have experienced the life changing benefits of Goals, dreams and planning for success, Teamwork and empathy, Leadership in action and Doing the right thing (even when no-one is looking) Parent and Teacher reviews: “I have been looking for a book just like this for a long time. It offers moral guidelines, entertains, and teaches all at the same time!” M.Todd. Father of 5 children (Amazon Review) “We use this book with grades 1-3. A few of the younger kids need some help with the vocabulary which can stretch them a bit at times but most of our children in 2-3 are fine with it on their own. What they learn varies with each child but the benefits of setting goals and working with others are clear throughout. I would recommend it to any K-12 educator or home-schooler wanting to introduce children to these life skills.” Gill Kendrick. Head Teacher From David Machin, author of The Star Dragon: As adults, we have access to the wisdom of life coaches and Gurus who help us develop the attitudes and behaviors of successful people. This life-enabling knowledge is now available to the most important people on the planet - our children. I do hope your children enjoy reading ‘The Star Dragon’ and they go on to lead happy and successful lives. Thank you, David p.s. We'd love to know what you think of 'The Star Dragon' so please do leave a review or email me david[at]humanbean.com and as a thank you for your time, I'll send you 3 short stories which demonstrate Teamwork (Social Skills), Goal Setting (Self-esteem) and Planning for the Future (Confidence). Thanks, David

In mid 1800’s New Mexico, a dangerous world is waiting. Zach Malone and Elena de Alba, two extraordinary 15-year-olds from different cultures, are forced into one perilous adventure after another. Both having lost their families in Apache attacks, their escape takes them into a gripping and frightening tale of adventure with both Apaches and white men. Unable to find a safe haven, they discover the entrance into a parallel universe.There they find even more formidable adversaries. As they move with nonstop action from one threat to another, their honesty and kindness earn them new friendships, but the alternate world proves to be more lethal and violent than their own. They must depend on each other for their survival. Although Zach is badly wounded, with an unexpected ally’s help, they succeed in returning to their homeland.

Just fifteen, American Jake Brandon is alone, on the run and desperate. His life becomes one hair-raising adventure after another when he breaks away from kidnappers and flees into the jungles of Chiapas, Mexico. Aided by 17-year-old Chanti Alexander, a half-Indian orphan, and Ba lam, the wild jaguar she raised from a cub, he eludes his pursuers. Set in the lush and treacherous Mexican jungle, the dauntless teens move with nonstop action from one threat to another, confronting jaguars, pumas, venomous snakes, boa constrictors, crocodiles, deadly rivers, tomb raiders and poachers. During their perilous quest to reach safety, Jake and Chanti learn to depend on one another as danger drives them further into the jungle.

From the moment 19-year old Lori Wagner decides to sail with her dad’s ashes to his favorite Caribbean island, her life becomes one emotion-packed adventure after another. Lori and her crazy Uncle Jack discover her dad, a black ops officer for the Defense Intelligence Agency (DIA), was murdered for the incriminating evidence he had collected of the agency’s illegal covert operations in Saudi Arabia. After his death, proof arrives on a flash drive in the mail to Lori, putting her in mortal danger. The DIA will never stop until they recover it, creating a fast-paced battle between good and evil. Facing not only her dad’s enemies, but also drug runners, pirates, violent storms and her own fears, she must evade the teams dispatched to silence her. With one pulse-pounding encounter after another, the blistering pace never lets up. Nor does the Caribbean. There is always danger. It can be peaceful and beautiful one minute and deadly an instant later. After Lori returns to her New Mexico ranch, Ghost, enters the fray; an enormous gray wolf Lori raised after a mountain lion killed its mother. The powerful wolf saves Lori several times from deadly encounters. BETRAYED features appealing characters, as well as villains, with non-stop action that keeps pulses racing and pages turning until the last paragraph.

Just fifteen, American Jake Brandon is alone, on the run and desperate. His life becomes one hair-raising adventure after another when he breaks away from kidnappers and flees into the jungles of Chiapas, Mexico. Aided by 17-year-old Chanti Alexander, a half-Indian orphan, and Ba lam, the wild jaguar she raised from a cub, he eludes his pursuers. Set in the lush and treacherous Mexican jungle, the dauntless teens move with nonstop action from one threat to another, confronting jaguars, pumas, venomous snakes, boa constrictors, crocodiles, deadly rivers, tomb raiders and poachers. During their perilous quest to reach safety, Jake and Chanti learn to depend on one another as danger drives them further into the jungle.

In mid 1800's New Mexico, a dangerous world is waiting. Zach Malone and Elena de Alba, two extraordinary 15-year-olds from different cultures, are forced into one perilous adventure after another. Both having lost their families in Apache attacks, their escape takes them into a gripping and frightening tale of adventure with both Apaches and white men. Unable to find a safe haven, they discover the entrance into a parallel universe.There they find even more formidable adversaries. As they move with nonstop action from one threat to another, their honesty and kindness earn them new friendships, but the alternate world proves to be more lethal and violent than their own. They must depend on each other for their survival. Although Zach is badly wounded, with an unexpected ally's help, they succeed in returning to their homeland.