Books published by publisher Lea Street Press, LLC

Not only are they real..., but you have been calling them Mom and Dad..."Keeping me on the edge of my seat with action, suspense and the thrill of a paranormal romance" -Courting FictionParanormal, Immortal. Prophecy. Romance. Trilogy.Arri’s days had always been built around predictability, until one day, when a delivery of a dozen red roses arrived for her with an unsigned ominous message… “I look forward to making your acquaintance.” Despite all efforts to avoid the inevitable, her seemingly normal parents reckon with the one truth they had tried to avoid. Nicholas is coming, and he wants their daughter. In an attempt to escape her fate, Arri finds herself being pushed even closer to it. As everything changes her journey begins.PARADOX is the thrilling first book in the complete Paradox Series. Shrouded in secrets, a young girl is caught between two worlds, hunted by a dark and cunning leader, the oldest of his kind, and a breed bound by prophecy. She is forced to walk a chosen path, yet yearning to be free. Will it lead to her peril... or his.Perfect for fans of the Twilight Series, The Lunar Chronicles, and Vampire Kisses.

"You are all different and all perfect, just as you are. Lately, you have become more than that. Now, you reach beyond yourselves, using your differences to help your friends. That is the magic of belonging." A tiny blue butterfly is chased out of a yellow garden because she does not blend in.She flees to the nearby forest glen, where she encounters a colorful band of woodland creatures-all of them expelled from the garden for the same reason-being different. The glen provides safety, friendship, and acceptance. However, it's the garden that holds the blue butterfly's true destiny. A Queen, a mystical potion, and the fate of their natural world hang in the balance. The blue butterfly, and what makes her different, holds the key.The Garden and the Glen is about the magic that finds us when we're brave enough to be our unique selves.

What do you want to be when you grow up? How about a TEACHER? In the first released title of the “When I Grow Up” series, A Teacher, That’s Me! explores a typical day in the life of a teacher through the eyes of a young girl. With her dog Max by her side, her dream of becoming a teacher is filled with the wonderment and excitement that can only be found in a child’s imagination. From welcoming her students as they arrive at school to saying goodbye at the end of the day, being a teacher is what she dreams of.A Teacher, That’s Me! is a fun, easy-to-read rhythmic story written for early readers, their parents, and educators of young children. Through rhyme and illustration, A Teacher, That’s Me! sparks the imagination and aids parents and educators in conveying what teachers do in a way that children can easily understand. In addition, A Teacher, That’s Me! can be a useful tool in preparing young children for their first day of school.Be on the lookout for A Fireman, That’s Me!, "An Engineer, That’s Me! and many others that will inspire and encourage young children to begin dreaming about their future. As we say at Lea Street Press, “If you can read it, you can imagine it. If you can imagine it, you can live it!” Children are the future so let’s encourage them to read, imagine and live their dreams.

What do you want to be when you grow up? How about a TEACHER? In the second released title of the "When I Grow Up" series, A Teacher I'll Be! explores a typical day in the life of a teacher through the eyes of a young boy. With his dog Sam by his side, his dream of becoming a teacher is filled with the wonderment and excitement that can only be found in a child's imagination. From welcoming his students as they arrive at school to saying goodbye at the end of the day, being a teacher is what he dreams of. A Teacher I'll Be! is a fun, easy-to-read rhythmic story written for early readers, their parents, and educators of young children. Through rhyme and illustration, A Teacher I'll Be! sparks the imagination and aids parents and educators in conveying what teachers do in a way that children can easily understand. In addition, A Teacher I'll Be! can be a useful tool in preparing young children for their first day of school. Be on the lookout for A Fireman I'll Be!, An Engineer I'll Be! and many others that will inspire and encourage young children to begin dreaming about their future. As we say at Lea Street Press, "If you can read it, you can imagine it. If you can imagine it, you can live it!" Children are the future so let's encourage them to read, imagine and live their dreams.

What do you want to be when you grow up? How about a TEACHER?A Teacher, That's Me! explores the typical day of a teacher as a young girl dreams about what she wants to be when she grows up. With her dog Max by her side, her dream is filled with the wonderment and excitement that can only be found in a child's imagination. From welcoming her students to saying goodbye at the end of the day, being a teacher is exactly what she wants to be.A Teacher, That's Me! is a fun, easy-to-read rhythmic story written for early readers, their parents, and educators of young children. Through rhyme and illustration, A Teacher, That's Me! sparks the imagination and aids parents and educators in conveying what teachers do in a way that children can easily understand. In addition, A Teacher, That's Me! can be a useful tool in preparing young children for their initial school experience.A Teacher, That's Me! is the first book in the "When I Grow Up" series. Be on the lookout for A Fireman, That's Me!, An Engineer, That's Me!, and many others that will inspire and encourage young children to dream about their future. It's never too early to begin dreaming!

Sidesplitting jokes, puns, and puzzles are unleashed in this festive collection of quips for all of the major U.S. holidays. Each celebrated day from New Year’s to Christmas is afforded a separate chapter, organized in calendar order. Class clowns and junior high school comedians will uncover a bevy of vocabulary-enhancing humor and wholesome witticisms, such as Where was the Declaration of Independence signed? At the bottom. Enhanced by lively illustrations, each section also offers fun and fascinating origin stories and customs, making this a mirthful introduction to understanding modern-day celebrations.

This Christmas, find a cozy chair, grab a mug of hot chocolate, and hop aboard Santa's sleigh as he travels back home to the North Pole in this colorfully illustrated Christmas story. Fly with Santa across the night sky and join the elves as they hop from roof to roof delivering presents before it's time to head back home to Christmas Castle. Illustrated by Iryna Bodnaruk, Hot Chocolate for Santa Claus tells the story of why Santa Claus looks forward to drinking a special cup of hot chocolate on his flight back home to the North Pole. Hot Chocolate for Santa Claus is a Christmas story that both children and grown-ups will enjoy!

Santina Pietra is seventeen and in medieval San Gimignano, daughters of merchants are expected to marry. But Santina cares only for Calandrino, a brilliant young scholar who is preoccupied with his ancient alchemical texts. Soon Santina meets Trotula, the village midwife, who might or might not be a "strega," a witch. Trotula challenges her to forget Calandrino and become the woman she is meant to be. Some say she is a victim of the midwife's spell, but Santina is determined to follow in Trotula's footsteps even as calamities strike. The setting is 14th century Italy, yet in Santina modern readers will find a strong-minded young woman whose search for meaning echoes their own. Alchemy's Daughter is the author's second novel.

At age fourteen, all Emilia Serafini wants is to learn to paint so that she can become an artist. But painters’ apprenticeships for young women don’t exist in the Florence of Renaissance Italy. The odds appear stacked against her until she receives a fascinating book, A Manual to the Science of Alchemy. It was once her grandmother’s and Emilia turns again and again to the Manual for guidance.When Emilia meets the wealthy, brooding Franco Villani, her life takes a thrilling, but dangerous turn. Franco will do anything to win a place in the court of the powerful Cosimo de’ Medici. Well aware that Cosimo prizes ancient manuscripts above all, Franco realizes Emilia’s Manual would be invaluable to him in more ways than one.Infused with the mysticism of alchemy, Nonna’s Book of Mysteries is an exciting portrait of a young woman who defies convention to seek her destiny. “ I loved Nonna’s Book of Mysteries! It’s a wonder of a book– exciting, mysterious, and wise. I’ll long remember the courageous and determined Emilia who learns about choices and the consequences of choices, about the importance of struggle and perseverance, about loyalty, friendship, and love, amid the splendors of Renaissance Florence. I can’t wait for another from Mary Osborne.” Karen Cushman, Newberry Award Winner, author of The Midwife’s Apprentice.

Two superpowers are in a race to recover and exploit alien technology. To compete with the rumored Russian retrieval of an alien spacecraft found deep in Siberia’s Lake Baikal, the U.S. government orders two Navy saturation divers to risk everything to help salvage a spacecraft that may not even exist. It is up to Jason Parker to make sure the divers return safely from the deepest man-dive ever, but he cannot guarantee mission success. That is up to luck, and the bravado and heroism of the Navy divers. The thriller Middle Waters was the beginning saga for diving scientist Jason Parker and Oceanographer Laura Smith. In Triangle, Russian submarines monitor diving preparations off the U.S. Gulf Coast, then attempt to sabotage the U.S. effort. What started as Russian curiosity, morphs into a deadly threat. To make matters worse, both the U.S. and Russia are targeting Parker and Smith for elimination, if the governments don’t get their way. As a result, Parker and Smith must struggle to survive at all odds, while trying to maintain world peace. With the Presidents of both the U.S. and Russia vying for supremacy, and the American President’s own staff warning of potential catastrophes, the balance of world power, and even world survival, may rest on a liaison between Parker, Smith and two mysterious men with most peculiar powers. One is a blind remote viewer, and the other is a Troll named Truman. The world will never be the same again.

Santina Pietra is seventeen and in medieval San Gimignano, daughters of merchants are expected to marry. But Santina cares only for Calandrino, a brilliant young scholar who is preoccupied with his ancient alchemical texts. Soon Santina meets Trotula, the village midwife, who might or might not be a strega, or witch. Trotula challenges her to forget Calandrino and become the woman she is meant to be. Some say she is a victim of the midwife’s spell, but Santina is determined to follow in Trotula’s footsteps even as calamities strike. The setting is 14th century Italy, yet in Santina contemporary readers will discover a strong-minded young woman whose search for meaning echoes their own. Alchemy’s Daughter is the author’s second novel.