Books published by publisher Lune Spark

Speaking Up for Each Other has 24 award-winning short stories by talented young writers. These stories are original, enjoyable, and contain a rich variety of themes and situations ranging from a helpless girl living in fear of her own family to a robot contemplating what's best for its employer. Full list of authors: Aidan Phipps Oneto Aleena Sebastian Anaya Chaudhry Ankita Karuturi Bryn McCarren Cecilia Mae Richwine Elijah Bodden Ella Matterface Eva Beauchamp Fisher Mishmash Jona Cordonier Gehring Khloe Beutler Kiersten Boyd Kyleigh Williamson Maya Haugan Nadia Chernich Naila Moloo Poem Schway Quinn F. Kammer Simon Vazquez-Carr Sophie Corry Sylvana Poon Teagan Durkin

Wonderfully wide-ranging, original, and enjoyable, The Emotional Embodiment of Stars contains 27 award-winning short stories like "Mortimer", in which an unwanted guest secretly follows a family through their heartbreaking sorrows, and "Crossroads", in which a budding writer is finally preparing to meet the man she happens to exchange greetings with every morning on the way to her office. Authors include: Lune Spark Anna Westwig Anuksha Ram Madhan Arriyannah Herring Arunima Jaiswal Asha Patel Charlotte Menke Daphne Bargeman Devanshi Bhargava Hilary Barkey Huda Haque Jacqueline Hunter Jordan Nelson Katherine Lindsey Smith T Khloe Beutler Laura Cao Logan Egle Lucy Liversidge Maggie Watson Mason Xavier Surratt Maya Lewins Rachel Zhang Rhys Owen Sarah Miller Sequoia Ayers Sherry Sun Sienna Manning Xuan Xuan Li

Nora, a loris, dreads her first day of school. But the kindly teacher, a hippo named Ms. Hilda, and a menagerie of a class soon set Nora's fears at ease. Playing is an important part of children's learning and development. This first book in the series My Teacher Hilda follows Nora's first day of school at Bumble Bee Academy. Appropriate for the children in the age ranges three years to eight years, the series focuses on play based early learning. This series may also help children learn socialization before they join kindergarten to help make this important transition easier.

Abby and Emma aren't just best friends. They're more like two life forces sharing the same soul, certain the ties that bind them can weather any storm. Then Gretchen comes into their lives, blowing across the landscape of their friendship like a hurricane. Will Abby and Emma survive Gretchen? Surviving Gretchen, the first book in Bonnie Daly's The Storms of Friendship series, is a captivating tale about what happens when the bond between two 13-year-old girls is threatened by the dark, swirling depths of another girl's jealousy. The story reveals the importance of true friendship, mutual trust, and never taking the people you love for granted.

In this brilliant third book in the My Teacher Hilda series, the fun picks up right after the second book, A Picnic Day. Ms. Hilda's children are in for an adventure when they go outside for activities, but not everything is bound to run smoothly. The Water Balloon Fight is a great tool for children to learn how to be safe and have fun outdoors. Children will be encouraged to listen to others, overcome their fears, try new things, help others, and so much more!

Our future depends on stories. As the world advances, literature has the ability to ground us - in our humanness, our imaginations, and our enlightenment. Fueled by the need to interpret the past, to explore the present, and to imagine the future, each generation shapes the world of books. In order to preserve this, we must have a new generation willing to share their stories. The annual Lune Spark Short Story Contest was started in May 2017 with the vision of supporting young writers. A Window to Young Minds is the first of the contest’s yearly anthologies, Short Stories by Young Writers. The 23 wonderful stories in this audiobook are handpicked from 2017’s entries. The talent of these young writers shines in their command of storytelling and their unique take on genre - from a pirate love story to the Hindenburg disaster on May 6, 1937, in New Jersey. Full list of authors: Sonia Birla, Sivaranjani Velmurugan, Soumya Shenoy, Elliot Hui, Fisher Lynn Mishmash, Christopher Joseph Maxwell, Logan M. Egle, Charlotte MenkeCate Pitterle, Molly Heinold, Ankita S. Karuturi, Sreya Vannapagari, Niharika Thuppanna, Hannah Won, Khloe Corrine Marie Beutler, Kydn Aurora Meyer, Tarisha Badaya, Debra Adamolekun, Ayanna Schubert, and Huda Haque.

This audiobook offers an innovative and engaging way for children to learn the alphabet. Ms. Hilda’s class goes on a picnic to learn the alphabet and plays games at the same time. The interesting dialogues are going to make it easy for children to learn while at the same time enjoying the story. Literature plays a huge part in a child’s development. Whether children read themselves or have a book read to them, stories can widen their imagination, expose them to new ideas, and help build their vocabulary. Stories can help children to deal with issues in their own life and to prepare for new experiences. This audiobook provides children an early exposure to fiction.

Ms. Hilda's class has a dilemma: they want a hamster as a class pet, but they don’t know how to get the money. Then Ceph has the idea to make a lemonade stand to earn money, and the class is launched on an exciting journey as they create their first business. Will the children collect enough money for their new hamster? In the fourth installment of My Teacher Hilda series, children will continue to have fun with the story while learning about the value of money, the importance of teamwork, and how dreams can be achieved with a little hard work.

It's hard for the aspiring writers to find a concise reference to creative fiction writing. On February 5, 2017, author Pawan Mishra delivered a video talk on "The Craft of Creative Fiction Writing" to the students of Lady Shri Ram College, New Delhi. The script of the talk has ever since become a popular reference for students of the creative writing and aspiring writers. The 21 fundamentals listed in the talk cover the most essential aspects of creative storytelling. Each one of these fundamentals is explained in a simple way, easy enough to understand and remember.

It’s Halloween and Ms. Hilda’s class can’t wait to go trick-or-treating, but first they must find their favorite costumes.In this seventh installment of the My Teacher Hilda series, children will continue to have fun with the story while learning about the power of diversity and teamwork in accomplishing great results.Appropriate for children ages three to eight years old, this book can be read to them or they can read it by themselves.

Ms. Hilda’s class has a dilemma: they want a hamster as a class pet, but they don’t know how to get the money. Then Ceph has the idea to make a lemonade stand to earn money, and the class is launched on an exciting journey as they create their first business. Will the children collect enough money for their new hamster? In this 4th installment of My Teacher Hilda series, children will continue to have fun with the story while learning about the value of money, the importance of teamwork, and how dreams can be achieved with a little hard work.

Ms. Hilda’s class has a dilemma: they want a hamster as a class pet, but they don’t know how to get the money. Then Ceph has the idea to make a lemonade stand to earn money, and the class is launched on an exciting journey as they create their first business. Will the children collect enough money for their new hamster?In this 4th installment of My Teacher Hilda series, children will continue to have fun with the story while learning about the value of money, the importance of teamwork, and how dreams can be achieved with a little hard work.