Books published by publisher Strong Kidz Books

Mr. Trumpet and the Big, Not-So-Great Wall is a story about a group of friends who live in Yousa, a place filled with music from all over the world. The friends love playing music together, but their friendship, families, and music are threatened when a Mr. Trumpet decides to build a wall and remove those who do not play the music he likes.This is a story about how a group of friends can overcome heartbreak and separation through working together and believing in one another. People big and small, young and old, near and far, can find strength in caring for one another and building a better world for tomorrow.

Mr. Trumpet and the Big, Not-So-Great Wall is a story about a group of friends who live in Yousa, a place filled with music from all over the world. The friends love playing music together, but their friendship, families, and music are threatened when a Mr. Trumpet decides to build a wall and remove those who do not play the music he likes.This is a story about how a group of friends can overcome heartbreak and separation through working together and believing in one another. People big and small, young and old, near and far, can find strength in caring for one another and building a better world for tomorrow.

In the small Lake Erie town of Silverton, Ohio, crime runs big. Domestic violence crime advocate, Elizabeth Strong, knows this more than anyone. She's been there and now she's doing everything she can to stop it.But while helping an abused prominent woman navigate through the court system, Elizabeth falls prey to an unknown stalker. The detective assigned to protect her soon discovers her victim is the target of a murder for hire and they’re both taken to task in finding the would-be-killer. As the evidence in both cases continues to grow, so does the stalker's aggression.Meanwhile, the tangled web of Elizabeth’s past begins to unravel and Detective Martinez must work harder to protect one of his own. Everyone is suspect. Is the victim’s angry husband on the defense? Or does the path lead to the one man Elizabeth fears the most? It’s soon realized that nothing is ever as it seems...What readers are saying:"K.C. Turner's police procedural novel, Strong Motive, is fast-paced and suspenseful... It's highly recommended." Jack Magnus for Readers' Favorite"Lots of twists and turns." Amazon reviewer "This book was excellent and I couldn't put it down..." Amazon reviewer"Definitly a page turner." Amazon reviewerBook 1 of the Elizabeth Strong Series. Can be read as a stand alone.

In Holiday Story Prompts for Kids, kids will be able to get just a little boost in overcoming writer’s block just in time for the new calendar year. This book can be used not only to help get the creative juices flowing so they can focus better on a school writing assignment, but kids can even turn those stories into published books with some hard work! Holiday Story Prompts for Kids is great for a classroom library, homeschooling, or at home! Kids from first grade to middle school love the story prompts, and parents and teachers love the multicultural learning and extra research needed to write about holidays from countries and cultures around the world.Use the pictures and the questions to start your own story! Or, have a friend’s help to write your own with only a few nudges.

The Lord of the Infield Flies will thrill readers with Coach Steve Reilly's harrowing, challenging, and adventuresome baseball team's trek from Connecticut to play in Maine. As a prequel to his award winning memoir, The Fat Lady Never Sings, Reilly, a high school baseball coach, narrates the true story from the beginning of his coaching career at the age of 20. In summer 1977, Reilly plans to take his high-school-age team on a weekend trip to the baseball mecca on Cape Cod to play a Massachusetts all-star team. When plans go awry, he jumps at an offer to take the players instead to the serene surroundings of southern Maine to play that state's all-star team. Most of the team's starters decline; their hearts had been set on "The Cape." Determined to go through with his commitment, Reilly gathers ten players to make the four-hour trip in a cabin truck and his car on a Friday night. Will the team arrive in time to battle Maine's best the following morning? After his legal alcohol-age players convince him to stop at a package store on the way to buy just a "few beers" for the idyllic cabin they will be staying at in the resort area of Old Orchard Beach, they exit the package store with hand trucks filled with cases of beer. Chaos reigns. The cabin truck with its inebriated players gets separated from Reilly's vehicle, losing half the team traveling in the opposite direction in Massachusetts! Will the team ever get to Maine? Will the team play Maine's all-stars? And, will the players make it back to Connecticut?

Dance Momz is about a group of girls who audition to get into the Roxy Laine Dance Company's Elite Team. Their dance teacher Roxy is London's strictest dance teacher and she is forever telling-off the girls and arguing with their parents. Competitions are every weekend and the girls must learn difficult routines in just 3 rehearsals. Through tears and tantrums, the girls have to perform well as the competition results will determine who is on the top of the performance chart and who is on the bottom each week… Will the Elite Team work hard enough to keep Miss Roxy happy or will she fire them before they have even had a chance to begin?

The tables are turned on victim advocate, Elizabeth Strong, when she falls prey to a crime herself and Silverton’s newest detective, Angel Martinez, is personally assigned to her case. Soon after, they discover her recent client is the target of a murder for hire and she tries to assist him in finding the would-be-killer. Meanwhile, the tangled web of Elizabeth’s past begins to unravel and it’s realized Martinez must work harder to protect one of his own. Not all mysteries are the same. Strong Motive comes with a little bit of police procedural, a dash of cozy mystery, and peppered with just the right amount of amateur sleuth!

The Lord of the Infield Flies will thrill readers with Coach Steve Reilly’s harrowing, challenging, and adventuresome baseball team’s trek from Connecticut to play in Maine. As a prequel to his award winning memoir, The Fat Lady Never Sings, Reilly, a high school baseball coach, narrates the true story from the beginning of his coaching career at the age of 20. In summer 1977, Reilly plans to take his high-school-age team on a weekend trip to the baseball mecca on Cape Cod to play a Massachusetts all-star team. When plans go awry, he jumps at an offer to take the players instead to the serene surroundings of southern Maine to play that state’s all-star team. Most of the team’s starters decline; their hearts had been set on “The Cape.” Determined to go through with his commitment, Reilly gathers ten players to make the four-hour trip in a cabin truck and his car on a Friday night. Will the team arrive in time to battle Maine’s best the following morning? After his legal alcohol-age players convince him to stop at a package store on the way to buy just a “few beers” for the idyllic cabin they will be staying at in the resort area of Old Orchard Beach, they exit the package store with hand trucks filled with cases of beer. Chaos reigns. The cabin truck with its inebriated players gets separated from Reilly’s vehicle, losing half the team traveling in the opposite direction in Massachusetts! Will the team ever get to Maine? Will the team play Maine’s all-stars? And, will the players make it back to Connecticut?

In Scary Story Prompts For Kids, kids will be able to get just a little boost in overcoming writer’s block just in time for Halloween. This book can be used not only to help get the creative juices flowing so they can focus later on a school writing assignment, but kids can even turn those stories into books they can publish! Use the pictures and the questions to start your own story! Or, have a friend’s help to write your own with only a few nudges.