Books in Wheeler Hardcover series

In the 1970s, Larry Ott and Silas "32" Jones were boyhood pals in a small town in rural Mississippi. Their worlds were as different as night and day: Larry was the child of lower-middle-class white parents, and Silas, the son of a poor, black single mother. But then Larry took a girl to a drive-in movie and she was never seen or heard from again. He never confessed . . . and was never charged. More than twenty years have passed. Larry lives a solitary, shunned existence, never able to rise above the whispers of suspicion. Silas has become the town constable. And now another girl has disappeared, forcing two men who once called each other "friend" to confront a past they've buried for decades.

When Judith Summers first met George, the Cavalier King Charles Spaniel who would change her life, she and her young son, Joshua, were mourning the deaths of her husband and her father, who had died barely two weeks apart.It was love at first sight. George was the ultimate upper-class pooch, and seemingly the perfect puppy, brimming with love and joy and complete with "the kind of film-star looks that made strangers stop in the street and coo over him."But, as Judith soon discovered, George was as time-consuming as a full-time job and as expensive to run as a Ferrari. Willful, possessive and badly behaved, he refused to eat anything other than organic roast chicken, destroyed her work, and suffered from every allergy and illness under the sun. On top of that, George was horribly accident-prone. Stuff happened to him. His vet bills alone have run to $25,000and George is still only nine years old!It wasnt long before King George ruled the roost in Judith's home. But even after he drove away one of her suitors, she couldnt fathom giving him up. Just as his naughtiness was boundless, so was his devotion to her and her son. A foot-warmer on cold nights, a good listener, and a fierce (okay, not so fierce) protector, George was always by their side--and much of the time underfoot.For anyone who has ever loved an incorrigible pet or known what it was like to lose a loved one, My Life with George is the hilarious and moving account of the impossible but adorable George, and of the wonderful way in which he helped to fill a huge void in the lives of both Judith and her son while driving them absolutely barking mad along the way.

Losing a sibling is hard. This important children's book is an valuable resource for children grieving the loss of a sibling, and for those seeking to help them grieve. In these pages, Joanne Parker uses her own hard won experience to illuminate the thoughts and feelings that accompany that loss. This is a book that you and your loved ones will cherish for a lifetime, and return to often, for the encouragement and perspective that it brings.

The aim of "The Best Things in Life are Dreamed" is to incite a joy for reading and to encourage fathers to read with young boys and girls, inspire them to accomplish great things by initiating a conversation about what they dream of becoming. The rhythmic verses make reading fun. The realistic watercolor illustrations by Ayushi Bandil warms the heart of young readers and enhances the experience of reading together.