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Bunyips
Kidhaven Press (Cengage/Gale 2011)
For thousands of years the
Aborigines of Australia have told creepy tales about the
beast of the billabongs. Some said its loud bellowing call
could make even the bravest warriors tremble. But what is
the bunyip? A giant goanna? A long-dead diprotodon? A
ferocious crocodile? No one knows for sure.
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Oak Island Treasure Pit
By Shirley Raye Redmond
Kidhaven Press (Cengage/Gale 2011)
It is Novia Scotia’s most
mysterious piece of real estate. Tales of long-lost pirate
treasure lure many to the island. Tales of vengeful ghosts keep
others away. For more than two centuries the pit and its unusual
contents have intrigued the curious and tempted those with a
lust for gold. Who built the pit? The Knights Templar? The
pre-Revolutionary French military? Freemasons or exiled Mayans?
The mystery remains unsolved.
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How to plot
How to revise
How to submit to an editor |
Write a Marketable Children's
Book in 7 Weeks
By Shirley Raye Redmond and
Jennifer McKerley
Mill City Press
We've used this method dozens of times to sell
our manuscripts to publishers such as Random House, Simon &
Schuster, and Thomson Gale.
No more excuses. Start now! This step-by-step
workbook shows you how.
$14.95 Langdon Street Press...Available at
Amazon, Borders, Barnes and Noble and wherever fine books are
sold.
For more information, visit
www.writechildrensbook.com
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Cities of Gold
By Shirley Raye Redmond
Kid Haven Press (Mysterious
Encounters Series)
Coming in June 2010
Kingdoms of power
and great riches have long sparked the imaginations of people
around the world. When Columbus wrote to the King of Spain, “I
promise… our invincible Majesties… to furnish them with all they
gold they need,” he started the first gold rush in the Americas.
From the Incan Empire and El Dorado in South America to the
legendary Seven Cities of Cibola in New Mexico, thousands of
European treasure seekers scoured the New World in search of
untold riches. Some were lucky beyond their wildest dreams! |
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Jersey Devil
By Shirley Raye Redmond
Kid Haven Press (Monsters Series)
2009
Read Shelf-Employed Librarian blog here... |
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FINALIST
IN THE
2009 NEW
MEXICO
BOOK AWARDS
PICTURE
BOOK CATEGORY!
BONUS!
Click here to read
about
Chief Spotted Tail
and his race against
the Iron Horse... |
Blind Tom
Blind Tom: The Horse Who Helped Build the Great
Railroad
Shirley Raye Redmond
Illustrated by Lois Bradley
Learn all about the building of the world’s first
transcontinental railroad through the true story of Blind Tom, a
sightless workhorse who contributed in his own way to this
important part of American history. With its engaging narrative
and striking illustrations,
Blind Tom will delight animal lovers
of
all ages.
48 pages • 83⁄8 x 9
• color illustrations and map
bibliography • resource list • glossary
ISBN 978-0-87842-558-7 • paper $10.00
FOR AGES 4 AND UP
REVIEWS:
From MIDWEST BOOK REVIEWS JULY 2009
~AS
INFORMATIVE AS IT IS ENTERTAINING!~
There really was a blind horse called Tom who worked pulling
flatcars for construction crews who were building our country's
first transcontinental railroad... As informative as it is
entertaining, this true story of the handicapped horse who
became famous in his own time is very highly recommended reading
and certain to become a popular addition to school and community
library collections.
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Cerberus
By Shirley Raye Redmond
Kid Haven Press (Monsters Series)
2008
--"Redmond
does a good job of opening readers' minds to imaginative
questioning, such as when examining the large-black-dog lore in
Great Britain and the
United States. --School Library Journal |
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Wyatt and the Duck
By Shirley Raye Redmond
Picture Window Books, 2008
Ages 4-8 • Grades PreK-3
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Pup's Prairie Home
Finalist in 2008 NM Book
Awards!
By Shirley Raye Redmond
Picture Window Books, 2008
Ages 4-9 • Grades PreK-3
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Mermaids
By Shirley Raye Redmond
Kid Haven Press (Monsters Series)
2008
Buy it wherever books are sold!
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The Princess and Her Pony
By
Shirley Raye Redmond
Picture Window Books
December 2006
Buy it wherever books are sold!
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The Princesses' Lucky Day
By
Shirley Raye Redmond
Picture Window Books
December 2006
Buy it wherever books are sold!
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The Alamo
By
Shirley Raye Redmond
Illustrated by Dominick Saponaro
Simon
& Schuster
April
2004
Texas, the
twenty-eighth state to join the Union, fought one of the
United States's most famous battles at the Alamo. The Texans and
native Tejanos, with the help of volunteers including Davy
Crockett, would have rather died than surrender their freedom to
Mexico.
Even
though Mexican soldiers outnumbered the Texans, the Texans
held strong for longer than anyone could have imagined. No one will
ever forget the battle at the Alamo because it
was the site of a heroic struggle against overwhelming odds and a
place where men made the ultimate sacrifice for freedom.
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The Dog That Dug for Dinosaurs
By
Shirley Raye Redmond
Illustrated by Simon Sullivan
Simon
& Schuster
June
2004
There was
once a little dog named Tray. He lived in England with his owner,
Mary Ann Anning. Besides Mary Ann, Tray loved one other thing: He
loved to dig for dinosaur bones.
Together he and Mary Ann found
small bones, big bones, and even entire skeletons! People came from
all around the world to see the bones they found. This is the
honestly true story of Tray, the dog that dug for dinosaurs!
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Patriots in Petticoats:
Heroines of the American Revolution
By Shirley Raye Redmond
Random House
January 2004
Everyone knows that George Washington and Thomas Jefferson were
heroes of the American Revolution. But did you know that there were
many brave women who fought for our country's freedom as well? It's
true!
Meet the amazing ladies of the American Revolution. Daring
Martha Bell spied on British General Cornwallis' camp. Former slave Phillis Wheatley used her powerful pen to champion liberty and
inspire an army. And fifteen-year-old Betty Zane dodged bullets
while running for gunpowder to save patriot lives!
With a compelling light touch Shirley Raye Redmond introduces a
little-known side of American history and tells the stories of 24
heroic women--America's own patriots in petticoats!
Named one of
the best children's books of 2005 by Bank Street College of
Education in New York
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Pigeon Hero!
By Shirley Raye Redmond
Illustrated by Doris Ettlinger
In a town in Italy during World War II the people
have surrendered without firing a shot. But American warplanes are
due to arrive, and the radio's broken, so no one can tell them to
call of the attack!
G.I. Joe, a carrier pigeon, is the only one who
can take the message to the Americans. Will he make it in time to
save the town?
Pigeon Hero! is a Level 2 Aladdin paperback in the
Ready-To-Read series, and it is based on a true story!
PIGEON HERO received an Oppenheim
Toy Portfolio Gold Award for 2004. Winners were announced on the
Today Show.
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Lewis and Clark:
A Prairie Dog for the President
By Shirley Raye Redmond
Illustrated by John Manders
Random
House
May 2003
Did you know that prairie dogs have different alarm calls
to warn each other about humans, coyotes, hawks and pet
dogs?
This
book has been published to coincide with the 200th
anniversary of the expedition.
The
Children's Book of the Month Club has bought the license
for exclusive home book club paperback rights. The book
will be used as a main selection for the age 4-6 category.
Over 150,000
copies sold!
BONUS! Read Shirley Raye's
latest essay:
All American Dog!
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Tentacles! Tales of the Giant Squid
By Shirley Raye Redmond
Illustrated by Bryn Barnard
What has jaws so strong that it can snap a wooden oar in two
with just one bite, is as long as two school buses, and has
the largest eyes of any creature on earth?
The elusive giant squid!
Few people have ever seen this monster of the deep, and no one has ever captured a healthy, living specimen.
Sailors told tall tales about the monster that chased ships, stretching
its giant arms around the vessels and pulling them down into the sea.
In fact, most people thought the giant squid was only a myth.
But the giant squid is real, and researchers are actively pursuing the capture of a live one--using sperm whales and special cameras
attached to the whales' backs.
Authenticated sightings and strandings of the elusive giant squid
have taken place in coastal waters around the world—from the shores of
Newfoundland to New Zealand, from Plum Island, Massachusetts to Monterey Bay in
California.
Learn more about this mysterious creature today!
Over 200,000
copies sold!
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