Best Selling Author At Age 8 - April 2024

The Trouble Begins at 8: A Life of Mark Twain in the Wild, Wild West

"Mark Twain was born fully grown, with a cheap cigar clamped between his teeth." So begins Sid Fleischman's ramble-scramble biography of the great American author and wit, who started life in a Missouri village as a barefoot boy named Samuel Clemens. Abandoning a career as a young steamboat pilot on the Mississippi River, Sam took a bumpy stagecoach to the Far West. In the gold and silver fields, he expected to get rich quick. Instead, he got poor fast, digging in the wrong places. His stint as a sagebrush newspaperman led to a duel with pistols. Had he not survived, the world would never have... [Read More]

• ASIN: 0061344311
• ASIN: 0061344311
• ISBN: 0061344311
• Brand: Greenwillow Books
• Manufacturer: Greenwillow Books

Danger Lies Ahead: Lights Out at Camp What-a-Nut/The King's Quest/Danger Lies Ahead/A Carnival of Secrets (Adventures in Odyssey Fiction Series 5-7 & 12)

Odyssey is a town filled with wonder, surprises, and even a hint of danger―as Mark Prescott, Jack Davis, and their friends learn in these four stories: Mark learns a new perspective about the people around him in Lights out at Camp What-a-Nut. The King’s Quest is an Imagination Station adventure where Mark experiences how God is at work in our world. Jack Davis gets tangled up in a dangerous web of intrigue in Danger Lies Ahead.Patti’s future becomes a difficult lesson in truth and consequences in A Carnival of Secrets.

• ASIN: 1589973291
• UPC: 700001003290
• ASIN: 1589973291
• ISBN: 9781589973299
• Brand: Tyndale House Publishers
• Manufacturer: Focus on the Family

Night of the Living Doll: The First Novel from an 8 Year Old Author (The Horrors At Johnson City Book 1)

Night of the Living Doll is the first book from 8-year-old reading fanatic, Aiden L. Simons. Follow Dawn and Mike as they find out the mysterious doll named Bella that arrived one day is more than it seems! It's Evil!

• ASIN: B07TPQXB88
• ASIN: B07TPQXB88

Lola at the Library (Lola Reads)

Learn about the library, checking out books, and story time with Lola.  Every Tuesday Lola and her mommy go to the library. Lola meets her friends there. They share books and don't have to be quiet all the time. The nice librarian tells stories. There is a big machine that buzzes Lola's books in and out, and she can take any books she wants home with her. Lola and her mommy always stop for a treat on the way home. No wonder Lola loves the library.This gentle story of growing with books encourages little ones to discover the joy of reading as well as getting them ready and excited to visit th... [Read More]

• ASIN: 158089142X
• ASIN: 158089142X
• ISBN: 158089142X
• Brand: Charlesbridge
• Manufacturer: Charlesbridge

The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian

Bestselling author Sherman Alexie tells the story of Junior, a budding cartoonist growing up on the Spokane Indian Reservation. Determined to take his future into his own hands, Junior leaves his troubled school on the rez to attend an all-white farm town high school where the only other Indian is the school mascot.Heartbreaking, funny, and beautifully written, The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian, which is based on the author's own experiences, coupled with poignant drawings by Ellen Forney that reflect the character's art, chronicles the contemporary adolescence of one Native Amer... [Read More]

• ASIN: 0316013692
• ASIN: 0316013692
• ISBN: 9780316013697
• Brand: Little Brown Young Readers
• Manufacturer: Little, Brown Books for Young Readers

I AM... Positive Affirmations for Brown Boys

In this book for boys, author Ayesha Rodriguez uses rhyming verses, followed by a positive affirmation. I am and the words that follow are powerful. Repeated affirmations will build up your child’s self-esteem and transform his sense of self! 

• ASIN: 1495195643
• ASIN: 1495195643
• ISBN: 1495195643
• Manufacturer: Jaye Squared Youth Empowerment Services

At the End of Ridge Road

In the 1960s in graduate school, Joseph Bruchac studied with Grace Paley and met Allen Ginsberg. He went on to earn his PhD and work in Africa, an experience that confirmed his belief that native peoples all over the world possess hard-won knowledge—of humanity's capacity for self-destruction—wisdom set down in their stories and traditions. Now in his sixties, Bruchac is known for keeping these stories alive, through traditional Native American storytelling, original children’s books, fiction, and poetry. Books in his "Keepers of the Earth" series, co-authored with Michael Caduto, have sol... [Read More]

• ASIN: 1571312757
• ASIN: 1571312757
• ISBN: 1571312757
• Brand: Brand: Milkweed Editions
• Manufacturer: Milkweed Editions

Being Safe at Home (Be Safe)

This fun, colorful book describes basic rules for what to do and what not to do to be safe at home.

• ASIN: B00IAJ3D1Q
• ASIN: B00IAJ3D1Q
• Manufacturer: The Child's World, Inc.

The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time

• ASIN: 1400032717
• ASIN: 1400032717
• ISBN: 9781400032716
• Brand: Random House Inc
• Manufacturer: Vintage Contemporaries

Hidden Figures: The True Story of Four Black Women and the Space Race

Based on the New York Times bestselling book and the Academy Award–nominated movie, author Margot Lee Shetterly and Coretta Scott King Illustrator Honor Award winner Laura Freeman bring the incredibly inspiring true story of four black women who helped NASA launch men into space to picture book readers!Dorothy Vaughan, Mary Jackson, Katherine Johnson, and Christine Darden were good at math…really good. They participated in some of NASA's greatest successes, like providing the calculations for America's first journeys into space. And they did so during a time when being black and a woman li... [Read More]

• ASIN: 0062742469
• ASIN: 0062742469
• ISBN: 0062742469
• Manufacturer: HarperCollins

Love and Biology at the Center of the Universe

Upon learning that her college sweetheart husband has been seeing another woman, Mira Serafino’s once perfect world is shattered and she wants no one, least of all her big Italian family, to know. She takes off—with no destination and little money—heading north until her car breaks down in Seattle. There she takes a job at the offbeat Coffee Shop at the Center of the Universe, where she’ll experience a terrifying but invigorating freedom, and meet someone she’ll come to love: the new Mira.

• ASIN: 0451223888
• ASIN: 0451223888
• ISBN: 0451223888
• Brand: Shortridge, Jennie
• Manufacturer: New American Library

The Finest Hours (Young Readers Edition): The True Story of a Heroic Sea Rescue (True Rescue Series)

On the night of February 18, 1952, during one of the worst winter storms that New England has ever seen, two oil tankers just off the shore of Cape Cod were torn in half by the force of the storm. This middle-grade adaptation of an adult nonfiction book tells the story of the shipwreck and a harrowing Coast Guard rescue when four men in a tiny lifeboat overcame insurmountable odds and saved more than 30 stranded sailors. This is a fast-paced, uplifting story that puts young readers in the middle of the action. It's a gripping story of heroism and survival with the same intensity as the bestsel... [Read More]

• ASIN: B00EGJ7L12
• ASIN: B00EGJ7L12
• Brand: Unknown
• Manufacturer: Henry Holt and Co. (BYR)

Each Kindness (Jane Addams Award Book (Awards))

Jacqueline Woodson is the 2018-2019 National Ambassador for Young People’s LiteratureWINNER OF A CORETTA SCOTT KING HONOR AND THE JANE ADDAMS PEACE AWARD! Each kindness makes the world a little better This unforgettable book is written and illustrated by the award-winning team that created The Other Side and the Caldecott Honor winner Coming On Home Soon. With its powerful anti-bullying message and striking art, it will resonate with readers long after they've put it down. Chloe and her friends won't play with the new girl, Maya. Every time Maya tries to join Chloe and her friends, they reje... [Read More]

• ASIN: 0399246525
• ASIN: 0399246525
• ISBN: 0399246525
• Brand: Nancy Paulsen Books
• Manufacturer: Nancy Paulsen Books

The Princess and the Pea

When a prince sets out to find a princess to marry, he soon discovers this is not a simple task. There is no shortage of so-called princesses, but how can he tell whether or not they are what they claim to be? Then one night a great storm rages, there comes a knock on the palace gate, and the prince's life is never the same . . .

• ASIN: 0142413933
• ASIN: 0142413933
• ISBN: 0142413933
• Brand: Isadora, Rachel (RTL)
• Manufacturer: Puffin Books

My Mouth Is A Volcano

Teaching children how to manage their thoughts and words without interrupting. Louis always interrupts! All of his thoughts are very important to him, and when he has something to say, his words rumble and grumble in his tummy, they wiggle and jiggle on his tongue and then they push on his teeth, right before he ERUPTS (or interrupts). His mouth is a volcano! But when others begin to interrupt Louis, he learns how to respectfully wait for his turn to talk. My Mouth Is A Volcano takes an empathetic approach to the habit of interrupting and teaches children a witty technique to help them manage ... [Read More]

• ASIN: 1931636850
• ASIN: 1931636850
• ISBN: 1931636850
• Brand: DXT
• Manufacturer: Natl Center for Youth Issues

Wrap It In A Bit of Cheese Like You're Tricking The Dog : The fifth collection of essays and emails by New York Times Best Selling author, David Thorne.

"The fifth collection of essays and emails by New York Times bestselling author David

• UPC: 795035052
• Rating: 3.0

Best Seller Status : Becoming a Best-Selling Author in the Digital Age

Authors - BEST SELLER STATUS(TM) Becoming a Best-Selling Author in the Digital Age blows the lid off the best kept secrets in the publishing world on getting your book and brand from your heart to

• UPC: 912017617

I'm a Best Selling Author: Blank College Rule Lined Journal 6x9: Motivational Gift for Author or Future Author, Gift for a Writing a New Book

I'm a Best Selling Author: Blank College Rule Lined Journal 6x9: Motivational Gift for Author or Future Author, Gift for a Writing a New

• UPC: 386049187

Basic Classical Guitar Method, Bk 1: From the Best-Selling Author of Pumping Nylon, Book & DVD (Paperback)

9780739033890

• UPC: 7724158

Every Girl's Library, Volume 8 of 10 a Collection of Appropriate and Instructive Reading for Girls of All Ages from the Best Authors of All Time

Every Girl's Library, Volume 8 of 10 a Collection of Appropriate and Instructive Reading for Girls of All Ages from the Best Authors of All

• UPC: 380197145

The Upgrade : Look Your Best, Feel Your Best, Be Your Best!

The Upgrade: Look Your Best, Feel Your Best, Be Your

• UPC: 53146449