Wendy Bartlett

This second volume in the Cellini's Revenge series focuses on how Peter Evans' life and the Cellini curse from over 400 years before intertwine, and how the fight between two brothers over the Cellini cups haunts the story throughout. Calamities happen, accidents continue, and Peter's existence leads into unforeseen catastrophes. Peter hunts for his father and experiences endless disappointment, while his mother, Angela, keeps her secrets. Peter finds...

First grade is a challenge with new friends, maybe a new teacher and a feeling of advancement into the world of reading and writing. It is a time of friendship, sharing, learning and playing. It is a place where children come into their own, a secure leap into the world of math and science, and the beginning of learning to spell and sound out whole sentences. It is fun! Great for kids who are already reading, definitely between 6 and 8, and maybe...

A famous 18-year-old fiddle player, Beau, is abducted from her parents' huge Sierra home at a birthday folk jam in her honor one summer in the early part of the 21st century. As a fire burns up the mountain while she is buried on the land under a pile of brush, she is found just in time.A month later, much to her horror, she is abducted again, this time from a Berkeley music jam. The culprit – a crazy but brilliant classical violinist only known...

A beautifully illustrated book for children attending preschool showing all the activities children do in preschool: meeting new friends, listening to stories, swinging on the tire swing, playing table games, singing with a guitar, hammering, riding bikes, and playing in the sand. Teachers, parents, and children will love this book because they can point and say, "We go to a school like that!"Great to read to kids going into preschool, perhaps by...