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If Your Cat Were a Human

Jack the Cat was Very Fat

If Your Cat Were a Human

If Your Cat Were a Human

Leland P. Gamson

Karen Camden Welsh (Illustrator)


   If your cat were a human, would she be a singer or a dancer or an athlete? When in school, would she behave or be a trouble maker?    

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A Song in Her Heart

Jack the Cat was Very Fat

If Your Cat Were a Human

  A Song in Her Heart

Kathy Dye


 This poignant story was written about the author’s mother and reveals how music affects the lives of not only Alzheimer’s patients but also those around them.  

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Jack the Cat was Very Fat

Jack the Cat was Very Fat

Jack the Cat was Very Fat

Jack the Cat was Very Fat

Penny Golding

Karna Peck (Illustrator)

4-7


 Jack was very fat...but still kept eating. 

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If Your Dog Were a Human

If Your Dog Were a Human

Jack the Cat was Very Fat

If Your Dog Were a Human

Leland P. Gamson

Karen Camden Welsh (Illustrator)

4-7


 If your dog were a human what kind of human would he be? Would he be a cop or a robber, a singer or a pilot? Told rhyming with whimsical illustrations. LELAND P. GAMSON enjoys telling animal stories to children and children’s stories to animals. After retiring from the VA and U.S. Army, he is focusing on writing stories for young people. 

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Little Red Riding Wolf

If Your Dog Were a Human

Little Red Riding Wolf

Little Red Riding Wolf

Leland P Gamson

Candice Schoonover


4-7

 A creative retelling of the classic tale with the role of wolf and humans reversed. This story has a 'Biblical stewardship of the earth' theme. A creative retelling of the classic tale with the role of wolf and humans reversed. Little Red Riding Wolf sets off to Grandma Wolf’s den with a basket of goodies. Will she heed her mother’s advice to avoid humans along the way? 

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My Buddy and Me

If Your Dog Were a Human

Little Red Riding Wolf

 My Buddy and Me

Leland P. Gamson

Karen Camden Welsh (Illustrator)

4-7


How are my dog and me the same and how are we different? During our day together we discover 24 ways that we are the same and 6 ways we are not.
LELAND P. GAMSON enjoys telling animal stories to children and children’s stories to animals. After retiring from the VA and U.S. Army, he is focusing on writing stories for young people.
Be sure to read all of the Rain Gardens books for children by Leland P. Gamson. 

by Leland P. Gamson

Illustrated by Karen Camden Welsh

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Samuel and the Mystery Puppy

Lokael the Donkey Who Carried Jesus

Samuel and the Mystery Puppy

Samuel and the Mystery Puppy

Leland P. Gamson

Karna Peck (Illustrator)


 When Samuel, a street child in a war-torn country, saw a puppy, he tried to rescue him. However, the puppy was always just out of reach.

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Noah

Lokael the Donkey Who Carried Jesus

Samuel and the Mystery Puppy

 Noah

Karna Peck


 Early reader book depicting the Bible story of how Noah brought in all the animals to the ark. 

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Lokael the Donkey Who Carried Jesus

Lokael the Donkey Who Carried Jesus

Lokael the Donkey Who Carried Jesus

 Lokael The Donkey who Carried Jesus

Leland P Gamson

Leah Ann Cledgett (Illustrator)


 The donkey was delighted when Jesus chose him to ride through Jerusalem. He tell of experiencing cheering crowds and what happened to Jesus Christ. 

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...Grab some popcorn...there is more to come...

...Grab some popcorn...there is more to come...

...Grab some popcorn...there is more to come...

...Grab some popcorn...there is more to come...

...Grab some popcorn...there is more to come...

...Grab some popcorn...there is more to come...

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I'm Not a Bad Dog

Samson at the Olympics

I'm Not a Bad Dog

 I'm Not a bad Dog

Leland P Gamson

Sunny Graham (Illustrator)

Karna Peck (Illustrator)


 I Am Not A Bad Dog. I pull out your shoelaces and pee on the rug. I nip at your fingers like a little thug. But I am not a bad dog. I will tell you why. 

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Puppy School

Samson at the Olympics

I'm Not a Bad Dog

  Puppy School

Leland P Gamson

Nathan Watkins (Illustrator)


 A puppy goes to puppy school thinking that he will graduate knowing how to shop, cook and read. Find out in rhyme what he really will learn to do in puppy school. 

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Samson at the Olympics

Samson at the Olympics

The First day of School

 Samson at the Olympics

Leland P Gamson

Loghan O'Pace (Illustrator)


  The ancient Greeks invite Israel to field a team at their Olympics. Israel sends a team with one member, Samson. Lampis, the legendary Spartan Olympian, mocks the Israelite for showing up. 

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The First day of School

the Irish Setter is Mailing a Letter

The First day of School

 The First Day of School

Karna Peck


  Teach children to help one another when they may need it. They can learn the value of being an ‘angel’ 

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The Pony who Wanted to be a Unicorn

the Irish Setter is Mailing a Letter

the Irish Setter is Mailing a Letter

 The Pony Who Wanted to be a Unicorn

Leland P Gamson

Betsy Bleed (Illustrator)


Nikud and his friends like living on a pony farm, but they wish they were not just ordinary ponies. Their wishes come true when they become ponies of special needs children. 

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the Irish Setter is Mailing a Letter

the Irish Setter is Mailing a Letter

the Irish Setter is Mailing a Letter

The Irish Setter is Mailing a Letter

Leland P Gamson

Candice schoonover (Illustrator)


The Irish Setter is Mailing a Letter is an account of 29 dog breeds playing, working, being annoying and just doing dog activities.

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Toby the Lighthouse Keeper

Toby the Lighthouse Keeper

Toby the Lighthouse Keeper

 Toby the Lighthouse Keeper

Leland P Gamson

Karna Peck (Illustrator)


 Being a lighthouse keeper is not like being on vacation on the sea coast. Toby as he runs a lighthouse with his dog and cat companions. Toby likes his hard job because he knows that he is placed there by God 

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We Found Brown

Toby the Lighthouse Keeper

Toby the Lighthouse Keeper

 We Found Brown

Karna Peck


We Found Brown: Primary and secondary color mixing book for children written by a professional artist and teacher

 In the end, all three frogs mix their footprints together to make browns.

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Why Can't Dogs Talk

Toby the Lighthouse Keeper

Why Can't Dogs Talk

Why Can’t Dogs Talk?

Leland P Gamson

Alyssa Tanner (Illustrator)


Anna tells her father that her life would be better if her dog, Polly, could talk. Then her father explains how Polly’s talking would turn her life upside down. 

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