Bøger af Carol Dean

Santa has run out of his magic dust and everything seems to be going wrong. Santa's magic dust needs lots of ingredients and Santa needs help to collect it all in before Mrs Santa can make some more. Who can help? Who can help Santa make everything right again and save Christmas?

In the year 1830 President Andrew Jackson signed and had approved the Indian Removal Act. For the Five Civilised Tribes of Native America, the Choctaw, Chickasaw, Seminole, Muscogee (Creek), and the Cherokee, this meant the end of their lives as they knew it and the start of the Trail of Tears.A trail that, not only brought tears, but has become famous for the starvation, disease, despair and death amongst the Five Civilised Tribes that were forced to travel on it.An unbelievably sad story, said to be the most sorrowful legacy of the Jacksonian Era. But it's all true.

PC Polly has a new role to play today with Deerham Constabulary. She is working with the Mini Police, a group of 9 year olds who help in the local community.But as usual things do not go as well as Sgt Blake thinks they will. Not with PC Polly in charge. And who has to sort it all out? Poor Sgt Blake that's who. But the Mini Police have such a good time working with PC Polly that they want to do it all again.What could have possibly gone wrong? Find out in the latest book in the PC Polly series. Enjoy

Webster is a spider. Lots of people don't like spiders. But Webster's not a scary one really. He lives with his Mam, sister and Granny Spinner but loves being where the humans live. And often goes there when he knows he shouldn't.But on this particular day, it's a really good job that he did. Because Webster became a hero and swung into action to save the day. And the human. Read about Webster's adventure and hopefully you will think that Webster is a hero too, and not scary at all.

Granny Ridley and her best friends Sylvia and Brenda try a couple of new exercise keep fit sessions with very unexpected results.

The seventh book in Carol Dean's Charlie Dryden Series.It was bad enough that Charlie Dryden and his family had their day at the Roman museum spoilt because someone had decided to steal the Roman Standard of the Fourth Cohort, the Signum, found recently in a farmers field.But little did Charlie know that he would soon become involved with the quest to retrieve the Signum, bringing honour back to the Fourth Cohort, and the thieves to face justice. With the help of his new friend Atticus Marcus Lucius that is.

The sixth book in the Charlie Dryden Series.Charlie Dryden and his friends and family love going to the local railway museum. But his convict friend Mr Lambert tries to warn Charlie off going as he knows there is something wrong at the museum. Undeterred Charlie decides to investigate and it's not long before Charlie discovers that something stinks about the drains.But what and can he find the answers in time?

The first book in Carol Dean's Charlie Dryden Series.Charlie Dryden loved playing cricket with his brother Keith and best friend Alan.Little did they know that a simple game of cricket in the park could lead to so much adventure.

Days of the Old Wild West charts the lives and times of the American expansion into the west during the 19TH century. It was a hard life for many but it paved the way for a new life and new opportunities to find the American Dream.Many of the names you will recognise and some could be new to you. But these frontier men, these gunslingers and card sharps made The West wild. They became the legends that many books and films have immortalised, and made the life of the Wild West so fascinating even now.

Carol Dean's book takes you back to the days of the Comanche and their struggle against the white man. Quanah Parker became one man living in two worlds as he was the last chief the Comanche ever had. This book takes the reader through Parker's assimilation into the white man's world and the great success he made of it and describes how he became a major part of American history and still is today.Carol's book "Comanche Life" contains a brief summary of Quanah's life as he was the last chief of the Comanche. This book provides a fuller picture of this incredible man.

Author Carol Dean relates an adventure that she experienced while growing up on her family's chicken farm in central Maine. The Henhouse is the charming, instructive tale of a young girl who one day begs her father to let her help him care for the chickens. Once inside the big henhouse, though, young Carol is assaulted by sights, sounds, and smells -- and agressive roosters -- she had only guessed about before.