Bøger af Christie Jones Ray

The taxi makes its way through the crowded streets and delivers them to Lincoln Center where they walk briskly to the entrance of the David Koch Theater...the home of The New York City Ballet. This performance will be the very first of the season, the 60th anniversary of George Balanchine's The Nutcracker. Eliza hopes she might meet a real ballerina.

Grammy and Eliza prepare for a move to a tiny victorian, Rose Water Cottage. How will she fit in, in the city, after living in the country. Grammy eases her anxious mind, and says, "You may be a Cottage Mouse. We will have a garden of lovely flowers, enjoy our tea sets and tea parties...and All will be Well."

A long journey from way across the ocean has ended, and we find dolly Lula Kate on the front porch of Rose Water Cottage in Franklin, Tennessee. She has found her forever home at Grammy's House with the tiny toy mouse Eliza. Come along, as they become fast friends, move into Pink House, and dream of an adventure in the City of Lights.

Travel with Eliza the Mouse to a lovely Bed & Breakfast in Round Top, Texas...The Prairie by Rachel Ashwell...and discover Bluebonnets and shabby white cows and soft feather pillows. Those who are young and those who are young at heart, will fall in love with this little mouse on the prairie.

Meet Baby Mouse, the teeny tiny resident of Doll House, and her friends Rosebud and Sugarlump, who come to visit. Join them for a party in the garden and a game of Hide and Seek. When it is time for bed, stories are read and prayers are said. We will play again tomorrow.

Eliza, the mouse at Grammy's House, learns how to stay healthy by drinking her goat's milk and enjoying the fruits of her labor from the garden. A delightful rhyme leads the reader through the planting, harvesting, and consumption of English and Sugar Snap peas.

This rhyming tale finds Eliza and Cousin City Mouse enjoying an annual tradition of gathering the greenery for Christmastide, along with a festive picnic, the sharing of stories and yummy treats.

Eliza Celebrates a Royal Wedding, book four in the Eliza series, finds Eliza receiving a lesson in baking cookies. Her package of goodies is received by one very thankful cousin, who lives far away in the city. Both cousins have enjoyed celebrating a Royal Wedding. The recipe for the Victorian Lavender Cookies with Rosewater Icing is included.

Eliza will not be Afraid is a story for those little ones who have you looking for monsters behind the curtains and in the closets, at bedtime. Eliza is comforted as Grammy finds sweet Bible verses hidden behind the doors and tucked between the shutters.