Bøger af Patsy Stanley

This is book # 6 in the ongoing Desert Store Series. Timmon, a young boy who is psychic with unique abilities, escapes his malevolent family to find solace in a desert store built on a positive Earth chakra. The store is filled with Good psychics who teach and protect Timmon. His exceptional senses and serene nature make him beloved by all. Meanwhile, his imprisoned father, brothers, sighted mother, and sisters harbor intense hatred towards him. They unleash their psychic powers to destroy the desert store and seek refuge in an eerie mansion in Colorado when they fail. A year later, Timmon, along with two other troubled young men named Beck and Shem, are drawn to Gitwell, Colorado. Unbeknownst to them, their journey will lead to the reclamation of their painful pasts. Set on the edge of a flat field lying between the evil mansion, Manfred's Folly, and Lou Cornfields little cottage, this story explores the dynamics of good versus evil, with two evil, monster mothers and one innocent, lost mother- their soul weary sons are seeking to end the war with their evil mothers. The ending is compelling and unexpected. This book is a complex story that challenges conventional notions of Good and Evil. PB. 158 pages of nonstop intensity.

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"Billy Silly Beak and Pearl, the Purple-Eared Bird Girl" is an allegorical fiction that recounts the story of a penguin named Billy Silly Beak and his encounter with Pearl, the Purple-Eared Bird Girl. The tale unfolds in a cold and snowy land, exploring themes of diversity and romance. Billy's deeply devout family considers his sister Merry a Holy Bird due to her birth on Christmas Day. However, when Billy meets Pearl, a bird of a different persuasion, he embarks on a unique romance. This 22-page book, adorned with delightful illustrations, takes readers on a humorous journey through a northern continent. The story includes the true allegorical lineage of Billy Silly Beak, Pearl the Purple-Eared Bird Girl, the Wind, and Moody Zamboni the Ice Floe Boy, the mischievous and rebellious son of Sub-Icee and Zero Zamboni.

"Desert Store Series: Susan Sugar Diamond - Away in the Desert" is the fourth book in the series. It continues to follow the lives of Mama, Geena, Cowboy Johnson, and others living at the Desert Store. The store sits in the middle of a small Earth vortex that exudes healing energies, drawing psychic healers. After Cowboy Johnson's death, Mama is left alone at the store and is filled with revenge for the wrongs done to him. She discovers Cowboy Johnson's secret journals and flees to the ranch with his ashes and journals. Meanwhile, the store's owner and his helpers await the arrival of Cowboy Johnson's angry father. Unexpected guests, including the wealthy and world-famous author Susan Sugar Diamond, arrive. Susan intends to right a wrong from her past and clashes with Matthew, the store's owner. Perry, Matthew's other son, avoids the store, and Mama leaves for the Monastery with the "Three Magi." The clash between Good and Evil begins with evil Mina trying to destroy her son Timmon and the Desert Store which was once a little white church." If you like books about a fight between good and evil, this read is for you!

The Desert Store- The Red Cactus orphanage, is book #5 in the continuing series about an unusual desert store in New Mexico. Once a little white wood church built in the center of a small healing energy vortex over 100 years ago, the desert store draws both healers and odd others to live there. GAs, groceries, and healings in disguise are offered out in the middle of nowhere. Cowboy Johnson and Mama who we met in book one, are now gone. Normaine, Eddy, the three Mafia sisters, Celia, Emma and William once lived at the store. In books one through- four, before they each moved away, we''ve shared campfires out back of the desert store, long desert nights ''neath the stars, along with bologna sandwiches, chocolate cake, heartbreaks, anger and tears. In this ongoing sequel, Timmon, orphaned at ten by his evil family, lives at the store and has taken its ownership over. Timmon is Sighted as is his mother. He has learned many ways to combat the evils perpetrated by his mother and sisters, who live with evil Vance Romaine and his followers who hate the Goodness the store emits, and its healers. They try to destroy the store, but the psychic forces of some powerful people were called into battle and a different plan emerges for the store, thanks to Susan, Lana, Matthew, and Perry, who fought the Good, but completely unexpected- fight side by side with Timmon and won. For now.     

Lovely and unique ice skater illustrations with a simple story make this a beautiful little book for your coffee table, for gifting and reading. 6x9" 27 pages

Benny Berman is a lighthouse keeper and a curmudgeon. There''s no smiles, but just duties to be done by him and everyone else in the little fishing village. Benny Berman is content with his lot in life, except...for wondering about Rosie Cantor and the flowers he imagines she collects on her mysterious visits across the sand dunes. 6.5x6.5" 28 pages.  

A misshapen blue rubber albatross, meant for the toy factory bin, is rescued by a worker and given to his son. Forgotten on the beach, it is swept into a water cave during a storm. There, it becomes a caretaker for a wounded bird. The bird heals and leaves, but the blue rubber albatross is transformed with a heart and wings. Later, the boy is swept into the cave and seeks safety and solace in the albatross. Together, they are thrown onto the beach, and the boy is saved. Yet, the albatross remains on the beach, waiting for its next journey, filled with wonder and anticipation. This enchanting and allegorical children's narrative beautifully delves into the intricate and profound themes of life, offering a compelling and poignant storytelling experience. If you like sweet and tender yet amazing and powerful reads, this book is for you!

This is Book #2 in the ongoing Desert Store Series of 6 books & counting: 12 year old Geena escapes the clutches of her Shadow-tainted father and the town that supports him. Fleeing south with Mama, they change their names and make their new home at a desert store in New Mexico. Having inherited the Sight from Mama, Geena knew the store was to be her new home, and Cowboy Johnson, the owner, the good father she needs. Now she has protection and a family - and later, love at first sight - when she meets Ray Makepeace, grandson of William the Dude Makepeace. Over time, more psychic, Sighted misfit healers settle into Cowboy Johnson's Desert Store. But even gifted families carry both strengths and weaknesses, and the misfits have plenty of both. Geena and Ray's love is in for a bumpy ride. Normaine RedBear won't marry beautiful, dapper Italian Eddy. Mama is terrified of returning Cowboy Johnson's steadfast, calm love. William the Dude Makepeace makes troubling decisions based on his arthritis. Much humor and unexpected turns and twists ensue as love will have its way, traveling the many paths it takes to stay true to the soul each misfit carries. Geena's coming of age story is an inspiring tale of both innocence and courage. 6"x9", 276 pages.

Jim, Dossie and Hector, their son, are hermits by nature. They leave their large, noisy families to go on the road when Hector is four, working, traveling, and living in different places. Intelligent isolates, they study Nature's ways and magic. Hector grows up on the road and goes to college to become a park ranger. Then Dossie begins to change into a person Jim and Hector can't understand any more. They stay faithful to her in spite of everything, until Dossie sets a trap for them and almost succeeds in betraying them. Filled with fear, a parting of the ways looms on the horizon. New thoughts must be thought, and new roads traveled. This story is for those souls who live gently with the color blue. A 6x9", haunting 81 page love story, stunning in its intensity and simplicity. The ending will amaze you!

This is a tall tale, a fantasy, prefaced by how things got started and how it all came about, but mostly it is a story about the kingdom of Noddin Muse and a bunch of too young, too dry Rebel Bedats that began a Rebellion, and how it was quelled. Noddin Muse is one of the smaller kingdoms lying within the larger Kingdom of True Believers in Imagination, where magic children''s stories take place, and Crones, Box Keepers and Others live in the magic kingdom hidden behind the doors of an abandoned old shoe box factory.    

A stock pot of romance is simmering between Chefs Lady Pepper King and Sir Basil G. Soupstone while Arabella, the Spy Cat, sneakily searches the restaurant for Chef Pepper King's secret recipe. A light hearted, illustrated short story involving two chefs, a restaurant in a Big City, a spy cat named Arabella, with a bunch of RV's and trailers ready to hit the road. Chef's Creed included! A 30 page 6x9" Hardback.

Twenty seven pages of illustrations of skaters and a lovely little short story about an outdoor impromptu ice skating party make up this 6"x9" picture book. Story and delicate illustrations done by Patsy Stanley, the author and illustrator.

Jim, Dossie and Hector leave their families behind to go on the road, working, traveling, and living in different places. The three of them become enthusiastic students of Nature''s magic as they learn about Nature''s ways and Beings, including elves, fairies and all manner of Nature''s folk. The magic of their life suits them until a parting of the ways looms on the horizon, and an endurance contest begins between Jim and Dossie. Then new thoughts must be thought, and new roads traveled. This plain and simple story is particularly for those whose soul might be partial to the color blue.

Billy Silly Beak and Pearl, the Purple Eared Bird Girl, live in a cold northern land of black and white. Pearls'' purple ears are the only color in the landscape for Billy Silly beak, but he fights his attraction to her because she is so different. Pearl doesn''t follow the local social structures or worry about them, instead, she listens to the Wind''s advice, sometimes wears pink earmuffs, and does what Nature leads her to do. Lonesome and proud Billy Silly Beak doesn''t know what to do about Pearl. A winter love story between two birds. 25 pages- a 6x9" book involving Billy Silly Beak, Pearl the Purple Eared Bird Girl, and Moody Zamboni, the Ice Floe Boy who is supposed to come to the rescue.

Susan Sugar DIamond, Away in a Desert is # 4 in the ongoing Desert store series. In the earlier series, Mama loses Cowboy Johnson unexpectedly and flees to The Makepeace Ranch to hide out with his ashes just before Christmas while a huge blizzard stops most of the misfits from going home to the desert store for their yearly Christmas gathering. But the desert store does not stay empty. Arrivals are expected. Timmon, Hector, and Annie await the appearance of Cowboy Johnson''s angry father Matthew, but unexpected guests show up first, beginning with Susan Sugar Diamond and Lana English. Perry, Matthews other son, decides to stay out at the ranch with William the Dude, Emma, and Mama. An intensely moving and luminous gathering of people who have all reached a crossroads in their lives and are trying to figure out how to move on. This is book number four in the fascinating, humorous and touching lives played out in the Desert Store series. We know each of them by now. They are familiar friends. Each of the characters are living out many of the same issues we have. We have made them our allies because of their Goodness and abilities, they are like ourselves and they stand by us, sharing their thoughts and feelings and lives with us. 205 pages.  

In book number one in the "Desert Store" series, Mama and Geena, both misfit psychics, flee their desperate situation and come across a gas station-turned-grocery store in the New Mexico desert. Mama nicknames the store owner Cowboy Johnson after she hears his name wrong. He is not a cowboy, but a lover of classic cars. He is the person they've been searching for. They move into the store, which gradually fills with other misfits and hermits. To accommodate everyone, William the Dude( Geena's nickname for him) and Cowboy Johnson build a motel, restaurant, and gift shop called Cowboy Johnson's Desert Oasis. Each year, the misfits gather at the store to celebrate Christmas and support one another. This heartwarming story takes readers back to a time defined by open roads and endless love.