Taryn Souders

The morning human bones turned up buried beneath the slide in the old playground, Coop was busy helping his mom at her café and bookstore, A Latté Books. Coop can't wait to discover the details about what the police have found. But then the facts hit too close to home: the remains belong to his grandmother who supposedly left town some forty years ago. Folks thought she got bored with Windy Bottom, but it looks like something much more sinister happened.When the police pinpoint Coop's Gramps as the main suspect, Coop and his pals, Justice and Liberty, begin their own investigation. Coop's convinced the person responsible is any one of a number of eccentric residents of Windy Bottom. The police and Coop's mother tell him to cease his detective work, but that only fuels Coop's search to uncover the truth.

Coop Knows the Scoop

There is no way eleven-year old Chloe is going into thesixth grade riding her old pink bicycle! But before shecan earn money for a new bike, she's shipped off tocareer camp.She decides to make the best of it: she'll learn cakedecorating and earn money when she gets home, frostingcupcakes at a local shop. But nothing goes accordingto plan. Between fighting off a rampaging goat, a spiderthat just won't die, and a prima donna bunkmate namedVictoria Radamoskovich, there's no time left for Chloeto learn cake decorating. She does excel at camp in onearea, though. She manages to get more demerits than anyone else.

How to Almost Ruin Your Summer

How toRuin Your Summer

Learning about fractions isn't always easy, but who says it can't be fun? Using one very entertaining cow, math teacher Taryn Souders has devised a very clever (and fun) way of explaining fractions to beginning learners. One whole cow, calmly eating hay, decided to act differently on this particular day. One whole cow - what should we do? I know! Let's paint one half blue! Prompted by a poem and a visual clue, students are asked to answer what fraction is illustrated in the cow's antics, starting with halves and progressing into thirds, fourths, eighths, and tenths. What fraction of the cow is blue? Answer: ½ What fraction of the cow is white? Answer: ½ With the math problem featured as part of the artwork, students get an immediate sense of how to apply and understand the concept of fractions. How moo-velous! Taryn J. Souders lives in Winter Park, Florida. With a background in math education, she is passionate about keeping math fun for young students. This is her first children's book. Tatjana Mai-Wyss was born in Switzerland. She remembers learning about fractions with the help of a typical Swiss cake. Tatjana has illustrated several children's books and her work has been published in books and magazines in the United States and abroad. She lives in South Carolina.

Fractions Are Fun

Whole-y Cow!

Top Three Reasons Camp Minnehaha is The Worst 1. The spiders (wayyyy too many legs) 2. King Arthur (a rampaging goat intent on my destruction) 3. Victoria a.k.a The Diva (an evil cabin mate obsessed with French beauty products and my humiliation) Chloe McCorkle knew a summer camp where you had to learn a career was a bad idea. She tried to tell her parents, but they just had to go on vacation to Alaska and ship her off for two weeks. It's not ideal, but she's going to try to make the best of it. She might even learn some skills that will help her make money for the new bike she's been eyeing. But Chloe quickly discovers there's only one area at which she excels; she manages to get more demerits than anyone else in camp...

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