Kate and Amy, 11-year-old twin sisters, like to solve mysteries for their friends. They tackle cases ranging from stolen earrings to a lost computer password, from invisible writing to a hidden treasure chest. But the biggest mystery for the Bloodhound Detective Agency lies within their own family. As Kate and Amy follow the clues locked away in an old trunk, they learn one of them was adopted. But which one? (Blooming Tree Press, April 2011)

          Tangled Dreams is a middle grade novel with a supernatural twist. After Jane dreams about a boy who falls off his bike, she wakes up with a scraped knee. After she tutors a student in math, the boy in her dreams becomes a better math student. As the mystical bond between the two strengthens, events from their lives and aspects of their personalities begin to cross over to the other person.

          Jacob thinks his friends are special, but he's just ordinary, so he tries to think of ways to make himself special. The story ends when Jacob unfurls his wings and flies home.The Ordinary Boy is a 365 word picture book.

          All the monsters are ready to party, but not poor Vampire Joe. He's sad because his fang is loose. Sophie rallies the monsters to cheer up Joe. At the Monster Town party, she and Joe count dancing skeletons, rowdy goblins, grumpy ogres, and other monsters. When Joe's fang finally falls out, Sophie tells him it's time for the Tooth Troll to pay a visit. One More Monster is a 600 word picture book.

          Jennica can't seem to keep her busy hands out of trouble. No matter how hard she tries, catastrophes occur-books tumble, milk splatters, and sheep escape. Then Jennica solves the problem of what to do with her busy hands. She asks her grandpa to teach her how to knit. Jennica's Busy Hands is a 520 word picture book.

          Rivka, a six year old girl living on the Lower East Side in 1910, is excited about her first day of school. But Mama needs Rivka at home to watch little Miriam. So Rivka enlists her neighbors to be her teachers-she'll help them in exchange for lessons in writing, arithmetic, and history. Rivka's Lessons is a 870 word picture book.

          When the mighty Tharsis Canal runs dry, it's up to Kel the Martian to find water. He tries flying like the dustpiper, digging like the clawfoot, and rolling like the tumbleberry, but he can't reach the waterhole. He must use the power of his mind to save WiseMother and the village. The Water Seeker is a 760 word picture book.

          Ada Byron Lovelace was NOT a proper Victorian woman. More than one hundred years before the invention of the electronic computer, she was the world's first programmer. Ada predicted future applications for computers and was a true visionary. This biography, for ages 4 to 8, showcases the life of a woman mathematician in the 1800s.

          "Bugs that crawl and bugs that creep. Skitter, scramble, hop and leap. Bugs that soar bugs that and fly. Swoop and loop and flutter by." My Bug Collection includes poems about stinkbugs and ladybugs, skeeters and honeybees, and many more.