Ada Byron Lovelace was NOT a proper Victorian woman. She was the first person to program a computer, more than one hundred years before the invention of the electronic computer. Ada predicted future applications for computers and was a true visionary. This biography, for ages 9 to 12, showcases the life of a woman mathematician in the 1800s.

          Tangled Dreams is a middle grade novel with a supernatural twist. After Jane dreams about a girl who falls off her bike, she wakes up with a scraped knee. After she tutors a student in math, the girl 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.

          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? Sisterly Mystery is a 20,000 word middle-grade novel.

          Night after night, monstrous math problems haunt Huck's dreams. Marching zombies, dancing skeletons, and mutant bugs demand answers to their riddles. Only the reader can help Huck drive away these nightmare creatures by solving the arithmetic puzzles. In Math and Monsters, a 575 picture book, the reader helps drive away these scary creatures by solving the arithmetic puzzles.

          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 925 word picture book.

          When the mighty Tharsis Canal runs dry, it's up to Gus 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. Gus the Martian, Water Seeker is a 795 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 575 word picture book.

          "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.