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The author, Olivia, and her Grandmother Sherry, co-wrote the book, which came about when Olivia and her mother, Dr. Leigh Ann Fish, talked about the passing of their pets. Olivia lives in Maine and is currently in the second grade. Sherry lives in Richmond, IN. Sherry’s passion for drawing began when she was a child. She is an illustrator and attended Herron School of Art in Indianapolis, IN. Sherry is married to Richard, and they have two daughters, Amy and Leigh Ann. They have blessed them with three beautiful granddaughters, Olivia, Nora, and Athena.
Sally taught primary special education for many years. She loves to read to children. “I always told my students that my favorite part of school was reading to them. One of my college professors taught me how to get the most information from each page. It was important to discuss shapes, colors, and the characters themselves and relate them to students in a personal way,” said Sally.
Hannah is a recent graduate from Indiana University East, having obtained a degree in Technical and Professional Writing. Love Unchanging is her first published novel, and she enjoys writing both creatively and professionally. She also enjoys editing and has worked with Kids at Heart Publishing to edit a fictional novel and to update their website.
Nancy lives with her husband Barry in FT Wayne, IN. she works as an Emergency Room Nurse and in her spare time enjoys cooking, crafting and writing. They own their own business: Welrish Creations.
Jennifer, along with her husband Ron have raised their 3 children on their 3rd generation orchard. She has been teaching for 29 years more than half those years in first grade. It is her hope that this book will provide teachers and families with vocabulary and information about orchards.
Jennifer portrays the alphabet in the form of Orchard terms. This fun and informative book teaches children about.
Jennifer’s father Richard Rodgers took all of the beautiful pictures for the book. He has been deeply involved with photography for over 70 years. He taught as a Professor of Photography at Earlham College for 40 years. They enjoyed working on the book together.
He was born deep in the Appalachian Mountains of Southeastern Kentucky in 1944. He graduated from Cumberland College with a B.S. degree in health, physical education and biology and received his master’s degree in education and an E.D.S. Degree in educational supervision from Ball State University. In 1986, he became the principal of Laurel K-12, where he remained until his retirement in 1999. Today, he and his wife live on a small farm in Fayette County, Indiana.
What About Chuck? was Betsy’s first book, and she wanted to write about her love of farm life and animals, as well as teach children that being humble is very rewarding. Her other children’s books, What Do You Think, Chuck? and Okey Dokey Smokey also reflect Betsy’s love of farm life.
Jade is the granddaughter of Kids at Heart Publishing, LLC., owner Shelley Davis. Jade came up with the title of Lee the Bee, and she drew most all of the characters while Shelley helped write the story.
Shelley is the owner of Kids at Heart Publishing, LLC., which she started in 2010. She has published 15 books of her own, as well as over 80 books by authors both locally and nationally.
RJ is the third child in a family of eleven children, where a love of reading was instilled upon all. Can You Imagine? is her first book, illustrated by Betsy Morphew. The idea for this book came to her while she was sitting cross-legged on top of a picnic table, daydreaming. Her hope is that these books will inspire all children to read and use their imaginations fully.
Jake lives in East Lansing, Michigan, as a professor emeritus from Michigan State University but has strong ties to Milton, Indiana, where he was born and raised, as was Mary Jane Whiteley Coggeshall, the subject of his book. Since 1999, Jake has owned his family farm, which is adjacent to Milton and the farm owned by his sister-in-law, Mary Ferris. His niece, Liz Ferris, and nephew, Jonathan Ferris, and family also live in Milton. Jake is delighted to have Mary Jane Whiteley Coggeshall, Hicksite Quaker, Iowa/National Suffragette and Her Speeches produced by the local Kids At Heart Publishing, LLC.
This book is dedicated to Spartan Professors, who true to the university’s Land Grant Mission, share useful research-based knowledge worldwide. This book is also dedicated to Montessori Directors and Directresses, who with caring and skills unleash the curiosity, creativity and love of learning in thousands of children annually.
I Always Do Laundry on Monday shares Darlene’s upbringing in small town middle America during the 1950s and 60s. It is a book of sentimental and inspirational poems and commentary stories that reflect a more simple life. In this book, Darlene shares happy, funny, and difficult events that required faith to help maintain peace and steadiness. It is a book intended to help others recognize that all of us live life in different yet similar ways. But in the living, we are all loved by the same loving heavenly Father. This is a book that Darlene hopes will encourage readers.
Debra, her husband Steve and Elvis the Yorkie live on a small farm in Hawesville, Kentucky. Debra created a delightful children’s story about an Australian Sheppard puppy. She loves writing children’s stories and spending time with her family. Debra worked for several years at the nearby college library in Owensboro, Kentucky.
This novel is dedicated to Patricia and Diana’s beloved husbands, who encouraged them every day and laughed at them for having too much fun. This novel is in memory of co-author Diana Orem (1946-2013).
This book is a tribute to the life of Virginia (Jennie) Claypool Meredith. It highlights her remarkable achievements from childhood through her adult life. Bailey and Margaret hope that children and adults of all ages will enjoy reading about this amazing Indiana woman. Her many accomplishments as a woman of this era were quite unheard of. She crossed boundaries and made history as a woman in a man’s world. She proved that anyone could achieve great things. Her work opened doors for women of that era and women in today’s world.
Denice has served as a faculty member in the School of Education since 2009. She earned her Ed. D. in Curriculum Studies from IU Bloomington with an emphasis in early childhood and literacy education. She loves learning, and her passion remains in educating families and the community in how to support young children in their journeys of becoming lifelong learners.
Her characters Turtle & Squirrel will take on you on many wonderful adventures in their stories.
Toadarackus is Ira Hughes’ first children’s book. She is the author of the following novels: Seeds of Light, The Christmas Bell, Behind the Wall, and the upcoming young adult novel Masks. Ira lives and writes in Greenfield, Indiana.
Denise is a mother, teacher, and writer. She has a master’s degree in special education and has been teaching children for over 25 years. Denise has two wonderful books featuring bright colorful photographs taken by her daughter Miranda.
Doug was born in Richmond, Indiana, and he graduated from Richmond High in 1968. Working various jobs around the area, he later worked for Penn Central Railroad at Indianapolis, Indiana, where he lived and was a fireman on the railroad. Doug lives in Richmond with his wife Jan, and they have been married for over forty years. He is a member of the Studebaker Drivers Club and the Indy Chapter of the S.D.C. He is currently the custodian of a 1959 Studebaker Lark and enjoys various club events. He also enjoys Indy Car open wheel racing and the Indianapolis 500. After retirement, Doug pursued a lifelong ambition to write children’s books based on tales passed on to him from various family members through the years. Doug likes to tell stories, enjoys seeing children react to his storytelling, and hopes that his Moukie Stories will be a source of fun and enjoyment for children of all ages, young and old.
Doug has been playing golf since the age of five. He was blessed with optimistic and positive parents, who encouraged him throughout most of his golf career. Even though he was diagnosed with Parkinson’s disease in 2009, Doug is still working and playing the game he loves. His event, Pro’s Players Fore Parkinson’s, is helping and encouraging others with the same disease. The Front Nine is a story of his journey thought adversity and how it led to opportunities.
Joan is a retired elementary schoolteacher who has written Murphy Discovers the Pipe Organ, Murphy and the Doctor, Four Daring Damsels from Atwater Kingdom- A Hiking Adventure, and Murphy Goes to Basketball Camp.
Dr. Judith White Morris was a former Little Kid in Milton until, when she was twelve years old, her family moved to South Bend. She grew up, went back to school at age 38, earned her doctorate in History, and taught at Ball State University until retirement. She currently hopes to return to live in Milton.
Eva was born is Manchester, Kentucky, and moved to Richmond, Indiana, as a teenager, where she still resides today. Eva has always been a kid at heart so finding Kids At Heart Publishing to publish her children’s stories was a good fit.
Joy lives in Rural Indiana and has lived with her family in Indiana, Ohio, Canada, and Wisconsin. She is the mother of six children and is the grandmother of twenty grandchildren and two great-grandchildren. A former high school art teacher, she still paints and has played piano since age six. She began writing in third grade. Joy discovered through Ancestry DNA that she is one fifth Native American and more specifically, Cherokee. Having a novel published was on her “bucket list”. Joy is also an avid environmentalist, a substitute teacher, and does local volunteer work.
Ghouliana Stories is a professional storyteller and author. She writes and tells original “Not Too Scary Tales” designed to thrill and delight, but not frighten children of all ages.
When not in storytelling costume, she is an professional artist and lecturer. Ghouilana delights in sharing her knowledge of art, science, culture and history with children 12 and under at schools, museums, libraries, and art facilities throughout the Human World.
All of her wonderful stories teach a lesson.
Gene was born in rural Ohio and has been writing poetry since the age of fourteen. Gene has a book of poetry published, and writing has been a wonderful hobby for him. The idea for Billy’s Big Tomato came to Gene one day out of the blue, and he decided it would make a great children’s story. He hopes that everyone that reads it will enjoy it.
Judy grew up in Western Wayne County, Cambridge City, IN.She now is a retired teacher of Kentucky and lives in that state with her husband. Her two books are Tissie’s Travels New York City and Tissie’s Travels Charleston, South Carolina. watch for more of Tissie’s of Travels coming soon!
The author, Rebecca Saylor, has shared the stories her grandmother passed down to her and the adventures she lived herself. She shares these stories with such skill and love. Rebecca and her husband, Richard Saylor, live in the Pineville, Kentucky area close to the place she grew up. She enjoys her horses, family, and life.
Letisha was born and raised in southern West Virginia before moving to Indiana in 2006 for her husband’s job. They have two girls: Haylee, a senior in high school, and Harper, a competitive fourth-grade gymnast. Although Letisha loves her life as a Hoosier mom and wife, she’ll always be a West Virginia mountaineer.
Dr. Bolden is an author, mentor, motivational and faith-based speaker and licensed school psychologist and educator. Born and raised in Little Rock, Arkansas, she has taught in several different settings for high school and undergraduate students. She served as an adjunct professor at Miami University in the graduate program in school psychology. She is married to Patrick Bolden and they have one son.
Sandra lives in Florida and is the CEO of The Great Discovery. She is the widow of Dr. Mikel J. Harry who created The Great Discovery.
Catherine Lawson, Ph.D. lives in Arizona. She serves as the Chief Knowledge Officer of the Great Discovery and co-wrote The Great Discovery novel with Dr. Mikel J. Harry.
Linda grew up on a horse farm. Her father was a horse trainer and Linda grew up wanting to follow in her parents’ footsteps and ride and show horses as an adult. At age 47, she was given a yearling filly she named “Hazel.’’ Together, they have achieved many accomplishments and traveled many trails.
Amber is an Emmy-nominated host for WISH-TV’s Indy Style in Indianapolis. She previously worked on-air in Nashville, Kansas City and Champaign, Illinois. She and her husband Derek have two children, Avery and Ledger.
Tina grew up with horse racing and it has been a passion her entire life. In her publishing debut, the former jockey draws us into the fictional tale of a real racehorse and his transformation into a champion. Tina, her husband Kevin, her adult children and her brother “Trainer Tom’’ remain active in horse racing.
At age 45, divorced, her dreams broken, Jean thought she would be better off dead. God had other plans, however, of which she was unaware, leading her not only to accept Him as her Savior, but to be the Lord of her life. This is the story of her deepening relationship with God; a relationship that led her to many different countries and many different ministries.
Anne still dances with pansies. She is the widow of Harry Holtsclaw, Wilbur Meyer and Harry Shewmaker. Happily, she spends time with her children, Hall, Sam and Amy, and her six grandchildren She lives in Frankfort where she leads workshops on practices for spiritual growth and enjoys meeting with groups to tell the stories of her unconventional walk with Jesus.
Brian is an author from the Great Lakes. He enjoys sharing great meals with close friends, amazingly delicious cuisine and the quiet embrace of nature’s gentle solitude.
Harry was born in Indiana and graduated from DePauw University. He attended Boston University School of Theology while living in Natick, Massachusetts, and received a Master of Divinity from the Chicago Theological Seminary. While attending seminary, he wrote the first version of The Adventures of Marc the Drop for a class requirement to write about the cycle of life. Harry passed away in 2022.
Mark lives in Richmond, Indiana, with his wife, Phyllis. He is a retired civil structural designer. He is the father of three adult daughters: Angela, Asheley and Stacie.
This is the author’s first published book. She aims to share with other women and their kids the struggle and joy of having a working mom who also travels for work. The original “manuscript’’ is a tiny folded paper with poor drawings, but with all the heart kids need to know that Mom is always thinking of them.
Carol is the mother of two sons and a grandmother to four granddaughters. She spent her adult years working for an Indiana-based grocery chain where she retired as an executive assistant. She has been married to Bob since 1963. They keep active by working at their youngest son’s lawn care business.
On the road for work as a sales rep his entire career in upstate New York and logging thousands of miles every year can let one’s imagination run rampant. Steve has always had a curious eye and a creative thought process. It was during one of these long drives that he observes a woman pushing her bike near a crowded and busy school bus.
Kenny is an Indiana native who has worked with children over the last 40 years as a father, youth pastor and nurse. He has taken care of special needs students in the school corporations and has coached sports at all levels from elementary to high school.
Brook is from a small town in Darke County, Ohio. She likes to spend her time sitting on the back porch dreaming up stories while she argues with her dogs and laughs with her children. She looks forward to her monthly Writers Club meetings at the town library where she gets to experience the great minds of fellow writers. Her son’s love of dinosaurs inspired her to write this first book.
Alice Porter, fondly known as “Granny Porter’’ to her family, told tales of Old Mugglewumps to three generations of her children, grandchildren and great-grandchildren. In her 80’s, Granny took a correspondence course in writing children’s stories. Since she was legally blind, her daughter, Eleanor Pershing, who illustrated this book, typed all her lessons for her. Granny died at 96 years of age.
Frank, better known as “Tommy,’’ has written about many of his life experiences and his journey towards a close relationship with our Lord Jesus Christ. He grew up in rural Indiana.
A Hollywood creature effects artist, Lynette moved to Indiana and opened a corn maze while continuing her work for the movies. Whether building and performing the Raptors in the Jurassic Park films, the giant dog in The Sandlot, haunting a corn maze, prototyping Teddy Ruxpin or writing stories, Lynette will always keep fantasy a part of her life.
Preston lives in Richmond, Indiana. He writes about a simpler way of life shaped by his various experiences including riding the rails, working at a sawmill, working a trapline, shoveling snow and growing older.
Carol is a native of Milan, Indiana and is a retired pharmacist. After working 42 years, she works in the local library and resides in the Whitewater Valley. One of her many passions is world travel.
The American Indians call someone who has died, traveled to the other world and then returned to this one a Spirit Walker. Thus the title of this book which offers a detailed explanation of William’s seventh death experience wherein he was on the “other side.’’ He gladly shares his story with all who are curious.
This is Sherry’s second book written for a granddaughter. Athena is five years old and lives in Burlington, Vermont. She loved playing this teacup game with her grandmother.
Lisa is a mother to four children and “Yaya’’ to seven grandchildren. She grew up in Charlestown, Indiana, and lived in other states and countries while raising her children. She is retired from the U.S. Postal Service, where she worked as a supervisor for 20 years. Lisa now lives in the Cincinnati area.
Laura Lee lives on a small cattle farm in southeast Idaho with her husband and two children. She graduated from BYU-Idaho with a bachelor’s degree in sociology and a minor in English. Her sister, Karine Jones, illustrated this book.
Author and illustrator Sacha is a coach’s wife, mother of two boys and an art teacher. She loves Jesus, candles, the family dog (Melvin) and coffee. This passion project turned publishing adventure came as little surprise to those who know her best.
Ariel was born and raised in Indiana, where she lives with her husband, daughter and two dogs. She is currently studying English and creative writing at Indiana State University. She is known for the Chosen series and is currently wrapping up the third and final book in the series.
Curt was raised in Moreland, Indiana. As an I.T. Manager by day, he honed his writing skills on company websites and social media platforms. He began capturing stories included within the birthday books he purchased each year for his great nieces and nephews.
Loretta has always loved writing and lives in Indiana with her family.
This is Alex’s first book which began with a dream and a need. In the dream, he was guided by the voice of his late mother. He used his artwork to convey what it’s like to lose a family member or someone you love. Alex lives in Ohio.
Julie was raised in Cambridge City and graduated from Lincoln High School in 1994. She wrote for The Community Press while in high school.
This is Debra’s first children’s book. She has been bullied throughout her life and wants everyone to know you can be different and that’s ok.
M.J. Grew up in Milton, Indiana, and now resides in Richmond, Indiana, where she works as a healthcare professional. This is her first children’s book. Through her extensive travel and life experiences, she has developed a holistic life view and appreciation for all things that elevate the human spirit.
Abby and her husband, Doug, live in Cloverdale, Indiana, and have two children, Courtney and Eric. This is her first published children’s book and she is excited to share it.
Carolyn lives in Richmond, Indiana, with her husband, Rick, and their two children, R.J. And Gracie plus two adopted dogs. Her background in teaching, love of books and writing have always been a part of her life, but the most exciting part has been her faith journey.
This book was a college project at Ball State University for the Cassandra.
Leah is a local historian, genealogist and volunteer at the Cambridge City Library History Room.
Sandra resides on a farm near Glenwood, Indiana, with her husband, David. This books combines Jim Gerline’s journal, information from interviews and excerpts from the Navy War Patrol Records.
This books takes readers through the small towns and backroads near Teresa’s home in Connersville, Indiana. While traveling the area, which includes 12 counties in Indiana and Ohio, she discovered homes, bridges, canal structures, barns, waterways and nature that reveal important clues to America’s past.
Mary Lou was born in Rockcastle County, Kentucky and married her husband, Boone, when she was 15 yers old. They have five children.
Carol is the producer of the short film, The Vanity. She is a student of music and enjoys painting and working with color. She is married to Brian and they have two children. Carol lives in east central Indiana.
Starting in healthcare and beginning her own business in caring for others inspired this keepsake inspirational journal. Tricia spends time with her husband, Matthew, between Indiana and Texas. They both grew up in Danville, Indiana and have two daughters and three grandchildren.
Shirley taught for 42 years at Clay City, Harrison and Gaston elementaries. She fell in love with writing when attending an Indiana Writing Project Conference at Ball State University.
Jill grew up in Bedford, Indiana, and always especially loved dogs and cats. Mr. Nubbins was her first reptile and she always remembers how he enjoyed walking around the classroom and sitting with students while they worked on assignments. She now has a bearded dragon named Elvis and three rescue dogs.
Bertha M. Davis, a native of Web, Mississippi and now lives in Indianapolis. Indiana. In the summer of 1988, she graduated from Indiana Vocational Technical State college, majoring in secretarial science and word processing. For over thirty-three years, she has been a member of the Outreach Team Prison Ministry, a volunteer chaplain at the Marion County Jail and has received numerous awards for serving the community Mississippi, now resides in Indianapolis, Indiana.
Bertha is an award-winning author for her book, growing up in Mississippi, which received the best book award by Black Refer.com Reviewers Choice Awards, the Five Stars YOUinty Reviewers Award Worldwide in New York.
Dr. Betty Tonsing was living in Africa when her children were young. Reading books every night was the highlight of the day; she loved it! And after so many years, thought perhaps she could write one that might interest other children. That was 30+ years ago when she wrote this book, first dedicated to her children, and now also her grandchildren.