Grass Roots Press: 100 books

Shelley Vincent has been missing for over a year. Her fiancé, Albert Romaine, is desperate to find out what happened to her. With Christmas less than a week away and no plans to speak of, PI Anna Sweet is happy to take the case. But as Anna digs deeper into Shelley's past, she uncovers more questions...

This high-interest, low-vocabulary novella is intended for adult basic education (ABE) and English as a Second Language (ESL) readers. Leena's children are older, so she goes back to school. All goes well until Omar, her husband, finds out. “Why are you doing this to me?” says Omar. “Are...

This high-interest, low-vocabulary novella is intended for adult basic education (ABE) and English as a Second Language (ESL) readers. Twelve-year-old Luc Caron sees two German planes shoot down a British plane in the skies over his village in northern France during WWI. He watches in horror as the...

This high-interest, low-vocabulary novella is intended for adult basic education (ABE) and English as a Second Language (ESL) readers. Duncan is very angry. Tess, his wife, has turned their dining room into a library. For forty years, she says, she has cleaned the house while he sat in front...

This high-interest, low-vocabulary novella is intended for adult basic education (ABE) and English as a Second Language (ESL) readers. One day, the beautiful Zena walks into Paul Stone's art studio. For Paul, it is love at first sight. Zena offers Paul a simple, but strange, job. When Paul takes the...

  This high-interest, low-vocabulary novella is intended for adult basic education (ABE) and English as a Second Language (ESL) readers. Liz invites her sister, Roma, and two friends to dinner. The four women have something in common: they are hearing daughters of deaf parents. Each...

This high-interest, low-vocabulary novella is intended for adult basic education (ABE) and English as a Second Language (ESL) readers. Annie runs a bed and breakfast, renting rooms to overnight guests. She has lived alone since her husband died five years ago. Now, she wishes for someone to love....

This high-interest, low-vocabulary novella is intended for adult basic education (ABE) and English as a Second Language (ESL) readers. Rennie walked into the house. He took one step and stopped dead in his tracks. The house was empty! Everything was gone. Kara and the kids were gone too. ...

This high-interest, low-vocabulary novella is intended for adult basic education (ABE) and English as a Second Language (ESL) readers. Buzz, click. Buzz, click. “Sometimes I get real tired of this same old job,” says Sonny. Sonny works on a line in a machine shop. All day long he drills...

This high-interest, low-vocabulary novella is intended for adult basic education (ABE) and English as a Second Language (ESL) readers. Lindy loves wood. She loves the look of wood.  She loves the feel of wood. She gets a job in a furniture factory. Lindy loves her new job. But she doesn’t...

This high-interest, low-vocabulary novella is intended for adult basic education (ABE) and English as a Second Language (ESL) readers. Early one Saturday morning, Mike's phone rings. Nice day for a little kayak trip, eh? says the deep, echoing voice. But I wouldn't go out if I were you. Mike's...

This high-interest, low-vocabulary novella is intended for adult basic education (ABE) and English as a Second Language (ESL) readers. Tommy lives with his family in a small city outside Toronto. His parents are Ismaili Muslims who immigrated to Canada before Tommy was born. Tommy, a shy, chubby seventeen-year-old,...

This high-interest, low-vocabulary photostory is suitable for adult basic education (ABE) and English-as-a-Second-Language (ESL) students who are beginning readers. Did you know that grey seals can stay under water for 20 minutes? And that the mother seals leave their young only two or three weeks...

This high-interest, low-vocabulary photostory is suitable for adult basic education (ABE) and English-as-a-Second-Language (ESL) students who are beginning readers. Did you know that wolves are like people in many ways? Close-up and detailed photos in the book capture wolves interacting, raising their...