Sdp Publishing: 55 books

“I don’t care what you wear, as long as it’s clean,” declares Tammy’s mom as the family readies themselves for a day at the park. In this delightful new children’s book from Susie Rich, readers get the value of repetition as Tammy searches for the perfect outfi t, and a very determined...

Commander Josh is back! And this time, he’s sailing on the high seas. Using his colorful imagination, ideas from his favorite travel shows (and a little help from his mom’s laundry basket), Josh makes his way across the South Pacific to the tropical land of Tahiti! From Story Monster Approved...

“Back to bed, sir, if you please...!”It’s the anthem for most parents at bedtime. Big Boys Sleep in Their Beds, created by Neta Faynboym, offers parents and children a bedtime story to ease children’s fears and transition to sleeping in their big boy beds. Alone.Created from real life experience,...

The Old Man and The Tree is the tale of two unlikely friends: a young man named Fred and a growing maple tree. When Fred purchases a home with a fledgling tree in his backyard, all he wants is some shade, but what develops is a bond between man and nature and true friendship. As the pair ages together,...

It all began in a kitchen in the little town of Whitman, Massachusetts. With just a few simple ingredients, Ruth Wakefield, owner of The Toll House Restaurant, created the quintessential American cookie.Based on real events, The Cookie Loved ’Round the World tells the tale of how, in the midst of...

Why are all the Christian reindeer working on Christmas Eve when they should be home with their own families? Join Hershel the Jewish reindeer as he and his friends of every religion, including a Hindu elf, Muslim gnome, Buddhist reindeer, atheist navigator, agnostic weather forecaster, and even the...

Story Monster Approved and Purple Dragonfly award-winning author Donna LeBlanc delivers this first installment of the Commander Josh series. "Explorations of Commander Josh, Book One: In Space," takes readers on a high-flying adventure into the great unknown! Join the lovable Josh, who—with...

What made the Space Race possible? What made it necessary? How close a race was it? And what did it achieve? The answers are connected in surprising ways. Left Brains for the Right Stuff briefly summarizes the history of three technologies-rockets, navigation, and computers-and recounts how they were...

Barnicle is a crafty cat who travels the world on ships as a stowaway. In 1620, he finds himself on the Mayflower along with 102 Pilgrims and a timid little mouse. As they travel over rough seas from England to the New World, Barnicle learns that mice can be more than just a meal for a cat. Still,...

New Hampshire Literary Awards :Outstanding Work of Fiction Nominees"...This reader was struck by the high quality of the writing in the prologue, which was a surprise- generally, both prologues and books-within-books are quite hard to pull off. In Pocket Change, however, both the prologue and...

By April’s Kiss captures the classic poetic hero—the journeyman—as he continually searches for the elusive place we call “home.” David Di Paolo takes the reader along his own path of discovery, leading right up to the edge of darkness and back again. By April’s Kiss draws upon Di Paolo’s...

Jane Eliot has been haunted by a gloomy dream all her life. While she is relaxed on an island in the brilliance of autumn, the dream grows bold, invading her consciousness when she is wide awake. She sees snippets of life through the eyes of 19th-century Elizabeth, a wealthy and beautiful mother of...

Chiufang Hwang, M.D. was born in Taiwan but came to the United States as a toddler so her father could pursue a PhD. Usually the only Asian kid on the block growing up in Columbia, South Carolina, Chiufang was outwardly shy but inwardly eager to absorb the culture of her adopted country. It wasn’t...

In 1999, Chiufang Hwang tried out for the Dallas Cowboys Cheerleaders on a whim, and the experience was an epiphany. “That day in Texas Stadium, I finally understood what I had missed out on in high school and college growing up as the eldest daughter of Taiwanese immigrants. I felt so special....