2016 Independent Publisher Book Awards (IPPY) Silver Medal Winner—Best Children's Illustrated E-book Very well done. A true standout, encouraging the reader to hope for another adventure from this author/illustrator pair. -- Judge, 24th Annual Writer's Digest Self-Published Book Awards Very highly recommended for elementary school and community library collections. -- Midwest Book Review, June 2016 We loved this unlikely duo, showing that friends come in all shapes and sizes. -- Stephanie Hildreth, Educator, Rochester Museum and Science Center/Girl Scouts The story is straightforward and unique- this is not just another fairy-tale riff. Readers will become engaged with the adorable, titular pair and will enjoy meeting familiar storybook characters along the way! -- Rose Garrett, Educator, Cliff Valley School, and reviewer for several print review houses Recommended for classroom libraries and all elementary school libraries. -- Margaret Newbold, Librarian, Ft. Zumwalt West High School I loved it. I was anxious to turn the page to see happened next. A real adventure with some very cute "guest stars"! -- Nikki Brewer, Director, Burt Public Library This is a great little book. There is a good moral to the story and the characters are great. -- Donna Maguire, Donna's Book Blog This is a delightful tale. I read this to my 5-year-old who then point-blank refused to sleep until I could promise her I could read the next installment. -- Patricia Doyle, Deja Read Book Blog Kids will enjoy this book and its comical series of events. A good book for school, class and public libraries. -- Carla Johnson-Hicks, Educator, GECDSB Gertrude the goat and her best friend Toby the tortoise are adventurers. No sitting around on the boring farm for them! They love to explore, and every Friday they sneak off the farm for some extra fun. One Friday, Gertrude and Toby decide to visit the local candy store in town. They discover yummy goodies and treats, but soon find that the treats are not free!? Uh oh! The market owner grabs Toby. He demands money for the candy that Gertrude and Toby have taken by mistake. Gertrude must find a way to save her friend and get back home before Farmer Sam returns. Book 1 in the Gertrude and Toby fairy-tale adventure book series
 From the Publisher: Gertrude and Toby's Friday Adventure is an exciting adventure story for children who are transitioning from beginning readers to chapter books. This is the perfect book for the child who has been tasked with the usual 30-minutes-per-night reading homework. From the standpoint of reading progression, this title fills a specific niche that represents a gap in the children's book market--longer illustrated children's books that are more complex and challenging than typical picture books. Gertrude and Toby's Friday Adventure incorporates many traditional fairy-tale characters that will be immediately recognizable to most young readers. These characters include Little Red Riding Hood, Snow White's evil stepmother, Jack (from Jack and the Beanstalk), the Gingerbread Man, and a frog princess. The presence of these fairy-tale characters adds familiarity for young readers and keeps alive the old tales (e.g., those by the Brothers Grimm) that we have all come to know and love. The second and third books in the series follow the same approach of adapting fairy-tale tropes using fairy-tale characters in a contemporary setting. These modern stories have more complex plots and wording than those of standard picture books, but without the daunting word count of typical beginning chapter books. We hope you love Gertrude and Toby and their series of adventure books as much as we do. Happy reading!

Gertrude and Toby's Friday Adventure

Children's Books

Tharp, Shari

Animals

Atlas Publishing LLC

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Supervision for Success: A Self-Study Guide

Business & Money

Bormaster, Jeffrey S.

Management & Leadership

Jed Monroe has a good heart but a restless soul. He lives in 1800s Wheeling, Virginia, but every day he dreams of traveling out West to experience firsthand the adventures that he has only heard about. Meanwhile, his mother and father hope that he will follow in the footsteps of his father and become the pastor of the local church. He convinces his parents to let him travel west with some family friends, and that is when the amazing story begins to unfold.
Settling in Independence, Missouri, the way station for settlers traveling to the American West, Jed falls in love, has a family, and also finds opportunities to chase his wanderlust into the exciting unsettled frontier. His exploits include fighting in two US wars, seeing much of the fledgling United States in the process.
 The tale follows the life of Jed Monroe from the 1830s to the 1860s, during which he experiences a roller coaster ride of adventures, accomplishments, tragedies, and emotions. He seeks adventure as a way to try to realize the peace and contentment missing from his life. This puts him constantly at odds in decisions of doing what he wants most and abandoning his commitments to others, or instead doing what he knows is right. Ultimately, Jed reaches a turning point, but will he overcome his demons and achieve peace, or simply give up and fade away from the life he knows?
 Jed is a gripping tale for all ages set against the unforgiving backdrop of 1800s America, and the first book in a series.

Literature & Fiction

Jim Wetton

Genre Fiction

Jed Monroe has a good heart but a restless soul. He lives in 1800s Wheeling, Virginia, but every day he dreams of traveling out West to experience firsthand the adventures that he has only hear about. Meanwhile, Jed’s mother and father hope that he will follow in his father’s footsteps and become the pastor at the local church. He convinces his parents to let him travel west with some family friends, and that’s when Jed’s amazing story begins to unfold. Settling in Independence, Missouri, the waystation for settlers traveling to the American West, Jed falls in love, has a family, and also finds opportunities to chase his wanderlust into the virgin and unsettled frontier. This includes fighting in two US wars and seeing much of the fledgling United States in the process. The tale follows Jed’s life from the 1830s to the 1860s, a period during which he experiences a roller coaster ride of adventures, accomplishments, and tragedies. He seeks adventure as a way to try to realize the peace and contentment that are missing from his life. This puts him constantly in the position of having to decide between doing what he wants most while abandoning his commitments to others, or instead doing what he knows is right. Ultimately, Jed reaches a turning point, but it’s uncertain whether he will overcome his demons and achieve peace or simply give up and fade away from the life he knows. Jed is a gripping tale for all ages set against the unforgiving backdrop of 1800s America, and the first book in a series.

Wetton, Jim

Gertrude and Toby Save the Gingerbread Man (Gertrude and Toby Fairy-Tale Adventure Series)

Farmer Sam and his son Ryan are taking their prize pig to the county fair. Gertrude and Toby decide they have plenty of time to sneak off the farm for an extra adventure. But Gertrude and Toby soon discover that a giant has captured their friend, the Gingerbread Man! Gertrude and Toby come up with a plan to save him. But the giant, who is sleeping nearby, wakes up during their rescue!

Gertrude the Goat and Toby the Tortoise are going fishing at Trout Lake for their Friday adventure. On their way, they make a new friend, but unfortunately he is carried off by a hungry wolf! They follow the wolf and rescue their new friend, but the wolf does not give up. He goes after them, determined to get his “lunch” back!

Gertrude and Toby Meet the Wolf (Gertrude and Toby Fairy-Tale Adventure Series)

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Gertrude and Toby's Friday Adventure

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Jed

Jed

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Gertrude and Toby Meet the Wolf (Gertrude and Toby Fairy-Tale Adventure Series)