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    107 Books
  • First Book:
    May 2004
  • Latest Book:
    July 2015
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  • Plaid

    A sweet little Scottie dog named Plaid is feeling sad because he has a broken leg and he does not think his friends, Duff and Dooney, care or even notice. He becomes very happy, though, when he discovers that not only do they notice him sitting under...

  • Tender Duty

  • Shop Till You Drop

    Kabugies are unique characters that originated from a vegetable left in the refrigerator too long. They fit in a child's pocket so they can experience daily life. Kabugies have personality; some are feisty, witty and adventurous. Travel with them to ...

  • Lead Squirrel in a Band

    Dear Grown-up, You know when it's the middle of the night; gradually a little voice works its way into this lovely dream you're having. You struggle to open one bleary eye and realize the door's open, the landing light's on and a small person's patti...

  • Sinnin' - All Over the Place

    For Andy and Franz Tzweki, sons of Polish immigrants of the Catholic faith, whose early years were spent at a British Columbia logging camp high in the mountains it seemed that everything they did, or even thought of doing was a sin. For nine years t...

  • How a Spice Island Village Fair Became a Village Family Affair

    A family tradition on the lush, tropical Spice Island suddenly comes to an end and a once close-knit family drifts apart when the relatives leave the village and get caught up in their busy lives. Left behind in the village with Ma and Pa, Willie mis...

  • The Treasure of Assateague Island

    This children's best seller blends the author's authentic Chincoteague Island adventures with Eastern Shore legends. Join Frankie and Skip as they search for Blackbeard the Pirate's treasure on Assateague Island....

  • The Little Timid Crystal Frogs

    If on a rainy day your child should ask, "What are those thing splashing on the ground dad?" How would you answer that question for your inquisitive child? Most would say raindrops. I chose to say, "Those are crystal frogs My son looked at me doubti...

  • Teal Duck on Vacation in Vermont

    This book, as well as others in the "Teal Duck" series, was prompted by life's exposure to the wonderful people that surround all of us on a daily basis.

    The pages of the story are written to expose certain young students to a better experie...



  • Thuthu's Fun Trip

    Thuthu's Fun Trip is about Thuthu (an ingenious and adventurous boy from a faraway tropical island), who takes a trip in his row-boat to a nearby island with his three friends. This exciting day is filled with experiences of fun and enjoyment of doin...

  • Chichi's Birthday

    Chichi the cute little snail has invited all her friends to her birthday bash. The party turns out to be a fun-filled adventure for all of them - when Chichi and her friends put together an interesting, yet unusual present to create a cart.

    ...

  • Gospel Bits

    The intent of Gospel Bits is to introduce the young mind to the world of God as he/she is introduced to reading with the alphabet. This humble little series may encourage the gamily to read bible study as the bits of the Gospel are interesting and en...

  • The Misadventures of Frida

    Frida is a South American beauty with great legs, all four sets. Frida's stories are tales of everyday situations, seen through the eight eyes of a spider.

    Tired of rebuilding her web, Frida sets off to build her home in a safer place. The advent...

  • The Worst Day of His Life

  • The Adventure Begins

    Third-Culture Kids Unite! Children love to read books about kids like themselves. The Adventure Begins is the first picture book written especially for elementary-aged Third-Culture Kids.

    This book chronicles the ups and downs of living life...

  • Four Stories Under One Cover



    Under his grandma's bed is where Nicholas Sebastian leads his friend, Zeff, to find four adventures in a secret hiding place. In the first book they swim with a talking fish and face danger in an underwater cave. The second adventure is with...

  • Melisa Is My Butterfly

    When you lose someone it is so painful, I was filled with grief when my cousin experienced birth complications. In pursuit of understanding this tragic event I thought many other moms might have experienced such a loss. I hope you will find comfort i...

  • Vannessa Countessa

    In memory of my mother Lucille.

    Dedicated to three special people: My dad for always being there through the good times, guided me through the bad times and held my hand through the extremely worst of times.

    I Love You, Dad !!!
    ...

  • Chef for a Day

    Chef for a Day is a warm, family tale about a young boy who wants to help out with dinner. This act of kindness is a clue to his real dream, becoming a great chef. Enjoy the success and setbacks young Daniel encounters as he prepares to become chef f...



  • Children's Stories

    Children's Stories by Grandpa Dave is a book with 9 short stories for children. Ben and Bob - The story of a small boys first outing after a long winter and his first injury. Gentle Giant - Heather's encounter with a man so large she thought he was a...

  • Darwin the Stupid Puppy

    Darwin likes to chew on everything, even stuff he's not supposed to chew on. Some people think he's stupid for chewing on everyone's things, but Darwin shows just how smart he really is. This book helps children to realize that calling someone stupid...

  • The Day the Ketchup Ran Out

    The Day the Ketchup Ran Out is about an imaginary town that wakes up one day... "on October the twelfth, to not a bottle of ketchup on anyone's shelf " The story proceeds to explain how such a catastrophic calamity affects the entire town's eating ha...

  • Elliott and the Fairies

    This is a story about a seven an a half-year-old boy, Elliott. He and his family moved to a new house in a new district away from all his school friends. It is about his problems adjusting to new surroundings, he is also bullied by a boy at his new s...

  • The Flickering Attic Window

  • Griddle the Greyhound

    Bobby Parker is lonely and wants a pet. He selects a Greyhound out of a dog book when he observes his long legs and sad eyes. Thus the search to find the perfect match begins.

    The plot takes you through the adoption process as it exists in m...

  • I Don't Like Reading

    Lloyd is a young boy who doesn't like reading, he worries about it in school, gets cross when he forgets what he has read and hates it when his little sister asks him to read to her. That is until he tells his mum and they begin to find out why he fe...

  • J'Ai Dix Doigts/ I Have Ten Fingers

    Par le biais d'une histoire, ce livre permet d'apprendre le nom des difféents doigts de la main au jeune enfant. Ainsi, il retiendra plus aiséent des noms complexes comme "auriculaire" ou "annulaire". A la fin du livre, l'enfant pourra tester ses c...

  • Katie

  • Little Old Lady in the Hood



  • The Lively Lines of Linus

    'The Lively Lines of Linus' is a story about art and friendship. Linus lets out an outrageous, enormous and thunderous sneeze which completely takes over his being and blows him to bits. His friends, Feelix and Ballita, are shocked and frightened whe...

  • Penny Goes to Paris

  • Question Everything



    Great teachers know that students must learn to think for themselves, but getting them to do it often proves difficult! Question Everything is a humorous look at life inside a school. Mrs. I.N. Quisitor and Mark Question (try putting his las...

  • Sammy the Swan

  • Santa Celebrates Jesus' Birthday

    The idea for Santa Celebrates Jesus' Birthday came about when a small group of Christian parents were brainstorming ideas to keep all the "magic" of Santa Claus for their kids, while not diluting the real reason for the season, the birth of God's Son...

  • Silquay and the Dragon of Kamora

    My story begins on board the Francis Drake's ship, the Golden Hind, during his epic voyage around the world. In the seas of Indonesia, disillusioned crewman, Jed, secretly jumps ship using a gunpowder barrel as a float. He eventually ends up on the b...

  • Sparkling Eyes

    This is a story about a kind family and their concern for a dog that wandered onto their property and hid herself in a pile of leaves. The young sister finds the dog and the family realizes she's about to have puppies. They bring her into the house -...

  • Stories Beyond the Bell

    Teens tell their Stories Beyond the 3:00 P.M. School Bell in their own voice - the hard ethical decisions they have to make and the real consequences. Each of the 12 stories focuses on a different cultural group, with the hope that teen readers will ...

  • Stuff the Bus

    What does it take to "Stuff a Bus"? Hard work? Caring people? How about an energetic young boy who is determined to help out the community? In this delightful story Chris learns about the importance of helping others. Chris hears about the project of...

  • Summer Holidays

    Dippy was created by Jenni Jackson at the age of eight. She is a magical diplodocus and Jenni drew on her own imagination, without help from friends or family, to build a whole world to explain how she could live in the modern world of today.



  • Wishes Do Come True



    One cold morning a little baby girl was left outside the front door of the orphanage; her name was Sonnie. Sonnie grew into a little girl living in the orphanage. Feeling sad, she made a wish for a family of her own.

    ...

  • Bernard the Hero

  • The Brothers' Bakery

    The Brothers' Bakery is a story inspired from the folktale, Little Jack and Lazy John. The book is written in poetic verse form and staged in a colorful depiction of the medieval era. Its intended audience is kindergarten through age eleven, but also...

  • The Funny Jungle

    I have designed a tour of the jungle where various creatures are discovered doing unusual things. By using a creative blend of animals and adjectives readers will explore the jungle and find one of a kind animals performing one of a kind acts. For ex...

  • The Lady of Stirling

    Intermingled with historical facts and a thrilling story, live the political and religious intrigues of the royal court under the reign of Mary Stuart, Queen of Scots. Being witness to sordid murders; working as a spy amongst the Protestants of John ...

  • Moe, Magee, and the Lemon Tree

    Two unlikely friends, a lizard named Moe, and a gecko named MaGee, set out on an adventure to build a secret fort. They pick the grandest lemon tree in the field, and work together to build a fine secret fort. However, they are not satisfied with the...

  • Webster

    Webster and Norbert, the garden spiders, decide to live in an old house. Suddenly the house is knocked down. Webster escapes but cannot find his brother Norbert. And so begins Webster's dangerous and exciting, funny and adventurous, search for Norber...

  • Ally! Ally! Where Can You Be?

    When two children come home from school, their dog Ally is always waiting to greet them, but on this day Ally is not there. The children are afraid their pet Ally is lost. They look for her everywhere. In the process they learn a lot about their pet....

  • Billy B and His Lost Tooth

    This book is about a first grade little boy who was the only student in the class who had not lost his first tooth. Everyone in this elementary school, including the bus driver, knew that Billy B had not lost his tooth. He could not wait for the day ...

  • Five Little Drummer Boys

    It was the Christmas holiday when Grandma and Grandpa were told they could not travel to see their granddaughter who lived far away over the mountains. They decided they would make the holiday a cheery one. With a series of circumstances involving fi...



  • Hally's Secret

    Hally is the littlest witch, who is cute and gentle and unable to be like the others. She often feels lonely and afraid and is not part of the group. She tries and tries to be like the other witches but only fails. However, it is her persistence, har...

  • Junior Pilot Adventures

    Children are fascinated by the world of flight and even more so by the prospect of flying a plane themselves and having all sorts of adventures. Junior Pilot Adventures is a story about two little pilots from South Africa who fly off on an exciting j...

  • Lanudito the Blind Kitten

  • Life on the Farm

  • Martha's Heart

  • Palm Sunday Surprises

    Scripture is the basis for this happy family story targeted for 5 to 10 year olds. The lifelike illustrations portray the ancient journey to Jerusalem compared with the present-day celebration of Palm Sunday. This story is good supplementary material...

  • Pray for Peace This Christmas

    Even as early as in the womb, a child can be influenced by music. When the child then enters the world, the parents, with the guidance of the holy spirit, can draw this peace through music. What better time than Christmas to show God's gift of peace?...

  • Rachael's Forever Friend

    Do you know a child who has ever experienced the death of a close family member or friend? Have you ever felt helpless trying to explain death and the grieving process to a child?
    Rachael's Forever Friend is a heartwarming account of how a young ...

  • A Tale of Two Kitties

    Diana, a little black cat, is bored by the long, cold days, Cyrus, her older and wiser friend, tries to keep her out of trouble with regular lectures, but temptations are everywhere. From sliding on the kitchen towel to "capturing" the sewing room ta...

  • Tommy, Timmy and Tummy

    Tommy is a Country Bear. Timmy is a Farmer Bear. Tummy is a Bully Bear. One day when the three Bears meet...

    Read on to see what happened to them.

    Ages: 4 to 8 yrs.

    Other stories available: Two Little Pigs One Little Pig Ku...

  • When "Buddy" Met "Mi"

    This is a darling story that highlights the value of the unconditional love that a dog can give. Buddy, its main character experiences a bad day at school and it is his best friend Mi that is there to cheer him up. With its cute rythms and vibrant co...

  • Ally M. & Ally G.

    Ally M. & Ally G., containing colorful illustrations by Sandra Rooney, combined with an enlightening tale of a summer picnic, brings out the child in all of us. A summer adventure you won't want to miss. This book is about friendship and sharing the ...

  • Awesome Skies

    The three stories in Awesome Skies, "Beautiful Clouds in the Sky", "Claps of Thunder and Flashes of Lightning", and "Awesome Rainbows"offers simple, exciting and fun methods from which children learn and understand the concept of how things happen ar...

  • Clara's Frijoles

    This book is based on a true story. It is a story of a family who shares in the joys of spending time together and eating "frijoles" or beans. Clara, the main character, remembers how her parents homemade beans tasted so delicious Her father and mot...

  • Crossing Worlds

    Crossing Worlds: Dream Rider blends elements of imagination, magic, adventure and romance into a colorful, rhyming story. The story depicts a hero on a quest to save a maiden and a town from the curse of an evil creature. Yet when the hero overtakes ...

  • Defending the Reef

    Freddie is a little but very brave hedgehog, who as soon as he received knowledge of a serious danger to the reef, where his cousin lives, he decided to rescue them. But there is only one big problem; the reef is situated in distant Dubai. Freddie wi...

  • Fat Cat Buys a Hat

    Fat Cat Buys a Hat is the first book in the series of "The Adventures of Fat Cat and His Friends". Follow Fat Cat through life, meet his friends and neighbours, and learn the lessons of friendship and courtesy in a wonderfully illustrated new childre...

  • A Goal for the Purple Pencil

    Growing up with Toley Ranz is growing up being tolerant. Join Sammie in his quest to learn the true meaning of tolerance and find out how he overcomes obstacles while standing up for what he believes in, and how he wins new friends. In this third and...

  • I Am Trouble (and I Am the Queen of the Neighborhood!)

    Trouble is a rat terrier who thinks she is a 4-legged person and please don't try to tell her otherwise! In a series of books, she shares her views about adoption, loving life, wanting to do stuff, being the queen of the neighborhood, and having her ...

  • I Am Trouble and I Love Life!

    Trouble is a Rat Terrier who thinks she is a 4-legged person and please don't try to tell her otherwise! In a series of books, she shares her views about adoption, loving life, wanting to do stuff, being the queen of the neighborhood, and having her ...

  • I Am Trouble and I've Had Trouble!

    Trouble is a rat terrier who thinks she is a 4-legged person and please don't try to tell her otherwise! In a series of books, she shares her views about adoption, loving life, wanting to do stuff, being the queen of the neighborhood, and having her ...

  • I Know What to Do!

    This book details the exploits of Baby Toluwashe as he tries different tactics, funny gestures and sounds to communicate in an adult world. This is about a comical boy who believes that his baby talk should make perfect sense to everybody and that it...

  • Large Pet George

    When the oldest of 4 children surprises the family by bringing home a new pet, everyone has to adjust to Large Pet George. Find out if George can win the hearts of this small pet household in this comical, yet true-life children's story....

  • A Leafy Story

    This story takes place where the seasons and its transitions bring color to our lives each year. Personifying characters in this book make me wonder with imagination and facts. The seasons reflects our moods and within, our environment intensifying o...

  • The Magic Tree

    The Magic Tree is a story about a Velveteen Lop Bunny named Bernadette. Bernadette finds a beautiful maple tree while walking through the forest. It is when the seasons change from fall to winter that Bernadette fears losing her beautiful maple tree....

  • Seven Little Monkeys Making New Friends

    It's about seven little monkeys meeting, and making new friends with the other jungle animals. The monkeys decided the best way to do this was to have a jungle party, and invite the jungle animals. Unfortunately, something terrible happens to one...

  • The Squirrel Family

    I wrote this book about a real squirrel that came to our bird feeder. He warmed our hearts with his many visits and happy encounters with other squirrels and birds.

    We really did notice his various scars as winter after winter passed. When he...

  • Teejay on Parade

    TeeJay On Parade: Book 2 is the story of how good deeds are rewarded and how these good deeds can lead to other adventures. TeeJay and his new friends on a small yacht are paraded through town. How do you take a tugboat and a yacht on parade? Othe...

  • Teejay to the Rescue

    TeeJay to the Rescue: Book 1 is the first in a series of seven. TeeJay is a small tugboat who loves to emulate his parents who are large working tugboats. He finally has the opportunity to prove he is capable of helping other boats during a big storm...

  • Who's My Daddy?

    Are you or someone you care about in the blended family predicament of explaining what happened to the biological father or why there are two fathers? This book may be very helpful in explaining exactly what it means to be a father. With it's bright ...

  • Zerog's Mission to the Farm

    Jigglely, wigglely Zerog and his sibling Zera, are beings from a land called Zerocious. This is the first in a series of books that takes Zerog on adventures into lands unknown to him. In this first book, Zerog is on a mission to the farm, in search ...

  • Action Adventure Dad and the Rhine River Monster

    Action Adventure Dad travels the world with you to discover new lands and a bit of action. This monster adventure finds Action Adventure Dad and his sons enjoying the beauties of the German castles and the mighty Rhine River. While enjoying some play...

  • Another Fish Story

    Simply illustrated, Another Fish Story is set in upstate New York. A humorous fishing story is related by Grandpa, as Michael and Maureen experience their own funny fishing story. Readers learn about eels and eel trappings....

  • Coco

  • The Cookie Stories

    Eight highly imaginative short stories, crying out for an illustrator. Dual level with appeal to both adult readers and their young listeners. The author created these stories for his own children and their playmates who never tired of them....

  • I Am Special

    This charming tale transports young children to the fictional feline world of Pumpkintown, a wonderful place where every individual is unique, accepted by the other cats, and told by the town's wise Mayor Sonny that they are very special. Through the...

  • My First Sentence Book

    My First Sentence Book was written by a registered nurse who completed a Masters of Science with a concentration in Family Nurse Practitioning. Lisa Lineweaver is also a mother who observed her child's early experiences and encouraged those first mom...

  • My New Glasses

  • On the Farm with Talia

    Hi, my name is Talia and this book is about a wonderful day I spent on a farm! I spent the whole day with Farmer Bill. I fed chickens and sheep. The sheep were cuddly and cute! I drank a glass of milk that came from Betsey the cow. I saw beautiful bu...

  • Painted Wings

  • A Prayer for Wings

    Nipaerilla the Caterpillar just knew that she was missing something and that something was her wings. In her journey for wings different creatures help her learn what prayer is and who she needed to pray to about her situation. And even if her prayer...

  • A Rose in Egypt

  • Sagganosh: The Britisher

    If the raconteurs of the Ottawa Valley, Ontario could tell but one story it would be the story of Sagganosh, the brash young Scot, Angus Dunkeld, who arrived, bereft of his Scottish inheritance, in Montreal Harbour in 1857. Angus intends to recreate ...

  • Salvador and the Wishing Sombrero

    Salvador is a little Mexican boy with a big heart and generous spirit. When the houses in his coastal town are swept into the sea in a fierce storm, people have to live in tents. They are sad and Salvador's mother is praying for a new house. By strok...

  • Sammie's Big Decision

    Growing up with Toley Ranz is growing up being tolerant.

    Join Sammie in his quest to learn the true meaning of tolerance and find out how he overcomes obstacles while standing up for what he believes in, and how he wins new friends.

    ...

  • Sammy the Spider

    Sammy the Spider is terrified of little girls. He has to conquer this fear while struggling to pass all the tests required to become an "Adult Spider - First Class." The test that makes his legs quake and his heart skip a beat is the "Little Miss Muf...

  • School's Out!

    Brownie Bear and Butterscotch are guinea pigs that just finished up a long school year. Not only are they brother and sister pigs, but also the Best of Friends and they enjoy a very nice life with their parents. While their parents go to work, they e...

  • Seven O'Clock

    In this poetry/picture book the narrator and her rooster companion find lots of reasons not to get up in the morning. Simple watercolor illustrations follow the co-conspirators through the twists and turns of a good night's sleep....

  • Siamese Sam and the Things He Will Eat

    This book is inspired by the true antics of a cat named Sam. Sam is a Siamese cat who is not your average feline. Siamese Sam likes to eat and he will eat almost anything. You name it and Sam eats it How many cats do you know that will eat asparagus...

  • Woopsi Daisy Drives to Junk Food Junction

    Woopsi Daisy Drives to Junk Food Junction has been created to show younger children the difference between healthy food and junk food. On a very basic level children understand the difference between what is good and bad for you to eat. Children reme...

  • The Adventures of Koubla, International Cat

    This story tells of a young cat named Koubla who was found underneath a house and her eventual dramatic rescue from the attic of a New Orleans house flooded after Hurricane Katrina. We follow Koubla on her travels and adventures through New Orleans a...

  • The First Dinosaur Creation Day

    This story unfolds around a cozy campfire, where Evan and his friends have gathered for the last camping trip before school resumes in the Fall. The children share food, laughter and fun as Evan's father, Dr. Hope, describes the scientific evidence b...

  • From Hatred to Healing

    FROM HATRED TO HEALING eavesdrops on the conversations between two men in a prison cell in an undisclosed part of the world at an undisclosed time in history. It is a universal story of prejudice and hatred passed down from generation to generation. ...

  • D D?DD?D

    This book was inspired, prompted and written by travels and adventures of little-known Russian trailblazer Philip Efremov. Born in 1752 in Russian town Vyatka, P.Efremov in 1774 was captured in remote Russian frontier fort by Kirghiz war party and so...

  • Paradeisos

    在","' -- 中, 有許多未解"神秘事物靜靜地守候, 等...被發掘"一天,地堡、謎案、,奇、寶 -- ...... ,些沉睡在未知境"人'事在人類好奇心"...使下, ......地开啟歲月"封印,...

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  • Sidney Snufflesnake of Sydenham Green

  • Ordinary People

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    Ordinary People is a tale set in Middlewapping, a fictional rural village somewhere in the south of England. It follows the fate of the various people who live theretheir loves, conflicts, dreams, and events that shape their lives. Among them are Wil...

Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ)

Trafford Publishing has published 107 books.

Trafford Publishing does not have a new book coming out soon. The latest book, Sidney Snufflesnake of Sydenham Green, was published in July 2015.

The first book by Trafford Publishing, Plaid, was published in May 2004.

No. Trafford Publishing does not write books in series.
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