Home Grown Books

Sunday, April 7, 2013

Teacher Resource Books

Schyrlet Cameron and Carolyn Craig’s latest books, Understanding Informationa Text Features, Adding and Subtracting Fractions, and Multiplying and Dividing Fractions

are now available at amazon.com. Cameron and Craig are writers and educational consultants for Mark Twain Media, Publishing Co.

Branson Paranormal Chasers

Monthly Radio Program

Wesley Fox, author and director of Branson Paranormal Chasers, will be featured the first Friday of each month at 5:40 p.m. on 97.5 FM KRMS Radio (Missouri News Talk Radio Lake Ozark). Wesley will discuss his organization and current investigations he is conducted with his team of ghost hunters.

Home Grown Books Expands

New Location

Home Grown Books will soon display and sell books in a new location. We are partnering with Mother Road Coffee Shop opening on the square in Carthage, Missouri. Everyone is invited to the Grand Opening April 26.

# 1 on the Top Ten Country

Congratulations

Congratulations go to singer/songwriter Bob Senninger. Bob’s song, “Until the End of Time,” on the Pop ’n Country CD released through JIP Recordings is now # 1 on the Top Ten Country Billboard in Finland!

Sunday, February 3, 2013

Romance in February

Ellisa Reese

On The Banks of Lake St Clare Series

Author: Ellisa Reese grew up in Rogers Arkansas. Ellisa, her husband, and three children currently live in Noel, Missouri. In her free time, she likes to write. She has written two romances in the On The Banks of Lake St Clare Series.

Title: On The Banks of Lake St Clare: Falling

Genre: Fiction/Romance

Book: Alex Dillard and her friends live a slow life in the small town of Noel. They spend their summer people watching; either at the baseball park, or at the local hangout. Life is peaceful and almost boring, (unless you count the usual cheer squad drama), until Michael Williams, a jaw-dropping athletic hunk moves to town. Mesmerized by Michael's good looks and charm, Alex fears he is way too perfect her. Their fairy tale love is more than puppy love as they discover what real love is together. Sweet, lovable Alex could never hurt anyone, but he seems to have made enemies all over town. When her friends find her naked in a pool of blood, and left for dead, people start to doubt her story. Life can change in a heartbeat, something Alex discovers firsthand. Has the trouble followed the love of her life to town? Will he stick it out?

Title: On The Banks of Lake St Clare: Forbidden

Genre: Fiction/Romance

Book: Erica Gallo is described by her friends as the “promiscuous one.” Although they seem to disapprove of the numerous guys she has boasted about, they like to live vicariously through her, making the small, sometimes boring town of Noel a little bit more exciting at times. But things aren't always as they seem. The four friends seem to all be going in different directions. While her best friend Alex is blinded by the “perfect love,” Erica’s double-life may tear their friendship to the ground, can she juggle her best friend and her forbidden love?

On The Banks of Lake St Clare: Falling and On The Banks of Lake St Clare: Forbidden are both available at amazon.com.

New Arrival for February

The First Voyage

World War II veteran, Bill Armstrong’s new book The First Voyage is now available on Amazon.com. Bill tells the history of the USS Chincoteague AVP-24, the ship he served on during the war. His story includes "The Tragedy at Vanikoro" and other events from WW II, 1943-1946. The book is now available at amazon.com.

Tuesday, January 15, 2013

Ghosts and Hautings

Author and Director of Branson Paranormal Chasers

Author Wesley Fox is a guide for Branson Ghost and Legends Tour and

the director of Branson Paranormal Chasers. Wesley, along with his team of

ghost hunters, investigate phenomena pertaining to ghosts and hautings. The organization uses both simple and high-tech electronic equipment to document and substantiate their experiences. Branson Paranormal Chasers investigate both public places and private residences, and although the organization is based outside Branson Missouri, the group is willing to travel to investigate haunted sites around the state. Wesley believes that skepticism is healthy, and that all reasonable explanations should be ruled out prior to declaring an experience to be paranormal in nature.

Wesley has authored two books. The Dark Craft was published in the fall of 2012. It is available on Amazon.com. His new book, House of Echoes is a story based onunexplainable events that happened to his family in 1983. House of Echoes will be available this spring on Amazon.com.

Title: The Dark Craft

Genre: Suspense/Mystery

Description: For Amber McCall, getting out of an abusive relationship meant moving away from her old life and starting over. After finding her dream home, Amber was enthusiastic about her new life. The one thing missing was her friends from back home. Soon strange events begin to unfold, and her dream home turns out to be a terrifying nightmare. After being chased from her new home by something evil, she has no choice but to call on her friends for help.

Title: House of Echoes

Genre: Suspense/Mystery

Description: In the summer of 1983, the Fox family thought they had found their dream home. The house in Lowell, Arkansas, had everything the family looked for in a house. It was located next to the plant where Jesse Fox worked. It was a large two story Victorian style home with a cellar and a sub cellar. The one thing the house did have the family didn’t know about was a gruesome past. Suicide, murder, and black magic rituals were part of the house’s dark history. Will the family every be the same after moving into the house, or will they be over come with ghostly encounters from the past?

About Us

Proprietors
Authors Schyrlet Cameron, Carolyn Craig, and Kathy Brown are pleased to announce the opening of HOME GROWN BOOKS. Partnering with Keen Bean Coffee Roasters of Mt. Vernon, Home Grown Books will display and sell books and musical CDs produced by local authors on shelves located inside the 60’s style coffee house.

The authors came up with the idea of a bookstore dedicated to promoting local talent after they experienced difficulty getting national bookstore chains interested in stocking their self-published book. Authors participating in the Not So Square Arts Festival held in Mt. Vernon in September complained they were faced with the same obstacle. The three authors decided it was time to take matters in their own hands and Home Grown Books was born. “We realize how difficult it is to get a traditional bookstore to place self-published books on their shelves. We saw a need to address this issue,” stated Schyrlet.

Contact Us

If you are an author, tired of your self-published books lying around collecting dust, here is your chance to have your talent recognized. The new business venture, Home Grown Books became operational on October 1st. The bookstore offers a wide variety of merchandise including, fiction and nonfiction books, musical CDs, and teacher resource materials appropriate for home, public, and private schools. If you are an author and wish to participate in this exciting new business venture, please contact us at homegrownbookstore@yahoo.com

New Release

Authors-CC Brown is the pseudonym adopted by the three authors: Schyrlet Cameron, Carolyn Craig, and Kathy Brown. The women live in the Ozarks with their families.

Genre: Fantasy Romance the Dark Side series delves into the wildly popular world of the paranormal, taking readers on a suspense-charged ride filled with bloodthirsty vampires, howling werewolves, and extraordinary women.

Book Descriptions

Book 1-Black Widow Society: The sacred relic of the undead... the Vampire Bible has fallen into the hands of a paranormal-artifact dealer, Koleen O’Brien. An eBay bid and an annual vacation lead Koleen and her five friends to San Antonio to deliver the book to a wealthy Texan. They are clueless to the fact that a pack of blood-thirsty vampires are stalking them to reclaim the Bible. Immortals meet their match as they discover that these women aren't typical mortals; they're members of the Black Widow Society!

Book 2-Wolf Stone: Just when Dmitri thought nothing could stop him from executing his plan to become king of the shapeshifters enters sexy Mona Dix. The sacred relic of the werewolf nation, the Wolf Stone, has fallen into her hands. With the possession of the stone comes the power to dominate and rule the thirteen werewolf tribes. Vacationing on the Oregon coast in the rugged terrain of the redwood forest, Mona and her friends are unaware of Dmitri and his pack of ancient wolves in hot pursuit to retrieve the precious stone. For the first time, Dmitri meets a woman who is more than a match for his supernatural powers and strong will. She is a Black Widow and a member of the Society.

Both books are available at amazon.com. Visit their website at www.ccbrownbooks.com.

Author's Corner

Featured Author Of the Month
Growing up on a farm just outside of Safford, Arizona, May White had more animals than friends. When she would get picked on or teased by other children, her mother would draw pictures and tell her stories of brave animals and how they dealt with similar situations. She carried on this tradition with her children and grandchildren. She still has lots of pets on a small parcel of land near Ash Grove, Missouri, where she watches the squirrels and rabbits play, and she imagines all the wonderful things they talk about.

Book of the Month
Title: Jack the Rat and His Funny Little Hat
Genre: Fiction/Children
Book Description: Jack the Rat does it all in his hat! He plays, eats, and even sleeps in that
cap. But one day a strong wind comes along and Jack’s favorite hat is quickly gone. The book is available at amazon.com.

Teacher Resource Center

Home Grown Books features Mark Twain Media products. Save 50% on all supplemental books and decorative resources created by leading educators when you shop at Home Grown Books inside KeenBean Coffee Roasters at Mt. Vernon, Missouri. We invite teachers and home schooling parents to come in and take a look.

Pick of the of the Month
Designed to help students more easily navigate the world of nonfiction reading, Understanding Informational Text Features is a helpful resource for all middle-school learners. It is aligned to Common Core State Standards and
focuses on common text features such as type, index, glossary, table of contents, captions, charts, and more! Available at Amazon.com.

About the Authors
Carolyn Craig has twenty-six years of experience as an elementary and middle school teacher. She has co-authored thirteen teacher resource books. Carolyn is currently working as a free lance writer and educational consultant. She holds a Master of Education Degree in Curriculum. Carolyn has presented workshops on a variety of topics and has received recognition by the Missouri Middle School Association for her collaborative teamwork.

Schyrlet Cameron has thirty-four years of experience as an elementary and middle school teacher. She has authored or co-authored over twenty teacher resource books. Schyrlet is currently working as a free lance writer and educational consultant. She has presented workshops at the national, state, and local levels on a variety of topics. Schyrlet holds a Master of Education Degree in Elementary Education and has received recognition for her professionalism in teaching including Missouri Science Teacher of the Year Award and the national Excellence in Teaching Elementary Science Presidential Award.

A Different Kind of Bookstore