Poems & Pictures is acollection of forty-nine poems written between 1963 and 1973, a period of the author’s young adulthood when she was in high school, college, and a young mother. They were highly influenced by her English literature and psychology majors, personal experiences, the Vietnam War and the Civil Rights Movement, and range […]
Books by Jerri Garretson
June 2021
ISBN: 979-8525259720
Jerri Garretson lived a total of 33 years in Manhattan, Kansas, in three periods. This book features 55 topics about life in the years she was growing up there, plus 13 mini-biographies of teachers and neighbors that were important in her life. It is illustrated with over 800 photos of people, places, and events, and […]
Thirteen true stories about childhood on the Great Plains in Fergus Falls, Minnesota; holidays, school, family and friends. Meet spunky Izzie who comes to life through her stories and photos and portrays a strong sense of praire community life in the 1880s in her Norwegian-American family. Interior illustrations are black and white line drawings that […]
Three rollicking tall tales: Johnny Kaw – The Pioneer Spirit of Kansas, Kansas Katie – A Sunflower Tale, and Twister Twyla – The Kansas Cowgirl each explore many facets of history, geography and life in Kansas. Illustrated with B&W line drawings children can color or teachers and librarians can copy for classroom use, along with […]
Jeffrey Holiwell, eleven years old and always in trouble with his sixth grade teacher for playing the class clown and failing to do his assignments, dreams of becoming a writer. Unfortunately, Jeff has an uncanny knack of creating obstacles between himself and his dream. Enter his alter ego, a cheeky black and white cat, a […]
Five rollicking tall tales of men and women of the prairie, from Johnny Kaw who shaped that land and trails of Kansas to Kansas Katie who made it the sunflower state; from Cottonwood Clyde whose fiddle music transformed a town to Fireball Faye who charmed a young newcomer into playing with fire and Twister Twyla […]
ISBN: B00EV24XZQ
When Amy moves into a cozy country house with Ryan, she discovers a mysterious presence and finds the man she loves has an ugly and dangerous side. This short story combines paranormal elements of horror and ghost stories and delivers a gripping and frightening tale of a woman struggling to survive.
ISBN: 979-8664638332
When fourteen-year-old Cassie’s family buys a grand old mansion on the prairie, she is caught in a frightening web of intrigue. Her parents don’t believe her visions of the past or her stories of the mysterious cold presence that whispers to her, nor to they heed her warnings about the dangerous stranger she knows is […]
ISBN: 978-1460964811
Kansas cowgirl Twyla loves the wind and rides tornadoes in the Flint Hills Rodeo in this 32-page picture book illustrated with black-and-white line drawings. Extras include information on tornadoes, dust devils and rodeos, and a resource list of books and websites.
ISBN: 978-1466350380
Who could lop the funnel off a tornado with one mighty whack? Who used Paul Bunyan’s nose to dig the Mississippi and gave him his big blue ox? Who flattened out Kansas and piled up the Rocky Mountains? Who was the Pioneer Spirit of Kansas? — Johnny Kaw, that’s who! This rollicking tall tale features […]