An artist, Landscape Architect, and Award-winning gardener. When she is not designing gardens, or digging in one, she loves to doodle and finds her inspiration in the great outdoors. Recently, an entire set of Karen's doodles were brought to life when she designed and built her dream home in the country. She lives in picturesque Ballinafad, Ontario with her husband, two children, and cat, surrounded by nature that she can't wait to explore and document in her sketchbook. Karen has completed technical illustrations for many landscape planning documents, but this is her first children's story. These illustrations are done in watercolour and ink.

Della is excited to arrive the Fall Fair with her brother and sister. She loves animals and is so delighted to see such a variety.
Della, Bea and Lyle start in the poultry building. Della is good at picking out the prize winners. But then the girls lose track of Lyle. They were suppose to stay together.
The girls start their search for Lyle but find many interesting things along the way.
When they find Lyle, Della and Lyle try to pick out which animals will win first prize. Who do you think does the better job? And what is the highlight of the day?

Pete is the true story of a baby bird that fell out of the sky and into our pool. In rescuing him, Pete touched our lives in many beautiful ways. He provided my daughters with an excellent opportunity to show their care and dedication to another living creature. He taught us a few wonderful lessons on knowing when to nurture and knowing when to let nature takes its course. He provided our beloved dog CJ with yet another way to show her loving gentleness and comical curiosity. And lastly, he provided me with an exceptional story to tell to my darling granddaughter Rya about her mother.

Believing she has everything organized and that nothing can go wrong, Dodie, a Dorothy of Oz want-to-be, thinks the day will be the best one ever. Then something goes really wrong. Dodie's grandparents are coming and Dodie wants them to take her picture with all the Oz scarecrows that are part of Meaford's Scarecrow Invasion Festival. But Dodie and her friends find that Rusty is missing from the display. They must find Rusty before her grandparents arrive. When the children run out of ideas about where to look, they get some unexpected help. Follow Dodie and her friends as they explore the town in search of the missing scarecrow.