MAIA-MAZING BEST FRIEND is the story of a young boy and his dog, Maia, and all his memories of them growing up together. From their first meeting to her fifteenth year, the boy reflects on all the good times they shared and how he will never forget his best friend.

Luxton's dad takes him on a walk to talk about personal leadership. He challenges Luxton to look at leadership as finding and serving his gift. Which gift will he serve?

Albert and Becky have a new friend. His name is Anthony. They met at the Community pool where they have been taking swimming lessons all summer. Albert has been trying very hard to become as good a swimmer as Becky and Anthony. His goal for the summer is to jump off of the low diving board and swim to the side of the pool. His mystical unicorn visits him once again to remind him to always be brave. After watching one of Anthony's five year old twin sisters fall into the deep end of the pool, will Albert summon the courage to jump in and save her?

"Go Out And Play" is a story about two young children that live with their grandpa who encourages them day after day to go outside and play. No matter what season it is or the conditions of the weather, he knows the joys that the wonderful outdoors can bring.

Lyda and Tom decorate their house with colored lights, skulls and Jack-o-Lanterns for the Halloween. They dreamt that their friends visited them and together went out for Trick or Treating at Hemway Street.

It begins with the Wordmeister, (that' me) also known as the Countess of Words who brought the story to life. I loved it so much that I jumped right in the pages with everyone and became a character in the story. The Countess, (still me,) is deeply passionate about writing. I genuinely love words and want to encourage young children to find vocabulary fun. It gives you new word choices for your stories and communication. Anything that might not be understood is highlighted in yellow and explained on the bottom of the adjoining page. The words are easy to find this way. I hope you like it too and stretch your vocabulary with all of us at the LAND of ODD.