Books

On the surface, material objects are just that. Inanimate things that can be seen, touched, smelled, heard, tasted, and sometimes all five. However, we humans have a way of associating meaning to even the most ordinary-seeming of items, from allergy-inducing grass blades to delectable candy and everything in between. Some objects bring us all-encompassing comfort, while others bring us undeniable distress. The saying one person’s trash is another person’s treasure certainly rings true here. Whether you are a chocoholic or a coffee aficionado, this unique collection of poetry belongs on your bookshelf.

“Shadow of Soul” takes the reader on an emotive pilgrimage of the human experience that isn’t often discussed. Through the art of dark poetic storytelling, Carrie Lowrance awakens one’s psyche to a wide spectrum of suppressed emotion, from rage to anguish and everything in between. By book’s end, the reader will get to know the entirety of their soul and wholeheartedly embrace it, darkness and all. Most importantly, this collection of poignant poems teaches us that one’s shadow isn’t an aspect of themselves that they should fear. Beauty and pain reside in every facet of this journey called life.

These poems tell the story
About a road littered with heartbreak
Heartache
Obsession
Unrequited love
Tears
Anger
Frustration
Sadness
And finally letting go

Brock has a bad temper, he just can’t seem to keep his anger under control. His sister, Brenda, is known as the kindness queen. She warns Brock that if his temper keeps up, he will wind up taking a trip in the bad temper time machine. Brock thinks she’s crazy. She tells him that she used to have a bad temper too but all that changed after a few trips in the time machine.

Brenda tells him that one night she was putting on her pajamas and the next thing she knew, she was in another time period. She was also getting ready to receive an old-school punishment. Brock doesn’t believe her and says it could never happen to him.

Then one night after a rough day at school he is transported back in time in the time machine. Will his experiences show him that having a bad temper is not a good thing? Will he realize that the modern-day consequences for his actions are not that bad? Join Brock as he gets in trouble, goes back in time, and finally learns to get his temper under control.

Do your kids have too much green in their diet? Are they eating more of their boogers than last night’s green vegetable at dinner?

Goober McGee has a bad habit, he eats his boogers. His older brother, Sludge, warns him that he could get a case of Boogeritis. Goober thinks he’s just pulling his leg. But one day he wakes up and he’s green everywhere! Goober is in a panic. How will he get rid of it? Join Goober on his quest to try new foods and promising to never eat his boogers again.