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The English Creek Avenue Kids is a series of adventures and stories told by the communities creatures that live there. The group includes all forms of non-human nature.Toby and Ian are the main characters and narrators of the stories. Their adventures depict the myriad adventures and life lessons which we as humans face in this day-to-day adventure called life.

Thanksgiving is coming! This means an amusing but tumultuous day with large and small children on hand to create playful chaos, loud noises, and the need to deal with spilled liquids. Tilly and Elmer love this of course, but they especially enjoy spending the day before Thanksgiving alone together cooking, verifying the quality of the contents of their liquor cabinet, and giving thanks for their continued fondness for one another’s amatory adeptness.

Gene Stratton-Porter (1863-1924) was an early naturalist and nature photographer who wrote several best-selling novels. Her novel, Laddie: A True Blue Story (1913), includes autobiographical elements that corresponded to her early life. The story is told by Little Sister, the 12th child of a large family, while the character of the title is based on the author’s older brother, who has a strong connection to the land. The narrative has a country ambiance with lovely descriptions of nature.

Adventure-loving Arthur is a dog on a mission. And nothing wags his tail more than a run around his beautiful country. Tracking treasures from airport to train to bus, he doesn’t want to miss a single precious place. With eyes wide, looking at giant presidents’ heads carved into a granite mountain and thrilling rides under massive waterfalls, he can barely believe what he sees. But with so many wonders in store, he’s sure he’ll have even more awesome tales to tell all his animal friends back home! What cool points of interest will Arthur uncover on his sight-seeing quest?

Fifty-eight years to the day after their first kiss on the night of the 1961 Halloween dance at South Branch High, Tilly and Elmer now find themselves chaperoning this year’s edition of the big party. They’ve gotten pretty good at kissing since their first time, but on this particular evening, their attempt to reprise the kiss, not to mention several other delightful activities they’ve gotten good at since then, is interrupted by a frightening phenomenon!

This novel, set in 1920s California, tells the tale of Linda Strong who shares her father’s love for the beauty of nature in California. When her parents suddenly pass away, she is left with her sister Eileen, a huge house, and much wealth. Eileen goes on a spending spree, dissipating the inheritance at an alarming pace. When Linda eventually finds out, she meets with their banker and finds a way to earn money in a manner that she enjoys. The narrative includes romance, murder, and delightful descriptions of the state’s fauna and flora.

Tilly and Elmer have been married for 50 years! To mark the occasion, they have planned a grand celebration together; a romantic Caribbean cruise, where they can be alone together in a secret seagoing hideaway. They are all set for a glorious week of replaying the playful proceedings of their original honeymoon, in perhaps a slower but equally delightful tempo, when they find that their children and grandchildren plan to come along and celebrate with them! The cruise is loads of fun but finding their allotment of private time together is a challenge.

"The Song of the Cardinal" by Gene Stratton-Porter is the story of a big male Cardinal bird in the Wabash Valley, Indiana. Living in a tree near the home of a farmer and his wife, the bird sings with passion and joie de vivre to attract a mate, which he finds, and a charming romance develops. Unfolding at a leisurely pace, the story portrays the varied natural settings of the region in a most engaging way. The theme of nature and mankind’s responsibility to care for it, is present throughout the narrative.

A Girl of the Limberlost, a novel by the writer and naturalist Gene Stratton-Porter, was published in 1909 as the sequel to her earlier novel Freckles. The tale unfolds in and around the Limberlost Swamp of north-eastern Indiana and in the nearby town of Onabasha. The main character, Elnora Comstock, lives with her widowed mother, Katharine Comstock, on the edge of the wetlands. The embittered Katharine blames her daughter for the death of her husband, who was swallowed by quicksand.

The traditional South Branch High Labor Day picnic is atwitter with the news that their old classmate, Martha Darling, has come back from New York and is now the author of a best seller! Tilly and Martha rekindle their old friendship and are delighted with the reunion until Tilly, upon reading Martha’s book, begins to suspect that the steamy, best-selling love story is based on an old crush Martha had on Elmer! Elmer is sure of it - and doesn’t see a problem, but Tilly knows this could turn into a stormy situation!

Every summer, Tilly and Elmer attend the county fair, and their favorite fair activity is enjoying a ride on the Ferris Wheel, where they reprise the immodest impropriety they couldn’t resist engaging in on this conveyance when they were young lovers.

The Artisan presents itself as a fictional memoir written in the early 1990s by Timo Tomi to his American son, who has just joined Doctors Without Borders to assist during the conflict in Yugoslavia. Timo, a finish carpenter drafted into the Royal Yugoslav Army in May 1940, is taken prisoner when Yugoslavia collapses. Transported to Germany, he longs to return to his family farm, where his partially disabled father, mother, wife, and new daughter must struggle to manage without him. Only by accepting work can he hope to get enough food to survive.

Adventure-loving Arthur is a dog on a mission. He can’t wait to experience the 10 mind blowing world wonders. He is all packed and ready for this experience of a lifetime. From camel rides through the pyramids, to snorkeling in the ocean, nothing can stop Arthur from discovering what our planet has to offer. But with so many wonders in store, he’s sure to have many unbelievable stories to bring back home!

Boise remembered the Caribbean home of his childhood—in St. Thomas, Virgin Islands—as a paradise. But when his best friend is murdered and the case quickly buried by local police, Boise realizes how far paradise has fallen. With the aid of Dana Goode, a local reporter investigating the kidnapping of a real estate mogul’s daughter, Boise goes on the hunt for his friend’s killer. But he’ll find more than he bargained for—much more.

Elmer is thrilled to be named to head the annual Fourth of July Parade committee by the mayor of South Branch! This doesn’t seem like a difficult position, until Elmer realizes that he will be in charge of selecting the young lady who will grace the Betsy Ross float, the centerpiece of the parade. The competition is fierce, and the young candidates and their overambitious mothers will stop at nothing to influence Elmer’s selection!

Tilly and Elmer have been married nearly 50 years, and by now their holiday celebrations typically conform to long-standing traditions. This is especially true for major holidays such as June 14, “National Bourbon Day”! They have learned by trial and error that the festivities should begin with the “Celebration”, and that they should save the consuming of whisky until afterward. The rainy weather threatens at first to dampen their preferred plans, but after 50 years together, they’ve learned to adapt their affection to the situation. “Bottoms up!”

Corrigan Bain was retired. It wasn’t something he ever thought he’d be able to do. The problem was that the job he wanted to retire from wasn’t actually a job at all: Nobody paid him to do it, and nobody else did it. With very few exceptions, nobody even knew he was doing it. Corrigan called himself a fixer, because he fixed accidents that were about to happen. It was complicated and unrewarding, and even though doing it right meant saving someone, he didn’t enjoy it.

The year is 1941. Shortly after the United States declares war on Japan in response to Pearl Harbor, Japan’s Tripartite Treaty allies, Germany and Italy, declare war on America. The United States finds itself in a two-theater war. President Franklin Roosevelt sets as America’s first priority the defeat of Nazi Germany, electing to wage a more-or-less holding war in the Pacific. In the beginning, the only force opposing the Japanese onslaught in the Pacific is the U.S. Submarine Service.

What would a Tilly and Elmer Christmas be without a minor mix-up in communication? Tilly only has one item on her wish list, but letting Elmer know what it is without just telling him is, as usual, a difficult challenge. Hints only go so far, although Tilly doesn’t think even Elmer can miss this one. And Elmer is certain he is on the same page as Tilly. Of course, that’s what he thinks every year.

Elmer and his coffee drinking buddies at Pearl’s Downtown Diner realize it’s May 1, the traditional date when, as young men, they started thinking that it should now be warm enough for a bit of lollygagging in the woods with their girlfriends. Of course it was rarely warm enough, and their girlfriends usually had other ideas...In this case, it actually was warm enough to enjoy some private time together in the woods and Tilly and Elmer set out to do what comes naturally to many species in the springtime.