Michelle Bates

Toying with Creativity

Plastic Cameras

toying with creativity

Plastic cameras

Stephen Cartwright

Anne Civardi

As a family moves into a new house, their little boy must learn about new situations and what to expect. (Baby/Preschool)

Moving House

Kate and Izzy are excited about their three week vacation at a racing stable in Kentucky until they arrive at the Graytops Horse Farm, find the owner is missing, and wind up being treated more as stable hands than guests.

Racing Vacation

Tom is elated when his cousin agrees to lend him Chancey, her chestnut gelding, but he is disappointed when he realizes it will take a lot of hard work to get the horse ready for the summer shows.

A Horse for the Summer

Take a tour of the burgeoning world of plastic cameras and low-tech photography in this fun and funky guide to creating the most artistic pictures of your life! Whether you're an experienced enthusiast or toy camera neophyte, you'll find this guide full of tantalizing tips, fun facts, and absolutely striking photographs taken with the lowest tech tools around. You'll learn how to prep your plastic camera, their advantages and quirks, and what film to feed it. You'll also explore what makes a good subject, vignetting, multiple exposures, panoramas, close-ups, night photography, color, flash, problems and solutions, and so much more. Michelle Bates also takes you from a negative to either prints or pixels so that you can show off your photos and jump on the toy-camera revolution! Contributors include: Michael Ackerman, Thomas Michael Alleman, Erin Antognoli, Jonathan Bailey , James Balog, Michelle Bates, Phil Bebbington, Gyorgy Beck, Susan Bowen, Laura Corley Burlton, David Burnett, Susan Burnstine, Nancy Burson, Perry Dilbeck, Jill Enfield, fotovitamina, Annette Elizabeth Fournet, Brigitte Grignet, Eric Havelock-Bailie, Christopher James, Michael Kenna, Wesley Kennedy, Teru Kuwayama, Louviere & Vanessa, Mary Ann Lynch, Anne Arden McDonald, Ted Orland, Sylvia Plachy, Dan Price, Becky Ramotowski, Nancy Rexroth, Francisco Mata Rosas, Richard Ross, Franco Salmoiraghi, Rosanna Salonia, Jennifer Shaw, Nancy Siesel, Mark Sink, Kurt Smith, Sandy Sorlien, Pauline St. Denis, Harvey Stein, Gordon Stettinius, Ryan Synovec, Rebecca Tolk, Marydorsey Wanless, Shannon Welles, Matthew Yates, Dan Zamudio

You mean...you've bought this pony? Alex's sister Kate cannot believe what he's done. Alex thought he was solving lots of problems buying a pony at the local auction. So he's in for a shock when he realizes he's now the owner of Puzzle, a filthy, thin and abused pony. But worse is to come, for Puzzle is in such a state, she may have to be put down.

Sandy Lane Stables (Book 8)

The Perfect Pony

I can't! I'm not riding again! However often Charlie repeats the words, his friends won't believe him. After all, he has a place at racing school starting in a couple of months. OK, so he had an accident and fell off his horse. Who hasn't? He wasn't even hurt. Just what is Charlie's problem?

Sandy Lane Stables (Book 6)

Ride By Moonlight

You have a real chance... When Kate hears this, she knows that her dream of winning the winter horse trials could come true. But Christmas Eve brings an unexpected present to the stables, the mysterious midnight horse. Unluckily for Kate, his owner, Izzy, has entered the trials too – and Izzy needs to win.

Sandy Lane Stables (Book 4)

The Midnight Horse

"Kate is determined to win the Mapletree horse show and prove herself at Sandy Lane. But then the mysterious midnight horse arrives at the stables. Unluckily, for Kate, his owner, Izzy, has entered Mapletree too -- and Izzy needs to win.

Sandy Lane Stables the Midnight Horse

Karen Dolby

Brenda Haw

This is a simple, visual puzzle story for young readers to enjoy on their own.

Wendy the Witch

A riding holiday in America should be the perfect holiday for two of the Sandy Lane Stables regulars. But when the girls arrive at Whitetops Horse Farm, the family seem preoccupied and haven't prepared for their arrival. When, after several days of mucking out and grooming, they still haven't been offered a ride, Izzy decides it's time to find out what's going on...

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