Ryke Leigh Douglas
Ryke Leigh Douglas is a recently retired elementary teacher. She has had a love for reading since childhood and received her MA as a reading specialist from Kutztown University in Pennsylvania.
Her years of work in the classroom and her own enjoyment of reading have inspired her to write for children. It is her earnest hope that what she writes will not only help children to discover the joy of reading, but will provide parents and teachers with stories that are not just entertaining but will lend themselves to nurturing positive attitudes, good character traits, and encourage thinking "outside the box".
Tock-a-Tick
In a little Austrian village lives Gustav, the clockmaker, and his wife, Henrietta, the baker-two industrious souls whose shop is a favorite of the townspeople for its friendliness and warmth, as well as its delicious edibles. Christmas is an especially important time of year financially for the couple, but Henrietta's old oven has ceased to heat, and a new oven must be purchased.
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Sam's Surprise
The setting of this story is a small rural town in Pennsylvania. The plot concerns the unexpected and sometimes humorous, events that occur when Alex and his best friend discover an abandoned nest with one egg. Thinking that it will be fun to have a duck for a pet, Alex is determined to hatch it. He soon discovers that having a duck for a pet is a little more then he bargained for.
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Molly Trolly
Squeak, squeak, scrape, scrape, clickety-click, clickety-clack. Molly, the bright, shiny red and yellow trolley, rolled out of the trolley-car barn just outside of the small town of Reading, Pennsylvania. Her heart thumped loudly with happiness. Her eyes twinkled with joy! Molly felt as proud as a six-year-old who had just lost her first tooth. Molly loved her job!
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