The Dream of the Thinking Machine

A playful and simple story where Max does not understand what the animals are trying to tell him, leading to a surprising and relatable conclusion about lunchtime.

A lonely stardust traveler discovers Earth’s gentle lights — guiding, joyful, and warm — all lit by people for one another. He transforms into a guardian star, forever watching over this planet where kindness shines brightest in the dark.

Little snail Lily wants to see the sunrise on the mountain top, but she crawls slower than a falling leaf! Luckily, Sam the groundhog’s “tunnel express”, Max the monkey’s “tree slide” and Lucy the bird’s “branch plane” help her. Can she catch the sunrise and make her dream come true? This warm light-chasing trip—come and see!

This book introduces young children to common kitchen appliances through simple, repetitive phrases and clear illustrations. It focuses on vocabulary building and recognition of everyday objects like toasters, kettles, ovens, stoves, microwaves, and blenders.

Max builds a rocket that flies him to the moon. But how will be get home again?

On a cold, rainy day, Max turns his disappointment into creativity by using living room furniture, to build the perfect home...a pillow fort!

Max uses his toolbox and favorite tools to build a cozy treehouse high up in the oak tree.

Max visits a toy shop with his dad, but soon his games make a big mess. In this fun, decodable story, early readers can hear and say rhyming -op words like mop, shop, and hop.

This fun adventure follows Max as he travels into town to meet his brother Tom, giving early readers lots of chances to see and say words that start with the letter t. Through bright illustrations and simple t words on each page, children learn to recognize the letter t and hear its sound /t/ while enjoying Max’s trip into town.

Early readers use simple sight words and -an family words to follow Max on his run. Max and the man ran and ran, until Max gets too tired to go on.

Max has to follow the directions to deliver a special package to Sandy Shell Island. But can he remember which way to go?

Policeman Max is on a mission to solve the mystery of the missing letter P from the park sign! He searches high and low through the park to find out who took it!