Sarah Fischer Pointer – författare

Princess Isabella is the happiest girl in the world. She grows up in a beautiful palace with her parents, King Edward and Queen Anastasia. But because Isabella is an only child, some people wonder if a girl can take the throne. She''ll have to use all her smarts and her bravery to show them that a queen can be a great ruler, too!

Sophie Swanson loves playing basketball with her friends. But when she is paralyzed after surgery, she thinks her game is over. Stuck in a little purple wheelchair, there''s no way Sophie could ever play again. That''s when a game at the local mall introduces Sophie to wheelchair basketball! Sophie makes some new friends along the way and realizes that the old saying is absolutely true: You can do anything you put your mind to!

Now that her first season of wheelchair basketball is over, Sophie''s ready for summer! She''s a little nervous as she heads to basketball camp for the first time, but seeing her teammates and getting to play basketball again makes her feel much better. Sophie works hard at camp to learn about new styles of defense and even gets a specialized basketball wheelchair to help her go faster. This will be Sophie''s best summer yet!

Q- Tip loves Christmas! But he gets nervous when Mommy tells him that they''re going to Florida for the first time. Will it still feel like Christmas at the beach? Q- Tips learns that it''s not the weather or the decorations that make Christmas special- it''s family, and love.