A World of Reading Awaits
This light-hearted children's tale of a girl on vacation and a boy in a wheelchair who are both mesmerized by the beautiful bubbles of the Bubble Man is sure to bring a smile to readers and listeners.
Stella and the Bubble Man features:
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Colorful, cheerful illustrations by Anait Semirdzhyan. See anaitsart.com for more.
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Hardcover, 11 1/4" x 8 3/4"
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Quality printing and design
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20% of sale price will be donated to the National Multiple Sclerosis Society to fund research
From the late 1800s forward, the Johns, Davises, and Clancys witnessed first hand the war of the Copper Kings, the Tong Wars, the Granite Mountain Mine disaster that killed more than 160 men, the Spanish flu, and two World Wars.
Sweetgrass Books, Aug. 15, 2014
Mountain Pine Press, 2024
The exciting story of freeing Jewish children from Europe during World War II, historical fiction resonating with suspense and intrigue across two continents. In September 1939, as Nazis march toward the streets of Warsaw, Peter and Minna's parents race to pack jewels and suitcases. To reach safety, the children must journey from Paris to Portugal, and from there to Ireland. But new dangers await, even in Ireland.
Mountain Pine Press, 2025
Eyes Everywhere:
Searching for Jewish Children
Ha' penny Bridge,
Dublin
A BOOK THAT WILL FIT PERFECTLY WITH MIDDLE SCHOOL CURRICULUM.
SEE LESSON, BELOW, USING TWO CHAPTERS FROM EYES EVERYWHERE: SEARCHING FOR JEWISH CHILDREN.
A LESSON for MIDDLE GRADES
Using EYES EVERYWHERE
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And two bonus chapters from the
historical novel for you
Eyes Everywhere: Searching for Jewish Children is a great tool for teaching middle grade students about the Holocaust.
Introduce the lesson with this 14 minute video of Noemi Ban, Holocaust Survivor. Noemi Ban, who survived the Holocaust, telling her story to students at Helena High School, Helena, MT, in 2011.
Read more about Noemi Ban at the
Holocaust Center of Seattle where you
can also find short, clear clips of Noemi
Ban speaking about her experiences.
Also, find more at Wikipedia.
Lesson: Colleen Clancy Hansen presents connections to Holocaust Study for middle grades using a couple of chapters from her historical novel Eyes Everywhere: Searching for Jewish Children (Mountain Pine Press 2025).
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Writing for students
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Images of traditional Jewish items from Eyes Everywhere below, in Slide Show.
Frozen in time: the slanting buildings, the wagon wheels, and the children’s birth-death dates on headstones instill a chill for the visitor to Elkhorn, Montana. Colleen Clancy Hansen’s story "Ghost Children" transports you to Montana’s Elkhorn of the past, when it was a thriving mining town. Through the eyes of Pansy, a young girl, who escaped the fate of so many other Elkhorn children, we experience the diphtheria epidemic that devastated the once prosperous town in the harsh year of 1889. Illustrated with photographs.
Sweetgrass Books, October 4, 2015
Watch this teaser for "Ghost Children"
The Talmud is the central text of Rabbinic Judaism functioning as the primary source for Jewish religious law (Halakha).
A Menorah is a candelabra that serves as a significant Jewish symbol, though it can refer to two different types: the original seven-branched Temple menorah described in the Bible as a sacred object and the nine-branched Hanukkah menorah used for the festival of Hanukkah. There are eight candles for the festival nights and one for the “shamash” (helper candle).
The Talmud is the central text of Rabbinic Judaism functioning as the primary source for Jewish religious law (Halakha).