A Quilt for Sarah is an inspiring story about hope for sick children and a young girls personal journey. It is my dream to have A Quilt for Sarah published as well as have quilts made to donate to the Children’ Hospital.
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Make sure to join us at our upcoming event at Rivercross Ranch, A Country Christmas Craft Fair!
All of Lisa’s books will be available for sale and she will be there to sign your purchases from 10am-12pm.
The Christmas Berry is a winter favourite!
We hope to see you there!
Books of the Tundra would like to thank Rivercross Ranch for inviting us to their Bruhaha2 event this past Saturday in support of the ROAR foundation. Thank you to every one who came out in support of a great cause!
After my book launch of Connor’s Chance on November 7, 2015, I have been receiving wonderful testimonials.
I am so grateful to be receiving the positive comments that I have been, it means the world to me that I can share my spiritual stories with others.
This testimonial is from a very good friend and colleague of mine that I greatly admire for his outlook on life and the spirituality that he so deeply believes in.
Hello Lisa,
I have done very little reading since my University graduation in 1975. Mostly, I read about news, politics, science, mostly spiritual books and lessons, and certainly the Bible which I have read cover to cover several times, and bible passages which I am drawn to for various reasons.
I purchased your book to honor you and Rick with the intention of dutifully reading it so that I could comment on it. To my absolute surprise, Connor’s Chance was brilliant and I found it was impossible to put down. The first reading was until about 03:00am and finished it tonight in the second reading. To my amazement, I found your book very exciting, extremely well laid out with no flat spots. There is not a single place in the book where I was not deeply compelled to read on and I loved the surprise ending. This was definitely a feel good book which left a smile on my face.
Congratulations for producing a wonderful work of art. Can’t wait for your next one. Pride rose up in me from knowing that I can brag that my friend Lisa is a brilliant author.
Your friend,
Dennis
Thank you for your kind words and support!
Lisa Young
Books of the Tundra
On a recent expedition, Anita Robinson was looking for adventure in Ethiopia when she signed up with Canadian Humanitarian – Lisa Young donated a series of her books and below are the resulting images of these newly inspired young Ethiopians:
Thanks Anita for sharing these beautiful moments with us!
As an invited guest Woodward Asset Management Family Movie Day 2013, Lisa was honored to be the only author there providing her childrens books and autographing for all in attendance.
It’s an absolute thrill for Lisa to be able to reach an audience that she is able to inspire and uplift. Working in combination with others who are reaching out and having such impact is inspiring to her and gives her more motivation to keep writing and reaching more people.
With the recent completion of her first adult novel series Lisa will be reaching beyond her children’s series and aiming for adult audiences.
Books of the Tundra is a proud supporter of charities all over the world – connect with us to find out how we can work together.
Once upon a time there were three best Brownie friends, Isabella, April and Summer. They lived together in a large tree house in Central Park, New York.
Isabella was the sporty type. She loved to participate in any sport possible even though figure skating was her favorite and, was the kindest person you would ever meet. She would even clean your house for you if you asked! Every night before she went to bed she loved to read her favorite book – The Princess Bride. Her golden light brown hair sparkled in the sunlight and her blue eyes were as blue as the ocean.
April was also sporty but she loved gymnastics! Cartwheels and flips were her favorite thing to do, especially during her preferred season of the year – Spring! The melting of the snow and the warmer weather inspired the true artist in her! She loved to paint the animals that came out of their hiding places in the springtime. Her fiery red hair was long and curly, just like that of Princess Merida from the movie Brave! Her eyes were as green as grass in the summertime.
Summer enjoyed winter sports. She played ringette for the local club team – The Central Park Rangers and was the best player on the team. Despite her sporty inclinations she was a fashion Diva and very bossy. She would often tell Isabella and April what to do. She had beautiful long black hair and hazel eyes that were the color of hazel nuts. The glasses she wore were really pretty.
One day the three of them decided to go to the beach. They drove out to the beach that was closest to New York City and laid out under the hot sun in their swimsuits. It was a very hot day that day and they were sizzling! Summer told them all to get in the water because she was so hot! Even though she was being bossy, Isabella and April were happy to get into the water!
They were playing and swimming and having so much when all of a sudden the water surrounding them started to spin, like they were in the middle of a tornado, but they were not being spun around. Isabella was the first to realize that it was actually a portal taking them to another place! She had read about this happening in one of her books!
They all thought they were having so much fun when they realized that not only were they being transported to another place, but now they were Mermaids! Oh how fast they could swim!!! It was like a dream come true! Who doesn’t want to be a mermaid?
The excitement grew as they discovered they were now transported to a beautiful city of gold under water! What a grand adventure they were all on! How would they ever tell this story to their friends? No one would ever believe them!
Their excitement quickly came to and end as they noticed that city seemed abandoned! No one was around. It appeared completely empty, when all of a sudden they saw an enormous Sea Monster! It was as tall as a skyscraper, as wide as a house and as ugly as a zombie! It had 100 eyes, 4 arms and 6 horns all protruding out of its face. In one of its 4 arms it was carrying what looked like the queen!
“Oh no!” Summer said. “What should we do?”
Just then, the best friends spotted a lone mermaid weeping by a tree. They swam directly towards her.
“Hi there.” Isabella spoke first. She was always very friendly. “We’re Brownies, well, I guess we’re mermaids now and we’ve come here from the beach in New York. Where are we and what’s happening?”
The mermaid sadly replied, “My name is Coral Flipperland, you are in Atlantis and that horrible sea monster is taking away the queen! Everyone is hiding they are so afraid!”
“Why does it want the Queen?” asked April.
The mermaid explained: “The Queen has a special shell that controls the portal that brought you here. If the sea monster gets a hold of that shell, it will be able to transport itself anywhere it wants! That’s not good news for you guys in New York! The sea monster has been searching for that for a long time! We have to stop it!”
“But what can we do?” asked Summer.
“We have to find the magic pearl, the enchanted diamond and the eternal necklace and only when we unite the three together with the true bond of friendship can we defeat the Sea Monster!” replied the mermaid. “And only true friends can unite the three together. Since there are three of you, you must be the only ones who can make it work. “
The three best friends looked at each other and together replied: “You can count on us! ‘Lend a hand” is our motto!”
They swam hard and fast! Mermaids were super fast swimmers! It didn’t take them very long to find the three items they were looking for. They found them all in the queen’s kitchen. The mermaid told them to look there since they had to be separate from the magical shell.
Swiftly, the three best friends swam towards the sea monster. They were more determined than ever! They knew how important it was to the people of Atlantis that they save the queen.
“Hey you! Come over here NOW! ” yelled Summer to the Sea Monster. She was really good at being bossy!
The Sea Monster turned immediately to see who was challenging it.
“Put the Queen down or we’ll have to destroy you!” they all chanted at once. (Even though sometimes Summer was bossy, she did inspire confidence in the three girls).
They could see that the Sea Monster was not going to do what they said so Isabella held up the eternal necklace while Summer positioned the magic pearl in its place and April placed the enchanted diamond. Together, they held it up high for the Sea Monster to see and smiled at one another. They could feel that this experience was going to make their friendship stronger!
Just then, the sea monster started to shrink! It was no longer as tall as a skyscraper or as wide as a house. It kept shrinking and shrinking until all of a sudden it was no more! It disappeared into a puff of smoke! The Queen was free!!!! There were cheers coming from everywhere! The three girls swam to greet the queen! She was so grateful!
“Atlantis extends its sincerest gratitude to you brave girls!” the Queen said. She continued: “You must have a strong bond friendship since without that you could have never defeated the Sea Monster! Because of your fine act of bravery and your true friendship, I will give you this magical shell and the eternal necklace with its magic pearl and enchanted diamond. That way you can return here whenever you wish!”
The girls were thrilled! They thanked the queen and after some celebrating, they returned to their New York beach. Everything was just as they had left it. They knew their adventures as best friends were just beginning!
The End
Written & submitted by Unit 77 Crestmont Brownies
Recently Lisa Young visited a local Calgary K-9 school to share her experience and inspire the children in the classrooms.
Once upon a time two Giants were playing a game of ball with a silver glowing ball. One was proud and the other humble. The proud one was Gigabob and the humble one was Boglin. The Giants were talking while they played ball, and the proud Giant said “I bet I am stronger then you” and the humble Giant answered “Maybe”. Then Gigabob said I bet I am faster than you and Boglin said, “Why don’t we race.” “Alright”, said Gigabob “lets.”
So they called all the Giants together and said, “We are going to have a race and we would like you guys to be present during the race.” At that time there was an old woman Giant who was visiting at the Giants castle, her name was Cacao and she said, “Whosoever wins this race I will give them a wish, but if you lose you will get the thing you hate the most.” Gigabob said really loud“I will wish for a castle and lots of gold and to become a king of all giants,” but Boglin said nothing. The next day both Giants got up to practise for when the day came which was in two weeks.
Gigabob was bragging that he would win the race and everybody was getting tired of his bragging. At first they had wanted him to win; now they knew he was so puffed up with pride that he needed someone to teach him a lesson. So they wanted Boglin to win, but everybody thought that Gigabob was faster then Boglin, but Boglin told them not to worry. Nobody knew that Boglin had been practicing running ever since he last raced which was two years ago and he had lost, so then he decided to practice until he was the best runner ever and he did.
At last the two weeks were past and tomorrow was the race. Both runners went to bed early to get lots of rest. The next morning they went to the race track, and everybody was there. Even foreign Giant kings and queens were there and many others. “This is my lucky day” whispered Gigabob to Boglin. I will become famous because I will run so fast and plus I will get my wish and you will get what you hate most. Then he laughed, but Boglin said nothing. The trumpeter blew the trumpet and called for silence then he shouted “let the race begin when I blow my trumpet.” 1….2…..3….trumpet and they were off.
Gigabob was right away in the front gaining all the ground he could, but Boglin went in a slow lope he knew the race was long and he had to preserve his energy. Gigabob started to get tired two kilometre away from the finish line so he stopped for a rest but it didn’t bother him because Boglin was so far away he was at least 3 kilometres away. He got up when he was rested and started to run again, but before he started he turned around and there was Boglin just 5 metres away. Still in his slow lope the crowd was cheering him on. Gigabob started to run as fast as he could but he was tired Boglin wasn’t, and Boblin started to run faster and faster till you could barely see his legs, and then he passed the finish line. Everybody cheered as loud as they could accept Gigabob. He hung his head in shame for he had bragged so much before the race and he lost.
Then he saw the old lady named Cacao and he knew that he would get the thing he hated most and the thing he hated most was darkness. Then Cacao said from now on Gigabob there will be 12 hours of darkness because of you, the other Giants will use it as a time of rest, but because you hate darkness you will never be able to rest properly during the darkness which I will call night. Then she turned to Boglin and said “what is your wish” and Boglin said I wish that there would be a big shiny silver glowing ball in the sky called the moon so that Gigabobs night won’t be so unbearable. You have been kind to your enemy when you could have had everything for yourself you will get gold and precious jewels and will be King of Giants and, Gigabob will get his moon said Cacao, and that is how the moon came to be.
The End
Written & submitted by Angela L.