Mary Kay Abbott
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PICTURE BOOKS

Ellen Cluckeroo
--Ellen is the first chicken to answer that age-old question: "Why did the chicken cross the road?"

Holidazzle Herbie--Herbie, the reindeer, thinks he looks silly when the birds decorate his antlers with Christmas lights.

Merlin's Final Decree--All the magical creatures are upset when Merlin declares there will be no more magic.

Missing: One Lovable Mom--Why can't Kyle's multi-tasking mom pay more attention to him?

My Magic Tiara--Jordi needs only one thing to be like Tilly--a magic tiara.

The Mystery of the Sticky White Stuff--When sticky white stuff falls from the sky at the county fair, havoc breaks out. Could Andy have had anything to do with it?

No Candy! No School!--When candy is banned for Halloween, Michael launches a protest. Next thing he knows, TV cameras and the cops are at school.

Rosa's Cake Shop--How will Rosa please picky, pesky, 'holds-her-breath-'til-she-turns-blue' Penelope?

Ruby's Brown Egg--When the white hens tell Ruby that her brown egg is dead, she thinks her days are numbered.

Run-away Valentine--Corey learns it's not easy impressing Chloe, especially when everything goes wrong.

Snoogle's Search---Co-Authored with Heather Petrek, Master Rhymer--Why can't Snoogle be like all the other Furryloos? Why can't he just fit in?

Walter's Waffles...One, Two, Three---Co-Authored with Heather Petrek, Master Rhymer-Counting from one to ten is different than counting from first through tenth. Waffles and friends. What else does a helpful rabbit need?

MIDDLE GRADE

Secrets in the Pines
--In 1952, Jenny Randolf runs head-long into the hateful Ku Klux Klan when she tries to help her new friend, Bo, and the other "colored" folks in Shantytown. The Christmas donation drive she initiates prompts Bo into revealing why his life is in peril. Jenny tries to help him, but her meddling only leads to her being kidnapped. When the Klan Kingpin arrives at the shed where she's being held, he tells her there is another more important motive for her being there. And it has nothing to do with the donation drive.

Big Red--To land Big Red is every fisherman's dream, but when the renowned fish ends up in the Baker's lake after a storm, JJ Baker has to battle for him in a "catch-off" against Mr. Burley, the meanest, and most powerful man in town. Even if JJ succeeds, what will he do with Big Red? Have him stuffed, and then hung on his family's living room wall? Or will he set Big Red free?

YOUNG ADULT

Walburga's Heir--The White Witch of the Sea
--(Book I) American-born Emily Edwards has no idea when she enrolls in an English school--Camden Hall--that it's her destiny to destroy the school's headmistress. Not until she meets Sammie, a girl who works there, does she learn that the headmistress is none other than The White Witch of the Sea--Walburga's heir--and that, come Walburgis Night, the witch will need a virgin to sacrifice at her stone circle. Can Emily figure out who that girl might be in time? And if she can't, what will she do then?

The Fury of the Witch--(Book II) After surviving a fall off a 400-foot cliff at Cheddar Gorge, Emily's battle with the witch escalates until one of her beloved friends is murdered. Thankfully, Emily is left with clues that will help her destroy her nemesis. 

The Tor of Glastonbury--(Book III) A hidden diary leads Emily deeper and deeper into the White Witch's realm until she finds herself steeped in the ancient mysteries and legends of the Tor of Glastonbury. Is that where the witch's powers are the weakest? Will Emily, at long last, fulfill her destiny or meet her own bloody death there?