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Mayhaven provides a rich assortment of books and audio books for Children, Older Children, and Young Adults. Here are a few for Younger Children:

Cullen Porter's Grandpa Grumpy Pants
Book and Audio Book
Read by the Author
Illustrated by Jean Spencer
If you like fireflies, you will like Todd Porter's Firefly Fred, and Dana Marquess' Night of the Lighted Freedom

Todd Porter's Firefly Fred
Book and Audio Book
Read by Faye Porter
Illustrated by Brian Pantenaude
Dana Marquess' Night of the Lighted FreedomA Firefly Fantasy
Book and Audio Book
Marquess wrote this book for her brother Russell P. Marquess.

Dawn Story's Prisoner of Filmore Street, Winner of Mayhaven's Award for Children's Fiction
Illustrated by Jean Spencer
All about stretching the truth a little!
Coming soon in Audio Book
Valerie Huffman Osborn's A Week of Bunnies
Available in Book and Audio Book
Audio Book Read by the Author
Music by John Dee and the IQ Illinois Woodwind Quartet

Illustrated by Michael Osborn and Edited by Kimberly Osborn
Nancy Orr Johnson Jensen's
Helen, Ethel & The Crazy Quilt
Based on the Letters 1890 Letters Between Helen Keller and Ethel Orr
See January Event at the State of Maine Museum, Augusta, Maine

And for Older Children and Young Adults
Judith Bourassa Joy's A Doorway Through Space, Winner of Mayhaven's Award for Children's Fiction

Sci-fi Space adventure.
PJ Farris' Crossover Dribble
Book and Audio Book
a novel for young adults
Audio read by
Featured in an article in the Illinois Reading Council Journal. Farris was also the Keynote Speaker at 2009 Illinois Reading Council Conference.
See our Catalog for additional books and audio books for children of all ages.
NOVELS for ADULTS
Mystery and Suspense
L.W. Stevenson's A Family Possessed
Book and Audio Book
Audio Book Read by Brian H. Porter
Mayhaven's first "sleeper"this ghost story has become a favorite with readers.
Robert Auler's Keep and Bear Arms
Terrorists in the Heartland. This courtroom drama draws on Auler's considerable experience as a defense attorney.
A novel of suspense set in Central Illinois
John Knoerle's The Violin Player
Winner of Mayhaven's Award for Fiction
Riveting novel of suspense.
A Stalker Finds His Prey
AND A LITTLE ROMANCE
Margaret Hay Van Damm's The River Love
Available in Book and Audio Book
Audio Book Read by the Author
Novel of late-life romance set in the steamy south
Margaret Hay VanDamm is the daughter of George Hay, founder of Nashville, TN's Grand Ol' Opry.
See our Catalog for a listing of all books and audio books
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Mayhaven Publishing, Inc.
Quality Publishing Since 1990
Congratulations to the Glen Carbon Public Library, Glen Carbon, Illinois, selected as the Best Small Library in America and we are proud of the entire staff, which includes Michelle Petersen, daughter of Mayhaven's publisher. The cover of the Library Journal is below, and the article is listed on line.
Staff: Anne Hughes - Director
Janet McAllister - Assistant Director
Michelle Petersen - Head of Circulation/Homebound Coordinator
Magi Henderson - Youth Services Director
Christina Walker - Youth Services Assistant
Susan Kesler - Head Cataloger
Joyce Bringenberg - Cataloger
Joan Schneider - Associate
Amanda Wendel - Associate
Tammy Green - Associate
Michelle Mondloh - Associate
Leigh Gardner - Associate
Christine Gerrish - Associate
Donald Ladd - Page
Laura Kubicek - Page
Jenna Stoeber - Page
Best Small Library in America 2010 awarded by Library Journal and the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation

The following Mayhaven authors have been a part of the Glen Carbon library's lively literary programs: Cullen Porter, Dan Guillory, Donna Bennett, Doris R. Wenzel, Neva Swartz, The Ten Sisters, Valerie Osborn, Vinita Lawler, and Wayne C. Temple.
Congratulations to the Pixar Animation Studios' Academy Award nomination for UP. We are pleased that actor Ed Asner, "Carl," is also among Mayhaven's outstanding authors.

Celebrating Black History Month
Lincoln's Better Angel by actor/author David L. Selby
This novel was inspired by a newspaper article about a national park service employee whose life ended while working at the Lincoln Memorial. The story presents the differing views of a father and son in regard to their interpretation of Lincoln's actions in regard to the black Americans of his generation. There are many significant moments in this book, but one is chillingly similar to a recent event, when a noose, a symbol of a dark, dark period in American history, is used to intimidate. This book provides much to talk about among generations of those who ponder Lincoln and Black history.

This moving and creative novel challenges conventional views of Lincoln.
See Kimberly J. Largent's interview and review
of David Selby's book on the Review Etc. page.
Selby recently portrayed Lincoln in The Heavens are Hung in Black at Ford's Theater in Washington, D.C. In addition, he served on a panel to discuss the Emancipation Proclamation at the National Cathedral in Washington, D.C.
See the full review of Lincoln's Better Angel on our News and Reviews page.
Lincolns Better Angel gives us a history lesson, and Lincolns words and actions demonstrate how he changed our way of thinking and made it possible for all of us to be the best that we can be.
Rafer Johnson, Author, Humanitarian, and Olympic Decathlon Gold Medal Winner
From its opening paragraph, Lincolns Better Angel is touching, and at times astonishing. David Selby has created a living, breathing Lincoln, true to historical roots, yet alive and relevant in todays world. Any student of American history will be dazzled by Selbys interpretation of Lincoln and his plausible reactions to contemporary events. With every page, you tumble further into this amazing world, and meet a charming, wise and surprising ghost of Lincoln."
Bob Rogers, BRC Imagination Arts, Executive Producer of the Abraham Lincoln Presidential Museum
Defile de Navidad y Mas by Gwen Watkins
These stories and poems create a portrait of the author's life through her travels and her experience is candid, sometimes humorous, and inspiring words.

The author spent many years as a x-ray technician before devoting much of her time to writing. Watch for her first children's book.
The History of Wood River Baptist District Association Volume II, 1996-2004 Compiled and Edited by the Reverend Eddie Mabry
This unique church history is recorded through records, writings, photos and comments. This record of the oldest continuous Black Church in America, demonstrates why churches have played a significant role in Black history.

Introducing (for Children)
Heidi McIntyre's Jack's Snack Attack
Resisting the yummies isn't always easy.
Illustrations by Doris Replogle Wenzel
Introducing (for adults)
Kirk Combe's 2084 In 2084, Kirk Combe delivers a sci-fi novel that explores the limits of a world waiting to happen. Cover art by Clayton Combe.
2084 is a world run and employed by a single mega corporation, whose reach extends into the very brains of the population, tapping into their fantasies and their base drives at the expense of everyone and everything around them. This technically controlled society is opposed only by the shrinking members of a free-thinking humanity.
Author Kirk Combe believes fiction should not be a pleasant escape from social reality, but an intensive and imaginative exploration of it. 2084 is his first science-fiction novel.
A Professor of English at Denison University (Ohio), Combe has authored several books and articles, including A Martyr for Sin: Rochester's Critique of Polity, Sexuality, and Society (University of Delaware Press), Theorizing Satire: Essays in Literary Criticism (St. Martins Press). He has also published works of fiction and poetry in literary journals.
Combe has a B.A. from Davidson College (North Carolina) and an M.A. in English, Middlebury College (Vermont). He completed his doctorate and received his D.Phil. in English Literature from Oxford University (England). The author is originally from Idaho, and he has taught at universities in both Europe and the United States.
Kirk Combe and wife Brenda Boyle celebrate their marriage and their new books. View the contents on www.NewarkAdvocate.com
Harry Haines' TEXAS PANIC! Harry Haines has set this newest novel of suspense, Texas Panic!, in the Beef Industry. Orphan, winner of Mayhaven's Award for Fiction, is set in the world of Horseracingboth industries thrive in the author's home state of Texas. Designer Steve Mayes created the jackets for both books.
"People love their beef and the threat of anything wrong with it could cost billions of dollars. Texas Panic tells the tale of Mad Cow Disease hitting American and how one veterinarian, James Robert Masterson, is faced with the first possible case of Mad Cow Disease in Texas history. Prophetic, entertaining, and intriguing, Texas Panic is a top pick for speculative fiction fans who want to know what could be."
James A. Cox, Editor-in-Chief, The Fiction Shelf, Midwest Book Review
Brian H. Porter's Harvey's Life - Now What? Book and Audio Book Read by the Author. Through these short stories, some humorous, some dark, the author searches for reason in an unreasonable world. Brian Porter first presented samples of his writing as Mayhaven's guest author.
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