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An artist, Stonesifer began writing in her late 80's, and published three books for children with Mayhaven and Wild Rose (Mayhaven Imprint): The Peanut Butter Kid, The Monarch, The Snow Goose & the Butterfly Tree, and Then and Now Stories. Sister & Me, an autobiography for older children and adults, provides insight into her influences and inspirations.

The late Gertrude Stonesifer became a friend, and we spent many hours working on her books and enjoying a good meal or a drive where Gertrude saw art in everyday objects and told of her adventures. Marrying late, she was adveturous. She took a tramp steamer to South America during the 1930s, and when her young husband died suddenly, she took over his newspaper while caring for her infant son. Life was an adventure for Gertrude and every conversation with Gertrude is memorable.

Some books are informative, many are entertaining, and some are very important. In these toubled times, this book offers the readers all three advantages.

Two men, one from the United States, one from China, fought on the treeless slopes of Korea, experiencing love and loss, political upheavals, and personal devils, and who, years later and by chance, became great friends.

Wilson Powell is the son of an American scientist, whose work helped develop the atomic bomb. Zhou Ming-Fu is the son of a Chinese shopkeeper. Both men, through essays and letters, have sought to come to terms with the influences of their lives.

This very candid autobiography includes Day's estrangement from his only son, his reaction to his first wife's love affair, to the Great Depression, to his own love affair, and to a long-term, but limited second marriage. An active, competent, and graceful man until his last days, Day left a truly honest legacy in this story of an ordinary man.Reared in London's famous Barnardo's Orphanage, Day, as a 10-year-old child, was sent across the north Atlantic to work on a farm in Canada. Work eventually led him to America and the train yards of the midwest, always searching for a home of his own...

This book arrived two weeks before John Day's death. Alert to the end, he showed it to the steady stream of visitors who came in and out of his room. It was, he said, something he had to do.

Brother Mine Audio Book

Brother Mine takes us through a Midwestern saga of life's journey, the small dramas and the big life-challenging dramas. Mike's insightful prose moves the reader quietly, but powerfully, through a world of family, career, and passions that create a life and shape relationships." —Dan Davis, editor and publisher , Victory Lane Magazine

A reader writes: "...the manner in which the book was written just 'pulled' me back to a better era that caused me to reminisce about...that time....You caused me to ...realize how good it really was, back then. I believe your book would bring back 'simpler time' thoughts to anybody from the forties and fifties..." —Larry Lowe

Dr. Kawasaki discovered the disease named after him, Kawasaki's disease. Collins' book, On The Wings of Love: Michael's Story, is the only known book on Kawasaki's disease for those outside the medical profession. Collins wrote of her grandson's death from heart failure resulting from Kawasaki's disease, and the American Heart Association believes complications from Kawasaki's is the number one cause of death f rom heart failure in American children.

A reader from the UK wrote: "....I have just finished reading your book about your Grandson Mikie....thank you for having the insight to put your tragedy into print. It was so helpful to read the same feelings of disbelief and sadness when a member of your family is subjected to KD....There needs to be much more awareness."

"Devastated by grief...Collins has written...in hopes of alerting other families..." —Sue Ann Wood, St Louis Post Dispatch

"The disease strikes children under the age of eight. How the disease is contracted is not known, and at times it is fatal."

—Amy DeHart, County Star Journal

Scottsburg rests justs off Interstate 65, the main artery running north and south through America's heartland. The tree-covered hills shelter small farms and tiny, unexpected neighborhoods set miles from the main roads. Peaceful, idyllic places where windows are scrubbed, women still hang laundry outside to dry, where neighbors share local gossip and older children ride upand down the gravel roads on dirt bikes purchased by hard-working parents.The houses show pride in ownership, rising out of the rocky soil and carefully tended front yards and backyards that fall gently away to tree lines so thick they mask the rising sun.

Witness the rise and fall of the Broomcorn industry—the impact of the Illinois Central and the legendary City of New Orleans—the legacy of "The Slab", lodge life, barbershops and cafes. Discover Humboldt's connections to the famous (folksinger Burl Ives and former Illinois Governor Jim Edgar) and to the near famous (Chicken Tommy and a host of friends)—and observe the changes wrought by time, technology, and war.

Stanley first became interested in Terwilliger when she visited the Richardson Bay Audubon Center. She participated in many discovery walks with Terwilliger. Stanley's book is written for young people and features many photgraphs of Terwilliger and scenes from her work.

The Lincoln's only home, located in Springfield, Illinois, has offered up many stories, some humorous, some poignant, and some very surprising.

Dr. Wayne C. Temple—Photo by Quintin Porter

Lincoln and the Long Nine brought Illinois' Fifth Capitol to Springfield, Illinois. This structure, a short walk from the Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library, is filled with the history of Lincoln, and other great figures that walked its halls. Included in this journey through history are the men and women who built this edifice and the behind-the-scenes incidents that fill the pages with wonderful facts.

COLLECTOR'S ITEM

This is a book that speaks to people in ordinary language about some extraordinary events

Changnon wrote in his preface: "After years of train watching, I found East-central Illinois...had more train activity than any comparably sized rural area in the nation!"

This book is the first written by Changnon about trains in Illinois.

An interesting note: The publisher met the author before Mayhaven was established. He told about the book he had written and the cover, painted by his father. As the author was retired, it was a surprise to find out his father had painted this schoolhouse when he was 90 years old.

A history of the Osmond, Illinois, Lutheran Church

A unsolicited reader said it was the "Best book on Church history I have ever read."

This book provides the surprising history of Bailey Island—from its rich fishing, shipping and trade industries to its lesser-known historic footnotes, including contact with famous figures, to gatherings of the Ku Klux Klan and the author's grandmother's connection to Helen Keller, who lived, for awhile, on the neighboring island.

Whether tromping through the midwestern woods, or fishing in the cool waters of northern lakes, the author takes us on a journey of humor and insight.

The Broomcorn Industry in Central Illinois

“David Selby has presented a charming novel....Selby has Lincoln speaking in a mix of noble sentiments and very common wisdom—a perfect combination for the Great Emancipator. Lincoln is clearly a person we wish we knew better, and in Selby’s work we come to know him as never before.” —Michael P. Riccards, author, Ferocious Engine of Democracy, a two-volume history of the presidency

“Lincoln’s Better Angel gives us a history lesson, and Lincoln’s 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, Author, and Humanitarian

“From its opening paragraph, Lincoln’s 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 today’s world. Any student of American history will be dazzled by Selby’s 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 Producerof the Abraham Lincoln Presidential Museum

“David L. Selby has brought the ghost of Lincoln back to Washington D.C. where he appears to a Vietnam veteran assigned to the Lincoln Memorial. They discuss the past and the present in a very imaginative and philosophical dialogue. A most entertaining read.” —Wayne C. Temple, historian and author of Abraham Lincoln: From Skeptic to Prophet and other works, and Chief Deputy Director, Illinois State Archive

".... readers....will be rewarded with indelible images..... Vienna Kisses is a light and lip-smacking literary confection." —Barbara McMichael, the bookmonger, The Olympian

Translated Version published in China and available through the publisher and through Mayhaven

Although Beijing Odyssey is identified as a novel, is has been so intensely researched and so carefully written, it might very well be called a biography. Certainly it is an historical novel true to the history of China from the mid-1800’s until the 1930’s.

This book has been translated and published in China

“Cramer’s debut sports all the ingredients for a deceptively clever western whodunit...an honest rancher fighting the arrogant tycoon, becomes a complex mystery with clues...spread all over the Kansas prairie of 1876.” —Publishers Weekly

Nominated for the Library of Virginia Fiction Award