Sunday, December 11, 2011

My Christmas Gift to You

For the week after Christmas, my Dream Police Galloping Ghost book will be available free on Amazon.com.    I hope you'll download it to your child's kindle and order the others in the series if they enjoy it.  These books for 7-10 year olds would be great for last minute book reports as they are short-winded and a light read.  I think boys especially will like the original artwork by Billy Duke who has a great style to his work.  Give my books a try.  You know you want to! 
http://www.amazon.com/Galloping-Ghost-Dream-Police-ebook/dp/B0046A9NEE/ref=sr_1_2?s=digital-text&ie=UTF8&qid=1323611264&sr=1-2

Thursday, November 24, 2011

I'm working on a new series for middle school kids.  It's a series about alien twins who are on Earth to study our strange habits for a homework assignment.  They live with an adventurous old woman who they've hypnotized into believing that she is their grandmother.  It's not going very quickly.  My addiction to Solitaire is pretty strong.  Wish me luck.  Add a comment.  You know you want to...

Wednesday, June 8, 2011

Book Deal

My Dream Police book price has been reduced to 99 cents for the summer to encourage kids to keep reading.  I'm planning to increase it on September 1st.  The books have pictures and short chapters.  That's what I lked in books as a kid.  I hope to get some new fans.  Thank you to those who've bought them over these past few months.   Here's a link.  They are available on Kindle, but can also be downloaded to a P.C.       http://alturl.com/49ypo

   

Saturday, March 12, 2011

What's Up?

One of my fans has given me a book idea that I'm going to pursue. This will be the last book in my Dream Police series. In this book, the trio will face their fear of wet noodles head on. Will they be able to overcome it? Only the author knows for sure. :)

Tuesday, January 11, 2011

Hello!

Hi, I’m Joyce.  I’ve been working on children’s books – picture books and middle-grade fiction.  I’ve completed a series called “The Dream Police” that was published on Kindle.  Billy Duke illustrated the books for me and really made the characters come to life.  Here are the book covers and short blurbs indicating what they’re about.  If you’re interested in buying one of them, please click on this link:
If the child you buy them for really likes them, I’d appreciate it if they would write a review on amazon.com afterwards.  Thanks.

Case of the Galloping Ghost:
The Dream Police - chameleon Captain Dinky, hound dog Detective Snout and monkey sketch artist, Officer Molly Treetop - team up to help Riley end his nightmares about a ghost horse.  Will they succeed?  Or will their odd fear stand in their way?



 
Case of the Alien Family
Hoping to end the nightmares about his family turning into aliens, Pete gets on the phone to The Dream Police.   Can Snout track them?  Will Molly get the sketch right?  Can Dinky's Vulcan nerve pinch stop them?



 
Case of the Creeper
Jen calls on The Dream Police to take out the creeper that has been turning her adventurous dreams into nightmares.  Snout picks up the creeper’s scent, but finds things very confusing.  Will they be able to solve this case so Jen can have fun again in Dreamland?



If you like the drawings in The Dream Police books and would like to get in touch with the artist, post a comment.
The ideas for the Dream Police books came from my brother Bernie.  And my brother Pat did the graphic design.  My sister M.J. came up with some great suggestions, and her kids Connor and Carson helped too.  A big thank you goes out to all of them!
I also wrote a picture book that my daughter illustrated.  It’s all about the love between a mother and her daughter.