Stories of Smiling Creek Farm by Stephen W. Kibler, Illustrated by M. E. Kibler

Stories of Smiling Creek Farm by Stephen W. Kibler, PhD. Book cover art and illustrations by Mary Elizabeth Kibler. Amazon Books and Barnes & Noble

• Paperback: 164 pages

• Publisher: CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform (December 9, 2012)

• Language: English

• ISBN-10: 1478224959

• ISBN-13: 978-1478224952

• Product Dimensions: 6 x 0.4 x 9 inches

• Shipping Weight: 10.7 ounces

Welcome to Smiling Creek Farm. Beka is six years old and is surprised by a little visitor one rainy day. She and her two brothers live on Smiling Creek Farm and learn about their farm animals and wild animals, too, and learn about having pets to care for. Stories of Smiling Creek Farm is a collection of six delightful, illustrated chapter stories written at the 6/7 year old reading level, based on the SMOG/FOG Readability Formula, and offers a reading experience that is slightly advanced in terms of character and story development.

About the Author

Stephen W. Kibler has a background in private school education, administration, and child welfare.

About the illustrater

Mary Elizabeth Kibler is an American anthropologist, musician/composer, commercial graphic and oil artist, short story writer, and poet. In addition to co-editing and creating the cover art and story illustrations for Stories of Smiling Creek Farm, she is also author of a music theory handbook styled for fret board players (The Musician's Workbench and Backroom Charting Method), four poetry and art collections, [Universe, Nutshelled, Nuclear Rice, and One God Per Pot (also ebook on CD)] an unpublished 2008 poetry collection titled Drones Don't Die, Corpus Omphalos, Poetry and Art, Collection 2012, and the black and white book edition of the Corpus Omphalos 2012 collection titled "Where Image Abides".