New Releases by Doris Gates

At 93 and faced with the challenges of old age, failing health and living in a nursing home, Doris Gates applies her spiritual insights to find happiness and meaning in the latter years of life. Here is a book of optimism, wisdom and wit; a departure from the worries you normally hear regarding people''s fear of aging. You, too, can learn to see your challenges as blessings instead of fearing them. As you make changes in your thinking you can find joy and purpose despite life''s difficulties.

Here is a book of optimism, wisdom and wit. Quite a departure from the worries you hear regarding people''s fear of aging. The writer tells about some life situations that she had to overcome, and how she learned to appreciate all those problems because of what they taught her. You, too, will learn to see your challenges as blessings instead of fearing them. As you make changes in your thinking you gain new insights...new joys that give life a new purpose. At age 91, Doris Gates finds the joy of living still increasing as happiness shines through her present residence at a nursing home.

Retells the events leading up to the Trojan War including Helen''s capture by Paris and the sacrifice of Iphigenia at Aulis.

Twelve-year-old Melinda faces the difficult choice between keeing her beloved filly, Little Missy, or helping her parents through a family crisis.

Retells the exploits of the Greek demi-god Heracles, including the tales of his twelve labors.

Para Jane, su plato de sauce azul es lo más bello que tiene, un símbolo de un hogar que apenas recuerda y que abraza ante las preguntas inoportunas. Un bello y conmovedor relato sobre niños emigrantes.

Retells the myths surrounding the figure of Apollo, the Greek god of medicine and music, protector of flocks and voyagers, the most feared and best loved of all the gods on Mount Olympus.

Retells the Greek myths in which Aphrodite, goddess of love and beauty, and Demeter, goddess of grain and agriculture, play major roles.

Retells the Greek myths in which Athena plays a major role, including those of Perseus, the Golden Fleece, and Arachne.

Even though 10-year-old Melinda fears riding, her father buys her a horse and it is only through her friendship with an elderly writer that Melinda overcomes her fear.

An undersized colt, son of a famous racer, has the potential to be a winner but is recognized only by his stable boy who trains to become a jockey and wins the right to ride his favorite to victory.

To Janey Larkin, the blue willow plate was the most beautiful thing in her life, a symbol of the home she could only dimly remember. Now that her father was an itinerant worker, Janey didn''t have a home she could call her own or any real friends, as her family had to keep moving, following the crops from farm to farm. Someday, Janey promised the willow plate, with its picture of a real house, her family would once again be able to set down roots in a community. Blue Willow is an important fictional account of the Dust Bowl and the Great Depression, and has been called The Grapes of Wrath for children. It won a Newbery Honor and many other awards.

A retelling of the Greek myths centered around Zeus including the tales of Europa, King Minos, and others.

California sisters, eight and nine years old, enjoy a year that includes a trip to the coast in their father''s Peerless, a visit to a crochety great uncle, and a ride behind a runaway horse.