New Releases by Julie Edwards

Stories that were passed down orally by families with traditional gathering baskets woven with designs to help the storytelling process .The opening prayer in Salish and Sahaptin from the bands of the Colville Confederated Tribes.(Wenatchi, Moses-Columbia, Okanogan, Arrow Lakes, (Yakama))

Prunella Prim was always the cleverest in the class, but when her good friend Dotty Doodle paints a magnificent masterpiece, things look likely to change. Sometimes though, friendships are more important than being first.

This is a children''s book about a baby elephant who loves painting. This book may assist parents and educator in teaching young children the primary colours green, blue, red, and yellow. It also introduces the secondary colours orange, green, and purple. Several activity pages are included at the end of the book to encourage further exploration of primary and secondary colours.

In this book, Baby Elephant goes on a treasure hunt. As Baby Elephant searches for his treasure, his grandmother explains what different shapes look like. This book may assist in developing a young child''s understanding of triangles, circles, and squares.There is an activity at the end of the book for a child to complete.This is the third book in the Baby Elephant series, which includes: ✔️Baby Elephant wants gumboots✔️Baby Elephant''s painting da

This is a children''s book about a baby elephant who wants to wear gumboots. This book may assist parents in teaching young children the colours green, blue, red, and yellow. It also introduces the emotions grumpy and happy.

After helping to foil a hijacking on their yacht, Bo the cat, her friend Panache, and owner Billy Bates sail to London for an audience with the Queen.

The little cat called Bonnie Boadicea and her new owner find great adventure while traveling along the coast of Italy, where Bo continues to seek her missing sister and joins the circus--at least for a while.

This Plan was prepared by Julie Edwards for Nillumbik Shire Council, June 2009.

In the noble and dangerous times of medieval France, the young knight Aubrey de Montdidier, nephew of the Count of Montargis, has been strangely murdered. His friend the brave Sieur DeNarsac, captain of the count''s men-at-arms, and Thierry, a young page, must now solve the tragic mystery. Yet it is a magnificent white wolfhound by the name of Dragon -- Montdidier''s faithful companion -- who brings an unexpected, shocking conclusion to the puzzle of his master''s untimely death.New York Times best-selling authors Julie Andrews Edwards and Emma Walton Hamilton weave a tapestry of intrigue, power, loyalty, and friendship in this novel based on the captivating French legend of Montargis.

Dumpy the Dump Truck delivers valentines when Trusty the mail truck breaks down on Valentine''s Day, saving one special valentine for last. Simultaneous.

Photographs and short verses celebrate the life lessons that mothers and children learn from one another.

This festive addition to the popular Dumpy the Dump Truck series demonstrates that when hearts are in the right place, opportunities and solutions will surely follow, and that giving brings its own rewards. Full color.

Dumpy wants to help with Apple Day and becomes an apple shop.

When a fire breaks out in Apple Harbor, Dumpy the Dump Truck helps save the day.

Little Bo and her dear master, Billy, embark on a thrilling journey as they travel from England to the south of France in search of work and adventure. Little do they know what lies in store for them! Sparkling with warmth, adventure, and the romantic charm of France, this new story from beloved children''s author Julie Andrews Edwards, enchantingly illustrated by artist Henry Cole, is sure to bring Little Bo and her triusted friend, Billy, even closer to the heart of every reader.

Dumpy''s back! The beloved little truck, saved from rust and weeds inDumpy the Dump Truck, thefirst team effort of Julie Andrews Edwards, Emma Walton Hamilton, and TonyWalton, is shined up and ready to tackle his first big job off the farm. And itjust so happens that today is a big day for his young friend Charlie, too. It''sCharlie''s first day of school. Dumpy has bubbles in his radiator, and Charliefeels his stomach flutter as they each think about what lies ahead. Will theysucceed? Will people make fun of them? As it turns out, both Dumpy and Charliedo quite well. Charlie makes some new friends, trades sandwiches at lunchtime,and wins the respect of all when the kids realize it''s his dump truckthat''s building the new playground. And Dumpy, after feeling a bit puny andinsignificant next to the huge yellow and black monster machine, saves the daywhen Steady Gus the School Bus breaks down. Julie Andrews Edwards is the author of the The Last of the Really GreatWhangdoodles and LittleBo: The Story of Bonnie Boadicea and, of course, the star of MaryPoppins and The Sound of Music. Dumpy at School, the second inthe series about a little engine that could, will be welcomed with open arms bychildren who have a touch of first-day butterflies. (Ages 4 to 7) --EmilieCoulter

After Charlie and his grandfather fix up a rusty old dump truck, they use Dumpy to help Trundle the tractor, Bee Bee the backhoe, and Stinky the garbage truck build a new barn.

An orphan finds a tiny, deserted cottage in the woods and works in secret to make it her own special home.

The use of credit cards by young families, their money management practices, and the relationship between money management practices and their control of credit card use was researched in this study. A sample of 60 Oregon families was drawn from the 1975 Johnson''s Albany Area City Directory. These families were composed of a married couple living together with at least 1 child between the ages of 6 and 10 years, who used credit cards monthly. The husbands had a mean age of 33 years, and had completed a mean of 14 years of schooling. The wives were younger with a mean age of 30 and had completed a mean of 13 years of schooling. The couples were married a mean of 10 years, and 60 percent had 2 children. The husbands were principally employed in operative and laborer occupations, and the wives were largely homemakers. Sixty-three percent of the families earned a total yearly income between $10, 000 and $22, 000. The mean yearly income was $17, 857. The number of credit cards used by the families in a month ranged from 1 to 21 with a mean of 4 cards. Credit cards were used 1 to 61 times in an average month, with a mean frequency of 9 times per month. The mean number of types of purchases made with credit cards in a month was 6. Sixty-seven percent of the families used an oil company credit card regularly, followed closely by 65 percent who used a retail store card. Clothing was the commodity purchased with credit cards by the largest number of families, gasoline was the second most frequently purchased item. Most families charged under $100 per month with credit cards. Eighty-seven percent of the families reported that both the husband and wife decided upon the purchases to make with credit cards, although 60 percent reported that the wives made the most purchases using credit cards. Most of the wives used a credit card bearing their names, including those whose accounts were in the husbands'' names. Spending plans were used by 78 percent of the families; the most common being unwritten plans for a month. Eighty-two percent of the families kept their sales slips from credit card purchases as a means of keeping records of their purchases. A regression analysis was used to test the hypotheses that control of credit card use was linearly related to the money management practices of the families. The money management practices included 1) the number of credit cards used by the families, 2) the number of types of purchases for which the families used a credit card, 3) record keeping practices used by the families, 4) budgeting practices employed by the families, and 5) the frequency with which the families made purchases using a credit card. Hypothesis 1, Hypothesis 1, the number of credit card bills paid in full is linearly related to the money management practices employed by a family, was not supported by the data at the .10 level of significance. Fifty percent of the families paid their credit card bills in full 11 or 12 months of the year. The mean number of months in which all credit card bills were paid in full was 7. Hypothesis 2. Hypothesis 2, the number of monthly credit card billings that are missed is linearly related to the money management practices employed by a family, was not supported at the .10 significance level. Eighty percent of the families reported that they never missed payment on a credit card debt. Hypothesis 3. Hypothesis 3, the degree to which the family buys more with credit cards than if cash were required is linearly related to the money management practices employed by a family was not supported at the .10 level of significance. Sixty-eight percent of the families reported that credit cards caused them to buy no more or just slightly more than if cash were required. Hypothesis 4. Hypothesis 4, the degree to which the family buys more with credit cards than if another loan were required is linearly related to the money management practices employed by a family, was not supported by the data at the .10 level of significance. Fifty percent of the 60 families reported that credit cards caused them to buy no more than if another type of credit were required to make a purchase. Hypothesis 5. Hypothesis 5, the degree to which the family indicates that it feels in control of its credit card use is linearly related to the money management practices employed by a family, was supported at the . 01 level of significance. A strong direct relationship (significant at the .001 level) was shown to exist between the families'' feelings of control of credit card use and their budgeting practices. In the presence of all money management practices, the frequency with which families used credit cards was shown to have an inverse effect upon the families'' feelings of control, significant at the .05 level. The families in the study demonstrated control of their credit card use, and used them for convenience rather than for installment debt instruments. Credit cards were regarded by a large number of families as a temptation to overspend.