Spanish Peaks Library District

This charming story of a young boy Benny and his lizard Chomper find themselves taking a private plane to Australia to meet Chomper's family. They soon learn lessons about friendship and forgiveness when a Kangaroo steals their map that will lead them to Chomper's family. Their adventure continues when they finally find Uncle Herman, as they discover life down under.

Cut off from the outside world by a blanket of snow, the holidays are usually a time for peace and quiet in tiny Eureka, Colorado. But this year the mountain town is in trouble. Thanks to a corrupt investor, the treasury is bankrupt, leaving residents to struggle through an especially harsh winter. But mother nature is about to put things in perspective. When a blizzard blows through just days before Christmas, some are left stranded, and others missing....

After the fires are out, the smoke has cleared, the divorce is over, the widow has stopped wearing black, the sun has risen, the monsters are dead, the world is saved (or destroyed!), the storm has calmed, and the trouble is over… …what do you do next? Find out in the first anthology of work by the Pikes Peak Writers. From mystery to romance and science fiction—from heartfelt essays to poetry that moves the soul. We can’t promise only happy...

What Happens When Alphabetical Order...Is Disorder? Nobody said making the alphabet was going to be easy, but "b" and "d" might make it impossible! As all the little letters scramble to find a place in line, "b" and "d" collide-and neither one of them wants to apologize. The other letters try to intervene, with disastrous and hilarious results. Just when it seems that all hope is lost, a heroine emerges. Can she help the little letters create a peaceful...

Maddie Michaels travels to Mexico to shoot a destination-wedding episode of The Family Frugalicious with her children and estranged husband. The pushy lothario of a timeshare manager ends up floating in the resort pool, however, sparking an impromptu investigation and threats against Mrs. Frugalicious.

"The jogger's throat was cut, leaving a pool of blood on the pedestrian path. Molly Malone could tell by the neon yellow running shoe dangling off the end of the stretcher that the body belonged to her friend Natasha Jorgenson. A junior congressional staffer, Natasha was on her way to meet with Molly to hand over important research on an international banking bill. Natasha was the third person who knew about the research to die. Molly fears she won't...

Jamie Taylor and her human remains detection to set out to find some bodies buried for more than a decade. They found them--and some new surprises as well. Some families would find closure while others would have their lives ripped apart.

"In 1986, The Denver Post started Ride the Rockies, a bicycling tour that has become a summer tradition. Now, 30 years later, you have the chance to relive the rides, re-visit the towns and remember the saddle sores. This heirloom-quality, coffee-table book features not only the breathtaking scenery found on the annual trek, but also the interesting characters, the unpredictable weather and the Colorado town charms that made each ride so memorable"--Amazon.com....