Bücher von Linda Peters

Emma and the Tooth Fairy is about a young girl who has her first loose tooth. She is afraid to pull it out, so she decides to leave it in her mouth forever. Emma has a big surprise when her tooth comes out unexpectedly. Emma puts her tooth under her pillow for the Tooth Fairy to trade for some money. She is concerned about the different amounts of money other children have gotten for their teeth. She feels that it's unfair that some kids get more money than others. She looks to her mama for some answers about this problem. During their nightly bedtime story, Mama tells Emma and her sister, Abby, about her own experience losing her first tooth. The girls learn that they aren't the only ones in the family that have had problems to deal with. The girls discover that their experiences are very similar to the ones that the other members of their family have previously encountered.

Slow Down, Abby! is about a young girl who is always in some kind of trouble. In fact, her nickname is Trouble. Abby had to have stitches when she fell off a neighbor's wall. The doctor told her to slow down and to be more careful, but she didn't listen very well. Abby likes to play dress-up with Shadow the cat, but he doesn't like it. Shadow is a fast runner and has found a place to hide from Abby. Mama and Daddy both tell Abby to stop running in the house when she tries to catch Shadow. Abby decides that the newest member of their household would make a good model for her doll clothes so, she goes to look for Puddles, her sister's new puppy. The real trouble starts when Puddles sees Shadow and the chase begins. During the nightly bedtime story, Mama tells Emma and Abby about their great-grandpa and the problem he had when he didn't tell the whole truth. Abby learns that not telling the whole truth can be like a lie sometimes.

Emma and Puddles is about a young girl who wants a puppy of her own to take care of but does not like the idea of having to clean up POOP. She learns from her mother how to deal with this stinky problem so all she has to do now is talk her parents into getting her a cute puppy. While at the swimming pool waiting for her lesson, Emma finds an ad in the newspaper about a cute puppy up for adoption. She talks her mother into going to the pet adoption center to see the puppy. When they get to the center, they find out that the puppy is at the local TV station getting ready to be on the news at noon. After being on TV, many people will want to adopt this cute little dog. Will Emma get her dream puppy? During their nightly bedtime story, Mama tells the girls about cousin Dean and how his puppy helped him when they got lost in the woods. Emma learns that puppies can be family members too.

Looking for Trouble is about the older sister, Emma, being asked to watch her younger sister, Abby, by their mother who was trying to get some housework done. Emma's reward for watching her younger sister is a trip to the library and stopping for some ice cream afterwards. Emma knows that watching her sister may not be an easy job since Abby tends to get into lots of trouble. In fact, Grandpa's nickname for Abby is Trouble. Emma realizes that Grandpa is right about Abby's nickname after having to deal with several problems Trouble has caused in one short morning. During their nightly bedtime story, Mama tells Emma and Abby about their grandpa and his brother. Great-uncle Tom had to watch over Grandpa just like Emma had to do today with Abby. Emma discovers that other family members had very similar problems with their siblings getting into BIG trouble and decides that this seems to be a common issue within their large family.

This book explains the standard Real Options Analysis (ROA) literature in a straightforward, step by step manner without the use of complex mathematics.