Smoky Joe Wood: The Biography of a Baseball Legend

September 4, 2013

“With details culled from interviews and family archives, this biography, the first of this rugged player of the Dead-ball Era, brings to life one of the genuine characters of baseball history.”

—Bob Edmonds, McCormick Messenger

Tagged: Nonfiction

Camilla and the Caterpillars

By Frances Figart, illustrated by Matt Brass
Smokies Life
68 pages
$14.95

A young girl’s encounter with an extraordinary caterpillar in the Great Smoky Mountains leads her and her family on a quest to plant a national park right in their own backyard.

This environmentally themed chapter book for ages 6 through 11 introduces young readers to important ecological concepts including habitat loss and the interdependence of native species and offers a compelling grassroots solution through native-plant gardening that invites anyone to take part in addressing the growing biodiversity crisis.

~the publisher