Books published by Arachis Press

Some children are as good as gold, As sweet as sugar, I am told; Like little angels, some will say, But Alvin never was that way. So begins Stephen Brooke's collection of poems for young readers, fully illustrated with the author's pen and ink art. Join Alvin in discovering the friend he needed, help Lynn and Pete decide what might be found down a really deep hole, or teach the Frog King how to sing.

The sprite Marjoram is called a contrary fairy when she tries to keep her carefree friends from getting into trouble. Will they learn to listen to her? 'Fairy' follows the little folk on a day of adventures and lessons learned. A beginners' chapter book, this magical story is written and illustrated by Stephen Brooke.

These poems and vignettes are the stories of a life, retold. The acts and scenes presented here make no claim to be in any way literal depictions of events. That makes them no less true. From the Hocking Hills of southern Ohio to the beaches of Florida, on the stage in Nashville and the front porch of his farm house, Stephen Brooke presents his Retellings.

The first book of poems by Florida poet Stephen Brooke including his prize winning pieces 'A Bit of Moon' and 'Dogs and Poetry.'

The middle of nowhere: that's where fifteen-year-old Martin Groves thinks he will be living, when his parents uproot him from his comfortable, narrow life in Atlanta and move to a small coastal Florida town. This Young Adult Novel is a story of friendship and of floods; it is the story of a young man growing up in The Middle of Nowhere.