Books published by Michael Raymond Astle

This hilarious book aids children in grades 2 to 4 as they begin to explore the meaning of wisdom. Children initially laugh over some of the silly antics of a fool until he's prompted by a parrot to go on a search for wisdom. After much effort to no avail, he eventually meets someone who tells him how to find wisdom. But does instruction alone really make someone wise? Through simple language accompanied by entertaining illustrations, this book engages young minds while introducing them to a deep topic and a few less common words. It includes some suggested questions for educators to start conversations with at the end.

This book was created to help support the orphans of Saint Tabitha's House. Sales of new copies of this book will help to fund the orphanage and school.This is a story told through the eyes of the people who have helped build Saint Tabitha's House, a Greek Orthodox orphanage and school in Kenya. It is primarily a photographic record of the events which have shaped the community which supports the children in need. It contains comments explaining some of the happenings and significant people involved, the thoughts and feelings of the children, expressions of gratitude, and numerous letters of appeal from the children themselves.Saint Tabitha's House is run by Father Agapios Habbil Lipesa Omukuba who was canonically ordained by His Eminence the Most Reverend Archbishop Makarios the Metropolitan of Kenya. The orphanage and school has been placed under the protection and guidance of His Grace Bishop Athanasius Akunda.The book is divided into five main chapters entitled, "Our Family", "Our Education", "Our Community", "Our Faith", and "Our Home". It also contains information about how to contact Fr Agapios and how to provide further support to the orphanage and school.May prayers ascend before the Lord God for all those who buy and read this book.

In life, we need to find ourselves and what is important to us, just as much as we need to let others find out who we are. This book gently guides young readers to discover who the main character is before surprising them with the real identity of Small One at the end. Educators may use this as an amusing and entertaining aid in discussing issues of self identity and values with young learners. This book includes a page at the end specifically for educators.

Standard chess assumes all soldiers follow their king's orders. But what if there were traitors in the ranks? What if some soldiers were taking orders from the other king? Traitor Chess makes this happen. Now you have the chance to move your opponent's pieces! But of course, traitors must be careful not to be caught and executed. The circumstances governing when, how and why such 'traitor moves' can occur are contained in this book. It also includes rules regarding special circumstances and answers to common questions, e.g. "Can my opponent move my piece when I'm in check?" Limitations and optional variations are detailed together with information regarding how these may be annotated. Other than an ordinary chess set, basic Traitor Chess requires no additional materials. A small number of additional materials may be useful for some of the optional variations however all of these may be borrowed from other common board games (e.g. backgammon).