Walking North is a true story of hiking the 2000-mile Appalachian Trail. One snowy spring day, Mic Lowther, his wife, and 10-year-old daughter set off from Springer Mountain in Georgia on a family backpacking adventure that leads through 14 states and 214 days to Mount Katahdin in Maine. Learn more about this long-distance hiking adventure and buy one of the few remaining copies of Walking North from the author.

Manford of MorningGlory Mountain is the story of seven friends (Manford, the moose; Veronica, the bear; Golly, the golden eagle; Flossie, the pink flamingo; Princess Columbine, the monarch butterfly; Needlenose, the porcupine; and Ssam, the garter snake) who go adventuring in mountains, forests, rivers, and even the big city exploring the world and discovering its secrets.

Manford’s adventures are upbeat, positive, and funny. They portray basic, wholesome values with emphasis on friendship, self-reliance, and persistence. There is no cruelty or violence. The characters do not bicker or fight. They work together to win the day, showing how skills of individuals (some can fly, others are strong, some are scholarly, some go where others can't) add up to make an effective team. The Circle is Drawn is the first book in a series of educational fantasy adventure stories for children age four and older.

In Riches for the Finding, Manford and his friends seek treasure in various forms, be it silver and gold and jewels, or knowledge, learning, and new skills. They follow a map to pirate treasure, learn how tree rings tell history, save a child swept downstream toward a waterfall, repel an invasion of two hundred flamingos, learn how to follow trails and use a compass, challenge thieves stealing bags of jewels from a bank vault, and go on a dozen other entertaining and educational adventures.

Both Manford books are richly illustrated in full-page, pen-and-ink drawings by Jeff White. Learn more about the books, the author, and the illustrator following links through this site.