Bøker av William J Smith

Mighty-Girl and Electra-Girl are back for more action, fighting against the forces of evil for truth, justice, and the American way, but this time, Mighty-Girl and her alter-ego, Carol Anne, have a secret admirer;a boy in her class named Matthew Fletcher.When Matthew gets hit by a speeding car while crossing the street, Carol Anne and her friends are devastated.Then, a new super-villain emerges with the power of shooting laser-beams out of his eyes and finger-tips, who's taken on the name "Laser-Boy", but who this "Laser-Boy", is will totally surprise and shock Mighty-Girl and Electra-Girl, but they have a secret weapon of their own;a new super-hero sidekick, with awesome powers of her own.

Up until the summer of 2023, little Carol Anne Smith has been living a double-life as both a mild-mannered eight-year-old, and a pint-sized superhero named Mighty-Girl, and has to deal with this alone, as she was a loner with little friends, until that summer, little Samantha Thompson moved into the area, and Carol Anne soon has a friend to play with, but when aliens abduct Samantha one evening, and give her the same super-powers as they gave Carol Anne a few years back, Carol Anne's alter-ego, Mighty-Girl now has a fellow crime-fighter to be partnered with, a little girl named Electra-Girl, but then Carol Anne has nightmares and her parents think she may be mentally disturbed, so they take her to a psychologist named Lawrence Fisherman, but Dr. Fisherman has other, ulterior motives to take on Carol Anne as a patient.Can Mighty-Girl and Electra-Girl discover Dr. Fisherman's nefarious plans in time before he turns Carol Anne into his latest guinea-pig? Find out in this gripp

A short-story compilation that explores all the events and pratfalls that can befall people when they enter into contests to win a prize, whether a cash prize, or a trip for two to a tropical-island.From a boy who meets his future girlfriend, and wife, at the NFL Hall-of-Fame, after winning a sports essay contest, to kids who scheme to have their identical-twin sister pretend to be the other that was on the verge of winning the grand-prize on a children's game-show.See what hilarious high-jinks ensue when these characters win the contests that they've entered into, and collect their prizes when th

Michael and Elizabeth Flannigan are a wealthy couple who always wanted a little daughter, so when they found an abandoned baby, swaddled in a pink blanket, they thought that God had blessed them with a miracle, as they end up accepting this baby into their home, and adopt her, but eventually they find out that there might have been a reason that their adopted daughter was abandoned.She has the ability to move inanimate objects with her mind, an ability known as "Telekinesis", and they soon find that their adopted daughter isn't the only one with this ability, but thousands, if not millions of other children, who all seem to live in the New York City metro-area, and that's not the only similarities these children share with each other.Telekinesis is a gripping sci-fi thriller that will have you asking for more, as you find that you just can't put it dow

The Smith family is a typical middle American family who are wild about sports.Eventually all three of their children, William, Andrew, and Carol Anne catch "Sports Fever", especially once William wins a trophy with the little league baseball team that won the league title, and though all three end up proving to be superior athletes, all three learn what it takes to experience that great "Thrill of Victory", hard work, teamwork, and dedication.

A pictorial history of the one-piece, footed, blanket sleeper, from the old Winnie-the-Pooh blanket sleepers of the 1970's and 1980's, through the Carter's, Target, and Nordstroms one-piece, footed, blanket sleepers of today, from infant-sizes right up to adult, pictures being mainly of people of various ages and both genders wearing footed blanket sleepers of various colors and

Candace Anne Smith is a firm believer in Santa Claus and once December rolls around, she gets really excited about this arrival on the night before Christmas. One day, some kids in her Kindergarten class present themselves as doubters as to whether or not Santa Claus exists and Candace Anne sets out to prove that Santa Claus exists once and for all.

The second year of life is full of tremendous growth for a toddler and no one knows that more than Bill and Kristen Smith parents of six beautiful, precious, towheaded toddlers called sextuplets. From thumb sucking, diaper-wearing babies to walking and by the end of that second year with increasing frequency, talking toddlers as Bill and Kristen learn more about being parents along the way

It's Christmas-time again and Bill and Suzanne Smith are celebrating another Christmas with their five beautiful, towheaded, flaxen-tressed offspring and with everyone another year older, every family member is able to share in the fun and excitement more than ever before that the Christmas holiday season brings, including with their now four-year-old twin girls; Candace and Carol Anne, who are not only another year older, but are stronger, more able and more independent than ever.

Little Carol Anne Smith has made quite a transition in her life once she turned three years old in July 2023. She transitioned from a crib to a bed and has made tremendous progress on being potty trained and now her vocabulary skills have grown by leaps and bounds. As she progresses through her fourth year of life, Carol Anne also grows in other ways that make her quite the "big girl" that she strives to become and be treated as, as she moves towards her fourth birthday in July 2024.

For eons,as many a parent can attest, many children have claimed that there are monsters that dwell under their beds, waiting for a chance to come out, grab them and devour them. Of course, most parents usually dismiss this concern as their child having an overactive imagination, but for Carol Anne Smith, that almost becomes a reality. Now her parents; Bill and Sandy Smith, who themselves have experiences with what they come to believe is a demon, must find a way to rid their house and their daughter, Carol Anne's bedroom of this unwanted creature that has taken up residence in their daughter's bedroom.

Little Carol Ann Harris was a normal,little girl whose uncle, Doctor Matthew Carlson,was a psychiatrist at the Pleasant Valley Sanitarium.One day,a patient of his,who's a dead-ringer for Carol Ann Harris,little Holly Anne Peterson meets Carol Ann Harris and soon hatches an escape scheme where she assumes Carol Ann's identity,switches clothes with her,and in turn, "Switches Places", with Carol Ann,and now Carol Ann Harris must race against time to foil Holly Anne Peterson's plot and get her identity back.

Samantha and Carol Anne have been friends for the past couple of years and now they have another friend in Deborah Anderson whose family moved into Springdale at the beginning of 2018.Now, as they move through their third year of life,the girls are going through all the normal learning experiences,including now being potty-trained.The girls also improve on their talking skills and are soon growing by leaps and bounds and their relationship only grows and gets stronger as their third year of life methodically progresses.

Every family has their family traditions when it comes to the holidays and especially the holiday of Christmas. For Suzanne and Bill, ever since they became parents, that included decorating their "humble abode", and putting up their massive Christmas-tree. As their family grows, with the birth of their daughter; Elizabeth, son; Oliver and their twin daughters; Candace and Carol Anne, so do their traditions, adding new ones along the way; ones that they'll cherish until the end of time.

William Smith and Jennifer Monroe have been dating for the better part of a year.Each Saturday when they go out, Bill leaves his two children;William and Carol Anne with Jennifer's sitter;Stacy and Jennifer's two children; Alex and Elizabeth. Over the past year, Bill and Jennifer's relationship has grown by leaps and bounds but as they approach their first anniversary together,Bill decides that it's time to raise the stakes on his and Jennifer Monroe's relationship,but will he decide to finally "pop the question", and ask for Jennifer's hand-in-marriage; giving Billy and Carol Anne the Mommy they've always desired? Only time will ultimately tell.

The wall between dimensions is so paper-thin all it takes for someone to travel between dimensions is a little bit of magic, which can be found in the most mundane objects.Little Carol Anne Smith found this out while she was playing in her basement,one cold winter afternoon and found this ruby amulet on the floor, and when she picked it up, it led her on a fantastic adventure through the Forest of Sorrows where she would team with a ragtag band of warriors, a young knight,an archer,and a couple of fencing wizards.Carol Anne and her friends must get the ruby amulet back from this evil troll named Harold,before he can give it to a wicked witch named Belinda who wants to use the magic of the amulet to take over the universe, and Carol Anne and her friends must race against time to get the ruby amulet back to its rightful owner, Queen Rebecca of Dernolia,and foil Belinda's wicked plans for universal and world conquest.

Carol Anne Smith and Samantha Thompson have been friends for over a year,since they both share a birthday,after-all,but when a new family moves into town and they go over to meet and greet them,they end up adding another "Forever Friend", to their little circle or clique; little Deborah Anderson,nicknamed Little Debbie by her father;Ron and her mother;Natalie.

The weather on planet Earth is said to be the most diverse and most powerful in all of the universe.The Smith family of Valhalla, New York know this all too well as they have twin toddler daughters who, they discover, get frightened by the loud, booming thunder of a summer thunderstorm or the howling gusts of wind from a winter snowstorm. Their mother and father; William and Kristin Smith, however, are always right there to reassure the girls that they are not only save but also loved and that is proved to be the most powerful force of nature in all of the universe.

Seven short stories about the spirit of Christmas, from a little girl who wants a most special gift;a family of her own,to a little boy who also has a special wish;his parents getting back together/not getting a divorce,to a special locket that goes missing after a little girl,whose grandmother gave it to her for Christmas,one year,dies,to a family who gets into an accident during a Christmas Eve snowstorm and just barely survives when they reach a motel that may,or may not be owned by "the Jolly Old Elf"

Bill and Erica Smith's three children; William, Oscar and Carol Anne have been going on paranormal investigations with their parents since they were babies. Now that they are getting older, as William approaches being a preteen as he turns 10 in March 2028, he and his 7 year old brother; Oscar want to get into the "family business", and they start with Oscar's friend; Bradley Appleby who they think lives in a haunted house when Oscar goes to his house for a birthday-party. The boys then hatch a scheme to conduct their own investigation outside of any help from their paranormal investigator parents, but they find that they have a lot to learn before they can take over the "family business", from their parents.

Rebecca Filmore is a hard-working,single mother who must juggle trying to pay the rent,and raise a young,five-year-old daughter,named Caroline,in the year 2012,that she had during a night of hard love-making with a fellow college co-ed named Thomas McGlover,who ends up abandoning their relationship.Rebecca is then left with a dilemma, as Christmas approaches,and she gets so behind on her rent that her landlord threatens to throw her and her daughter out in the street,and she ends up deciding to abandon Caroline into the care of a middle-aged police detective named Paul Dablonski,who also has to decide whether to leave this poor,innocent,frightened,little girl in the care of Child Protective Services,who will put her into "the system",during the holidays,or will he take her in as he tries to find her mother?

The Smiths from New York move into their new house in Cedarville,Missouri,just north of Kansas City and everything seems fine and idealistic, until their sons,William and Andrew,find an Ouija Board in the basement.Weeks later,William invites some friends over to the house and his friends play with the Ouija Board,allowing an entity from Hell to come into this world,and possess the Smiths' little girl,Carol Anna.The family must race to have an exorcism performed,before they lose their little daughter's soul to this evil demon named Baltazar,the Devil's Right Hand

Bill and Sally Smith are heading back to Sally's childhood town of Centerville, Indiana for a very special Christmas celebration with Sally's family as this isn't any ordinary Christmas,but the first Christmas since Sally gave birth to triplets: William, Candace and Carol Anne so that her parents can meet them for the first time, but when a snowstorm hits as they are heading cross country,either plans are put in jeopardy until a last second Christmas miracle saves them from the depths of despair.

For over 20 years now, Mighty-Girl has been saving the world from all sorts of evil bad-guys. Now that she's a grown woman, she feels that it's time to touch-up and update her moniker, hence Mighty-Girl has become Mighty-Woman. She still must fight the forces of evil and juggle that with her mild-mannered alter-ego's career and social obligations and if that weren't enough, she has a new foe; a Mafia Don named Del Castro who, like others before him, wants to do away with Mighty-Woman and her sidekicks; Aqua-Woman (formerly Aqua-Girl), and Laserman (formerly Mighty-Boy), once and for all.

Amanda Smith is a gorgeous career-woman who wants her daughters to follow in her super-model footsteps,but when she hires four professional photographers to take pictures of her youngest, Carol Anne,to send to top modeling agencies,the photographers end up being con-men who kidnap their daughter,and hold her for ransom, seeing how rich the Smith family is,but the kidnappers have bitten off more than they can chew and end up having to chase Carol Anne around the city,in a hilarious adventure through the streets of New York,before Miss Kristin Moore comes to Carol Anne's rescue and takes the little tyke in,after she gets lost on the subway.