Vivian Zabel
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Where Did Panther Go?
illustrated by Carrie Salazar
Katie and Panther are best friends. They play games like “hide ‘n seek.” Panther hides, and Katie sings a song that asks, “Where, oh, where did my Panther go?” When he hears the song, Panther jumps out.
But, what can Katie do when Panther is lost?
I Like Pink
paperback
(retail: $16.99) SALE: $12.99 illustrated by Ginger Nielson
Haylee Rose shows she knows colors when she looks for a party dress, but she likes pink. As she and her mother search for the perfect dress, Haylee Rose discovers colors also have shades.
A Baby Doll from Santy Claus
illustrated by Diane Brown
After the war, factories began to make toys again, and Ellouise discovers a marvelous surprise when her parents take her to the city to see Santa Claus, a baby doll that opens and closes its eyes.
She tells everyone that she wants that baby doll from Santy Claus. Then, she worries about Santa Claus being able to find her at her grandparents'. Will Ellouise get her baby doll from Santy Claus?
Case of the Missing Coach
paperback
(retail: $18.99) SALE: $14.99 cover by Vivian Zabel
Someone doesn't want the Jonesville chargers to win the championship. When they refuse to forfeit, their coach is kidnapped. Several members of the team who formed the Base Stealers Club decide to rescue him. To make matters worse, no sooner do they liberate the coach than a mysterious assailant attacks the star pitcher and injures his pitching arm. Best by problems and facing an almost certain defeat, the team comes together and wins the championship, proving that there is strength in numbers and that winners never quit.
Hidden Lies
paperback
(retail: $21.92) SALE: $17.99 cover by Macayla Romines
Vivian Gilbert Zabel and Holly Jahangiri offer a collection of 21 original short stories spanning a variety of themes and genre, many crime or mystery based.
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Burnt Offering
cover by WillowRaven
"Burnt Offering has enough suspense and romance to keep you reading long into the night."
~Reader's Favorite A modern tale set in ancient times, Burnt Offering contains suspense, romance, and a problem found still today, the sacrifice of children through neglect, abuse, and murder.
Judah, 8th Century BCE, King Ahaz sat and watched his own infant placed in the hands of a red-hot bronze idol. He heard the child’s screams over the beating of 100 drums. He watched the child turn red, then black as it burned alive. He smelled the odor of burnt skin. Yet, he and his followers did what Moleck wanted, killing their own children. Would a hero or heroes step forward to save these children? Is today’s society following Moleck’s edicts?
Stolen
paperback
(retail: $18.99) SALE: $14.99 cover by WillowRaven
When the joy is ruthlessly ripped from Torri's life, she has two choices: dwell in torment and regret, or pick up the pieces and live. A nightmare invades her world, leaving her battered and torn: Her children are stolen.
Midnight Hours
hardcover
(retail: $22.99) SALE: $17.99 cover by WillowRaven
While struggling to recover from a debilitating gunshot wound, homicide lieutenant Martin Rogers discovers an online "interest" may be a serial killer, responsible for the death of several disabled men. Martin's interest changes from that of a man for a woman to the interest of a homicide detective for a suspect when Midnight attaches a photo of herself to an email - identical to that of one folded in the pocket of a dead paraplegic. Confusion reigns when an Assistant District Attorney is discovered to be the unknowing model for the face in the photo. Lt. Rogers and friends set up a sting to capture Midnight, but she disappears like wisps of fog. Every lead results in dead ends and more confusion. Midnight brings death on the internet. Preying on helpless men, she offers love but gives them a grave, but who and what is Midnight? Martin must find this killer before she can add him to her list of victims.
Walking the Earth
paperback
(retail: $19.98) SALE: $15.99 cover by Macayla Romines
Eight poets include their work in a 178 page collection that shows life's perspective as they walk the earth. Divided into eight sections that summarize the path of life, the book contains 137 poems that cover subjects from childhood to growing older, faith to nature, enjoying life to sorrow, love to everyday life. Editors are Vivian Gilbert Zabel, Holly Jahangiri, Becky L. Simpson, and Robert E. Blackwell.
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Wave Excitement
illustrated by Jeanne Conway
A bored Louie the Duck makes an unhappy Louie. He doesn't want to pick berries. He doesn't want to gather tender water plants and bugs to eat. He doesn't want to play silly games with his cousins. He wants adventure. He wants excitement.
But, what's a young duck to do when his whole world revolves around a cove on a lake and no one else understands him?
Louie Finds a Friend
illustrated by Jeanne Conway
A young duck, who enjoys things like riding waves, can become quite lonely. Louie didn’t have any friends except two cousins, who didn’t like to ride waves.
When Mr. and Mrs. Goose’s grandson, Gus, comes to live with them, Louie promises Mrs. Goose that he will be Gus’ friend. But, can Louie finally have a friend, one who doesn’t think he’s odd because he is different? Can being different be all right?
Prairie Dog Cowboy
illustrated by Jordan M. Vinyard
Although his mother says he’ll never be able do anything but work with his back, Buddy Roberts wants to be a cowboy. From the time he’s four-years old, he herds his father’s cows and calves on foot even in winter.
Neighbor rancher Caleb Hyman is impressed with Buddy. He wonders why the child works hard while his older brother, Jake, is doted on and spoiled. But,Caleb can see the man that Buddy will become, encourages him, and teaches him to rope. Once Buddy can rope a prairie dog, Caleb promises he'll give the boy a job on his ranch. Not an easy thing to do, but Buddy works hard to reach his appointed goal. Prairie Dog Cowboy is a testament of a time when life was hard, but people weren't afraid of hard work. The day-to-day occurrences represented are an accurate telling of the time, history that should not be lost.
The Base Stealers Club
paperback
(retail: $18.99) SALE: $14.99 cover by Vivian Zabel
When someone steals money from the baseball locker rooms, a group of players decide to find the culprit. They call themselves the Base Stealers Club because the only things that should be stolen are bases.
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Vivian Zabel taught English and writing for nearly 30 years, but she has written herself since a child. When she shared her goal of becoming an author with a friend in the seventh grade, the friend laughed. She didn’t share her desire with anyone again, but she worked to become an author.
She and her late husband married in 1961 and had four children, three who lived. As an Air Force brat, she traveled from Guam to Morocco, and from Texas to Maine. But, Oklahoma was always home.
Zabel has been a member of OWFI since 2002 and the OWFI Grant Director since 2016. She was honored as the Lifetime Member in 2013. She and a friend founded an OWFI affiliate, Pen and Keyboard Writers, in Edmond, Oklahoma. Her home has been in the Edmond area since 1983.
As a former teacher, she finds the teacher in her continues to erupt. She often presents workshops and sessions at conferences concerning writing around the nation, including the Alaska Writers Conference and the OWFI conference. She has held workshops for different groups and for OWFI affiliates.
Zabel has attained her goal of authoring several books, which include YA books The Base Stealers Club, Case of the Missing Coach, and Prairie Dog Cowboy. She has four children’s books released, I Like Pink, Where Did Panther Go?: A Panther Adventure, A Baby Doll from Santy Claus, and Wave Excitement: A Louie the Duck Story. Her novels are Stolen and Midnight Hours. Vivian also contributed to a book of short stories with another author and one of poetry with six others.
To learn more about Vivian Zabel and her books, go to her website VivianZabel.com.
She and her late husband married in 1961 and had four children, three who lived. As an Air Force brat, she traveled from Guam to Morocco, and from Texas to Maine. But, Oklahoma was always home.
Zabel has been a member of OWFI since 2002 and the OWFI Grant Director since 2016. She was honored as the Lifetime Member in 2013. She and a friend founded an OWFI affiliate, Pen and Keyboard Writers, in Edmond, Oklahoma. Her home has been in the Edmond area since 1983.
As a former teacher, she finds the teacher in her continues to erupt. She often presents workshops and sessions at conferences concerning writing around the nation, including the Alaska Writers Conference and the OWFI conference. She has held workshops for different groups and for OWFI affiliates.
Zabel has attained her goal of authoring several books, which include YA books The Base Stealers Club, Case of the Missing Coach, and Prairie Dog Cowboy. She has four children’s books released, I Like Pink, Where Did Panther Go?: A Panther Adventure, A Baby Doll from Santy Claus, and Wave Excitement: A Louie the Duck Story. Her novels are Stolen and Midnight Hours. Vivian also contributed to a book of short stories with another author and one of poetry with six others.
To learn more about Vivian Zabel and her books, go to her website VivianZabel.com.
Burnt Offering Party, 1st signed.
Signing Joyce Childers' book w/ Mike Childers watching
Meet the Publisher at Tulsa
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Visiting and with former student, Alyson Prall
Edmond Authors' Book Festival
LexiCon Writers Conference
Reading winning poem at awards luncheon
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