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Award-winning author Janice Garden Macdonald celebrates another milestone as Two Hours to Bedlam earns the 2026 PenCraft Award for Fiction – Humor, recognizing its sharp wit, quirky characters, and delightfully offbeat storytelling. This latest honor highlights the novel’s unique blend of small-town mystery and comedic chaos, further establishing Macdonald’s signature voice in contemporary cozy fiction. Now proudly sitting alongside her acclaimed debut Atomic Sunset, Two Hours to Bedlam continues the journey into the strange and unforgettable world of the Route 66 mysteries—where nothing is quite what it seems, and even the most peculiar towns have stories worth telling. BEDLAM IS...

🕵️♂️ This Case Stinks! — A Mystery for Kids Who “Don’t Like Reading” If you have a child who says,“I don’t like reading,”this book is for them. Not every kid wants long chapters, big paragraphs, or stories that take forever to get going. Some kids want to figure things out. They want to look, guess, decide—and be right. That’s exactly what This Case Stinks! is all about. Instead of telling kids a story from beginning to end, this book invites them to become detectives. Each section asks simple, engaging questions: Who was there? What happened? Where did it happen? When...

This is new for me too!You might already know me as Janice Garden Macdonald, author of children’s books like Do Ants Have Uncles? and Ten Little Questions. But now I’m stepping into something entirely different (and so much fun):mysteries with quirky humor, oddball characters, and sunsets so radioactive they glow. My new book, Atomic Sunset, is the first in the Route 66 Mystery series starring Jane Dougherty, a desert-loving photographer who has a gift for finding trouble in small towns. If you enjoy:🌵 quirky small-town mysteries🐴 unhelpful donkeys📸 amateur sleuths💥 weird government secrets🌀 and a little humor with your danger…...

The popular Youtube channel, Fefe's Bookshelf, has just released the narrated version of the bestselling holiday favorite, I Heard Christmas Whisper, by award-winning author, Janice Garden Macdonald. Fefe's sparkling voice and holiday cheer is sure to make this a hit with the youngsters. The book, released in 2023 has continued to entertain kids of all ages with its charming illustrations and the heartwarming story of a scruffy dog who loves Christmas. If you don't already subscribe to Fefe's Bookshelf, do so! Her collection of narrated, quality children's stories are the best! Click below to view the channel and hear the story.  Fefe reads I Heard...

From the author of the bestselling Ten Little Happies comes the holiday follow-up with even more happy memories and joyful thoughts to self-soothe kids. Holiday time can be stressful, but the Ten Little Christmas Happies will bring cheer and laughter to everyone. BUY NOW