The Crane Has Landed
Origam-Mia, Inc. — Book One: The Paper Crane has officially taken flight! It is available now in paperback, hardcover, and eBook.
Mia has three rules, a cash tin with a windmill on it, and a folding table at the end of the driveway where she is founder, CEO, and entire staff of Origam-Mia, Inc. What she doesn't have, on the slowest Saturday in company history, is a single customer.
So she folds a crane. And the crane looks back.
One minute it's her best work — sharp creases, sparkle-pen eyes. The next it's blinking, stretching, crash-landing in the pretzel bowl, and hopping onto the sales table like it's been promoted. Mia does what any serious CEO would do: she marks it NOT FOR SALE and starts setting ground rules. The crane listens to every single one of them very carefully and then flaps off down the street anyway.
Now Mia's chasing her best creation across the whole neighborhood — and finding out that the things you make with your own two hands can turn out to be somebody. Somebody kind. Somebody with plans of their own. Somebody worth following.
Includes a step-by-step fold-your-own-crane guide and an official Origam-Mia, Inc. CEO certificate — every company has to start somewhere.
Ages 8–11 · Book One of the Origam-Mia, Inc. series · Where it all begins
The Fox is on the Case
Origam-Mia, Inc. - Book Two: The Paper Fox if officially on the case! It is available now in paperback, hardcover and eBook.
Somebody — or something — is moving Mrs. Abernathy's garden gnomes, and the whole street has opinions. Mia has something better than opinions. Mia has a company, a windmill tin, and a blue sparkle pen. So she does what any nine-year-old CEO would do:
She folds herself a detective.
The fox is brilliant. The fox is fearless. The fox is also completely uninterested in taking orders, deeply distracted by shiny objects, and quietly certain that it runs the company now. Mia is about to read the fine print on clever things: every last one has a mind of its own.
And the truth about the gnomes, when she finally finds it? It's kinder than any crime.
Includes a step-by-step fold-your-own-fox guide and an official Detective certificate — because once this case closes, the department has an opening.
Ages 8–11 · Book Two of the Origam-Mia, Inc. series
The Owl Misses Nothing
Origam-Mia, Inc. - Book Three: Book Three: The Owl is on its way, and it misses nothing! Coming soon in paperback, hardcover and eBook.
Mia has a booth at the Middleburg Winter Market, a scarf wound three times around her neck, and exactly fourteen days to come up with the one gift that has to be perfect. What she doesn't have — for the first time in company history — is a plan.
So she folds an owl. And the owl looks back. And blinks twice. And that's all.
It doesn't chase. It doesn't chatter. It won't attract a single customer. It rides along in the second loop of her scarf doing absolutely nothing — except that every so often, without asking permission, it turns Mia's head. Toward the kitchen window. Toward the quiet kid at lunch. Toward all the true things sitting right out in the open, in broad daylight, invisible — until somebody looks.
Now Mia's learning to see the way the owl sees — and finding out that the things you walk past every single day can turn out to be the whole point. Something kind. Something carried quietly. Something worth noticing. Even, sometimes, when it's you.
Includes a step-by-step fold-your-own-owl guide and an official Origam-Mia, Inc. Noticer certificate — because the most important things are the easiest to miss. Not on your watch.
Ages 8–11 · Book Three of the Origam-Mia, Inc. series · The one that sees you back
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The Paper Crane (Origam-Mia, Inc., Book One) by Stephanie Anne Richards
Publisher: Sparkle Pen Press · Ages 8–11 / Grades 3–5
ISBN (paperback): 979-8-9968279-0-9 · ISBN (hardcover): 979-8-9968279-1-6
The Paper Fox (Origam-Mia, Inc., Book Two) by Stephanie Anne Richards
Publisher: Sparkle Pen Press · Ages 8–11 / Grades 3–5
ISBN (paperback): 979-8-9968279-3-0 · ISBN (hardcover): 979-8-9968279-4-7
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