Books that take you to a magical place ✨

Hey there, I'm Carla Crane Osborne.

Self-published children’s book author, mother, and Idahoan.

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Gona's Halloween Hunt Storybook

Gona's Halloween Hunt will take readers on a thrilling adventure through the family farm on Halloween Night! With its captivating illustrations and engaging storyline, this book is sure to ignite a...

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Home Again Storybook

Home Again storybook is a great way to introduce young children to farm life! With its fun illustrations and engaging text, it's sure to become a lifelong love of reading for your child. A book you...

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Alex the Wonder Lamb Storybook

Join Gona on another adventure as she helps Alex discover the wonders of life on the farm and the places their imaginations can take them. Summary: Raising a lamb isn't easy...Gona's best friends ...

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What Readers Are Saying ✏️

In October of 2023, we had an Evening with the Author event at our library, and Carla came to share her new book “Gona’s Halloween Hunt” with some of our younger patrons and their parents, to help usher in “spooky season.” The kids enjoyed the story and sound effects that Carla included as she read; paying particular attention to the detailed illustrations. Several of the parents mentioned they had previously checked out Carla’s children’s book “Under the Barnyard Light” from our collection in the past, and their children had also thoroughly enjoyed that story. Two parents noted that the detailed descriptions of farm life and interactions with nature and the animals described in the pages of Carla’s stories prompted their young readers to request horseback riding lessons, so that they, too, could write their own stories about farm life. Carla generously gifted our library a copy of each of her children’s books to add to our collection, and they have continued to be popular with our patrons, as stories that entertain but also touch the heart, regardless of the age of the reader.

Lara Hartman Children’s Programming Specialist at Kuna Library | Kuna, Idaho

It was so wonderful to have Carla Osborne come to our 1st grade classroom! She kept the whole class fully engaged and hanging on her every word as she read them her books. The students loved finding the different animal characters in the illustrations on each page and asking Carla all about her life growing up on the farm. We have many of her books in our classroom library, and they are some of our favorites!

Karin Gacia 1st Grade Teacher at Innovate Academy | Eagle, Idaho