Greg’s First Adventure
in Time
Middle Grade
ITP Press, November 2014
Children’s Literary Classics Gold Medal 2016
Archaeology, time travel, and a moose hunt combine to force 12-year-old Greg to face his fears and find his strengths. Greg explores a world that existed more than 3,000 years ago with his new Native American friend Hopelf. While Greg learns about Native American ways of life, how to hunt and fish, and just to survive, he is always searching for a way back home.
This new book for young readers allows your child to travel in time with Greg to 1,000 B.C. Greg’s wild adventures will excite and enlighten all while telling a rousing story about a young boy’s intriguing encounter with Native Americans.
Greg’s Second Adventure
in Time
Middle Grade
ITP Press, September 2015
Children’s Literary Classics Gold Medal 2017
Greg, a bright, inquisitive and extremely talkative young boy, is not at all pleased when his family moves to Kentucky for his father’s job. He would prefer to be spending his summer with his best friend, Rose. But instead, his mom has volunteered him to participate in an 18th century reenactment in which he must wear a period costume that is far from comfortable.
Greg has traveled in time before, but he’s not quite sure how. So, when he finds himself once again back in time, surrounded by five Indians with tomahawks and war paint, he’s not entirely sure what to make of the situation. Having learned a thing or two from his previous time travel experiences, he’s less afraid and better equipped to maintain a sense of calm as he faces the Indians who have just killed and scalped a man bearing a satchel with letters dated from the summer of 1778.
Author C.M. Huddleston’s Greg’s Second Adventure in Time brings history to life as Greg explores our country’s new frontier in colonial Kentucky. Action and adventure abound in this deliciously entertaining read that is likely to spur a keen interest in young readers, as history takes center stage in the continuation of this delightful series. This book is recommended for home and school libraries and has earned the Literary Classics Seal of Approval.
Greg’s Third Adventure
in Time
Middle Grade
ITP Press, November2016
Children’s Literary Classics Silver Medal 2018
Greg’s time traveled twice before. In both adventures he met American Indians, some friendly and some not so friendly. Recently Greg’s learned his dad and several others are TTIs—time traveling individuals. Now an evil time traveler keeps threatening Greg’s family at their new home in North Dakota. Can Greg and Rose save his mother from the Pirate? Can a future President help?
This fun-filled third installment in C.M. Huddleston’s Adventures in Time series provides middle-grade readers and readers of all ages with an accurate romp through history while entertaining with humorous escapades and time jumps to remember! Come join Greg and Rose as they jump into the American Revolution, the 1904 St. Louis’ Louisiana Purchase Exposition, and have even more encounters with American Indians.
Greg’s Fourth Adventure
in Time
Middle Grade/YA
ITP Press, October 2018
Purple Dragonfly Awards
Honorable Mention 2019
Literary Classics Seal of Approval 2019
Greg and Rose make a dynamic time-traveling team. So, the evil, artifact-stealing Pirate separates them, leaving Rose in the present and Greg stranded in the past. A mystery ensues as Rose must find Greg in time, literally in the past, all while Greg, his family, and friends struggle to survive.
Come explore the mid-nineteenth century and our nation’s westward expansion, as more time-traveling individuals join this time-searching enterprise.
From D. Donovan, Midwest Book Reviews:
This hair-raising fourth installment in C.M. Huddleston’s Adventures in Time series provides older middle-grade to young adult readers, and history lovers of all ages with an authentic journey through the West, all while entertaining with humorous escapades and time jumps to remember! Come join Greg, his family and friends on this adventure they’ll never forget.
“Greg’s Fourth Adventure in Time joins others in the Adventures in Time series and tells of the time-traveling duo Greg and Rose, who are separated between past and present, leading Rose on a journey to locate Greg in the mid-19th century.
This fourth book in the series for older middle grade and young adult readers embeds quite a bit of historical fact in its story, but retains the drama, strong characterization, and action of previous books in the series.
The terrain becomes rocky as Rose faces the Pirate, who specializes in stealing from the past, the possibility that her loved ones have been killed and buried in a previous time, and the certainty that anything they attempt will become steeped in pioneer experiences.
Rose’s adventures read like a combination of history lesson, science investigation into the mechanics of time travel, and detective story as she unearths clues to Greg’s fate and embarks on a series of journeys made realistic and thought-provoking by family encounters with people, events, and mechanics of living in pioneer times: “Dad explained how each pair of oxen had a particular yoke that fitted them better. This kept the yoke from rubbing and making sores. “Dad, how did you learn to do this?” “Oh, I watched a YouTube video made at an historic park demonstration,” he replied without even cracking a smile.”
Between the action, humor, struggles with the time-thief Pirate, and exploration of pioneer history Greg’s Fourth Adventure in Time makes for a winning series addition that prior fans will welcome. It will also appeal to newcomers, offering a recap of events that sets the stage for this latest adventure, and is a fine addition to both the ongoing series and the genre of YA time-travel stories as a whole.”
Greg’s Fifth Adventure
in Time
Teen/YA
ITP Press, December 2020
From learning new skills at the Smithsonian’s Time Travel Investigative Unit’s headquarters to time-traveling in Canada’s Yukon and Scotland’s Highlands, Greg and Rose will thrill you with their new adventures. Time-traveling has never been more fun and intense. Now sixteen-years-old, Greg and Rose end up on different continents where they make new friends and experience whole-new worlds. The Pirate makes an appearance, as do horses, a bear, highwaymen, and, of course, a moose! Come time-travel once again with your favorite duo of fearless time travelers!
Greg’s Fifth Adventure in Time is the fifth book in the ‘Adventures in Time’ series, reaching readers ages 9-16 who relish sci-fi time travel and historical fiction with its delightful adventure mystery. Greg and Rose are now sixteen years old, but their time-travel adventures haven’t stopped.
Rose observes that Greg “constantly strives to prove himself better than anyone at every challenge we are given”, a habit she both admires and finds annoying. She provides the introductory chapters to their latest time travel adventure, insisting on being the first to chart their path.
Greg’s point of view begins in the fourth chapter, when the story is well on its way to proving captivating. He admires Rose’s abilities, which seem far beyond the capabilities of most girls: “Rose is so much a tomboy. She can ride, shoot, fish, etc., better than most boys and many men.”
As young readers gain insights on Greg and Rose through their own actions as well as their friendship, they receive the foundations of connection that power their time-traveling mishaps and encounters with elements of history and mystery alike.
Some of the characters in the prior time travel encounters return, here; but no prior familiarity with the series is necessary in order to quickly absorb the concept of this time-traveling duo, their family relationship with parents who also travel into history, and their latest mission.
From 1898 Skagway to a plot which could change Western Canada’s history, readers receive a vivid story that centers not just on the time-hopping experience, but the circumstances that Greg and Rose struggle to change.
As the search for pivotal characters Nick, Nate, and Jesse heats up, young readers will appreciate the twists and turns which blend mystery with history.
From D. Donovan, Midwest Book Reviews:
Greg’s Fifth Adventure in Time is a vivid time travel adventure that educates and entertains simultaneously. It’s highly recommended for new readers and prior series fans, especially those who enjoy historical fiction and time-traveling sci-fi action.
Winter Wonder: A Collection of Stories for Children & Young Adults
ITP Press, October 2017
Story Monsters’ Purple Dragonfly First Place Award for Short Story Collections 2018
Winter Wonder brings you a confection of Christmas stories by an array of well-loved authors featuring characters drawn from their award-winning books. Eleven new stories spanning all ages from the young to the young at heart will whisk you away on a snowstorm of delight to worlds of fantasy, adventure, history, and even outer space with tales celebrating the magic of Christmas or the wonder of winter holidays. Fill your child’s holiday reading with stories of adventure, myths – both Greek and Native American, science fiction, time-travel, a lyric poem, mystery, and even a bit of romance. Eleven stories will entertain your middle-grade to teen to young-at-heart readers. We welcome you into our winter holiday wonders with stories guaranteed to entertain, illuminate, and cheer.
The anthology features two stories each by C.M. Huddleston and D. G. Driver, a novella by Rebecca Hammond Yager, a lyric poem by Katherine Ladny Mitchell, and stories by M.J. Evans, Joyce McPherson, Catherine McCarran, Meg Trotter, & Cassandra Davis.