The Wright On Time Series

The “Wright on Time” book series is the series focusing on a homeschooling family. The Wrights travel the USA in an RV. Each month brings them to a new state with a new educational theme to explore and play with. They prove that learning can happen all the time, anywhere, and that being with family is fun!

Meet Aidan, age 7: Boisterous and joking all the time, this sporty boy knows how to have fun!

Meet Nadia, age 11: Curious and fiery, this intellectual girl can always find out answers to even the most difficult questions.

Meet their parents: Harrison, a writer and linguist expert, and Stephanie, a telecommuting computer expert; ready to adventure with their children.

Meet Prince Pumpkin III, turtle extraordinaire: This 50-year-old little guy is holding on tight, as the family RV and a mysterious device take him on an adventure no turtle has ever gone on before.

“The ‘Wright on Time’ books are not only fun reading for young people but also contain a lot of interesting information about the different states in which the events take place.” —Home School Book Review

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Arizona

First stop, Arizona! The Wright’s homeschooling RV adventure starts with exploring a desert cave. Nadia can’t wait to find minerals and see rock formations. Aidan wants to see bats. He finds something mysterious buried in the rock _ what could it be? What is that glowing thing on the wall? Where are those voices coming from? What doyou do with toilet paper in a cave? And just what is a stale egg mite anyway?

Children’s Chapter Book • 5.25″ by 8″ • 100 pages • Ages 5 to 12+ • Paperback

Publication Date: September 2009
Story by: Lisa Cottrell-Bentley
Illustrated by: Tanja Bauerle
Published by: Do Life Right, Inc.
ISBN-13: 978-0-9824829-0-2

Utah

The Wright family’s homeschooling RV adventure continues at an Allosaurus dinosaur dig in Utah. Nadia can’t wait to decipher symbols from the mysterious device. Aidan wants to find a real dino bone. He might find something, but he just might lose something else – what could it be? What freaky thing is glowing now? Where is their power coming from? What do you do with a left dentary? And just what kind of tune are they singing?

Children’s Chapter Book • 5.25″ by 8″ • 102 pages • Ages 5 to 12+ • Paperback

Publication Date: December 2009
Story by: Lisa Cottrell-Bentley
Illustrated by: Tanja Bauerle
Published by: Do Life Right, Inc.
ISBN-13: 978-0-9824829-1-9

Wyoming

When the Wright family’s RV breaks down in Wyoming, their homeschooling tour of the USA is put on hold. The kids are getting restless. Nadia wants to find out more about the Time Tuner. Aidan craves a real adventure, so their parents surprise them with alternative activities which keep them energized. What do geysers, rivers, and wind have in common? What’s crude oil? Who put that weird symbol on the ground? Why would you want to spin a magnet? And just what do you feed a fire breathing dragon? Things get exciting when the Time Tuner reveals surprises of its own…

Children’s Chapter Book • 5.25″ by 8″ • 122 pages • Ages 5 to 12+ • Paperback

Publication Date: September 2010
Story by: Lisa Cottrell-Bentley
Illustrated by: Tanja Bauerle
Published by: Do Life Right, Inc.
ISBN-13: 978-0-9824829-2-6

South Dakota

The Wright family’s homeschooling adventure continues on to South Dakota as their RV hits the road again. The kids wonder what all those motorcycles are doing in the small town of Sturgis. Nadia learns how newspapers are created. Aidan gets to lead the way on a daring round of follow the leader. Prince Pumpkin the Third, their pet turtle, stumbles across something that he probably shouldn’t have. Meanwhile, what startling new secrets of the Time Tuner are revealed? This is the fourth book of the Wright on Time series.

Children’s Chapter Book • 5.25″ by 8″ • 126 pages • Ages 5 to 12+ • Paperback

Publication Date: April 2011
Story by: Lisa Cottrell-Bentley
Illustrated by: Tanja Bauerle
Published by: Do Life Right, Inc.
ISBN-13: 978-0982482957

Minnesota

The Wright family has trekked their way from Arizona to Minnesota on their homeschooling RV adventure of a lifetime! In the “Land of 10,000 Lakes”, they discover some really big things. Will Nadia have time to see all the sculptures she wants to? Can Aidan pick up a cherry as big as his head? Will Stephanie’s love of rock climbing come in handy to keep Harrison safe? Just how do you paint metamorphosis? And can the Wrights manage to get the Time Tuner to work again? This is the fifth book of the Wright on Time series.

Children’s Chapter Book • 5.25″ by 8″ • 124 pages • Ages 5 to 12+ • Paperback

Publication Date: November 2012
Story by: Lisa Cottrell-Bentley
Illustrated by: Tanja Bauerle
Published by: Do Life Right, Inc.
ISBN-13: 978-1937848026

Iowa

Nadia and Aidan continue their RV adventure with a trip to visit cousins in their dad’s home state of Iowa—just in time for Halloween and Nadia’s birthday! Nadia loves having time to document their discoveries about the Time Tuner. Aidan wants to sword fight with corn. But what’s a “Wright on thyme”? How does a turtle get to be a Prince? How can you get lost inside a computer? And just what freaky weird Halloween tricks will the Time Tuner play on them? This is the sixth book in the Wright on Time series.

Children’s Chapter Book • 5.25″ by 8″ • 162 pages • Ages 5 to 12+ • Paperback

Publication Date: September 2013
Story by: Lisa Cottrell-Bentley
Illustrated by: Tanja Bauerle
Published by: Do Life Right, Inc.
ISBN-13: 978-1937848064

Collection 1 (Books 1-4)

Wright on Time: Collection 1 includes the Wright family’s journey through Arizona, Utah, Wyoming, and South Dakota.

Children’s Chapter Book • 5.25″ by 8″ • 376 pages • Ages 5 to 12+ • Paperback

Publication Date: July 2012
Story by: Lisa Cottrell-Bentley
Illustrated by: Tanja Bauerle
Published by: Do Life Right, Inc.
ISBN-13: 978-1937848002