Julie Ellis Williams
Julie is a retired elementary school teacher and school counselor. For forty-one years, she connected with and encouraged teachers and students with her motto, “The way you view it is the way you do it.” The Trouble with Milo Minus is her second published book; her first, Bella Joins the Service, released in December of 2022.
Julie loves the outdoors and cherishes her weekly visits to Saint Mary’s Hospital with her therapy dog, Molly. Her favorite times are when she’s with her family: her husband Ray; son Clayton and his wife Kelsie; grandsons Avi and Arlo; son Kirk and his pup, Maddox; and of course, her own pup, Molly. She lives with Ray and Molly in Ashland, Virginia.
Julie loves the outdoors and cherishes her weekly visits to Saint Mary’s Hospital with her therapy dog, Molly. Her favorite times are when she’s with her family: her husband Ray; son Clayton and his wife Kelsie; grandsons Avi and Arlo; son Kirk and his pup, Maddox; and of course, her own pup, Molly. She lives with Ray and Molly in Ashland, Virginia.
Books
Bella Joins the Service
$4.99 - $24.95
written by Julie Ellis Williams
illustrated by Penny Weber
Bella, a fun-loving Lab, spends her days with her person, Kirk. Together, they run, swim, hike, and climb through Colorado’s great outdoors. But one day, everything changes. While mountain biking, Kirk has a disabling fall that leaves him unable to use his arms and legs the way he used to. What’s a Lab to do?
Bella chooses to “join the service”—service dogs, that is. While Kirk learns a new way of life, Bella learns how to do many things with her nose, mouth, and paws that Kirk can no longer do with his hands.
Follow Bella and Kirk’s journey as they come full circle to live the same adventurous life they lived before—just differently.
illustrated by Penny Weber
Bella, a fun-loving Lab, spends her days with her person, Kirk. Together, they run, swim, hike, and climb through Colorado’s great outdoors. But one day, everything changes. While mountain biking, Kirk has a disabling fall that leaves him unable to use his arms and legs the way he used to. What’s a Lab to do?
Bella chooses to “join the service”—service dogs, that is. While Kirk learns a new way of life, Bella learns how to do many things with her nose, mouth, and paws that Kirk can no longer do with his hands.
Follow Bella and Kirk’s journey as they come full circle to live the same adventurous life they lived before—just differently.
The Trouble with Milo Minus
$15.95 - $25.95
Written by Julie Ellis Williams
Illustrated by Bill Dussinger
Milo Minus is always negative. After all, he is a math symbol for subtraction—making something less than what it originally was. He is a bully! He has no friends and no intention of changing—until, one day, BAM! An unexpected event with another minus sign results in them becoming new math symbols, spreading positive feelings to Milo and all those around him!
Illustrated by Bill Dussinger
Milo Minus is always negative. After all, he is a math symbol for subtraction—making something less than what it originally was. He is a bully! He has no friends and no intention of changing—until, one day, BAM! An unexpected event with another minus sign results in them becoming new math symbols, spreading positive feelings to Milo and all those around him!
