After Sept.

11, the word "hero" took on new meaning. Instead of famous movie

stars or athletes, heroes were now firefighters and police officers, men

and women who put their life on the line on an everyday basis in order

to protect others. Gallopade International, an educational publisher based

in Peachtree City, has a new series of books for children about everyday

heroes called "Heroes and Helpers."

The series,

written by Peachtree City and Savannah resident Carole Marsh, includes

12 "Adventure Diaries," which are accompanied by "Careers

Book for Kids," "Heroes and Helpers: Those We Count on Every

Day and In Times of Crisis," "Heroes and Helpers Activity Book,"

"Heroes and Helpers Coloring Book" and "Heroes and Helpers

Teacher and Parent Resource Book." Marsh founded Gallopade Publishing

Group in 1979 and is the author of more than 10,000 books. She is the

CEO of Gallopade International, which was named the fastest growing small

press in 2000 by Publisher Weekly.

The "Adventure

Diaries" are 48 pages long and feature an insider look into the day-to-day

lives of emergency response workers, volunteers, members of the military

and other important heroes and helpers. Some of the books in the series

include "The Perils of Pauline the Police Officer," "Felipe

the Fearless Firefighter," "Li, the Excellent EMT," and

"Dharma the Dedicated Doctor."

"We wanted

to choose professions that kids were seeing in the news everyday,"

said Marsh. "We also wanted to let them know more about the heroes

they see every day."

"The Career

Book for Kids" explains and examines human service careers and weighs

the pros and cons of each profession. It also explains to children how

to prepare for a career in those particular fields. "Heroes and Helpers:

Those We Count on Every Day and In Times of Crisis" goes into detail

of the lives of real heroes and helpers and the "Heroes and Helpers

Coloring Book" is aimed at younger children giving them patterns,

crafts, recipes, games and rewards.

Gallopade International

has some other new releases including "The Day That Was Different:

September 11, 2001 - When America Was Attacked by Terrorists" and

"United We Stand: America's War Against Terrorism."

"After

Sept. 11, we knew that kids would have a million questions, these books

try to answer all of the questions and find a positive among all the negatives.

The silver lining of Sept. 11 is the community helpers, the people."

In the next

three months, Gallopade will release some new books including a 20th anniversary

re-release of "The Mystery of the Biltmore House" in September,

"Orville and Wilbur Wright Sep out into the Sky" in October

and a biography on Mayor Shirley Franklin in November.

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