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Welcome to Houts & Home Publications LLC!

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Author Amy Houts ​is celebrating 10+-years as owner and publisher of Houts & Home!

Creating Houts & Home in 2011 fulfilled Amy's lifelong dream. Find out more here.

Besides publishing, Amy is the author of 100+ books for children. She writes for both faith-based and general market publishers. Amy’s faith-based books include bath books, Noah's Ark and The Creation, God's Earth is Something to Fight For(Sunbeam/Bushel & Peck Books), Christian Q&A Book for Kids (Rockridge Press), and God’s Protection Covers Me (Beaming Books). Amy’s educational books include 60 retold tales for the series, Compass Children’s Classics, 2020. Her 10 nonfiction science early readers for Highlights  were also released in 2020. See her website, https://amyhouts.com for more information.

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New Release! Every Swing Should Have a Tree and other poems by Betty Farber

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​Betty Farber’s poems exemplify her upbeat, positive attitude toward life. She writes of her everyday experiences with sensitivity and insight.

Betty was born in Brooklyn, N.Y., and lived in and around New York City for much of her life. Having earned a B.A. and M.Ed., she enjoyed a fulfilling career as a teacher/director of both early childhood and community college programs as well as the editor and publisher of Parent and Preschooler Newsletter. 

Her first book of poetry focused on the city she loves, My New York: City Poems (Houts & Home Publications LLC). Many poems also appeared in the QNEWS and Q Review (Quest Lifelong Learning) as well as the Westbury Word (Westbury Senior Living).

​Her books for children include Country Colors, City Colors (Houts & Home Publications LLC) and Look! I’m Growing Up (Standard Publishing) co-written with Marilyn Knoepfel. Betty currently resides in Columbia, Missouri, near her loving family.


  • Publisher ‏ : ‎ Houts & Home Publications LLC (June 10, 2024)
  • Language ‏ : ‎ English
  • Paperback ‏ : ‎ 84 pages
  • ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 979-8218358167
  • Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 3.84 ounces
  • Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 5.5 x 0.17 x 8.5 inches
  • Price: $12.99 + 4.99 shipping and handling
  • ​⇒Buy Now




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Betty Farber, read three poems from her new book of poetry, Every Swing Should Have a Tree and other poems, at the Toasty Goat in Columbia, Missouri. Published by Houts & Home Publications LLC, June, 2024. Dr. James Austin, another Westbury resident, also read a poem he had written. It was a wonderful, well-attended event with a number of poets reading their work. Thank you, Toasty Goat, for hosting!  


Posted on the Westbury Senior Living Facebook page June 20, 2024.

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