Meet six-year-old Tommy Johnson, Super Cowboy and Super Story-teller. Want to build a box to capture wild cats that roam the farm? How about tips on catching a greased pig at the fair, or teaching a stubborn lamb to avoid being trampled by angry milk cows? From the first paragraph, when Tommy explains why a boy needs a dog for a pet instead of a cat, he wins us over with his down-to-earth and humorous view of the world. Once Tommy begins school, however, things get complicated. He gets picked on by teachers and mocked by classmates. And then tragedy strikes. In the process of dealing with his grief, Tommy learns the meaning of true friendship.
But when Tommy becomes friends with the neighbor Grandma has a grudge against, he learns the importance of not letting little things destroy wonderful friendships.
In this new book in the Under Open Skies series, Tom Johnson is in his early 20’s and struggling to make it through college and take care of his little family. Due to the stress created by the overload of class work, the challenges of having very little money, and the limited amount of time for his family, he often feels trapped by his circumstances.
To try to earn some extra money to help out with his family income, he procures a job taking care of horses. When the lady he works for buys a famous old racehorse, Tom starts to see the world and his situation somewhat differently. In sensing the old stallion’s trust in him, learning from friends and those around him, Tom begins to realize that prisons can be made as much from our attitudes and decisions as they can be from cement and steel, and that challenges can be good. That is when he begins to understand what true freedom really is.
If you love horses and great stories, this book is for you.
Tom Johnson is in college. He is a collegiate wrestler and taking tough math and sciences classes. He has struggled in his dating, partly because he is not a good dancer. A girl convinces him to sign up for a dance class, telling him it is first-semester dance, and she will help him. But in the first class, they learn it is 4th-semester competitive dance, that there are 54 girls and 8 boys, and Tom wreaks havoc in his attempt at dancing. They decide to sign out of the class, but the teacher won’t sign Tom’s card. That is when a kind girl and her friends start to work with Tom to compete in the International Ballroom Competition.
This is a fun story filled with struggles of dating and feeling socially accepted. It is also one of determination, hard work, and friendship.
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52 humorous and inspirational short stories, one for each week of the year. These stories are taken from the popular column, Life’s Outtakes. From the inspiration of a father’s love for his daughter in Tinkertoys In The Cupboard to the humor of a want-to-be athlete in The Nose Warmer, these 52 humorous and inspirational short stories (one for each week of the year) will make you laugh, reminisce, and contemplate the relationships you cherish most.
All’s Well Here – Life’s Outtakes 2
52 humorous and inspirational short stories, one for each week of the year. These stories are taken from the popular column, Life’s Outtakes. From the All’s Well, a story of a community pulling together to help a family in need, to the humor of a practical joke gone awry in The April Fool’s Joke these stories will keep you laughing or help you think more deeply about what matters most.
From the inspiration of a dying soldier’s wish of Singing To The End Of Life to the humor of Football Through The Eyes Of A Child, these 52 humorous and inspirational short stories (one for each week of the year), taken from the fourth year of the popular story column Life’s Outtakes will make you laugh, reminisce, and contemplate the relationships you cherish most.
52 humorous and inspirational short stories from year six of Life’s Outtakes, a nationally syndicated column by Daris Howard. From the humor of a girl’s wrath in A Practical Joke Gone Awry to the touching reminder of those who are less fortunate in The Year I Lived Christmas, this is a fun look at family and community life.
52 Humorous And Inspirational Short Stories!
52 humorous and inspirational short stories from year seven of Life’s Outtakes, a nationally syndicated column by Daris Howard. From the humor of what students write in Student Communications to the wonderment of a child in need of a friend in Angels Among Us, this is a fun look at family and community life.
52 humorous and inspirational short stories from year seven of Life’s Outtakes, a nationally syndicated column by Daris Howard. From the inspiration of a World War II soldier’s compassion in Forgiveness to the humor of numerous car problems in Crossed Wires these 52 humorous and inspirational short stories (one for each week of the year) will make you laugh, reminisce, and contemplate the relationships you cherish most.
52 humorous and inspirational short stories, one for each week of the year, from the popular column Life’s Outtakes. From humor in stories like Life as a Cowboy to inspiration in stories like Getting up Each Time We Fall, these stories will give you an uplift to your day.
52 humorous and inspirational short stories from year 13 of Life’s Outtakes. From the inspiration of An Evil Genius to the humor of Students’ Communications, these 52 stories (one for each week of the year) will make you laugh, reminisce, and contemplate the relationships you cherish most.
52 humorous and inspirational short stories from Life’s Outtakes 11. From the inspiration of a father’s love for his daughter in The Honest Thief to the humor of a high school boy trying to teach the school nerd to get a date in The Dating Coach, these 52 humorous and inspirational short stories (one for each week of the year) will make you laugh, reminisce, and contemplate the relationships you cherish most.
52 humorous and inspirational short stories from Life’s Outtakes 12. From the inspiration of a guidance counselor’s love for his students in Looking on the Heart to the humor of young pranksters in A Halloween Cat Attack, these 52 humorous and inspirational short stories (one for each week of the year) will make you laugh, reminisce, and contemplate the relationships you cherish most.
Daris Howard is a master of short-form storytelling on family issues. His columns are wrapped around an anecdote from his own childhood, or from his experiences as a parent and husband. Life’s Outtakes are often funny, with a moral to every story, and a takeaway that is inspiring. It is like a nonpharmaceutical mood stabilizer and spirit booster that sends you back into the parenting fray with greater confidence about how to achieve harmony.
Patrick Hedland, Managing Editor of The Mountain Enterprise
52 humorous and inspirational short stories from Life’s Outtakes 13. From the inspiration of memories about a friend in An Old Friend to the humor of what a father does with a gift in A Father’s Day Mystery, these 52 humorous and inspirational short stories, one for each week of the year, will make you laugh, reminisce, and contemplate the relationships you cherish most.
Daris Howard is a master of short-form storytelling on family issues. His columns are wrapped around an anecdote from his own childhood, or from his experiences as a parent and husband. Life’s Outtakes are often funny, with a moral to every story, and a takeaway that is inspiring. It is like a nonpharmaceutical mood stabilizer and spirit booster that sends you back into the parenting fray with greater confidence about how to achieve harmony.
Patrick Hedland, Managing Editor of The Mountain Enterprise
52 humorous and inspirational short stories from Life’s Outtakes 13. From the inspiration of memories about a friend in An Old Friend to the humor of what a father does with a gift in A Father’s Day Mystery, these 52 humorous and inspirational short stories, one for each week of the year, will make you laugh, reminisce, and contemplate the relationships you cherish most.
Daris Howard is a master of short-form storytelling on family issues. His columns are wrapped around an anecdote from his own childhood, or from his experiences as a parent and husband. Life’s Outtakes are often funny, with a moral to every story, and a takeaway that is inspiring. It is like a nonpharmaceutical mood stabilizer and spirit booster that sends you back into the parenting fray with greater confidence about how to achieve harmony.
Patrick Hedland, Managing Editor of The Mountain Enterprise
52 humorous and inspirational short stories from Life’s Outtakes 13. From the inspiration of memories about a friend in An Old Friend to the humor of what a father does with a gift in A Father’s Day Mystery, these 52 humorous and inspirational short stories, one for each week of the year, will make you laugh, reminisce, and contemplate the relationships you cherish most.
Daris Howard is a master of short-form storytelling on family issues. His columns are wrapped around an anecdote from his own childhood, or from his experiences as a parent and husband. Life’s Outtakes are often funny, with a moral to every story, and a takeaway that is inspiring. It is like a nonpharmaceutical mood stabilizer and spirit booster that sends you back into the parenting fray with greater confidence about how to achieve harmony.
Patrick Hedland, Managing Editor of The Mountain Enterprise
A Christmas Sampler from Life’s Outtakes 1 year 2007
A Christmas Sampler of stories from Life’s Outtakes 2 year 2008
This is a sampling of the short stories from Life’s Outtakes 3 as a Christmas sampler.
A sample of short stories from the year 2010 of Life’s Outtakes.
This is a Christmas Sampler of stories for a Christmas 2011 from Life”s Outtakes year 5.
This is a Christmas Sampler of stories from Life’s Outtakes 6 year 2012.
This is a Christmas Sampler of stories from Life’s Outtakes 7 from 2013.
A Christmas Sampler from Life’s Outtakes 8 from 2014.
A Christmas Sampler of stories from Life’s Outtakes 9 year 2015
A Christmas Sampler from Life’s Outtakes 10 year 2016
A Christmas Sampler from Life’s Outtakes 11 year 2017
A Christmas Sampler from Life’s Outtakes 12 year 2018.
A Christmas Sampler from Life’s Outtakes 13 year 2019.
This is a Christmas sampler of stories from Life’s Outakes 14, 2020.
This is a Christmas sampler of stories from Life’s Outakes 15, 2021.
This is a Christmas sampler of stories from Life’s Outakes 16, 2022.
This is a Christmas sampler of stories from Life’s Outakes 17, 2023.
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It was to be the big day for Eli. His fiancee, Molly, was coming in on a ship. Two years earlier, unable to find work in England, he had headed for America. His ship was caught in a storm, and he ended up, not in Pennsylvania as he planned, but in Newfoundland.
But that was all behind him now. He had written to Molly every day for the two years, and now she was coming so they could be married.
But Eli was in for a surprise. Unknown to him, Molly had married. She had bought him a mail-order bride, and Eli’s life was going to suddenly take an unexpected twist.
This is a fun story about differences of culture, love, and life. The play based on this book is winner of many awards and has been produced internationally. This is a story you won’t want to miss.
He knows all of the other tutors have failed miserably, and he tries to beg out of it, but the queen will not relent. However, she does give him leave to use any teaching method he likes. Her ultimate command is that she be trained as a lady in preparation for her royal ball.
Angry and humiliated at what he feels is a degrading and impossible assignment, especially for a military captain, he determines to train the princess like he would one of his guardsmen. He will demand strong discipline, tough academics, and sword combat training. He is sure that his rigorous approach will push the princess to complain to her mother, who will then remove him from the assignment.
But to his surprise, Marie instead responds positively to the harsh discipline and becomes a princess like no other.
And, when they come under attack, her training might be just enough to save both of their lives as they work to unravel who is behind the assassination attempts, and also try to solve the mystery of why the Lord High Chamberlain is such a great sword fighter.
Three young men are convicted of mugging little children for their Halloween candy. Instead of sentencing them to jail as is expected the judge sentences them to 100 hours babysitting at the Women’s Crisis center. They were prepared for jail but they were not prepared for what lies in store for them as the children become part of their lives.
When Rachel married, her life became a nightmare filled with abuse from her husband and a struggle to take care of her children. Now divorced, her exhusband still haunts her life with threats and demands for the little money she has. But when a stranger stands up for her against the abuse, her life begins to change in ways she could only dream of as she finds new courage, strength, and different, deeper challenges at the same time. The Last Gift is a book of clean romance, a journey of understanding and forgiveness, and a story that, at times, might bite painfully into the reader’s own memories of missed opportunities and foolish decisions, while at the same time giving hope from the depths of what life is all about.
This is a collection of Christmas short stories written by Idaho authors. Normally writing and publishing work spanning a variety of genres, these writers have collaborated to produce an entertaining book of shorts–and then added recipes to the mix to total a very merry Christmas indeed. From stories with a heartwarming theme to several with connotations of the supernatural, to humorous, to poetry, this book contains something for every reader. AND…don’t you truly want that delicious, easy fudge recipe? Oh yeah…you can have both a Merry Christmas and Happy Peanut Brittle!
Ideas that will be considered include:
- What clues do we have that might give an idea as to what the Jaredites might have looked like?
- What makes their culture so different from ours?
- Where did the Jaredites possibly travel?
- What unusual concepts and customs do we see in the book of Ether?
- Why is the brother of Jared not named?
A story of great hope and courage that breathes life into the American dream. Set in rural America and spanning the early part of the 20th century comes the story of young William Linden, abandoned through tragedy and left to the mercy of the judgmental and apathetic town of Pravda. His only friend, an old plow horse, along with his own unwavering determination keep the young boy moving forward against great odds as little Will discovers the strengths and weaknesses of human nature that have shaped his unexpected past and prepare the way for a remarkable future.
Have you ever wondered what your chickens were thinking as they wandered around your yard?
Are they plotting word domination, or just figuring out how to break into the house? Maybe both!
The Chicken Chronicles are light-hearted true stories about everyone’s favorite barnyard pet. Read about Dundee – the lone white chicken that enjoys going on walkabout, Fluffy Butt – a little red hen who lives indoors as well as out, and Jackson – the chicken who thinks she is human.
Set in the backyard, meet a family who keeps chickens, and the chickens who keep them on their toes. The Chronicles will keep you entertained from page one.
“The Chicken Chronicles is like reading James Herriot’s books – only specifically about chickens!†– River Ames, author
Meet Sam, the straitlaced computer-science major from Brigham Young University. And then meet Charly, the sparkling, quick-witted girl who steps into his world and turns it upside down. Their courtship is a never-ending round of ups and downs- literally. On their first date, Charly tricks Sam into taking a Ferris wheel ride, then tells the operator they’re engaged! All of this seems to be a little more than Sam can cope with. But he gradually comes to appreciate Charly’s point of view. From the girl who loves to laugh, he learns to do the same. He finds out for the first time what it’s like to be really alive. Charly is a story of joy and spontaneity, learning and loving, and, most of all, growing.
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