Grandpa Can We Go Fishing

From author Rands comes a vividly colored and charming picture book that lets readers spend a good bonding time with family. Join Grandpa and two boys as they prepare their fishing equipment and try to get the catch of the day while enjoying their time spent together. Full color.

Inspired to write by the birth of his first grandchild, Aaron, in 2015, Mitch Handman developed a story about what life would be like with a four-year-old grandson. Married for thirty-eight years, Mitch is the president of a construction company in Malvern, Pennsylvania, and is a first-time author.

Grandpa, Tell Me a Story is a collection of short stories inspired by the inquisitive minds of children looking for a way to comprehend the world around them with stories like "Freddie the Flicker", "Randy the Raindrop", and "Douglass Dirt"; the complex interactions between people with stories like "Recluse the Moose" and "Trust"; and life-lessons stories like "Be Kind to Animals", "Robbie and Bobbie Boots", and "Thought that Became a Word." Each of the stories is based on actual interactions between Grandpa and his Grandchildren. The author used his imagination, the Bible, and the wisdom of a grandparent to provide stories that young people can understand. The author hopes the stories provide insight and a framework for moms and dads to explain the tough questions kids can ask.

There comes a day in a young child's life when the gift of childhood's magic begins to fade. A new firm voice of reason says that the fantastical, the miraculous, are not real and the belief in them is foolish. At that moment, the lights of the world dim, there is a deep sadness in a child's heart that goes largely unnoticed...unless he is lucky enough to have a magical grandpa who knows that a child's way of seeing is the soul's way of seeing. Journey with a boy and his beloved grandpa to the banks of the beautiful Ipswich River as they undertake a mission to see if an old fisherman's tale is true, if the catfish that live deep in the river's still pools really do come out to dance by the light of the full moon. Join them as the grandfather gives to his grandson the gift his own grandfather gave to him-keeping the sacred treasure of the magical as he grows into the real world.

This is a true story of my wonderful marriage, and the people involved are still alive except for Dorothy. Before I retired I was able to buy our lake home in Lac du Flambeau, Wisconsin, and Dorothy would spend summers there with our two youngest children. This was lake property ceded from the Chippewa Indians and had been owned by Dorothy's aunt. After my retirement this became our permanent home for next thirty years. People there call it God's country, because it is so peaceful and quiet--except in the summer with the influx of tourists. For one of the Fourth of July parades in the town, the Broz clan of about twenty joined in. With our yellow T-shirts and our family tree on the back, we all had kazoos, making music as we marched along. We won first prize. Perhaps some day we might have a St. Dorothy of Lac du Flambeau.

About the Book Going fishing with your brother, a one-room schoolhouse, building a fort in a woodpile, picking berries as a family, and little Jay repeatedly falling in the lake, these entertaining stories reflect the rural environment in which author Lance J. Clough was raised. Rural Story Book: Memories and Fabrications helps readers see the freedom and closeness rural living provided in the 1950s. Some accounts are unique to that era. Others tell of activities and adventures two brothers find as they interact with others and their early life settings. In the author’s words, “The ‘new jeans’ story actually happened and I still have trouble believing we actually did that stuff!” About the Author Lance J. Clough’s hobbies consist of antiquing and chair refinishing—if needed—and seat caning/weaving. It relaxes him. Clough was an antique dealer for a short while, but personal health issues made him discontinue it. Reading is his all-encompassing activity. Clough enjoys books from about 1860 to1960. He likes reading American History, especially WWI. He and his wife also enjoy traveling by auto to Southern and Western states. He has family in Texas and Nevada, and grandchildren fill much of his time. His life’s work involves food processing and the last thirty-two years of his work history involves federal and state inspection activities.

Many children are lucky enough to go fishing. The luckiest ones get to go fishing with their grandpas! Dinesh is one of the luckiest ones. In author Dhan Reddys How Grandpa Tata Caught a Ginormous Fish without a Hook, Grandpa is never happy with the size of fish he is given to eat. No matter how large, its just not big enough. So one night, he and his grandson, Dinesh, go in search of a really big fish. Unlike most of us, they dont take a fishing pole and bait. No, Grandpa takes a piglet! So how does one catch a really big fish with a piglet? How Grandpa Tata Caught a Ginormous Fish without a Hook, based on a story the authors grandfather often told when she was a child, is a funny tale of going out and getting what you wantif youre willing to go beyond what others do.

A beautiful enchantress moves into town where Maurepas resides. He immediately notices her, and he is enthralled by her. He believes that she is his panacea. Therefore, he sets out to acquire her love while he is caring for his best friend whom illness has befallen. Will he attain his feat? Will she cave in eventually? Well, embark with them on this daunting yet exciting and thrilling adventure to unveil the truth.