Jasmine has been taking ballet, but mom wonders if she has been paying attention. Join Jasmine as she reassures her mother that she has been practicing her ballet steps. In fact, she even knows how to dress for class!

Jasmine has been taking ballet, but mom wonders if she has been paying attention. Join Jasmine as she reassures her mother that she has been practicing her ballet steps. In fact, she even knows how to dress for class!

Freddy was a football who lived on a shelf in a sports store, but wanted to belong to someone who would love him. He had seen many of the other footballs, torn, patched and almost flat, brought back by boys looking for replacements. He was so happy when they came to buy baseballs and basketballs, instead of another football.

One day Freddy was sold with other footballs to some men who took him to a football stadium, where he was placed on a tee and became part of the game. After much pain and rough handling by the monsters in uniform, he sailed through the air for a touchdown. The monster who caught him then slammed him to the ground so hard he thought his laces had broken.

When placed in position for the field goal he was terrified of hitting the cross bar, but sailed through the uprights and into the arms of a little boy named Andy. Freddy finally found happiness in the arms of someone who loved him. He was now part of a family.

Freddy the Football is one of several stories that Jim had composed, while his four children were young. Jim always claimed that by reading his stories to them, it seemed to have a calming effect on the ‘Fearsome Foursome’ before bedtime. Long forgotten in a file cabinet, he has recently resurrected them to read to his Grandchildren, hoping to have the same effect.

Since the family has always enjoyed the stories, he decided to publish them as a means of preserving them for future generations of the family. Jim intends to publish his other books which include The Tale of a Toe, Rufus Tweed the Father of Greed and The Krankel Family, a book for each of his beloved foursome.

Freddy was a football who lived on a shelf in a sports store, but wanted to belong to someone who would love him. He had seen many of the other footballs, torn, patched and almost flat, brought back by boys looking for replacements. He was so happy when they came to buy baseballs and basketballs, instead of another football.

One day Freddy was sold with other footballs to some men who took him to a football stadium, where he was placed on a tee and became part of the game. After much pain and rough handling by the monsters in uniform, he sailed through the air for a touchdown. The monster who caught him then slammed him to the ground so hard he thought his laces had broken.

When placed in position for the field goal he was terrified of hitting the cross bar, but sailed through the uprights and into the arms of a little boy named Andy. Freddy finally found happiness in the arms of someone who loved him. He was now part of a family.

Freddy the Football is one of several stories that Jim had composed, while his four children were young. Jim always claimed that by reading his stories to them, it seemed to have a calming effect on the ‘Fearsome Foursome’ before bedtime. Long forgotten in a file cabinet, he has recently resurrected them to read to his Grandchildren, hoping to have the same effect.

Since the family has always enjoyed the stories, he decided to publish them as a means of preserving them for future generations of the family. Jim intends to publish his other books which include The Tale of a Toe, Rufus Tweed the Father of Greed and The Krankel Family, a book for each of his beloved foursome.

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“A Rainy Day Soccer Romance” is a warm –hearted comedy about a high school girl’s struggle to compete in a boys soccer league. Besides finding romance, she finds an unsympathetic coach and plenty of male humor. This comic novel explores a sixteen-year-old girl’s first exposure to the male world of soccer and the fast approaching excitement of young womanhood. Stacy, the novel’s heroine, feels her skills and soccer successes entitle her to play soccer with the boys. When the Rebels best player, Brad, decides his coach’s treatment of her is unfair, he volunteers to teach her some of his own soccer moves. Shortly, these lessons turn into a budding romance. Since this is Stacy’s first, she is naturally excited and a bit overwhelmed- much like she feels about playing in the boys soccer league. A great help to her are her teammates, the Rebels, a verbal bunch full of jokes and playful humor. “A Rainy Day Soccer Romance” is a comic novel of youth growing up in a world of divorces and frustrated coaches and referees. Yet regardless of the difficult times the Rebels face, they always address them with good cheer and raucous humor. Don’t miss all the great moves this novel throws at you –a young romance, exciting soccer and plenty of laughter. “If you like soccer, you’ll love ““A Rainy Day Soccer Romance”. The love story is a comic delight David Witke, former Sports Editor for the Des Moines Register

“A Rainy Day Soccer Romance” is a warm –hearted comedy about a high school girl’s struggle to compete in a boys soccer league. Besides finding romance, she finds an unsympathetic coach and plenty of male humor. This comic novel explores a sixteen-year-old girl’s first exposure to the male world of soccer and the fast approaching excitement of young womanhood. Stacy, the novel’s heroine, feels her skills and soccer successes entitle her to play soccer with the boys. When the Rebels best player, Brad, decides his coach’s treatment of her is unfair, he volunteers to teach her some of his own soccer moves. Shortly, these lessons turn into a budding romance. Since this is Stacy’s first, she is naturally excited and a bit overwhelmed- much like she feels about playing in the boys soccer league. A great help to her are her teammates, the Rebels, a verbal bunch full of jokes and playful humor. “A Rainy Day Soccer Romance” is a comic novel of youth growing up in a world of divorces and frustrated coaches and referees. Yet regardless of the difficult times the Rebels face, they always address them with good cheer and raucous humor. Don’t miss all the great moves this novel throws at you –a young romance, exciting soccer and plenty of laughter. “If you like soccer, you’ll love ““A Rainy Day Soccer Romance”. The love story is a comic delight David Witke, former Sports Editor for the Des Moines Register

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“The Big Game” follows the adventures and excitement of a baseball game between the rag tag, semi-talented team of The Forestville Nine, against the very polished and very skilled team , The Woodchucks. The character’s true colors come to life as they ponder how to compete with the mighty Woodchucks, or worse, how to deal with defeat. Follow each players story as the excitement builds to an unexpected ending and how the game, like life, has a moral to it. “The Big Game” is the first of series you won’t want to miss.

In his first professional baseball game ever, Sammy felt a twinge of pride as he stepped up to bat. You see, as he looked up in the stands behind the plate, he had twenty familiar faces cheering him on. Everyone who had supported Sammy and helped to make him feel special in Miss McDonald’s class was there to make him feel special again. He now knew what was possible with friendship and kindness. Any obstacle in life can be overcome if you have love and support. And that is just what Sammy felt as he swung the bat and knocked the ball over the left field fence.

In his first professional baseball game ever, Sammy felt a twinge of pride as he stepped up to bat. You see, as he looked up in the stands behind the plate, he had twenty familiar faces cheering him on. Everyone who had supported Sammy and helped to make him feel special in Miss McDonald’s class was there to make him feel special again. He now knew what was possible with friendship and kindness. Any obstacle in life can be overcome if you have love and support. And that is just what Sammy felt as he swung the bat and knocked the ball over the left field fence.