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On the Farm with Harry -- BOOK 2 -- The Happy Farmer is the sequel to On the Farm with Harry -- BOOK 1 --The Move. It's a chapter book -- Written for a parent/grandparent to read to a child with questions for interactive discussion at the end of each short chapter. A family of three (soon to be four), Mom, Dad and Harry (a boy just turning 5) moved from Chicago to a small family farm in Wisconsin. Harry now has a puppy to care for; Dad just bought a crate of baby chicks which gives Harry learning opportunities -- caring for the chicks as they grow -- the daily supply of food and water, locking the henhouse each night, gathering eggs as they become full-grown. Other chores need doing -- Dad and Harry plant a garden and now it needs tending.-- Harry is a big help, there as well. . But there are fun times, too. Harry's birthday party with new neighbor friends -- playing games, listening to Dad reading a book,, eating popcorn, Mom and Dad are always encouraging Harry, and he is learning to be positive, thoughtful, courteous, determined, and responsible. The story is not a fantasy -- There are no Wizards, no Fairies, no Magic Portals, or Genies granting Wishes -- Instead, this story is a realistic fictional account of a modern-day family with Christian values who have decided to escape the roar of the big city -- to rear their children in rural America. : .

Alan Garrett comes home to California after a twenty-year career as an Air Force Special Investigator. He sets up shop in Manhattan Beach as a newly-licensed Private Eye. He receives an invitation, and decides to attend his high school twenty-year reunion -- even though he remembers almost none of his fellow graduates. "Might be a blast" he thinks -- renew old friendships, have a few laughs, exchange some war stories, might even be good for business, " I'll pass out some business cards . . . drum up some business." . Little does Alan know that this night will materialize into his first major case. He has stumbled upon an evil which has grown in scope to affect scores, even hundreds of unwitting victims, and left a trail of blood, starting with a pool at his very feet on this reunion evening.

This is an adventure book, the first of several projected as "Read a book to a kid" book -- designed to be read by a parent to his/her child or children. At the end of each chapter is a short list of questions to develop retention skills, and to encourage dialogue between parent and child. This book is about Harry, a four year old. From birth, he's been living in Chicago in a nice Brownstone . . . but, his folks just bought a small farm in Wisconsin, and are about to move out of the city. Harry is all excited! The most exciting thing: he's promised a puppy! Harry's parents teach him valuable lessons in social interaction, proper behavior, and a spiritual foundation. His parents are teaching him well, even calling him out publically (but kindly) when foolishness comes out of his mouth. In his Chicago Brownstone, Harry had but one young friend; here on the farm he has already made friends with four or five neighbor children, and there will be more. Sharing responsiblities is necessary in a rural atmosphere. As the family farm broadens it's scope of industry, Harry finds farmlife comes with chores, sometimes unpleasant -- like rising before the sun comes up. But he looks forward to each day with a willing attitude.

3rd in a series of crime stories featuring private eye, Alan Garrett. After a twenty-year career as an Air Force investigator, operates an agency in Manhattan Beach, CA. often joins the short-staffed or overwhelmed police, solving or identifying culprits and bringing them to justice, using appropriate force, as necessary. Inspector Morris - boss of the Hermosa police precinct - needs help. He turns to PI Alan Garrett for assistance. It seems handguns by the dozens are being passed out to the homeless and tent-dwellers in the Southland. Some guns are turned in, only to disappear from police lock-up. Turns out, Alan uncovers more -- much more! Murder, Intrigue, Corruption -- from the Santa Barbara coast to Mexican border! Nonstop action, with a splash of humor and romance, provides an entertaining and exciting story.