Diane's Books

This bedtime
read aloud story by a dog for dogs should captivate your dog
and make bedtime the best part of the day.

Example Champter Three

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Twelve year old Conner wakes up in the back of an SUV. His head
feels like it’s splitting open. His parents, held in place by their seat belts
are way too still. Fighting terror, Conner tries to protect them by shading
the windshield with willow branches. He looks up into the mountains surrounding
him and knows nobody will be able to see the vehicle.
He decides to follow the rushing creek to get out of the mountains
and find help. Conner finds his backpack where it was thrown from the
SUV and starts his flight through the wilderness. Will he find help in time?
Is it already too late to save his parents? Conner’s frantic trek is a test of a
lifetime

Example Chapter 9

Sunshine, a Quarter Horse, chose Jon, a young cowboy just out of the eighth grade, to be her special person. This story is written from Sunshine’s point of view. She has plenty to say about “getting started” as a riding horse and looking for adventure. Jon is sixteen and Sunshine is three as start their first job as Wrangler and Pack Trip horse on the beautiful Triple H Ranch near Augusta, Montana. Sunshine meets the mules, the guest horses, and the Pack Trip Guests. She learns the “ropes” from her new friend, Hambone, a big blond mule. Buckwheat, a white mule with menace on her mind, keeps Sunshine on her toes, (one toe per foot!) Sunshine and Jon meet wildlife, wild water, and landslides during their first pack trip in the Bob Marshall Wilderness, the largest wilderness area in the lower 48 states. Join Sunshine, Jon, the kids on the pack trip, horses, mules and the crew of the Triple H Ranch on an adventure in Montana. This book will appeal to readers from third grade through middle school. “Sunshine of the Wilderness” includes a “picture glossary”. Readers will be able to visualize the adventures when looking at the photographs of landscapes, wildlife, flowers, pack saddles, camp boxes and hobbles as well as many other pieces of equipment, situations, and structures found along the trail.

Example Pages: Chapter One

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Sarah Macy, a mail-order bride steps off the stage coach in Radersburg, Montana Territory to meet her intended fiance. But he isn't there. And when he does appear, Sarah doesn't like the looks of Mr. Swven Robertson. Sarah quickly adopts an assumed name, Mary Smith and continues the deception as she becomes immersed in life at the Radersburg Hot Springs Inn. With two young women, Lacey and Penny, Sara plunges into the struggle to make the Inn a prosperous business until her deception come to light.

"Hello, Sarah, Mary, Macy, Smith," said a voice that made her jump. "May I join you?" asked Swven...

Example Pages:

Chapter 1

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