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    Family Work and Fun Through the Years: Four Stories About Children and Families Having Fun Working Together
    Family Work and Fun Through the Years: Four Stories About Children and Families Having Fun Working Together
    Family Work and Fun Through the Years: Four Stories About Children and Families Having Fun Working Together
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    Family Work and Fun Through the Years: Four Stories About Children and Families Having Fun Working Together

    By Robert Buyer and Ursula Coute

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    This is a multipurpose bookfour stories drawn from life show children having fun working with their parents or relatives, promoting family unity. Each story has its own list of definitions for words that may be unfamiliar and a list of questions to encourage discussions. At the end of the book is a craft project designed to prompt the reader to build a model of a milk wagon. The illustrations and paper on which the book is printed are chosen to allow the readers to copy and color the drawings in their own fashion.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherInspiring Voices
    Release dateJun 20, 2013
    ISBN9781462406135
    Family Work and Fun Through the Years: Four Stories About Children and Families Having Fun Working Together
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    Robert Buyer

    Author Robert L. Buyer was employed as an industrial technical writer for over forty years. On retirement, he and his wife moved to Cape Cod, where they serve their local church, and Bob writes children’s books and devotional meditations. Together, the couple has raised three children and led many church youth groups. Illustrator Ursula T. Coute was originally from Harwinton, Connecticut. She earned her art degree and teaching license from the University of Hartford. Now living in Dennis, Massachusetts, she is raising her family and supporting creative activities of her church. Teaching in area schools and at the Cape Cod Museum of Art in Dennis leaves her little time to pursue the pleasures of painting and long walks on the beach.

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      Family Work and Fun Through the Years - Robert Buyer

      Copyright © 2013 Robert Buyer.

      All rights reserved. No part of this book may be used or reproduced by any means, graphic, electronic, or mechanical, including photocopying, recording, taping or by any information storage retrieval system without the written permission of the publisher except in the case of brief quotations embodied in critical articles and reviews.

      Inspiring Voices books may be ordered through booksellers or by contacting:

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      Because of the dynamic nature of the Internet, any web addresses or links contained in this book may have changed since publication and may no longer be valid. The views expressed in this work are solely those of the author and do not necessarily reflect the views of the publisher, and the publisher hereby disclaims any responsibility for them.

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      ISBN: 978-1-4624-0614-2 (sc)

      ISBN: 978-1-4624-0613-5 (e)

      Inspiring Voices rev. date: 6/19/2013

      Table of Contents

      Peanuts The Tale of a Boy and a Milk-Wagon Horse

      Steam Train Ride

      Making Decoys with Grandfather

      Gemstones

      Vocabulary

      Discussion Questions and Activities

      Make a Milk-Wagon Model

      This book was given to:

      By:

      Date:

      To families—

      the essence of human love and strength.

      About This Book

      This book tells four stories of youngsters who each find pleasure in sharing work with their families. Young readers will learn that spending time with close family members can be fun and educational, as well as opportunities to grow mutual respect.

      For readers who have decades of life experiences and memories of the way things were in their childhood, these stories will encourage you to share with new generations the way people worked and played when you were young.

      All of the stories depict family togetherness and are based on true-life happenings. Each story takes place in a different decade, the first about 1939, the second in the 1940s, and the last two stories in successive decades.

      Illustrations

      Peanuts The Tale of a Boy and a Milk-Wagon Horse

      Robbi Feeding Peanuts

      Milk Bottles Being Filled and Capped

      Father and Robbi Watching Ice Cream Being Made

      Portrait of Peanuts

      Steam Train Ride

      A Steam Locomotive With the Engineer

      Train Conductor With Signal Flag

      Oil Can In Hand

      Cherished Rail Road Watch

      Conductor Checking Time to Signal

      Richie Playing Train Engineer

      Making Decoys with Grandfather

      Jim Shaping a Decoy Body

      Grandfather Inspecting a Decoy

      Whittling a Bird With a Knife

      Jim Working Shaping a Decoy Body With a Rasp

      Grandfather Whittling a Decoy Head

      Nauset Lighthouse

      Drilling a Hole for an Eye

      Gemstones

      Rock Hammer Chipping Stone

      Gathering Tools at Home

      Getting Ready to Work In Safety

      The Children Digging for Crystals

      Bucket Collecting Maple Sap

      Eating Ice Cream Cones At the Sugar Shack

      Bear Picture On Shack Wall

      Compass Made From Magnetite Crystal

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      Robbi Feeding Peanuts

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      Peanuts The Tale of a Boy and

      a Milk-Wagon Horse

      Contentment settles over the family as they all sit outdoors on the deck, glad to be in each other’s company. This quiet time allows the home-cooked barbeque to settle in their bellies and the family to put off cleaning the grill and washing the dishes. Eight-year-old Fred stands in front of his

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