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    Grandpa Hold My Hand:A Collection Of Children's Bedtime Stories
    Grandpa Hold My Hand:A Collection Of Children's Bedtime Stories
    Grandpa Hold My Hand:A Collection Of Children's Bedtime Stories
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    Grandpa Hold My Hand:A Collection Of Children's Bedtime Stories

    By Robert L. Scarry

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    A collection of delightful tales young children (and the reader) will enjoy at bedtime. The first entry,The Legend of Earhart, has a series of repeating phrases that invite interaction by the listener. Each entry has a moral thus providing an opportunity for the reader's input. All of the book's characters are easily identified with friends and aquaintenances making the stories all the more delightful. This book gives a whole new meaning to "cuddling up with a good book.".

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherRobert L. Scarry
    Release dateApr 5, 2018
    ISBN9781370401482
    Grandpa Hold My Hand:A Collection Of Children's Bedtime Stories
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    Robert L. Scarry

    Robert L. Scarry is a modern Renaiscence Man. While working as a construction employee he earned a Bachelor of Arts Degree in Biology and became an educator at every level ranging from fifth grade through college students. He obtained a Ph.D. in Microbiology and was a medical Laboratory Director before founding and serving as CEO of an Indoor Environmental Consulting Company. He is currently retired in Texas and enjoys family gatherings with his children, grandchildren and great grandchildren

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      Grandpa Hold My Hand:A Collection Of Children's Bedtime Stories - Robert L. Scarry

      Grandpa Hold My Hand:

      A Collection of Children’s Bedtime Stories

      Robert L. Scarry

      Copyright © 2018 Robert L. Scarry

      All rights reserved.

      Distributed by Smashwords

      This ebook is licensed for your personal enjoyment only. This ebook may not be re-sold or given away to other people. If you would like to share this ebook with another person, please purchase an additional copy for each person you share it with. If you’re reading this book and did not purchase it, or it was not purchased for your use only, then you should return to Smashwords.com and purchase your own copy. Thank you for respecting the hard work of this author.

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      Acknowledgements

      This ebook is dedicated to all the grandpas and grandmas. My book was written with my 10 grandchildren and 2 great grandchildren in mind. As their Silly Grandpa I would hope all grandchildren have a Silly Grandpa to read to them.

      Contents

      Acknowledgements

      The Legend of Earhart

      Where Have the Unicorns Gone?

      A Friend I Could Count On

      The Tadpole Who Traded A Tail For A Hop

      Sparkling Boots

      The Shopping Mall Campout

      A Lot More Than A Family Pet

      Aunt Susan

      The Popular and The Peculiar Cuckoo

      The Teddy Bear With One Eye.

      Author’s Note to Parents and Grandparents

      About the Author

      The Legend of Earhart

      Excitement was growing every minute near the hen house. The egg the boy from the big house had placed in the nest belonging to Sally Hen, the prettiest chicken on the farm, had moved! Yes, it moved. All of the animals near the hen house said it was a prank.

      Eggs cannot move, they said.

      Yes they can, Sally said. She had watched many eggs hatch into plump little chicks. Each time the egg had moved just before a tiny hole appeared in the shell. Eventually a large enough opening would develop and a tiny chick would escape through the opening and unfold as a wet ball. When the ball dried a fluffy yellow chick would scurry about the farmyard with no concern for all of the other creatures living and scurrying about. Yes, eggs can move, Sally repeated. I should know, she said as she settled carefully over the egg to protect and warm it.

      Behind the bales of hay that lined the hen house the snake listened and thought about the new hatchling. He had seen the egg, but he had not been able to get to it without causing the chickens to make noises that would bring the man who

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