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Memories of story telling before the fireplace will remain with me the rest of my life. This wonderful time was followed telling before the pot-bellied stove. Later story telling would be initiated by the little listeners of such stories. Later the children would begin to read and tell their own stories. This book of fairy tales has few visuals. Today, children have sufficient means to visuals. This book is to encourage people to read and then tell their own stories. These five fairy tales have no violence, stress Christian values and end on a positive note. Froggy is the story of a tadpole...

Rags to riches would also have been an appropriate title for this book. Duke was born in a log cabin during the Great Depression but rose to the pinnacle of his profession. He saw poverty first hand as his family lost their farm and had to move to town to become the first Drapers to leave farm life. Duke's father was drafted and spent more than four years fighting in Europe during WWII. His mother provided for the family by scaling bark from heated logs in a local log mill. His sister lived with his grandparents. School, church and dating activities of the period are described. Because of...