Root Redoak and his new wife, Viney, live on a small farm in Missouri. Viney's wonderful gooey cake causes an unlikely chain of events involving her husband, herself and five wild animals. Catastrophe befalls the young couple. The five wild animals find a way to help them. Be sure to search for the hidden heart in each picture. Some are easy to see, some are not.
One morning Little Ursus goes fishing. While waiting for a fish to bite, he imagines walking to the Honeytown Grocery Store. His trip is exciting, educational, and a little scary. He survives the trip and ends up hooking a huge fish.
Forest, a red fox who lives in the nearby woods, makes friends with a human boy named Woody. Woody leaves popcorn for Forest on a stump every afternoon. Forest visits Woody every day at 4 o'clock until one day he doesn't, or so Woody thinks. Woody is worried about his friend and goes off in search of Forest. Along the way, Woody meets and talks to some wild animals.
Gonk-Gonk, a Greater Canada goose, grew up in Manitoba, Canada. In the fall he and his family migrate south. Gonk-Gonk wants to know why some of the geese he sees have funny wings and can't fly. He meets Maverick and the two friends learn about "angel wing" and what causes it.
Thurman Troll takes care of the flowerbeds at his home around Wildflower Bridge. He needs help weeding his flowers because they cover a very large area along the creek. Several forest animals attempt to help him, but they aren't good help. Thurman cries because he's misunderstood. Eventually Thurman gets the help he needs when three baby goats figure out that he is a nice troll. Be sure to search for the hidden heart in each picture. Most have one, but occasionally there may be two or more.
Toad and Turtle leave their garden home to conquer the world and no one is going to stop them They walk through the barn yard and the cow pasture, past the pond, and end up in the woods. Their journey is easy in some places and more difficult in others. They meet a lot of wild animals along the way. Toad almost drowns in a thunderstorm and a beaver falls a tree that nearly lands on Turtle. Eventually they find their way back to their garden home where Toad tells a butterfly, "We have conquered the world." We hope this story encourages little children to be brave and inquisitive. We want to inspire them to explore and discover new things in their world. Toad and Turtle conquered their world. Can you conquer yours? Be sure to search each picture for a heart. Some hearts are hard to see, some are easy.
This book documents the making of the 10 feet by 5 feet Paint for a Cause painting for the residents of the Missouri Veterans Home - Cape Girardeau. It contains the names of the 1,128 people who painted on this painting. The authors could find no such record for the most people to paint on a single painting. As far as they are concerned at this moment in time, this is an unofficial record for the most people to paint a painting in Cape Girardeau, Missouri; the State of Missouri; most likely the United States; and we daresay, the world.
