Joshua's Collection
By Jeff Cross
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Joshua’s Collection is a grouping of five short stories designed to open conversations with children. Knowing the importance of teaching today’s youth high moral character and strong values, the author uses an entertaining method to bring parents closer to their children.
Each story will inspire your child to ask questions while the story is read. At the end of each story, Joshua learns a new and important lesson. The stories are kept short to prevent outrunning young attention spans.
The First Crow – Learn to listen and don’t brag
Joshua’s Fear – Dealing with fear by facing it
The Great Hunters – Learn what instigating may cause
Big ‘un – Learning to appreciate what you have
Tippy – Understanding that pets have feelings too
Jeff Cross
Above all, I'm a father and a grandfather. I've began writing first to entertain my family, hence my fiction novels for children. When I began getting lots of calls about technical information concerning my job, I decided to write some non-fiction books. I am an ICC certified combination inspector for a small to mid-sized city in East Texas. With the background in construction and the education from several apprinticeships I've been able to obtain several trade license including a masters. I now do consulting for home construction and I'm working on a series of books to help the common man (or woman) understand how plumbing and electrical systems work.
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Joshua's Collection - Jeff Cross
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By Jeff Cross
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The five short stories you are about to enjoy:
the first crow
joshua’s fear
the great hunters
tippy
big’un
the first crow
Joshua sat on a limb of a mesquite tree, watching the chickens peck. They had pecked and scratched at the ground until there wasn’t even one blade of grass in the yard. The fenced chicken yard was about forty feet across and forty feet deep. A heavy growth of weeds and cactus circled it, stopping at the fence.
Once in a while a grasshopper landed in the yard, and the hens fought over the morsel of fresh food like Joshua’s brothers would fight over a piece of hard candy. The battles were quite entertaining, and sometimes they’d become so fierce that the grasshopper would escape.
Today, as Joshua watched, an unusual thing occurred. A coachwhip entered