Stepping Stones: Children’s Stories With a Message

By Laurie Brown

Eight-year-old Tommy Barton wants to do well on his spelling test. His teacher has promised to reward all students who earn a perfect score with a trip to the zoo. During the test, Tommy struggles to correctly spell one word, and he finds himself faced with a far more important test--a test of his integrity. Will Tommy sacrifice his integrity in order to get a perfect grade, or will he do the right thing?

Eleven-year-old Sandy Davis is heartbroken when one of her friends begins acting differently toward her. After receiving encouragement from her mother to pray about the situation, Sandy returns to school where she teaches others that being popular is not as important as being a true friend.

Ten-year-old Jason Hinson had an accident that left him confined to a wheel chair. After the accident, the popular and athletic Patrick Blake showed little interest in being his friend. However, through the preaching of God’s Word, Patrick has a change of heart, and his attitude toward Jason changes, as well.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Lulu Publishing Services
• Release date: Apr 30, 2015
• ISBN: 9781483429311

Laurie Brown

Laurie Brown teaches writing classes at the college level, has presented seminars at conferences all over the country, and has three published romance novels. She has been a Golden Heart finalist twice and has received the Service Award from the Chicago-North Chapter of RWA. She resides in Illinois.

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Stepping

Stones

Children’s Stories with a Message

LAURIE BROWN

ILLUSTRATIONS BY MEGAN CORLEY

Copyright © 2015 Laurie Brown.

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ISBN: 978-1-4834-2932-8 (sc)

ISBN: 978-1-4834-2931-1 (e)

Library of Congress Control Number: 2015905574

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Lulu Publishing Services rev. date: 06/11/2015

Contents

Do the Right Thing

Another Point of View

Heavenly Happiness

True Friends

A Reasonable Service

Bought with a Price

The Mixed Blessing

for my grandchildren

Do the Right Thing

Eight-year-old Tommy Barton was like many boys his age: He liked to go fishing, play baseball, take walks in the woods, and ride his bicycle. When it came to school work, Tommy liked math and science, but spelling was a subject he’d rather not think about.

One week, however, he had to think about it. His teacher, Mrs. Sampson, told her third grade class that those who correctly spelled all the words on Friday’s test would be able to take a field trip to the zoo—which reminds me of something else about Tommy: He loved going to the zoo. In fact, Tommy would live in a zoo if he could, so you can imagine he spent quite a bit of time studying for the test!

Tommy got up early that Friday morning. He washed his face, dressed quickly, and went downstairs to eat breakfast. As he sat down at the kitchen table, his mother greeted him with a smile.

Ready for the big test? she asked as she set a