Woulda Been

By Penny Ledbetter and Krystal Smith

When Paw, the hardworking farmer and patriarch, passes away, Jess and his family struggle to move on. They keep thinking about how Paw woulda been tending the fields and gardens, how he woulda been at Jess's 10th birthday party to help him blow out the candles, and how he woulda been readying Boots, the farm's newest J

• Language: English
• Publisher: Wisdom House Books
• Release date: Aug 20, 2021
• ISBN: 9781733804219

Penny Ledbetter

Penny is a retired educator with over 34 years of experience teaching middle school social studies and language arts with a BA in elementary education, an MA in Middle School Education and was National Board Certified in Early Adolescent English/Language Arts. Her writing has appeared in the children's magazine, Appleseeds and the former weekly newspaper, The Iredell Citizen. Working with North Carolina State University, she developed ancillary materials for a seventh grade social studies textbook and facilitated workshops on integrating reading and writing and activity based learning in social studies. She has been an active member of Alpha Delta Kappa, an international organization for female educators for many years. She is also a Lay Servant/Speaker through the United Methodist Church.She and her husband live on Rocky Ridge Farm in Northern Iredell County, North Carolina, where they raised their three sons. Penny enjoys working in her vineyard, garden, and spending time with her children and grandchildren.Her children's books include Forest Friends Series: Mushroom's Day Away, Frog's Lily Pad, and Turtle's Troubled Day.

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