The Story Bench: A Collection of Stories

By Jacob Terry Wilkinson, Isaac James Wilkinson, Wallace D. Campbell and Tim Ryan

The Story Bench is a collection of stories written by a grandfather with his grandsons. Jacob and Isaac Wilkinson began writing stories with their grandfather, Wallace D. Campbell, before they started to kindergarten. Jacob wrote his first book, Did You Ever Wonder, An ABC Picture Book before entering kindergarten. He followed that with a book written for his younger brother, Isaac, Who Taught Caterpillars to Spin Cocoons? Not to be outdone by his big brother, Isaac wrote What Was God Thinking? An ABC Picture Book before he started kindergarten. The young authors are now reading chapter books in the elementary school that they attend, so they have moved on to writing short stories. Although the brothers now live in Naples, Florida, and Grandpa lives in Xenia, Ohio, they still write stories every time they get together.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Xlibris US
• Release date: Jan 8, 2008
• ISBN: 9781477165652

Jacob Terry Wilkinson

Jacob Terry Wilkinson had just finished second grade and Isaac James Wilkinson had just finished kindergarten at Picadome Elementary School in Kentucky when they wrote this book with their grandfather, Wallace D. Campbell, during a visit to their grandparents home at Middleton Corner, Ohio, in May 2006. Jacob and Isaac now live in Naples, Florida, where they attend Seagate Elementary School and are now in the fourth and second grades respectively. Wallace D. Campbell is beginning his 44th year as an educator. He is currently principal of Greeneview High School in Jamestown, Ohio.

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Copyright © 2007 by Jacob Terry Wilkinson, Isaac James Wilkinson and Wallace D. Campbell. 42752-CAMP

Library of Congress Control Number: 2007906865

ISBN: Softcover 978-1-4257-8926-8

ISBN: Hardcover 978-1-4257-8960-2

ISBN: Ebook 978-1-4771-6565-2

All rights reserved. No part of this book may be reproduced or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic or mechanical, including photocopying, recording, or by any information storage and retrieval system, without permission in writing from the copyright owner.

This is a work of fiction. Names, characters, places and incidents either are the product of the author’s imagination or are used fictitiously, and any resemblance to any actual persons, living or dead, events, or locales is entirely coincidental.

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This book is dedicated to Dad,

Mom and Sparky

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David, Sparky, Karen, Jacob and

Isaac Wilkinson

Index

The Rattling Chain

A Ghost Named Reuben

Reuben’s Funeral

Reuben the Goat’s Ghost

The Day After the Chain Rattled

The Tornado

The Disappearing Cave

Discovering the Secret Cave

The Big Battle

Good Bye Cave

The Beginning of Danger

Getting Out of the Portal to Go Home

Story Bench

The Secret

The Laughing Ghost

Why Birds Have Wings

Shark Tooth Hunters and Tough Guy Club

About the Authors

Other books by the authors

• Did You Ever Wonder? An ABC Picture Book by Jacob Wilkinson and Wallace Campbell (2004)

• Who Taught Caterpillars to Spin Cocoons? By Jacob Wilkinson and Wallace Campbell (2005)

• What Was God