Don Eggspuehler

Life Lessons Learned in Grade School

Part 1

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

Life Lessons Learned in Grade School - Part One is a series of over thirty stories, each with a moral or lesson involved. Part One covers kindergarten through third grade and Part Two covers fourth grade through sixth grade. These are the character-building moments most parents want their kids to learn at an early age. The main character, Donny, lives through numerous adventures from 5 years old to 12 as he progresses from kindergarten through sixth grade. The humorous stories illustrate the innocence of childhood, where the main character is usually getting into trouble and learns things the hard way. In the first chapter, Donny starts school at West Side Elementary wearing his cowboy outfit and six guns every day. He learns about trusting his fellow students and never stealing anything from anybody. The reader is introduced to his grandfather and other family members, who teach him valuable lessons. He also lives through the trauma of his first dental procedure-a filling without Novocain. In the second grade, Donny adapts to a full day of school with no naps and no cowboy outfit. He begins cub scouts with a few buddies and they enjoy their first real train ride together. He gets into major trouble for ruining the roof of his parent's garage. The seven-year-old learns how NOT to build a rocket, narrowly escaping a total catastrophe. The reader is introduced to their family celebration of Christmas. Somehow, at this age, the boy becomes fascinated by snowballs crashing onto windshields. Third grade presents new challenges at school. The 8-year-old boy is interested in exploring caves and going to Disneyland. In the summer, he goes on vacation with his family to Mt. Rushmore and the Black Hills in South Dakota. He learns firsthand what a tourist trap is by visiting Wall Drug. A new life is brought into the family while the reader gets introduced to Donny's faithful dog, Chris, who loves to chase sticks and motorcycles. These stories are intended for middle-grade to young adults because they recently experienced many similar circumstances in their own lives and need to learn the consequences of bad decisions. Likewise, older readers will remember their childhood adventures fondly, through the exploits of this youngster. This 36,000-word collection of stories is similar in size to other middle-grade and young-adult books. This is the fifth book written by Don Eggspuehler. He has two published works: one a family memoir about his deceased wife and her battle with brain cancer, titled Star Benchwarmers, and a historical fiction novel of his hometown of Iowa Falls, Iowa, and its early settlers, titled Teachings From Pop. He has also written two thrillers that have not been published, titled Solar Upheaval and Cartel Abduction, each about 70,000 words in length.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Ewings Publishing LLC
• Seitenzahl: 152
• Erscheinungstermin: 5. Mai 2023
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 229mm x 152mm x 9mm
• Gewicht: 231g
• ISBN-13: 9798890312464
• Artikelnr.: 67935542

Autorenporträt

Don Eggspuehler has lived in Richardson, Texas since 1975, but he grew up in Iowa Falls, Iowa, a small town in the heartland of America. Don graduated from The Ohio State University with a B.A. in International Studies in 1969 and later became a Marine Corps officer, who flew combat bombing missions in A6-A jets in Vietnam.He was married for twenty-three years to Linda Combs and they had three children, Cari, Jaime and Chad. She passed away from a brain tumor at age 46. Don's business career included 30 years in computer software sales, management, and consulting. His hobbies have included: golf, tennis, traveling, creating home movies, and writing. Don is now retired and happily married to his second wife, Lynda Lou (Sherman). Don has written numerous articles for newspapers and magazines, and he previously self-published two books: one a family memoir titled Star Benchwarmers (2011), and a historical fiction of Iowa Falls, Iowa, from the early settlers and Civil War through the 1950's, titled Teachings from Pop (2014). Life Lessons Learned in Grade School is his fifth book. Additionally, he wrote two other thrillers that have not been published.