I really enjoyed the history behind this book. It gives you an inside glimpse into the everyday lives of the struggles and joys people went through in the 1930’s. Shown through the eyes and account of a child.

This book warms the heart.

The writing was captivating. I didn’t want it to end!

~ Rebekkah Snyder

In Store  |  1:30 PM PT
Sunday, December 01, 2024
Author Event, Special Event
Spokane Northtown Mall
Northtown Mall
4750 North Division Street
Spokane, WA 99207
(509) 482-4235

Book Signing and Puppet Show with Robin Carole


About this Event

Join us in welcoming Robin Carole to our store for a book signing and puppet show! Robin will be here starting at 1:30PM to perform a puppet show, followed by a book signing. Come by to meet the author and enjoy the entertaining event! Contact store for more details.

About Firewood and Christmas Potatoes:

An inspiring story based on true events in the 1930’s during the Dust Bowl, a heartwarming holiday tale that embraces hardships by allowing the heart to love all. 

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Firewood and Christmas Potatoes

The hardest times can teach the greatest lessons.

During the 1930s, eight-year-old, Delia, along with her four siblings and mother, leave the Dust Bowl of Oklahoma. Taking only a few belongings and using the last of the money to buy a two-headed axe, Delia’s mother (Momma) travels to California to find work in the agricultural fields-tomatoes, grapes, cotton-anything that would support her family during the Great Depression. While confronting severe poverty, young Delia brings to life her mother’s morals: hard work, sharing, and all need to know they are loved.

Firewood and Christmas Potatoes is based on true events and will take the young reader to a time when approximately three million Americans (including children) were once considered worthless migrants, many unwelcomed as they journeyed to a different state to begin a new life. The young reader will experience the life of a child similar in age, who encountered challenges and embraced hardship by allowing their heart to love all. Firewood and Christmas Potatoes is a heartwarming story that will become a family favorite during the holiday season.

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Children’s Nonfiction (Christmas)

“I have not much that I can bring, 
no turtledoves, no golden rings. 
But what I give to you this day,
is heaven’s sweet love from far away.”

What My Readers are saying

About Firewood and Christmas Potatoes

Dedication

Firewood and Christmas Potatoes is dedicated to my mother (Delia) and my grandmother (Momma), who embraced life and all its challenges.

You cherished family and taught us your three treasured precepts: hard times means hard work, charity begins at home, and sometimes the only Bible people read is you.

This story is also dedicated to my brothers: Allen, Richard, Bing and Jules. The memories may fade with time, but the love and untiy we share will always remain—a band of five that will not be broken . . . no matter where we are.