Boy, Let Me Show You: Book 6 of the 5 Daughters Ranch Series: 2

Five grandchildren came up the driveway before the dust had settled, and they did not come to play. They came to work. Briggs is fourteen and built like he was carved out of oak. Jase is twelve, taller than his big brother and not grown into it yet, blinking at the bright morning like a boy who has spent most of his life indoors. Emma is ten and runs the kitchen all week. Kohen is six and runs the vacuum. Bryer is three and is certain the whole world has been waiting on her. Papa met them on the gravel, wiping his hands on a shop rag. We came to make money, Briggs said. Money is not free, Papa said. Never has been. Then came the hay. Jase got a bale up to his waist and no higher. It thudded back down in the dirt, the stack in the barn kept climbing, his big brother made it look like nothing, and the whole family was right there watching. He was sure he was about to fail at the hardest job of the week. Then Papa came over, slow and steady, got down in the dirt beside him, and said the four words those grandchildren had heard their whole lives. Boy, let me show you. Boy, Let Me Show You is Book 6 of the 5 Daughters Ranch Chapter Book Series, a collection of warm, faith-rooted chapter books drawn from a real Texas ranch and the real children and animals who live there. Written for readers ages 8 to 11, it is a story about work that is worth doing, about a grandfather who teaches instead of taking over, and about the day a boy finds out that strong is not the only thing. The book includes a Guide for Teachers and Families, with discussion questions, vocabulary, and a hands-on activity for the classroom, homeschool, or bedtime reading.