Short Stories for Seniors: 30 Feel-Good True in Large Print, Easy to Read Aloud, with Conversation Questions Share the Memories They Bring Back

Some afternoons, the hardest part of a visit is finding something to talk about.This book is for those afternoons. Thirty true stories, told simply and warmly, in type large enough to read across a table. Open it anywhere. Read one story aloud. It takes about ten minutes. Then ask the three questions at the end, and wait.What comes back is the real story of the afternoon: a first car, a kitchen radio, the summer when everyone had a hula hoop.Inside you will find a dog team racing serum to Nome, two bicycle makers at Kitty Hawk, a pilot dropping candy to the children of Berlin, a farm wife who picked up a paintbrush at seventy-eight, a hockey team of college boys, a homing pigeon with a message, a pilot landing on a river, and a walk on the Moon. Every person in these pages is real. Nothing has been invented.Made for reading aloud- 30 true stories, about ten minutes each- 16-point type with wide spacing, easy on tired eyes- Three conversation questions after every story, with no wrong answers- Short sentences, short paragraphs, plain American English- Notes on sources at the backFor family visits, care homes and quiet evenings. For the reader and the listener alike.