Family-friendly, Old-fashioned Short Stories for All Ages! A fun and captivating blend of humor and action/adventure stories featuring a new kind of "Action Hero." This collection of six short stories, the first in a series, features Little Red Bear, an uncommonly special bear living in the scenic Ozarks Mountain Country just a little south of the Sweet Tea Line, with a great number of friends-woodland critters, barnyard animals and human folk alike. Exciting and heartwarming stories feature colorful, fun and loveable characters with positive themes of friendship, helping others, kindness and overcoming challenges in life; blended with educational information on the ways of nature, the environment, conservation and a love of the outdoors. Family-friendly reading entertainment told in an old-fashioned, story-telling tradition in a style and pace described by the author as "Country Comfortable", the stories are suitable and fun for all age groups. Join Little Red Bear and his friends on a series of thrilling and sometimes offbeat adventures in the scenic Ozarks Mountain Country. You never know who (or what) you may encounter while searching for honey or in an afternoon of fishing!

Little Bear meets Emily, a human girl, and her doll. 'Once again Little Bear proves himself to be as wistful and tender a little creature as exists in the child's library.' -- K.

Eddy doesn't want to go to the woods for a picnic with Mum. He's scared that the huge hungry bear who lives there will make a picnic out of him

This story begins in the little Canadian backwoods village of Bearsville. A blessed event occurs, when a polar bear cub, Baby Bum, is born to the 'Bear Family' on Christmas Day. Happiness abounds, but tragedy strikes a blow when his beloved father, Gruff, dies in the dreadful jaws of a bear trap. Mother Bear cannot mend his broken heart and is inspired to adopt a red-eyed cub (Carey Bear) to share his unbearable grief. Bonding as friends and brothers, they dream of grand adventures in faraway lands. Daring their dreams, our young heroes venture into strange places and meet new friends and scary foes. Entering the frozen realm of an awesome wicked wizard, (Blitzzard), they battle for their lives in a humongous blizzard. Hopelessly lost, they wish upon a star and are rescued by a Magic Rainbow Goddess, (Iris). Entering a forbidding Forest, (Bearswoods), they encounter a knightly hood, 'Sir Robbin Bear'. Trading heroic tales, Robbin honors them in a forest feast. Chased by a fierce raptor, 'Talons the Golden Eagle', the heroic brothers, dashing to Mother Bear, return to honor and glory in a grand celebration and triumphant presentation. The story ends with the joy and wonder of Christmas. 'The Adventures of Bum and Carey Bear' will surely delight the hearts and imaginations of children around the world. It is wonderful and inspiring reading for the entire family.

No Direction Home is a dramatic action adventure inspired by a true story. An all-American Indian boy leaves the backwoods of the Smokey Mountains and moves with his family to Southern California. Maturing into a gifted athlete and a musician, he runs afoul of his traditional fathers values. Joining the marine corps, he goes to Vietnam, thriving in an environment of killing fields. Severely wounded, he returns to SoCal after two combat tours. The marine corps reassigns him as a weapons instructor in Quantico, Virginia. The CIA recruits him for a clandestine operation in Mexico. He assassinates some bad guys then remains undercover to gather data on the escalating drug war. Organizing flights of tons of marijuana and documenting the web of conspiracies, he amasses a fortune but is eventually betrayed by his CIA contacts. Moving through Columbia, Mexico, and the western United States, he eludes capture and survives against fearsome odds.