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Community Friendship Gratitude Hope Love Traditions Divine Intervention Contemporary Fiction HumorI received this book as a Christmas gift this year and, since I had never heard of this author before, I wasn't quite sure what to expect. But after having read it, I have to say that this is probably one of the best books I've ever read!!! It made me smile, laugh, and cry - a major feat considering that it's only 120 "short" pages in length... "The Shepherd, the Angel, and Walter the Christmas Miracle Dog" is written from...
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Hilarious and heartwarming, this is a wonderful little Christmas book. It's short and doesn't take long to read. It's terrific!
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You know what to expect from a Dave Barry book, and he doesn't disappoint us here. This humorous Christmas tale is told by a young boy living in the 1960s in a New York City suburb. "Doug Barnes" gets sidetracked in the telling, as adolescent boys often do, but eventually we realize that the story is really about Christmas Eve, church Christmas pageants in general, and one "magical" one in particular. Barry is quick to...
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This is a romp back to many of our childhood days and those awkward days of discovering girls and pageants at church, etc. Let's not spoil it for those who haven't read it yet. Just to say that this is a nostalgic trip back to days where adults smoked and didn't know all the harmful things they were doing to their lungs. When prior to asking a girl to dance one of your friends asked one of the girls if your friend asked...
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I laughed, I cried, I think I soiled myself. Sit back in your favorite easy chair, put on a Bing Crosby Christmas album, and curl up with this timeless classic, oh and don't forget the icy cold 40-ouncer, you'll need it. Dave hasn't lost too many brain cells to keep him from churning out yet another example of what we have come to expect from a genuine master of his "craft". His particular craft being almost entirely...
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