{"product_id":"short-stories-for-seniors-june-halstead-9798172434273","title":"Short Stories for Seniors: 30 Feel-Good True Stories in Large Print, Easy to Read Aloud, with Conversation Questions to Share the Memories They Bring","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eSome afternoons, the hardest part of a visit is finding something to talk about.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhat comes back is the real story of the afternoon: a first car, a kitchen radio, the summer when everyone had a hula hoop.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eInside 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eMade for reading aloud\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e30 true stories, about ten minutes each\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e16-point type with wide spacing, easy on tired eyes\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThree conversation questions after every story, with no wrong answers\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eShort sentences, short paragraphs, plain American English\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eNotes on sources at the back\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\u003cp\u003eFor family visits, care homes and quiet evenings. For the reader and the listener alike.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e June Halstead\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9798172434273\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Independently Published\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 09\/07\/2026\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 244\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.73lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.55d","brand":"June Halstead","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":50847973671167,"sku":"9798172434273","price":15.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/short-stories-for-seniors-june-halstead-9798172434273","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}