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Turtle Points and Lily Stories

Turtle Points: One Boy’s Journey Download  Word/PDF
When leukemia returns, Ben faces each day with courage, curiosity, and kindness. His Turtle Points logbook begins as a record of rescued turtles but grows into a powerful mission that inspires his family, school, hospital, and community to notice the small acts of goodness that can change lives.

Lily and the Moonlit Rescue Download  Word/PDF
During a dreamlike journey beneath the moon, Lily joins Ben in helping frightened and injured animals. Through each gentle rescue, she begins to understand grief, healing, courage, and how love can be carried forward through kindness.

Lily and the Summer Farm  Word/PDF
Lily spends the summer at Grandpa Jim’s farm, where she helps care for animals, plants a garden, repairs a birdhouse, assists a neighbor, and tries unfamiliar tasks. Her experiences teach her that responsibility begins with showing up, courage can be quiet, and kindness can keep loving memories alive.

Lily and the Wildlife Rescue  Word/PDF
Lily begins volunteering at the Turtle Points Wildlife Rescue Center and meets Button the turtle, baby birds, a raccoon, an owl, and other animals in need. She learns that responsible wildlife care requires patience, safety, respect, careful listening, and sometimes stepping back so trained adults can help.

Lily and the Kindness Club  Word/PDF
After beginning a new school year and meeting May and Mary, Lily creates a Kindness Club devoted to safe, helpful, heartfelt actions. Together, the girls welcome lonely classmates, write encouraging notes, solve playground problems, help their community, and show that everyone deserves to belong.

The Turtle Points Wildlife Center  Word/PDF
Inspired by Ben’s original Turtle Points mission, Lily volunteers at a community wildlife center where injured and frightened animals receive professional care. Through folding towels, preparing supplies, making quiet signs, and recording her experiences, Lily discovers that even small jobs can help animals heal and return to nature.

Sally Stories

Sally by the Seashore  Word/PDF
While adjusting to her parents’ divorce and her relationship with her stepfather, Mark, Sally visits the seashore for a day of discovery. Shells, sandcastles, a tiny crab, a stubborn kite, a lighthouse, and new friends help her learn about change, courage, patience, sharing, and caring for the natural world.

Sally at Summer Camp  Word/PDF
Sally arrives at Camp Pinecone feeling excited but uncertain about unfamiliar people and activities. Through canoeing, crafts, nature trails, rainy-day adventures, teamwork, and new friendships, she learns that she does not have to feel completely ready before taking her first brave step.

Sally and the Summer Surprise  Word/PDF
After earning a place on the Honor Roll, Sally receives a life-changing surprise—a playful puppy named Patches. Puppy training, chewed shoelaces, neighborhood walks, rainy-day games, a reading picnic, and a pet show teach Sally that love and responsibility belong together.

Sally and the County Fair  Word/PDF
Sally welcomes Maria, the new girl next door, and invites her to attend the county fair with her family. Through carnival games, rides, animals, fireworks, and thoughtful conversations, Sally discovers that the best adventures are shaped by generosity, compassion, courage, and the friendships we build.

Sally and the Friendship Bench  Word/PDF
When a blue Friendship Bench appears on the school playground, Sally learns how it can help children who feel lonely, shy, new, or left out. She and her classmates discover that friendship means noticing others, listening carefully, making room, and remembering that even the helpers sometimes need a friend.

Thomas Stories

Thomas Loves His Cat  Word/PDF
Six-year-old Thomas welcomes a tiny gray kitten named Whiskers into his home and heart. Their playful and comforting everyday adventures teach patience, empathy, trust, respect for animals, and the quiet joy of having a loyal companion.

Thomas Loves His Bike  Word/PDF
Thomas receives a bright red, white, and blue bicycle and begins exploring his neighborhood on two wheels. As he learns about helmets, hand signals, street corners, safe distances, and equipment care, he discovers that independence comes with responsibility.

Thomas Loves His Treehouse  Word/PDF
Thomas and Leo transform a backyard treehouse into a pirate ship, rocket, jungle lookout, castle, museum, and camping hideaway. Their imaginative adventures emphasize friendship, sharing, courage, inclusion, environmental care, and safe play.

Thomas Loves His Birthday: The Big Discovery  Word/PDF
Thomas’s birthday gifts become gateways to imaginative adventures with Leo and his other friends. Fire trucks, building blocks, dinosaurs, spaceships, kites, trains, and tools help him practice responsibility, patience, persistence, safety, teamwork, and kindness.

Thomas Loves the Park  Word/PDF
Thomas turns an ordinary visit to the local park into an exciting Playground Safari. While exploring swings, slides, sandboxes, climbing equipment, and a duck pond, he learns about sharing, outdoor safety, animal welfare, forgiveness, and helping others.

Thomas Loves the Zoo: The Big Discovery  Word/PDF
Thomas and Leo visit the zoo and discover that the world can be a classroom without walls. Through encounters with lions, giraffes, penguins, lizards, gorillas, and other animals, Thomas learns patience, observation, curiosity, friendship, and empathy.

Thomas and the School Bully  Word/PDF
Thomas encounters hurtful words and bullying at school but learns that courage can mean speaking calmly, asking a trusted adult for help, including someone who feels alone, and standing up for what is right. The story balances compassion with the important message that bullying is never acceptable.