Central Kansas Library System

While vacationing in the country, eleven-year-old Toby, a cancer patient, learns some important lessons about living and dying from an elderly poet and her cow.

A child describes a visit to Grandma's house in the country.

Gabby and her friends take a road trip, where they experience the fresh grass, fragrant flowers, and apple orchards of the countryside.

A young man attempts to claim ownership to an old barn rumored to contain a hidden treasure.

When Nana comes from the city to visit her grandson in the country, the boy is so excited to teach her about all the wonderful things he does on the farm where he lives—feeding the ducks, milking the cow, even tending to bees. But to his disappointment, Nana already seems to know how to do just about everything. And she isn’t the least bit nervous about picking up bugs or easing a hen aside to collect an egg. But then a storm hits in the night,...

Seventeen-year-old Denny and her family face hard times when her father is injured on the rodeo circuit.

As Becky and her family busily prepare for a traditional country Christmas, she grows more and more curious about the special present Father is making for her.