With an entertaining cast of Midwestern characters -- farmers, newlyweds, hunters, ministers, teenagers -- this luminescent collection of 16 short stories combines humor, grace, and tender insights.

Warming Fires: Stories for All Seasons

Literature & Fiction

Kunkel, Jeff

Contemporary

Midwest Traditions

United States

Face to Face Books

Did Oscar really see the Modonna perched on his farm outhouse? Is a mortuary really the best place for a teenger to take a first date? Will a Great Lakes schooner captain sailing to his wedding survive the storm of the century - with his beloved on board? With the young pastor of a conservative congregation win them over - and make the best of a Christmas pageant with an unexpected turn of events? In ten finely-tuned, fun-to-read short stories, these endearingly Midwestern characters grapple with surprises and struggle to maintain their equilibrium. Maybe all they really need is "just a little lunch."

Bless Ewe: More Stories for All Seasons

"We need stories like these to help us make sense out of our lives. Kunkel's characters are familiar to most Midwesterners. They're laconic, hardworking, practical, quick to worry, slow to complain. . . . These are stories to warm the heart and spirit." - Milwaukee Journal Sentinel. With an entertaining cast of Midwestern characters - farmers, newlyweds, hunters, ministers, teens - this luminescent collection of 17 short stories combines humor, grace, and tender insights. There are rewards to win (and prices to pay), whether swimming in musky-infested waters in the nude . . . or facing the Armistice Day Blizzard of 1940 . . . or chasing an aging rhino down a Wisconsin back road. Author Jeff Kunkel is an accomplished storyteller, writer, artist, and United Methodist minister. Born and raised in Wisconsin, he now lives in Oakland, California.

Warming Fires: Stories for All Seasons (2nd Edition)

Genre Fiction

Crispin Books

FINALIST! Foreward Magazine 2013 Book of the Year (Picture Book) 2013 Honor Award, Skipping Stones magazine
 Hilda Robinson's colorful paintings celebrate African-American playground games and recreation, family, church, and school life, drawn from her memories of growing up in an urban neighborhood in the days before television. 
Meet Hilda's siblings, her Mama and Daddy, her Philadelphia neighborhood of red-brick row houses. 
Enjoy with her this vibrant celebration of home life, fun and games, family activities, and church going, with an abiding love of life that shines through these delightful paintings of a girl and the place she grew up. 
Didn't We Have Fun! celebrates a rich heritage of healthy African-American urban neighborhoods and family life. 
Hilda Robinson grew up in Philadelphia. Her work is featured in museum exhibitions and in many private and corporate collections. She lives in Oakland, California. 
Jeff Kunkel wrote the text based on interviews with Hilda. A United Methodist minister, he is author of a number of books for adults and young readers. He also lives in Oakland.

Didn't We Have Fun!

Children's Books

Robinson, Hilda

Biographies

Crickhollow Books

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