The Series
Stories from Riverstone Ranch
Each book follows a family doing real work together, and the small patient moments where character takes root.
Pre-order nowBook One · Riverstone Ranch
What Builders Grow
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Eight-year-old Jacob can't wait to help Grandpa repair a broken fence at Riverstone Ranch. But real work doesn't always go according to plan. The wire snaps, tools slip, Trouble the cow lives up to her name, and Grandpa's hat goes flying.
With a pair of oversized hand-me-down gloves and Grandpa's patient guidance, Jacob discovers that building takes more than strong hands. It takes patience, listening, and the courage to keep trying.
Filled with farm humor, family warmth, and timeless faith, it celebrates meaningful work and the wisdom passed from one generation to the next, because capability is lovingly taught, and no one is born knowing.
Jacob thinks he's learning to repair a fence.
Grampa knows he's building something else entirely.
God gives us something to work and care for. — Genesis 2:15
- Ages
- Ages 4-10 (read-aloud 4-7, independent readers 7-10)
- Format
- Hardcover edition · 40 pages, full-color illustrations hand painted by Vanessa Tina
- Size
- 8" x 8" square
- Themes
- Perseverance · Faith in everyday life · Grandparents & grandchildren · Meaningful work · Stewardship
- Price
- $32.99
- Subjects
- Family / Multigenerational (JUV013030) · Religious / Christian / Values & Virtues (JUV033240) · Lifestyles / Farm & Ranch Life (JUV025000)
Coming soonBook Two · Coming soon
Sticks with Promise
A bundle of bare little sticks doesn't look like much of a gift. But an orchard begins with someone willing to plant what they may never see the fruit of their labor.
The second Faithful Hands story follows a family planting young trees together, learning that patience, tending, and hope are their own kind of work.
Faithful work is planting toward a future harvest. — Proverbs 11:18
- Ages
- Ages 4-9
- Format
- Hardcover and softcover editions · 40 pages, full-color hand painted illustrations
- Size
- 8" x 8" square
- Themes
- Patience · Planting for the next generation · Hope · Stewardship of land
- Price
- Announcing soon
More stories are taking root
Future Faithful Hands books follow the same family through seasons of planting, mending, tending, and passing things on.