LAUGHLIN FAMILY

The Trail of the Fox Ach and the Rock People represent a group of Paleo-Indians who lived about 2,000 years ago in what would later become the Southwestern United States. Home base for this fictional group of people is the Pecos River Valley, just north of Pecos, New Mexico. Not much is known about the people of this region in that period, so this fictional account imagines what their lives might have been like, dealing with raiders, winter cold, and the other dangers of their time. The point of it all is to illustrate that even though they lived a long time ago, in conditions very different than ours, they were, after all, people, human beings much like us. Mark W. Laughlin

LAUGHLIN FAMILY

Grandpa lives by himself and is worried that his pond has been dry for weeks. One day a lone goose skids across the dry pond. Discover how Gregory teaches Grandpa team-work and persistence as they try to solve a problem. They become friends, but Gregory is still lonesome. He wants a friend who can swim, fly, and honk. Grandpa and the Goose emphasizes the importance of friendship and family.