The Secret of Lantern Hill
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Besides gaining newer and bigger flower gardens, Mumzy has her own honey bee apiary here at Lantern Hill. Her family have raised bees as far back as they can remember. She loves working with those bees and they usually really like her too. On Honey Day, she reaches right down into the beehives to get the honey out without even a bee suit. She’s passing the tradition along to us, and just like she was trained to do, she makes Honey Day so much fun. Honey Day isn’t just hard work, bees and honey, it’s when our family all gets together, teases each other and laughs at Mumzy’s stories. She always tells us how Daddy runs around swatting the air and trying to set his orchard on fire with his bee-smoker when the bees chase him. She also tells the story of what happened when my big brother got bees in his pants. Sometimes Daddy tells us about growing up in the South American jungle and the wild bees down there. One time he and his friends walked right into a whole trail full of angry bees and had to run the fastest they’d ever run in their entire lives. Well, actually he thinks maybe the fastest he ever ran was when he and his friends were banging on a hollow tree that boomed like a big drum only to discover that it was full of angry bees that didn’t appreciate their musical talent. Listening to his stories always makes me wonder if he’s a different kind of beekeeper than Mumzy is. It's all a lot of fun though, and it makes me want to grow up to be a beekeeper and tell my own children and grandchildren stories on Honey Day.
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The Secret of Lantern Hill and its Wilde Tribe is the first in a series of biblically-based, real-life children’s stories about a family, a farm, and a great secret that is written for children of all ages. So what is a Lantern Hill, you may ask? Well, dear reader, you’ll have to read the book to find out. What I can tell you is that in discovering it, you will also uncover a really old and intriguing farm full of incorrigible characters who love each other desperately and aren’t very good at keeping secrets as big as the one hidden inside this story.
“Are you looking for a wholesome adventure full of well-developed characters that will capture both your attention and your heart—while also serving up some lasting life lessons? If so, then The Secret of Lantern Hill should be front and center on your family’s bookshelf. Follow the Wilde family as they migrate from Engedi farm to create a delightful place called Lantern Hill. You’ll encounter precocious children and precious farm animals. You’ll almost hear the young ones’ laughter, the songbirds singing, and the honeybees buzzing as the family rebuilds an old “ratty-tatty” hilltop farm, morphing it into a most magical place. Best of all, you’ll be riveted to the storylines that have the potential to enact real-life change—for kids and adults alike. Highly recommended!
Karen Ehman, New York Times bestselling author of over 20 books including Listen, Love, Repeat: Other-centered Living in a Self-centered World.”
About the Author
Will Ransom is the pseudonym for a former missionary kid and military combat correspondent. Married to a beautiful and passionate children’s evangelist, he is the proud father and grandfather of the most wonderful tribe of young Christian Champions and Amazons ever. Narrated by the author’s daughter, “So-Wilde”, it invites children and their parents who are bold enough to discover a secret great enough that they will create their own Lantern Hills.