Books with author Thomas Monck Mason

In this children s picture book, President Thomas S. Monson recounts a Christmas memory from his childhood. As a boy, he yearned for an electric train. To his delight, on Christmas morning he got exactly that a train that operated through the miracle of electricity. Then he noticed a second train that his mother had purchased for the boy down the street whose family was struggling. Although it was only a wind-up train, it had an beautiful oil tanker car, which little Tommy wanted for his own. Soon after, Tommy s mother invited him to accompany her to the neighbor s home to deliver the gift. Young Mark was thrilled with his new train and, of course, didn t notice the missing train car. However, a remorseful Tommy did. What happened next will bring the spirit of Christmas into every heart and home. Illustrated by renowned artist Dan Burr, The Christmas Train is sure to be a classic Christmas story and a beautiful addition to every Christmas library. The Christmas Train won the Mom's Choice Award in 2012.

Moonrunner brings Casey a j3-month old filly to raise. The filly almost dies from lack of milk. He takes Little Lady across the Mitta Mitta River to visit the wild stallion and gets caught in a flood. Little Lady runs away in the storm. Moonrunner fights another stallion to get her back. When Casey finally returns home, his parents are gone. His mother has typhoid so his parents went to a hospital in Melbourne. Casey runs the farm alone, and goes to school, while he searches for his grandfather's buried box of gold. The entire school comes to the farm at the end to help Casey preserve the fruits and vegetables for winter.

Moonrunner is hurt. Casey nurses him back to health. Little Lady is now over two years old. Casey and his gang scare the Chinese along Livingston Creek. Casey tries to protect a Chinese girl. The gang turn on him. Casey is hurt and must stay in the Chinese camp. Casey races Little Lady in the half-mile race but she doesn't have the spirit to win. He races Moonrunner and wins. He gives the money to Pui Yee to bring her father back from China. Pui Yee's grandfather travels to China but comes back empty and dies. Moonrunner fights a panther to save Casey's life. He races Little Lady in the two-mile race and, by default, wins the race. Pui Yee goes to China and brings her father back. Casey now has a girlfriend.

A very determined boy being bullied at school forms an unbreakable bond with a wild brumby stallion in 1895 Australia. Casey just immigrated from America. At first, he hates Australia. He works to earn his horse Lady, then enters her in a race to save Moonrunner's life. Lady must winter with the wild brumby because they have no money for feed. Moonrunner shows Casey how to love the wild country called around the Mitta Mitta River.

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