Books with author helen Ketteman

Each weekend Audie rises at dawn to help out on his family's farm. Afterward he carefully saves the quarter he has earned, dreaming that he might eventually have enough to buy a baseball glove. Papa has promised him that someday they will see a real live game. But there always seems to be too much work and too little money. But Papa does keep his promise. In need of work boots, he announces that the two of them will go into town to buy a new pair and, best of all, see the Reds play baseball! Audie stuffs his entire savings into his pocket, hoping to finally buy the glove he's worked so hard for. Yet the day takes an unexpected turn. Instead of the thrill of the game, it is a special gift from father to son that comes to mean the most to Audie, and makes this day one he will never forget.