Calf Nobody Could Catch

Lightning is only a few weeks old, speckled brown and white, and faster than anything on 5 Daughters Ranch. Doc Ramos comes Friday. That gives Judi, Krystal, Candice, Morgan, and Casie five days to get a halter on a heifer who will not let a soul near her.They try everything. They corner her. They herd her. They lay a trail of sweet feed to the gate. Every single time, Lightning finds the one small gap nobody is watching and slips right through it. Then the coyotes come in the night, a little calf ends up alone in the dark near the creek, and the sisters learn the hardest lesson of the week in the worst possible way.The Calf Nobody Could Catch is Book 4 of the 5 Daughters Ranch Series, a collection of warm, faith-rooted chapter books drawn from a real Texas ranch and the real children and animals who live there. Written for readers ages 8 to 11, it is a patient, funny, tender story about the difference between catching something and caring for something. Along the way, young readers learn that you cannot chase a frightened thing into trusting you, that understanding beats hurrying every time, and that sometimes the best way to catch what you want is to stop chasing, open your hand, and let it choose to come to you.The book includes a Guide for Teachers and Families, with discussion questions, vocabulary, and a hands-on activity for the classroom, homeschool, or bedtime reading.