Dennis Shives

More True Stories to Read Aloud Dennis Shives

The California man recounting these funny, earthy, heart-touching, and very real stories is a painter, builder, gardener, chef, musician, inventor, songwriter, carpenter, woodcarver, woodworker, toymaker, and barefoot hiker, as well as a fine sculptor of stone or sand. Mainly, he's a self-taught master of the enjoyment of life, and he brings that enjoyment to every one of his tales. The delight that Dennis Shives takes in creating might have come to him from his grandmother, Emma May Kaske, who taught art until she was 91. Read these stories by the light of a campfire, or to a hearthside gathering of friends and relatives of any age.