Adventures at Von Holten Ranch: 
Children's Book Series

As a school teacher for over a decade, I realized how much the school districts focused on character development but I always felt like it was missing sincerity. The schools would talk about character traits like honor, integrity, and perseverance, but I felt the education needed to be a little more authentic.

When you combine my agricultural background and teaching experience, plus my love of horses and our century-old farm, it sparked the idea of Adventures at Von Holten Ranch. Each one of the books highlights a horse or mule’s story from their perspective while living and working at our ranch and teaches character education with an agricultural twist.