Hershey Learns a Lesson

by Donald C. Rush, Daniela Frongia (Illustrator)

Hershey, the notorious cat from the Robby's Quest storybook series, is still mean-spirited and a bully. Hershey is big, strong and very fast, yet uses all his skills for the wrong reasons; to prey upon the smaller and weaker animals around his yard.

Nomi, the other cat living in the same house, is older and much smaller. Nomi has many friends around the neighborhood. One day, when Nomi's new friend Tyson comes over for a visit, Hershey decides to attack the smaller cats, however things do not work out as he planned, and Hershey finds himself in a situation that may change him forever.

Enjoy Hershey Learns a Lesson, a story about helping each other to develop new and lasting friendships.

26 pages, Kindle Edition

First published January 22, 2014

About the author

We actually began writing our first children’s book about 2 years ago. Cathy and I would often sit outside watching the birds. We fed the birds daily. They were very clever and fun to watch, especially when the little birds kicked seed to the ground for the larger birds. It seemed the birds had some group structure and displayed very effective teamwork. We thought it would be interesting to write a book about birds flying south for the winter.

The finished book sat on our computer hard drive for over a year before my brother and sister-in-law convinced us to self-publish our book. I never thought we would actually publish our work and we were very skeptical.

However, the birth of our grandson Rylie gave us some added incentive to get the book out there, and we decided to publish and dedicate it to him. We thought it would be nice to leave something behind for our children and their children. So we had the book proofed, edited, illustrated then self-published it ourselves at Amazon.com.

Cathy and Don currently live in Arizona with their cats, Nomi and Hershey. Cathy is a homemaker and Don is a retired Manufacturing Manager and former Elementary School Governing Board Member.

Reviews

[Brittney Peterson · Rating 4 out of 5]

This is a short book about a cat who is a bully. He gets in a predicament, and those he bullied have to decide if they should punish him or forgive him. I have a 7-year-old and a 5-year-old. It was a GREAT little story for my 7-year-old. She could follow along with the storyline and understood why it's important to not bully anyone. It was a little advanced for my 5-year-old. There were a lot of words and some pages with no pictures, so he would look at the cover while I read.

[April Dennis · Rating 5 out of 5]

It's a good book for kids to read

[Susan Keefe · Rating 5 out of 5]

Hershey is a big, handsome cat, but unfortunately, his beauty is only skin-deep. Inside he is a bully, he loves nothing more than to frighten other animals, and this includes Nomi, an older but very pretty tan coloured cat who lives in the same house.

If you are fans of the Robby’s Quest series of children’s books, you will already have met Hershey, as the villain, a couple of times before, when he terrorises the birds. In this books he’s still up to no good, he even steals poor Nomi’s food, but what can she do, after all, he’s much bigger than her.

It seems as if there is no way to stop Hershey’s reign of terror. However, one-day, Nomi’s friend Tyson comes to play with her. Horrible Hershey spies them, and when he creeps up and scares Tyson, the events which follow, turn the tables on Hershey and change his life forever.

Suddenly, Hershey is scared and needs help. For the first time, he’s no longer in a position to be bully. However, luckily there are nice kind cats, and when Nomi and Tyson discover his problem, they help him and teach him a valuable lesson at the same time.

The author has combined a wonderful story with a clear message, a great book which is beautifully illustrated by Daniela Fongia.

[Kme_17 · Rating 3 out of 5]

I was lucky enough to get this book from author. This was a very cute book. About a cat bully who learns about working with the other cats. this book was very easy to read for kids. It teaches them to be kind to others even if they are not nice to you. The illustrations are pretty cute to.

[Tracy Elman · Rating 5 out of 5]

Excellent must listen to audiobook too.