Colorado Parks & Wildlife Research Library

The exuberance of a man and his mule newly arrived in heaven causes so much furor that God gives them one last chance before He throws them out.

Letters. Whether bound by string and yellowed by age or e-mailed across cyberspace, there is something romantic, even magical, about the intimate thoughts and treasured words of those who care for us. Leave it to gifted storyteller Jack Cavanaugh to bring us the most wonderful correspondence of all: letters from heaven, our true home. With the warmth and brevity of a short story collection, yet the piercing conviction of C. S. Lewis's Screwtape Letters,...

"Part memoir, part fable, and part fantasy, this is the story of a man who dies unexpectedly and makes his way to Paradise with the help of the canine friends who shared his life. What if you lived in the middle of a beautiful nowhere, with a dog who mysteriously appeared at your door? What if you were out hiking one winter day, you broke your leg, and you froze to death? And what if the angels who met you the day after had four feet instead of wings?...

"After a busy morning dispatching emissaries from Heaven's Department of Good Intentions to those in need, Bailey Ruth Raeburn is feeling flush with success. So when an urgent call for help comes through from her old hometown, she can't resist taking on the mission herself. After all, what could go wrong? With the shouted warning of her boss, Wiggins - Irregular! Problematic! - ringing in her ears, she arrives to face a shocking scene: Professor Iris...

After the death of her mother, Anna and her father imagine that Heaven might be a place where one can help in God's garden, visit with old friends, and take off one's socks whenever one pleases.

Weaves three stories about 83-year-old Eddie, the head maintenance person at Ruby Point Amusement park. Eddie meets 5 individuals in heaven each with a story to share, a secret to reveal and a lesson. The have profound meanings for Eddie on the real purpose of his life.

Heaven Lee has come into her own as a respected Kansas City chef, and she's savoring every minute of it. But murder arrives on the menu when a jazz festival planner is electrocuted on stage.

This is the tale of family, memory, love, and living told by 14-year-old Susie Salmon, who is already in heaven. Through the voice of a precocious teenage girl, Susie relates the awful events of her death and builds out of her family's grief a hopeful and joyful story.

An inspirational verse about the peace and perfection of the afterlife.