This colorful children's book tells the story of a little boy who befriends a caterpillar. As the story moves along, the boy learns about life and the wonderful works of God. Watching Casey the caterpillar going through his transformation, the boy begins to understand the God has plans for his transformation as well. God wants all of his children to become something beautiful and this book does a fantastic job at showing this. The soft watercolors by Illustrator Mary DeSeno fit the mood of the story. She really captures the emotions and thoughtful expressions of the boy as he learns about his little friend Casey.

When artist Joseph De Luca looks back at 50 years of his work, he doesn’t see radical change. That’s a good thing, he thinks. “I was careful not to jump around to this or that. I worked pretty slowly, hopefully meticulously. When I changed, I had a reason to change. I had accomplished what I thought I could accomplish before I moved on to another passage,” said De Luca from his home in Traverse City. De Luca, 76, has a new book chronicling his work: “Joseph De Luca, Selected Works: Five Decades.” It contains more than 139 color images of his work.

Barbara will be featuring songs off her George-Winston style Christmas Album "The Gift of Christmas Peace." She will be joined by pianist and vocalist Melanie Stoll, Sue Gillett on vocals and Mike Gillett on concertina.