William Randall Publishing/our products

Here is a complete list of the products currently available from William Randall Publishing. If you would like to order, you may do so directly from our contact us page or online at www.amazon.com or www.barnesandnoble.com. Don't forget to look for our products in your local gift shop or bookstore. If you would like to know the closest shop to you that offers Chat Pack™, simply contact us. To locate an independent bookstore near you, visit www.indiebound.org.

NEW! More Chat Pack
New Questions to Spark Fun Conversations
By Bret Nicholaus and Paul Lowrie

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More Chat Pack™ contains 156 cards, each one featuring a question that’s guaranteed to get people talking like nothing else can. Pull out a card and let the conversations roll—it's fantastic fun for everyone!

IDEAL FOR: Dinner parties • Social events • Gift-giving
Family gatherings • Classroom activities • Trips/Vacations

SAMPLE QUESTIONS
• If you could own any prop that was used in a movie, which prop would you choose?
• If you could have 24/7 phone access to any expert in the world, whom would you want to be able to call whenever you needed an answer?
• What is one thing you have never done to celebrate your birthday that you would really love to do on your special day?

Contents: 156 stylized cards, 3.75" x 3" x 1.25" plastic case, ISBN 978-0-9819946-4-2
$9.95 Suggested Retail, Order code: MCP
Guaranteed sale when you order a 24-unit display rack!

Chat Pack
Fun Questions to Spark Conversations
By Bret Nicholaus and Paul Lowrie

Chat Pack™ contains 156 stylized cards, each featuring a fun question guaranteed to get everyone talking. Chat Pack™ is great entertainment for ages 6 to 106.

IDEAL FOR: Dinner parties • Family gatherings • Car trips
Hostess gifts • Business meetings • Classroom activities

SAMPLE QUESTIONS
• If, for one month, you could live at any famous residence or house in the entire world,
which one would you pick?
• If you could enter a racehorse in the Kentucky Derby, what would you name your horse?
• If you could float in a hot-air balloon over any city or place in the world,
what would you choose to float over?

Contents: 156 stylized cards, 3.75" x 3" x 1.25" plastic case, ISBN 978-0-9755801-6-5
$9.95 Suggested Retail, Order code: CP
Guaranteed sale when you order a 24-unit display rack!

Your Chat Pack purchase helps employ adults with special needs. Learn more

Chat Pack for Kids
Creative Questions to Ignite the Imagination
By Bret Nicholaus and Paul Lowrie

Chat Pack™ for Kids contains 156 cards, each featuring a question that’s sure to get creative juices flowing and fun conversations going. It’s positive entertainment for kids of all ages—and for the adults in their lives, too!

IDEAL FOR: Car trips • Mealtime • Bedtime/Sleepovers
Family events • Classroom activities • Fun with friends

SAMPLE QUESTIONS
• Which musical instrument do you think would best describe your personality?
• If you could be guaranteed that one item you currently own would never break, wear out,
or get lost, which item would you choose?
• If you could create the ultimate vacation resort, what would it be like?

Contents: 156 stylized cards, 3.75" x 3" x 1.25" plastic case, ISBN 978-0-9755801-5-8
$9.95 Suggested Retail, Order code: CPK
Guaranteed sale when you order a 24-unit display rack!

Your Chat Pack purchase helps employ adults with special needs. Learn more

Christmas Chat Pack
Fun Questions to Light Up the Holidays
By Bret Nicholaus and Paul Lowrie

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Christmas Chat Pack™ contains 156 cards, each one featuring a question that makes holiday conversations merry and bright while drawing family and friends closer together. It’s fantastic fun for ages 6 to 106!

IDEAL FOR: Holiday travel • Christmas parties • Family gatherings
Stocking stuffers • Hostess gifts • New Year’s entertainment

SAMPLE QUESTIONS
• If you could indulge in only one type of cookie this holiday season, which cookie would it be?
• Which particular event each Christmas season do you look forward to most of all?
• If you were asked to choose four songs for a Christmas medley, which songs would you pick?

Contents: 156 stylized cards, 3.75" x 3" x 1.25" plastic case, ISBN 978-098199460-4
$9.95 Suggested Retail, Order code: CCP
Guaranteed sale when you order a 24-unit display rack!

Your Chat Pack purchase helps employ adults with special needs. Learn more

Chat Pack: Stories
Fun Questions to Spark Story-filled Conversations
By Bret Nicholaus and Paul Lowrie

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Chat Pack™: Stories contains 156 cards, each one featuring a question that’s guaranteed to get people talking about things they’ve done, places they’ve been, and people they’ve met. It’s never been easier or more fun to connect with friends, family, and colleagues— even total strangers!

IDEAL FOR: Dinner parties • Social events • Family gatherings
Office icebreakers • Small groups • Lunch with friends

SAMPLE QUESTIONS
• Got a story to share about something amusing or unusual that happened during a job interview? Tell your story!
• Got a story to share about doing something mischievous but harmless for fun? Tell your story!
• Got a story to share about driving through or visiting a town that truly looked and felt like a storybook place to live? Tell your story!

Contents: 156 stylized cards, 3.75" x 3" x 1.25" plastic case, ISBN 978-0-9819946-1-1
$9.95 Suggested Retail, Order code: CPS
Guaranteed sale when you order a 24-unit display rack!

Hooray for Minnesota Lakes!
For Minnesotans (and those who wish they were) of All Ages
By Paul Lowrie and Bret Nicholaus
Illustrations by Jennifer Awes
Featuring a delightful watercolor illustration on every spread!

Book Description: Hooray for Minnesota Lakes! is a rhyme- and fact-filled celebration of our state’s most fundamental and famous feature—its lakes. The perfect gift for any current, former, or wannabe Minnesotan, its entertaining, educational, and inspiring message will thoroughly delight adults and children alike.

Throughout the book, each letter of the alphabet stands for something that relates to Minnesota’s lakes (e.g., “L” is for Loon). The letter is then incorporated into a short, whimsical rhyme, which in turn is followed by a fact-filled paragraph that relates to the poem. It’s always educational, and it’s always tons of fun!

Some samples:
* "G" is for Gull Lake, and to be very honest, It's the site of the world's largest ice-fishing contest.
* We Minnesotans are crazy enough to go ice fishing in the dead of winter simply because we can. But offer us an ice-fishing contest where first prize is a brand-new 4X4 pickup truck, and even those who bemoan winter will eagerly show up. Every year since 1991, thousands of anglers from Minnesota—not to mention other states and other countries—have made the late-January journey to Gull Lake, just north of Brainerd. They make the trip to participate in what is billed as the world’s largest ice-fishing contest, officially called the Brainerd Jaycees Ice-Fishing Extravaganza. As many as 11,000 anglers show up each year for the three-hour event, which officially commences with a cannon blast. Each angler entered in the contest can choose any one of 20,000 pre-drilled holes in the ice to call their own, with the hope that from their hole they will pull the winning fish. Though the new pickup truck goes to the person with the heaviest fish, there are 150 winners total (other prizes include new boats, underwater cameras, vacation packages, and gift cards, to name just a few). All proceeds from the event go to local charities, and in one recent year as much as $250,000 was raised for good causes.

Hardcover: Watercolor illustrations, themed interior, 64 pages, 10.25" x 9.25"
ISBN 978-0-9755801-8-9
$19.95 Retail, Order code: MNL

Hooray for Minnesota Winters!
For Minnesotans (and those who wish they were) of All Ages
By Paul Lowrie and Bret Nicholaus
Edited by Joe and Jennifer Lindholm and Allison Thompson
Illustrations by Jennifer Awes
Now, featuring a delightful watercolor illustration on every spread!

Book Description: Hooray for Minnesota Winters! is a fact-filled celebration of our coldest time of the year, and a light-hearted tribute to the millions of Minnesotans who endure it so boldly!

Throughout the book, each letter of the alphabet stands for something that relates to Minnesota’s winters (e.g., “B” is for Broomball). The letter is then incorporated into a short, whimsical rhyme, which is always followed by “The Cold Facts”—a Minnesota winter statistic and/or news clip that informs and entertains. Fun, fun, fun for adults and children of all ages!

Some samples:
* "W" is for Winter, and let's be perfectly clear: If it weren't for July and August, it would last the whole year!
* ...As for temperatures, we can't even count on August to keep us above freezing. Many places in the state have posted August readings in the 20s, but Cass Lake holds the record for the month: On August 1st, 1952, the town recorded a temperature of (drum roll please) 20°! Would you like lemonade or hot chocolate with your barbequed chicken?

Hardcover: Watercolor illustrations, themed interior, 64 pages, 10.25" x 9.25"
ISBN 978-0-9755801-9-6
$19.95 Retail, Order code: MNW

Lemonade Lessons for Life
Refreshing Reminders for Happier Living
By Bret Nicholaus

Paperback: Themed interior, 128 pages, 5.75" x 6.25", ISBN 0-9755801-4-0
$9.95 Retail, Order code: LLL

In this truly energizing book, national bestselling author Bret Nicholaus offers 18 brief chapters (three to four minutes each) that encourage people to soar to new heights while reminding them of the all-important "little" things in life. Each chapter includes inspirational stories and thought-provoking quotations guaranteed to refresh the reader for living like never before.

Some sample chapter titles (lessons):
* People don't fail, they quit
* On life's highway, spend more time in the right-hand lane
* Silence is golden, so make your words platinum
* Accomplishments are seldom bigger than the size of your dreams
* Be a lighthouse, not an outhouse

All the rushing around, all the falling behind, all the catching up in life can leave any woman feeling downright drained. In It's the Little Things, Amy Collins offers a much-needed remedy: 300 simple ways for women to indulge themselves and bring peace, joy, humor and balance back into their hectic lives.

Some samples:
* On a cold winter night, throw your sheets in the dryers for a few minutes, make up you bed quickly, and crawl into the incredibly toasty goodness.
* Choose your favorite color and paint just one wall. It makes such a difference, and it only takes a small bit of your time to do it.

Paperback: Themed interior, 272 pages, 5.5" x 6.5", ISBN 1-58062-749-8
$9.95 Retail, Order code: ILT

The Check Book
200 Ways to Balance Your Life
By Bret Nicholaus and Paul Lowrie

Paperback: Themed interior, 176 pages, 6" x 6", ISBN 1-57731-112-4
$10.95 Retail, Order code: CKB

If you want to balance your account, grab the checkbook...but if you want to balance your life, grab The Check Book! In the midst of our complicated, hectic, self-centered world, this inspiring book encourages us all to simplify our lives, slow down, and focus more on the needs of others. This book contains more than 200 suggestions that range from amusing to profound.

Some samples:
* The next time you're feeling sad, do something to cheer someone else up. In the process, two people wil feel better!
* Take a long, late-autumn walk when the aroma of burning wood fills the crisp air.
* As you climb your own ladder of success, consciously reach down and bring others with you.

Who We Are
Questions to Celebrate the Family
By Bret Nicholaus and Paul Lowrie

Hardcover: Themed interior, 176 pages, 6.75" x 7.25", ISBN 1-57731-131-0
$16.00 Retail, Order code: WWA

Who We Are contains 200 questions specifically created for use within families; includes engaging questions about birth, childhood, marriage, raising a family, career, spirituality, goals, and much more. Answers can be given verbally or written down on the lines provided. A great book for family gatherings throughout the year.

Some samples:
* If you were making a list of your three favorite childhood memories, what would they be?
* What was your favorite game to play as a child?
* Which friend from your past, with whom you've completely lost contact, would you most love to see again?
* In your opinion, what has been your greatest accomplishment in life so far?

The Christmas Letters
A Timeless Story for Every Generation
By Bret Nicholaus

Paperback: Illustrated by Scott Luken, 80 pages, 5" x 7", ISBN: 0-9634251-5-3
$9.95 Retail, Order code: CL

Audio CD: Read by Bret Nicholaus, music/sound effects, 23 minutes, 5.5" x 5", ISBN: 0-9634251-8-88*
$9.95 Retail, Order code: CLA

A beautifully written and emotion-packed story of a beloved grandfather who, nearing the end of his life, decides that this year his gift to each family member will be a personalized Christmas letter. However, there’s much more to these"letters" than meets the eye…as Grandpa takes the family to the heart of what Christmas is all about.

The touching story of The Christmas Letters may bring tears to your eyes or a sense of overwhelming joy to your soul; in truth, it will probably do both. About one thing, however, you can be certain: The Christmas Letters will elicit a flood of your own favorite Christmas memories and emotional thoughts of individual family members that made each holiday season so special for you.

EXCITING NEWS! Now available in hardcover through a special publishing arrangement with Hachette Book Group USA.

*Note: A special radio show formatted version of the audio CD is available for local and national radio stations to air. This is a FREE service for them. If you are a radio station and want to air the show please contact us immediately. If you know of a radio station that you think should broadcast the program, please contact us and let us know whom to contact at the station to get the ball rolling.

If you like the style of book that we produce and would like one that is made specifically for your company or organization, we're here to help. Whether it's a book to be used as a premium (gift) for customers and clients or a book exclusive to your retail stores, let us be your source. Tap into our over ten-years experience in the publishing business to come up with a unique product for your particular situation. To get things started simply contact us and let us know your needs. We have done consulting projects for Fortune 500 companies as well as created original marketing opportunities for smaller companies. We look forward to partnering with you on your next project.