Ricky and the Broken Box

Nine-year-old Ricky; his sister, Sarah; and little brother, David, aren't sure they'll enjoy a two-week stay at their grandparents' cabin. The cabin has no Internet access, no video games, and not even a television. Fourteen electronic-free days sounds awful!

While helping clean out the barn, however, the three children find an old music box their mother loved when she was a little girl. Badly damaged and no longer working, the music box looks like junk, but Ricky has an idea. He wants to restore the box as a special present for his mother.

At first, Sarah and David don't want to help. Teenage Sarah isn't willing to admit her younger brother could ever have a good idea, and six-year-old David's arm is in a cast. Ricky's enthusiasm is contagious though, and with the help of their grandfather, all three work together to repair and restore their mother's prized possession.

A sweet, poignant story about working together, Ricky and the Broken Box follows the music box's step-by-step restoration, just as authors Rick and Kelly Dale do every week on their television show American Restoration.

Rick and Kelly Dale, stars on the History Channel show American Restoration both grew up with fathers who taught them how to build stuff and be creative. They passed on their fathers' ideals to their three children, Brettly, Tyler, and Ally, who all work harder than their peers in the family business.

Kristin Vanderhey Shaw is a writer and self-confessed car fanatic. The full-time wife of an Austin native, Shaw is the proud mother of a mini-Texan. She co-produced the 2014 Listen to Your Mother show in Austin, Texas.