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Author Tonya Williams’s New Children’s Book Tells a Rescue Puppy’s Story Through the Lens of Her Wisconsin Ranch
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Tonya Williams has released "The Adventures of Loki and Friends," a children’s book narrated by a rescue puppy named Loki who leaves an uncertain start in Texas behind and finds a home on a working farm. The book is published through Christian Faith Publishing and is available now in bookstores and through major online retailers.
The story is told in Loki’s own voice. He arrives at his new home not knowing anyone, and the book follows him as he meets the farm’s other animals, including a donkey named Amos who becomes his closest friend, along with goats, horses, cattle, and potbellied pigs. According to the publisher’s description, each of these animals carries a story of its own, and Loki’s arrival becomes part of a larger web of relationships built around rescue, belonging, and gratitude.
Williams draws on her own background for the material. She grew up on a farm and now runs Never Done Ranch, a 200-acre property in Wisconsin, with her husband, raising cattle, horses, goats, and other livestock alongside family pets. That hands-on experience with animals, she says, shaped how she thinks about faith and resilience, and it’s the frame the book uses throughout: animals as both companions and, in Williams’s telling, instruments of spiritual lesson.
In her statement, Williams remarked that "Animals have been God’s instrument in my life to teach me about love, forgiveness, and purpose." "I wanted to share these lessons through Loki’s story so that children everywhere could understand that their pets are not just companions: they are teachers of the heart."
The book is categorized as juvenile nonfiction-adjacent fiction aimed at young, animal-loving readers, and is pitched as a faith-centered take on the familiar rescue-dog narrative, with the ranch setting giving it a specific, lived-in backdrop rather than a generic farm.
Studio CarryOnHarry sees the appeal here less in the plot than in the setting: a real working ranch, run by the author herself, lending a children’s book about rescue animals an unusual degree of authenticity.
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Through a Christian faith perspective, the devotional explores significant life transitions including career changes, empty nests, relocation, and shifts in marital status, per the publisher’s statement. Kiser draws on Romans 8:28 and Joshua 1:9 throughout, using those passages to argue that age shouldn’t be treated as a barrier to pursuing new direction later in life.
Kiser has spent roughly six decades working as an artist, writer, mentor and teacher, the announcement states. She now works from what she calls her Forever Home and Art Gallery, a space she describes as combining her art practice with her religious life. "My deepest desire is to help others see that every change, every season shift, is an opportunity to deepen our trust in God and discover His faithfulness anew," Kiser said in the announcement.
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Author Tonya Williams Turns Life on Her Wisconsin Ranch Into Children’s Book, “The Adventures of Loki and Friends”
Balle Balle Radio™ Entertainment Desk
Tonya Williams has released "The Adventures of Loki and Friends," a children’s book told from the perspective of a rescue puppy who finds a home on a working ranch full of animals. The book is published through Christian Faith Publishing.
The story is narrated by Loki, a stray from Texas who is taken in by a couple and brought to a farm where he meets dogs, goats, horses, cattle, potbellied pigs, and a donkey named Amos who becomes his closest friend. According to the book’s publisher description, each animal carries its own backstory, and Loki’s arrival becomes part of a larger narrative about belonging and gratitude.
Williams draws on her own experience running Never Done Ranch, a 200-acre property in Eagle, Wisconsin, where she and her husband raise cattle, horses, goats and other livestock alongside their pets. In the announcement, she said animals have been "God’s instrument" in teaching her about love, forgiveness and purpose, and that she wanted Loki’s story to show children that pets are "teachers of the heart."
The book is framed by its publisher as rooted in spiritual values, exploring the intersecting topics of prayers answered, genuine friendships, and the spiritual connection linking people with their animal companions. It’s marketed to young readers and their families, and is listed for sale through major booksellers including Amazon, Barnes and Noble, Apple Books and Google Play.
Studio CarryOnHarry sees this as part of a steady lane in children’s publishing: real-farm life repackaged as a gentle animal narrator story, aimed squarely at families looking for faith-based reading material rather than a wide commercial audience.
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