"Of us seven brothers and sister, Velma Jean was the bravest of us all," says Ruby Jane.
"Velma Jean could walk barefoot 'cross the sandbur patch that lay between the house and the barn. When neighbours came to visit, they'd look at Velma Jean breaking a new colt and say, 'Why, Velma Jean, you are brave.' Some days I wished I was the bravest of us all, but I was afraid of most everything." But when a twister blows through Ruby Jane's dusty farm, it leaves behind an important truth: It's the choices we make in an instant that separate the heroic from the merely daring.Clever and endearing characters face a natural calamity in this tender story about the meaning of bravery. Brought to life by artwork as zesty and animated as Velma Jean herself, The Bravest of Us All proves courage comes in many forms.
