Tully's Alpine Adventure (Tallulah the Goldendoodle) Paperback – Large Print, September 5, 2025

Join Tallulah the goldendoodle—affectionately known as Tully—on a heartwarming and whimsical journey up the mountain and through the enthralling Bavarian Village of Leavenworth, Washington. With the help of her beloved lamb stuffie, Wooliam, Tully uncovers the legend of Lambkin, the mysterious and clever lamb on the lam, who came to the town long ago. While a work of fiction, Tully’s Alpine Adventure retraces the sojourn of the real Lambkin, a lost sheep repeatedly spotted throughout the town in 2022.Author and illustrator, Denise Cherryholmes, taught primary grades for thirty years, as well as being an instructor to other teachers at three universities. In writing Tully’s Alpine Adventure: Lamb on the Lam she couldn’t resist chucking it full of potential lessons which parents and teachers alike can find—free—on her website--cherryholmescherubs.com.While Tully's Alpine Adventure is cleverly disguised as a whole lot of fun, and was ranked #1 in books on walking by Amazon, it provides learning across the curriculum for children ages three to ten years old. In Language Arts, as a read aloud, younger children can be introduced to a picture walk, assisting early literacy comprehension skills. They will benefit from the reader's modeling of dialogue as well as learn character, setting, and plot. Independent readers in mid-second and third grades will benefit from the rich vocabulary and context cues, strengthening their decoding skills through both the illustrations and text. Comprehension is stimulated through the multiple settings and character development of the story. The book's humor will also go a long way toward encouraging the reluctant reader. Writing prompts are plentiful. Math concepts found in the book include ordinal numbers, sorting, and story problems. Additionally, calculating distances between the locations where Lambkin was spotted provides measurement and mapping opportunities.The illustrations found in Tully’s Alpine Adventure highlight a unique town, situated in the Cascade Mountains surrounded by the Enchantments, in the Stuart Mountain Range. The book’s illustrations highlight the geography and geology of mountain terrain and waterways found in the area. Additional geography and geology opportunities are found on the author’s website, exploring jewels within Leavenworth including Tumwater Canyon, the Wenatchee River, Lake Wenatchee, Icicle Canyon and Icicle Gorge. The book’s watercolor illustrations also lend themselves to lessons in the elements of art—line, shape, form, space, value, color, and texture. The illustrations and author's website additionally provide science applications such as weather and climate or flora and fauna unique to Leavenworth.Finally, Tully’s Alpine Adventure offers social-emotional elements where children are encouraged to explore compassion, manners, friendship, and a sense of community. The book’s themes and artwork readily encourage imagination with every page turn. The watercolor illustrations are, quite simply, emotional nourishment, feasting on the abundant natural beauty and peace found in Leavenworth—peace which we all need and crave in these times.You can retrace Lambkin’s sojourn yourself in person. Come visit us in Leavenworth! Known for drawing 25,000 people each weekend of December as the Village of Lights; there are actually only 2,263 residents [2020 Census]. As Lambkin discovered, the food and shops are wonderful; but more importantly, the townies and natural surroundings are so tremendous that often times we just call it Heavenworth! Read more