• May include: A digital book cover titled Try Again: A Gentle Story About Trying Again, featuring an illustration of a family of four cooking together. The text includes Read-Along Video, Printable PDF, Audiobook MP3, and Digital Download.
  • May include: A digital product list titled What you get, featuring an illustrated PDF storybook with 24 pages, a word-highlighted read-along MP4, a read-aloud audiobook MP3, 44 watercolor story pictures, and a bonus letter app for parents.
  • May include: An illustration of two young girls with dark hair, one wearing a purple long-sleeved shirt and a pink headband, the other in a white t-shirt and blue denim overalls with a blue headband, with text below reading Page 1 and a story.
  • May include: A watercolor illustration depicting a bald man in a blue long-sleeved shirt pointing at a white blanket on a bed, while a young girl with a pink headband and purple long-sleeved shirt looks on. Text reads: Page 2. One morning, Daddy pointed at Chloe's messy bed. Today you learn to fix it yourself. Chloe pulled the blanket up and it came out wrinkly and crooked. Again, Daddy said.
  • May include: An illustration of a man in a gray long-sleeved shirt and a young girl in a purple long-sleeved shirt with a pink headband. The text reads: Page 3. The next day was crooked again, and so was the day after that. Chloe stomped her foot. I can't do it! Daddy knelt down beside her. You can't do it yet. Again.
  • May include: An illustration of a man in a blue long-sleeved shirt and a young girl in a purple long-sleeved shirt with a pink headband standing by a bed. The text reads: Page 4. Corner by corner, Daddy showed her how. Pull it tight, tuck it in, fluff the pillow. One morning the bed was smooth as paper. Chloe gasped. "I did it!" Daddy smiled big. "You never gave up." Life with Purpose.
  • May include: A digital illustration of a bald man in a blue shirt and a young girl with a pink headband in a purple shirt. The girl is pouring white rice from a small metal bowl into a larger bowl. Text at the bottom reads: Page 5 When Chloe got a little bigger, Daddy brought her to the kitchen. "Now you learn to cook rice." Chloe's eyes went wide. "Me? Real rice?" Life with Purpose.
  • May include: A digital illustration of a bald person with a goatee wearing a grey long-sleeve shirt, hands pressed together in prayer. Text at the bottom reads: Page 9 Daddy bowed his head and prayed. Lord, give her a strong heart.
  • May include: An illustration of a family of four eating rice with spoons. The father wears a blue shirt, the mother a green shirt, and two young children wear purple and blue outfits. Text reads: Page 11, Ate made the rice! Zoey cheered.
  • May include: Two young children with dark hair and headbands stand behind a large metal pot filled with white rice. The child on the left wears a purple long-sleeve shirt, and the child on the right wears a white shirt with blue overalls.
  • May include: A digital book cover titled Try Again: A Gentle Story About Trying Again, featuring an illustration of a family of four cooking together. The text includes Read-Along Video, Printable PDF, Audiobook MP3, and Digital Download.
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  • May include: A digital product list titled What you get, featuring an illustrated PDF storybook with 24 pages, a word-highlighted read-along MP4, a read-aloud audiobook MP3, 44 watercolor story pictures, and a bonus letter app for parents.
  • May include: An illustration of two young girls with dark hair, one wearing a purple long-sleeved shirt and a pink headband, the other in a white t-shirt and blue denim overalls with a blue headband, with text below reading Page 1 and a story.
  • May include: A watercolor illustration depicting a bald man in a blue long-sleeved shirt pointing at a white blanket on a bed, while a young girl with a pink headband and purple long-sleeved shirt looks on. Text reads: Page 2. One morning, Daddy pointed at Chloe's messy bed. Today you learn to fix it yourself. Chloe pulled the blanket up and it came out wrinkly and crooked. Again, Daddy said.
  • May include: An illustration of a man in a gray long-sleeved shirt and a young girl in a purple long-sleeved shirt with a pink headband. The text reads: Page 3. The next day was crooked again, and so was the day after that. Chloe stomped her foot. I can't do it! Daddy knelt down beside her. You can't do it yet. Again.
  • May include: An illustration of a man in a blue long-sleeved shirt and a young girl in a purple long-sleeved shirt with a pink headband standing by a bed. The text reads: Page 4. Corner by corner, Daddy showed her how. Pull it tight, tuck it in, fluff the pillow. One morning the bed was smooth as paper. Chloe gasped. "I did it!" Daddy smiled big. "You never gave up." Life with Purpose.
  • May include: A digital illustration of a bald man in a blue shirt and a young girl with a pink headband in a purple shirt. The girl is pouring white rice from a small metal bowl into a larger bowl. Text at the bottom reads: Page 5 When Chloe got a little bigger, Daddy brought her to the kitchen. "Now you learn to cook rice." Chloe's eyes went wide. "Me? Real rice?" Life with Purpose.
  • May include: A digital illustration of a bald person with a goatee wearing a grey long-sleeve shirt, hands pressed together in prayer. Text at the bottom reads: Page 9 Daddy bowed his head and prayed. Lord, give her a strong heart.
  • May include: An illustration of a family of four eating rice with spoons. The father wears a blue shirt, the mother a green shirt, and two young children wear purple and blue outfits. Text reads: Page 11, Ate made the rice! Zoey cheered.
  • May include: Two young children with dark hair and headbands stand behind a large metal pot filled with white rice. The child on the left wears a purple long-sleeve shirt, and the child on the right wears a white shirt with blue overalls.
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May include: A digital book cover titled Try Again: A Gentle Story About Trying Again, featuring an illustration of a family of four cooking together. The text includes Read-Along Video, Printable PDF, Audiobook MP3, and Digital Download.

Instant digital download: Try Again, with a narrated read-along MP4, printable PDF storybook, MP3 audiobook and story pictures.
A tender father-and-daughter story about crooked beds, burned rice, growing up and finding the courage to try again. No physical book is shipped.

Follow Chloe and her sister Zoey through small mistakes and big life changes in a softly illustrated family keepsake.

WHAT YOU GET
• A 25-page illustrated PDF storybook (cover, introduction, 21 story pages, a parent note and a bonus page for parents)
• A complete word-highlighted read-along video, approximately 6 minutes 25 seconds (MP4)
• Complete read-aloud narration (MP3)
• 44 softly branded watercolor story pictures (JPGs in a ZIP)
• A bonus letter app for parents, opened from the last page of the PDF

Unzip the pictures ZIP before opening. This is a ready-made story, not a personalized order. The bonus is an online app and needs internet access; the book, audio, pictures and video are downloadable files.

GENTLE CONTENT NOTE
Includes the death of a father, grief, a letter within the story, money worries, relationship hurt, repeated setbacks and a strict parenting style. Includes gentle references to God and prayer. No frightening death scenes are shown. Please review before sharing with children and read together with a caring grown-up.

Story by Chris Tribo, Life with Purpose. Images are AI-assisted; narration was created with AI.
Personal household use only. No redistribution or resale. Digital download only; no physical item is shipped.

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