"Who Are The DeBolts?" $30.

Director John Korty has created a warm, uplifting and joyous documentary about Robert and Dorothy DeBolt's family 19 (now 20) children. All but five are very special children - - handicapped Korean War orphans, Vietnamese War orphans, a blind American boy who would not walk, a black girl born without full arms and legs. The kids themselves are the stars in this portrait of a healthy, loving family whose individual members are encouraged to grow and develop in their own ways.

A five person film crew practically lived in the DeBolt household for 2-1/2 years. They intimately captured the every day life and essence of this remarkable family.

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"19 Steps Up The Mountain" $15.
The Story of The DeBolt Family
by Joseph P. Blank

You'll laugh . . . you'll cry . . . you'll thrill to this inspiring family love story about the DeBolts. There are 19 steps in the staircase from the first to the second floors in the DeBolt home. They furnish the theme for this book. Bob and Dorothy DeBolt are world famous for their role as parents to 19 (now 20) children.

In addition to their six "biological" children, they became parents to 13 (now 14) others - - Korean, Vietnamese, and American born - - by adoption or legal guardianship. Many have such severe handicaps they were considered unadoptable - - until the DeBolts took them into their hearts and home.

In this bustling household, these special children learn how to live competently in a non-handicapped world. Miracles occur every day. A blind, paralyzed boy (pictured on the front cover) gets out of his wheelchair for the first time and climbs nineteen steps up the family staircase, his personal Mount Everest.

Bob and Dorothy believe that all their children, disabled and able bodied, should be able to reach a point where they can leave the house and make it on their own. The methods they employ toward reaching that goal, and their whole heartwarming story, make fascinating reading for all ages. Pity and despair have no place in the DeBolt home. Instead there is an abundance of humor, gaiety and guts.

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