Note: This series of books is written for the children ages 8-12. Genre-wise, it is a fantasy, but takes place today.
Book No. 1: Stanley Billings: That’s Me: Stanley is ten years old and is in deep trouble. He accidentally broke one of his mother’s expensive lamps. He has had all summer to earn enough money to replace the one he broke. He has earned and saved very little. As a matter of fact he has one day to earn almost three hundred dollars. If he can’t come up with the “cash,” his family will leave him with friends as they spend the week before school starts at Disneyland. Enjoy the fun as Stan, and his best friend Drew, obtain the needed money and do so quite legally. (Projected release date late 2011 as an eBook)
Book No. 2: Sabrina Tompkins: That’s Me: Sabrina is the older of two brothers, viz., Drew (read Stanley Billings: That’s Me) and Seth. She and Seth are charged with taking care of Stan’s strange cat, Telford, while Stan and Drew enjoy themselves for a week at Disneyland. Telford leads Sabrina and her little brother on an adventure into a pink world and therein teaches her the value of animals and especially the value of family, in particular Seth. (Projected release date mid-2012 as an eBook)
Book No. 3: Walter Buckley: That’s Me: The working title for this book was Walter Buckley and Gary: That’s Me and my Kid Brother. That is quite long and a bit cumbersome, and besides, creates a problem with point of view. You’ll get to know Gary in the book. Gary has been designated Walter’s toady by Walt himself. Together they are the proverbial pains in the neck. Telford also escorts these two to the pink planet where they get a new perspective on how to treat others. (Projected release date late 2012 as an eBook)
Book No. 4: If there were to be a fourth book, it would likely be entitled Telford: That’s Me. There are a lot of things that go on in the first three books that are intentionally not explained. I enjoy writing mysteries (see The Millerville Mysteries) and though these books are fantasies, how it all works is left a mystery. It is possible, I believe, for the attentive, sleuth-minded reader to figure out how “things work” with regards to Telford and what happens around him. If there is no fourth book to explain it all, I will hold a contest in which a dozen or so winners receive prizes based on how accurately and completely and quickly they figure out how Telford, and the things that happen around him, actually work.
