A child’s imagination is a wonderful thing and must be encouraged. They vividly imagine being the Captain of their Pirate ship, the hero of their adventure, handsome, beautiful, brilliant, and strong. They conquer the world and do anything and everything! The lucky ones keep that childhood wonder! It is so sad that many adults lose it on the long, bumpy road to adulthood. This is the beginning of the story of a young girl who will never lose that childhood wonder.
That was part of the prologue of my first children’s book, The Story of Ning, Dog, and Boss from the Sleep Traveler series.
My love of writing Children’s books comes from reading many books my husband and I read to our two children. We encouraged them to imagine themselves as the characters in the books and to dream wonderful adventures that only children can dream when they are fast asleep.
Children are the hope of the world, and should be nurtured and loved every day of their lives. As parents, we hope they will look back on their younger years and smile, remembering the fun they had learning about life.
Children who have had books read to them have more vivid, adventurous dreams, and most will be reading before they start school. We read as many books our kids wanted every night, and many times they would fall asleep before we finished the last one. Our babysitters really earned their pay.
It is a shame that more parents do not have the time, or sometimes the desire, to give their children this most important gift. The gift of the love of reading.
Both of our children have that gift, and it has been beneficial in their personal and professional lives. They were successful in their chosen fields despite not having degrees.
My series of Sleep Traveler books is specifically meant to be read to children. To make it more fun, I wrote more dialogue for the speaking animals, putting both the animals and the children in challenging and fun situations.
Having Daddy Shirl appear in them was to show children and Little Dawnie that her Daddy will always try to be there to help her when she needs him.
The Sleep Traveler series and the Young Adult Series Ruby & Nolan’s Great Adventures in Space are meant to be catalysts that help older children dream of adventure.
All my books are available on my website, http://www.brendacolbathbooks.com, as eBooks and Paperbacks from your favorite seller.
That’s enough for today. See you next time. Have fun….