Stories.

 This story is based on true family events that occurred in Poland during WW II. Esther, is a personal family friend. 

The effect of violent conflict on our human soul is immeasurable, as is the love of a granddaughter for her grandma, even a grandma  whom she had only met in her imagination.

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When Esther’s mom surprised her with a trip to faraway Poland to visit her mysterious grandma whom she had never met, her excitement mingled with unease as she faced adventures waiting for her in the shadows of the past.                                  

In the midst of the flu epidemic one hundred years ago, a timid Japanese school girl finds a pair of rainbow-colored eyeglasses and assisting the village doctor, she strives to  save her friends and family by seeing what others cannot.                                                   

Even during the flu epidemic a century ago, children coped in the same ways and with the same strengths to survive as they do today…often by using their imagination, in the context of their times, to find to find their way.

Magic and science are as much intertwined… as fear is with disease.                  

School is open.
Sickness lies low.

Hiding, seeking.
Searching to know…

Looking to see.
What lies below

And what lies behind
The Eyes of Mishiko 

How can we find impossible solutions to real problems.?

Maybe they are hidden in                                                the  imagination of  a big sister!

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Zola’s Mom is dealing with the everyday difficulties of a crying newborn baby and only Zola can communicate with her new sibling sister. Why she is crying?

Maybe what Zola says her sister wants is really what Zola wants herself.

What do you do when you don’t feel listened to in your own family?                   In Esme’s home, everyone yelled…all the time. No one listened to her. She was « invisible ». The yelling was driving her out of he mind. What could she do to be heard?

A discreet school age marmot lived with her parents and two siblings where she was subjected to constant yelling and badgering, until, when she couldn’t take the noise any longer,  went to find help…and then a solution from an unexpected source fell into her lap.

For Marcello, it had the makings of a wonderful Saturday with his dad, until fear clawed its way into their afternoon twice transforming it into a double nightmare… but a nightmare with a silver lining.

 Marcello had no business going to this movie…and no business at all seeing it by himself. His dad, who was so busy at work wasn’t able to save him from the biggest scare of his life…

That night when Adèle’s appendix cried out for help

and Paris’ wounded heart too cried out for help,

help was there, hidden behind the smoke and panic of battle… yes, the outstretched hand of the neighborhood hospital.

« Look for the helpers. Helpers bring hope…  »          Mr. Rogers

Chaos stormed the city gates.                                     To destroy,                                                                       And to defy                                                                     Paris was hit hard and low                                        And then,                                                                       was left… to cry.

Hearing just is, or isn’t… 

It doesn’t care who we are nor what we think.  

It knows only sound…and the silences in-between.

This is the story of Mark and the road he has taken to find music in his silent world.          

Because he couldn’t  hear the sounds of the outside world, Mark listened to his own voice from within himself, a tiny voice that became his compass leading him on his daily path of discovery…until the day it told him, « It’s time to give back, Mark. »

Inspired by the spirit of the « Little Engine who Could ».

Here’s a feel-good story  about children who suck their thumbs…

Even though thumb-sucking is one of the natural ways a child learns to deal with the frustrations of growing and growing up, what would a thumb have to say about this?

Let’s visit a thumb and find out how she feels about thumb-sucking…

Two days before starting school for the first time, Zola is suddenly abandoned by Penny, her secret best friend, trusty help-mate, and, above all, her own thumb, whom she has to convince to come back home to her…and fast!

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We all have favorite clothes, though sometimes, when we love them just a bit too much, we stand out …while everyone else stands back… way back! 

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Sam was losing confidence and he believed his clothes were the key to keeping his self esteem…and so, one day, he announced to everyone his radical new plan…

When Noam, Maurice’s little brother began making lots of  friends in Cat middle school, Maurice, a hulking tomcat jealously bullyied other cats until the day he found his paws in handcuffs.

Calico didn’t feel at ease with herself, not on the outside nor on the inside, until the day she stumbled on an broken old mirror in a garbage container behind an antique store and saw herself for the first time… 

Story in progress

Boris had an itch and no one knew why.

Instead of going crazy and eating honey all day, he set off on a journey to find a solution.

In progress…