My Invisible Friend: 5 stories of mystery and wonder for young and old

by Gwen Faris Bell

Overview

Discover original "wonder tales" of magic and mystery to delight the child in us all. The whole family will enjoy five old-fashioned stories of spunky young heroes and heroines facing challenges and, at last, reaching their goals.

1. A magic door--why can only Tommy open it? Where does it lead?
   
2. Even Mamie has never seen her Invisible Friend -- yet why do things go right only when her friend is there?
   
3. The Great Forest is dark and unknown. Will Cubby find companions and adventure? Or danger?
   
4. When Polly makes friends with her new old-lady neighbor, her life takes unexpected turns,
   both sad and happy.
   
5. Only Eileen can see the mysterious opening in the air. Is it real? Or imagined? And who is the person inside?

All five old-fashion tales are set in the 1950's, when the author was growing up. Enjoy these captivating stories quietly alone. Or read aloud with family and friends. For the young, the not-so-young, and for anyone young-at-heart. Pen and ink illustrations by the author.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9798823107679
Publisher:	Barnes & Noble Press
Publication date:	08/20/2022
Pages:	186
Product dimensions:	5.50(w) x 8.50(h) x 0.43(d)
Age Range:	9 - 12 Years

About the Author

Gwen Faris Bell is a long-time writer and recent illustrator. Her imaginative stories for young people
are set in the familiar places of her youth. As a young girl, the books Gwen loved best were old-fashioned
ones, written 50+ years earlier by Louisa May Alcott, L. Frank Baum, Frances Hodgson Burnett and more.
Gwen wondered...might today's young people enjoy stories set in their own 50+ years past? If so, to
entertain and enrich today's like-minded young people with newer "old-fashioned" tales, Gwen set her
stories in the 1950s, when she was growing up.
During her 40-year business career, she's written hundreds of articles and columns for business
publications, merging analysis with creativity. My Invisible Friend is her first work of fiction. Now retired
from business, Gwen and her husband live in a modest waterside apartment, enjoying nature, walking
and talking, thinking, reading and writing.