Meet the dwarves of Dimmerdown! These fun-loving creatures roam around their tiny world, exploring caverns and traipsing down riverbanks. Along the way, the beautifully illustrated pages will spark your child’s imagination as they explore the wide world of fantasy! With its smooth-flowing, engaging rhymes and easy-to-read vocabulary, young readers will love to follow along with this whimsical story. At home or in the classroom, these lighthearted dwarves will delight children and adults alike! Download for free today (5/27)!
Meet Laura Pruett
Laura Pruett began her writing career at the ripe age of approximately three years old by signing her name in her books. She soon advanced to writing random words on doors and, eventually, kindergarten stories about a Santa Claus she had never been taught existed (this time, on normal notebook paper). By the time she finally entered college classes, she would answer the introductory “If you could do any career that you wanted, what would it be?” question with, “I would like to edit dictionaries.” That said, although she minored in English, she majored in psychology, a degree which she obtained in 2003. Years later, in 2011, she began working as a freelance writer and editor on a site once called Elance (now Upwork). Because she preferred editing to writing, she soon eliminated the writing portion from her offered services and focused on editing–including GoFundMe pages, personal memoirs, fiction stories, self-help books, scientific reports, financial reports, and so much more. After years of editing others’ works and encouraging her husband, Michael C. Sahd, to publish his, Laura decided to finally contribute some of her own to the reading world. As of 2023, she has published two children’s picture books, The Dwarves Of Dimmerdown and My First Book Of Strangers: The People I Don’t Know. Currently, in addition to writing A World Apart, Gedra Gets a Man, and To Catch A Fish, she is working on another super-secret Kindle Vella novel, under a pen name. If you’re interested, here’s a one-word hint: Dwarves. Look around and see what you can find!
Our world is dying. The great war threatens to kill us all. Caught in the power games of the mad fire king and the spiteful ice queen, I must do everything to protect my little sister. A dystopian, fantasy novel inspired by the Snow Queen.
Dive into the beautiful and magical Kingdom of Splendania! This is the first book in the new fantasy adventure series for children age 8+, and fans of How To Train Your Dragon, Earthsea and The Wizards of Once.
“This book reminded me of Aesop’s Fables in that the world-building is in-depth and vivid, and there are a lot of fantastical elements. Including a sword imbued with magical power and pixies leaving breadcrumbs for an enthused Vanadae, which is especially interesting because the story alludes to a big magical future for the princess.
Tales of Splendania: A Golden Wish is an entertaining and magic-filled read that promises more excitement in later books.” – Rosie Wylor-Owen, Author of The Rogue Valkyrie Series
About The Story
In this ancient and mystical land, the most marvellous and dangerous magical creatures roam the lands and skies. The beautiful and valiant Princess Vanadae must find a way to protect her beloved Golden Unicorn from the most dangerous creatures of them all — the people of Splendania themselves. All of whom are completely hellbent on capturing and killing magical creatures, the Golden Unicorn most of all.
Vanadae must find and protect the majestic Golden Unicorn before Magnus the Mighty, her father and the High-King of Splendania becomes the first to slay this wondrous creature and ensure his rule over the three realms; Theos, Valastry and Ovamthia.
Will the Golden Wish, granted once in a lifetime to the members of the royal family, cause the malevolent Witch of the Woods to come out of hiding and continue her vengeance against the royal families of Splendania? Will the courage of Vanadae’s brother, Prince Galderon, protect her from the dangers in the Spellbound Woods and set them on a path to fulfil their destinies?
This debut novel from T.O. Griffiths is perfect for all the family to enjoy together.
The sequel, Tales of Splendania: A Heart of Ice, is coming soon.
Recent Reviews:
“This book is so creative and the author really does have a way with his words! His descriptive writing leads your imagination through a magical journey of fantastical monsters, intriguing characters and marvellously enchanting kingdoms – it kept me fully engaged and eager for the next line, page and chapter. The only downside to this book is that there’s not more of it. Engrossed from the off and already yearning for the second book. Seriously well done T.O Griffiths!” 5/5
“Absolutely loved this book, I love fantasy so I bought this book for myself, but I’ll definitely be buying it again for a friend’s daughter! Looking forward to the next one!” 5/5
“My daughter tried everything to get out of reading her books. Since she was given this book everything changed. This book is a great fantasy book, captured her imagination and she reads it every night before bed. Lovely to see her enjoying what she is reading and showing this much interest. The book itself has over 100 pages, we choose the paperback version, the letters are large so it’s easier to read for beginners and the pages aren’t white but in ecru colour which we much prefer. The story is very engaging and lets imagination loose. The wording is smart and for everyone who loves unicorns, dragons and fantasy this is a top-shelf book not only for the little ones! Definitely highly recommend to all my friends and family to get one as totally worth to get one!” 5/5
“My 2 kids loved the book and were disappointed that it had to end – hoping for a follow-up edition soon – highly enjoyable and helped their reading too!” 5/5
Meet T.O. Griffiths
Born and raised on a beautiful farm overlooking the Black Mountains and the Brecon Beacons on the border of Wales and England, T.O. Griffiths grew up fascinated by animals, sharks most of all. He was lucky enough to be surrounded by farm animals – including the magnificent peacocks – and a stunning view. As a boy, he used to write short stories and poems, somewhat inspired by Alice in Wonderland.
With a large collection of swords, axes and armour himself, his fascination with weaponry has helped inspire certain characters T.O. Griffiths has created in Splendania.
With a busy job and life moving forward, time to focus and complete the book became a labour of love for T.O. Griffiths, but something he was determined to accomplish.
The story coming into existence was completely spontaneous; he was asked to make up a bedtime story for his girlfriend to help her sleep. It was not helpful, however, as he was then up all night, writing it down instead of finishing the story for her, until now.
Tales of Splendania had been rattling around T.O. Griffiths’ head for many years and the story evolved and swayed this way and that, and now, he is extremely excited to share it with you and hopes you enjoy it as much as he has enjoyed creating the World of Splendania.
The stories you loved as a child have been twisted into wildly addictive tales that will bewitch you as an adult: enchanted castles, spellbinding magic, handsome princes, beautiful princesses, and as many happily-ever-afters as your heart desires.
Cherish this mesmerizing set of 20+ classic tales retold by a collection of best-selling and award-winning authors. Each novel-length story features a different take on your favorite fairytale.
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All proceeds benefit Puzzle Peace United, a children’s autism charity.
Meet J.A. Culican
J.A. Culican is a USA Today Bestselling author of the middle grade fantasy series Keeper of Dragons. Her first novel in the fictional series catapulted a trajectory of titles and awards, including top selling author on the USA Today bestsellers list and Amazon, and a rightfully earned spot as an international best seller. Additional accolades include Best Fantasy Book of 2016, Runner-up in Reality Bites Book Awards, and 1st place for Best Coming of Age Book from the Indie book Awards.
J.A. Culican holds a Master’s degree in Special Education from Niagara University, in which she has been teaching special education for over 13 years. She is also the president of the autism awareness non-profit Puzzle Peace United. J.A. Culican resides in Southern New Jersey with her husband and four young children.
For more information about J.A. Culican visit her website at: www.jaculican.com and follow her on Facebook: @jaculican
