Gloria Smith – författare

This book is about a couples forty-year journey through ministry. They encounter challenges in their personal lives as they move from one place to another. Their main goal is to bloom where they are appointed! They do this by helping other people face the challenges and setbacks in life as well as rejoicing with them over the victories in life. Life never stays the same, and it requires knowing how to move on after suffering a setback or winning a victory. This, then, is their story.

Background on TommyTommy had just had his eighth birthday party. Hardly any of his friends had come. For several weeks, Tommy had been acting strange and some of his friends were not playing with him anymore. He was quiet and didnt talk much He always. Seemed &.that something on his mind usually he dust sat under the big tree on the playground and stared off into space.The MonstersIn the neither world of darkness, a monster waited. He waited for night. He had found a child who was afraid of the dark. The monster fed upon fear. The child always kept a light on in his room o the monster couldnt get to him. The only way to reach him was through his dreams. So the monster would wait until the child was asleep. Then he would enter his dreams and make him afraid. The monster would feed on that feat and grow stronger. When he had grown strong enough, he could enter the light and take the childs life force. Then the monster could survive on that life force until he found another child who was afraid. The only way the monster could he stopped was if the child over came his fear. Then the monster would die. Only then would the children of this world be safe. So the monster waited.

This childrens book is entertaining as well as educational. Any young child will love meeting Annie Elf. This little elf loves children so much that she wants to write them letters, but first, she will need to learn how to write letters. Read to see how this little orphan elfs dreams come true and how Annie Elf becomes the happiest little elf in the world.