Twelve Upon A Time.... Edward Galluzzi

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       Drawings By: Adam, Sarah, Sharon and Hannah Bocik

      CCB Publishing

      British Columbia, Canada

      Twelve Upon A Time…

      Copyright ©1988, 2001, 2009, 2010 by Edward Galluzzi

       ISBN-13 978-1-926918-30-3

       Third Edition

      Library and Archives Canada Cataloguing in Publication

      Galluzzi, Edward, 1951-

      Twelve upon a time [ electronic resource ] / Edward Galluzzi;

      drawings by Adam [Bocik] … [et al.]. – 3rd ed.

      ISBN 978-1-926918-30-3

      Also available in print format.

      I. Bocik, Adam II. Title.

      PS3607.A423T84 2009 813'.6 C2009-906861-3

      Additional cataloguing data available from Library and Archives Canada

      Illustrated by Adam, Sarah, Sharon and Hannah Bocik.

      All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording or otherwise without the express written permission of the publisher. Printed in the United States of America and the United Kingdom.

      Publisher: CCB Publishing

       British Columbia, Canada

       www.ccbpublishing.com

      Twelve Upon A Time...

      “A Keepsake Book”

      Presented With Love To

      Presented With Love By

      Date

      Acknowledgements

      I wish to express my appreciation and gratefulness to Joe and Ellen Bocik, my neighbor and friends, who through their kindness and generosity enabled their children, Adam Joseph Bocik (age 12), Sarah Elizabeth Bocik (age 10) and Sharon Rose Bocik (age 7), to create their original drawings that unfold in each story. I also wish to thank Hannah Joy Bocik (age 7 months) for her contribution (the readers are left to their ingenuity and imagination to identify Hannah’s sole and exclusive drawing). The Bocik children’s 144 colored drawings reproduced here in black and white are not only beautiful, but they were created with little information and represent the genuine imagination only children can bring to life. Their drawings enhance each of the 12 stories and provide parents and their children an enriching experience beyond words. It is with deep gratitude that I thank Adam, Sarah, Sharon and baby Hannah.

      Table of Contents

January: Bronto’s Visitors from Another Time

February: Surprised by a Secret Admirer

       March: Goggy and His Pot of Gold

       April: The Great Festival of Rabbunia

       May: The Mother’s Day Surprise

       June: Memories in Five Balloons

       July: Furly and Kurly Color the Flag

       August: The “Yad Gnihton Taerg” on the Mirror Planet

       September: The Underground Adventure

       October: Trick or Treat with Bitty the Bat

       November: ‘Twas the Night Before Thanksgiving…

       December: The Magical Cane to Christmas’ Journey

      Introduction

      Twelve Upon A Time... is a storybook for families. It was written to provide a way for families to share family time, that precious and increasingly limited time between mothers, fathers and their children. Each monthly story is unique and illustrated by the original drawings of children whose interpretation of the words can only be seen through their eyes. The stories are written to assist the imagination of children and to strengthen the parent and child bond through the sharing of heartwarming, silly, absurd and believably impossible tales.

      January: Bronto’s Visitors from Another Time follows the adventures of a family back to the time of prehistoric dinosaurs and their search for the time portal that began their misadventure on New Year’s Eve. February: Surprised by a Secret Admirer explores the growing friendship between two children and their special celebration of Valentine’s Day. March: Goggy and His Pot of Gold unfolds in the legendary country of Iarland in the town of Glocky Nora where children search for a leprechaun and his pot of gold. April: The Great Festival of Rabbunia follows the adventures of children to the mythical land of Rabbunia where they celebrate the Great Festival with the inhabitants of Rabbunia. May: The Mother’s Day Surprise tells the story of how children and animals strive to surprise a special mom on Mother’s Day. June: Memories in Five Balloons is a story of how a family survives with the death of their father and how they keep alive his memories each Father’s Day.

      July: Furly and Kurly Color the Flag celebrates the birth of our country by visiting the woman who knitted our flag on our first birthday. August: The “Yad Gnihton Taerg” on the Mirror Planet celebrates the “Yad Gnihton Taerg” on the mirror planet Tenalp in the central city of Rorrim, a celebration that occurs just once every 500 years. September: The Underground Adventure shares the heartwarming story about animal friends who want to make the end of summer a special one for their human friends before going back to school. October: Trick or Treat with Bitty the Bat looks at the tradition of Halloween through the eyes of creature friends. November: ‘Twas the Night Before Thanksgiving... is a Thanksgiving story that unfolds in rhyme. December: The Magical Cane to Christmas’ Journey celebrates the warmth of the holiday season with a family whose children share the Christmas’ past of their parents through the magic and wonder of a special candy cane.

      So sit back and relax with your children and cuddle up in that special place in your home as you enjoy the adventures that unfold one month at a time for a whole year in Twelve Upon A Time...

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