Meru and the Magic Thread

Meru and the Magic Thread is the story of a young boy who faces the dominions of evil as he responds to a divine invitation that inevitably leads him to great responsibility. Meru's world is about to undergo a shift that will bring a great change and Meru has been chosen to deliver this message to all who live there. He carries no weapons other than the purity of his own nature as he confronts the forces of darkness that hide within the recesses of all of our souls.

Meru wakes up one morning to find a magic button on his doorstep. He learns that it can only be sewn on with magic thread. He must make a difficult journey to the Eastern Mountain to find the Star Lady, whose spinning spiders weave the magic thread. Come with him on this journey as he faces his past and future while trying to escape the fury of the River of Reflections. Meet the wizard who attempts to steal Meru's innocence in the Forest of Forgetfulness. Travel through the Cave of Completion where Meru's faith is tested. Finally behold the Star Lady who reveals the real reason for Meru's journey.

This story delivers a timeless message of Love, Innocence, and Faith, three qualities that inspire and sustain the human spirit. This book will be of great importance to parents who are trying to nourish these qualities in their children. We hope the story of Meru will create a wave that will gather strength as it opens the heart and mind of each person who reads it.

Both Authors currently reside on the Big Island Of Hawaii. Marla Hanson, born and raised in California, taught music in Marin county at the San Geronimo school in the Lagunitas school district. Meru started there as a one page dream and ended up being turned into a full length play with music and elaborate costumes. There was such a big response from the children that the play had to be double cast. It became a huge hit among the kids and their parents. Wanting to continue in childhood education, Marla took classes and, following her heart, she became a preschool teacher, and later an assistant director and a preschool director. By this time her daughter Scarlet Eskildsen had moved to Hawaii to become an artist, and currently works at the Big Island Radio Group. Through many twists of fate the two of them through endless phone conversations, managed to rewrite Meru and the Magic Thread into what it is today.