The Adventures of Pokey and Sparky: The Magic Totem - Softcover

Tucker, Jeff

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1478297190 ISBN 13: 9781478297192

Publisher: CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform, 2012

Synopsis

Magic Totem is an Adventure from the start to the Magical Finish.

      Finding the Totem while on a picnic, the animals find that it is Magic!......"Lying on the mat was the most beautiful thing that any of the animals had ever seen. What Jumper had dug up, dirty, muddy and crusty, was now completely clean, even in the deepest grooves of the carvings. It glistened in the sunlight, because of little jewels that were sculpted into the various carvings, and it was painted with the brightest colors anyone could imagine. A Magic Totem!" The Magic Totem will be enjoyed by children as well as adults. A fun story to read to the kids.

About this title

From the Author:

Let me tell you about Magic Totem

    I clearly remember the day I sat down and started to write Magic Tomahawk, yes, that was the original title and story.

    When I was a young boy, I was 12 years old and was spending the summer with my Aunt Lucy and Uncle Art in Westwood, CA. My uncle and I would go hiking and camping in the Mount Lassen area and one day my Uncle Art played a funny on his nephew, me!

    My uncle had buried about a dozen Indian arrowheads in the area we were camping and spending the night, shrewdly, when I was not around or looking. The next morning, Uncle Art had me scrounging around in his special little area and guess what I found? Of course I still have those little arrowheads, 50 years later.

    Most authors, I believe, write fiction based on life experiences, or dreams. When I wrote this book, the story flowed so fast that my fingers could not keep up with my brain. I laughed as the story developed and there was never a time when I had to try hard to find the story, it was always there and it had been there since I was 12 and spending that summer with Uncle Art and Aunt Lucy. And, by the way, Farmer Jeffries, I can assure you, looks exactly like my dear Uncle Art, who I lost only a few years later, but have never forgotten.

    During editing, it was suggested, smartly, that a tomahawk can have a different mental image to a young adult, an image different than I intended, so the tomahawk was exchanged for a Totem. But, the story didn't change, and still, this was my funnest book to write, and the one that still makes me smile and reminds me of my childhood days.

About the Author:

     I was born in 1950 in Denver, CO. At age 14, my family moved to Southern California where I graduated from High School and went on to Junior College in Los Angeles.

     In 1970 a career opportunity opened up and I moved to Seattle, WA. I was married in 1972, and I spent the next 30 years in the electronics distribution business.  In 2005 I spent some years ruining a good hobby by turning it into my second career, finish carpentry and woodworking.

     In 2010 I moved to Arizona where I now live at the base of Superstition Mountain in Gold Canyon.  I enjoy the warmth and the southwestern sights I remember visiting as a child.

     I am a Christian and attend Spring of Life Christian Church in Mesa, AZ and give Thanks to God for the blessings of my life, my family, great career and the talents that I have been given, and the blessings I continue to receive every day.

About this edition

• Publisher: CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform
• Publication date: 2012
• ISBN 10: 1478297190
• ISBN 13: 9781478297192
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 58
• Editor: Cassidy Ms. Dale
• Illustrator: Tucker Bryson