| Richard McElroy |
| This is the first book of eight "Fantasy" stories. Fantasy and the Magic Bicycle is about a young girl, Fantasy, who lives in a big city with her mother and father. She is a big dreamer with a vivid imagination. Fantasy falls asleep one evening and is overcome with joy when she finds a bicycle in the bushes at the park in her dream. She is amazed to learn that the bicycle talks, and can fly. The next morning she learns that her daddy is leaving for the war in the desert and Fantasy is overcome with loss and grief. Her magic bicycle gives her the opportunity to take an adventure that allows her to fulfill her dreams. |
| Richard McElroy is currently an Assistant Professor of Early Childhood Education with the University of Central Missouri. He holds a doctorate in Teacher Leadership/Early Childhood Curriculum Development. He taught for twenty years at the elementary and early childhood levels for inner-city public schools in Virginia and New York. Most of his students throughout the years have experienced poverty and were considered at-risk. He has been a dad for the past thirty-two years. He has been a single dad with five young children and has seven children altogether. He enjoys riding his Harley-Davidson, teaching, writing, spending time with his family and serving through his church, the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints. email: ecetchr@gmail.com |
| Here is the second book of eight "Fantasy" stories. Fantasy and Grandma is about a young girl who visits her grandmother, in Missouri, just in time to prevent a catastrophe. Her grandma comes to live with Fantasy, Bridgette, and her mother, in the city. The family is confronted with caring for an aged relative. Fantasy’s father is still in the Army, overseas, when her mother receives a visit from the Army. This book helps Fantasy confront aging and an associated illnesses, Alzheimer’s. The unexpected ending leads a path to the next book. http://www.pagesofwonder.com/mcelroy |