Once there was a little girl who loved stories. She loved to listen to them, loved to read them, and loved to tell them. She would tell them to anyone who would listen and when no one was around to listen, she would tell them to herself. One day, when she was still a very little girl, she found that if she used a pencil and a piece of paper, she could memorialize her stories and pass them out to people so they could hear them, even when she wasn’t around to tell them. Imagine her surprise when she discovered that doing such a thing was called being a writer.

On these shelves, journey through the imaginative worlds Sherrie A. Bakelar inhabits and greet some of her dearest life-long friends. In these stories, you will find a whole cadre of strong women who face challenges, fall in love, fight monsters, explore unknown realms and solve mysteries. Through it all, they show compassion and sensitivity for those around them, honoring their parents, friends, and family, while striving to live life to the fullest. Here, there is no weaker sex, only a soul-felt exploration of the human condition.