The King of Stories

Thief! Thief! In a distant mountain village, someone has stolen all the stories! When the mayor tries to tell one of his favorites, he discovers that no one can remember their most-loved tales anymore. Someone has made off with them! The evil and mysterious stranger Mr. Crimble has taken all the stories away, demanding that he be crowned The King of Stories. But Angelica, the young baker's daughter, has a plan to return the tales to the villagers. Angelica follows Mr. Crimble to his secret home and rescues the stories right back. In this exciting children's book, when all the stories have disappeared and people are finding out just how grim the world can be without a tale to tell, one little girl comes to the rescue. Darrell Hugueley Jr. is a middle school teacher in Memphis, Tennessee. This story was created one night while he was baking cookies with his daughter and could not think of a story to tell her. "I began to think about what reason there would be for me not to be able to think of any stories." The book was illustrated by Megan Mosier, a former student. Publisher's website: http://www.strategicpublishinggroup.com/title/TheKingOfStories.html