Introducing: Glengarry Tales

 

I am hard at work on a new children's series, Glengarry Tales, which is based on the natural world of historic Glengarry County in Eastern Ontario, Canada. The books in this series follow a wide arc. They start by focusing on tiny, thriving ecosystems such as the one shown here in a humble ditch. But they expand to explore the habitat and environment of an awakening world, as humans, plants and animals learn to speak to one another anew. This is my first video which describes my initial inspiration for the main character, Morris the Muskrat. Many adventures await as Morris begins his quest to compile The Wisdom of the Animals and to discover The Wisdom of the Stars and The Wisdom of the Trees.

I am interested in the idea that the Glengarry Tales series is not fantasy. Rather, I am presenting it as magical realism for kids. These stories do not describe an escape from a harsh world into the realm of imagination, as in classics like The Neverending Story. Rather, they depict our everyday world as we would see it if we had a full spectrum of vision.

The books will form a bridge to connect to my young-adult- and adult-oriented magical realist novels: Isis Chrysalis, Ink of the Palimpsest, and others listed at my website, LCDOUGLASS.COM. I'm overhauling my site, so check back often.