Emily's Stories

By: Malcolm R. Campbell

Narrated by: Kelley Hazen

Emily Walters is a sharp, inquisitive fourteen-year-old north Florida girl who loves maps, her rusty old bike, and the forest behind her house. Sometimes her dreams tell her the future and sometimes her waking hours bring wise birds and other spirits into her life. In these three short stories, join Emily in her adventures and mysteries.

When her family vacations in the mountains in “High Country Painter,” a wise Pine Siskin tells her she must quickly learn how to paint dreams into reality to prevent an afternoon hike from becoming a tragedy. In “Map Maker,” she'll need her skills-and the help of a Chuck-will's-widow-to a fight a developer's plans for from bulldozing the sacred forest behind her house and replacing it with a subdivision. In “Sweetbay Magnolia,” she'll learn the secrets of her grandmother's favorite tree, the crumbling almost-forever house down on the river, and why some ghosts would rather visit than haunt.

©2013 Malcolm R. Campbell (P)2013 Malcolm R. Campbell

Short & Sweet YA Paranormal Fantasy

Emily's Stories was a nice change from the darker paranormal I usually read. It contained 3 sweet stories with likeable and relatable characters that I thoroughly enjoyed. Kelley Hazen once agaon does a fabulous job at bringing the characters and story to life. I never hesitate to get an audiobook when I see her as narrator. I look forward to more from this Author and Narrator

Short and sweet

Nicely written. these stories paint a vivid picture of Emily and show an interesting young lady. I enjoyed the glimpses into her life, the three stories blend together and show an unique view of the world.

A good book for young adults as well as adults who want something light and interesting.

The narration is well done, the voice for Emily really suits her. The narration flows smoothly except for a couple of instances where the audio repeats and where edits have been made where the sound is a little different. These are minor an easy to ignore.

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A sweet YA paranormal fantasy story

I was given this free review copy audio book at my request and have voluntarily left this review.

I thought this was an interesting paranormal fantasy story. The stories are all rather short, and a little too sweet for me, but enjoyable. The painting dreams into reality thing was cool. Definitely geared towards younger audiences.

Good read

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Emily's Stories by Malcolm R. Campbell was a good quick read. This book contained three short stories about Emily Walters in adventures and mysteries. Emily is a fourteen-year-old girl who enjoys her bike, the forest behind her house and maps.

what a beautiful, beautiful story

This is one of the most stunning stories for young people I've ever heard. In fact any adult would love it to. Laced with compassion and empathy this is must listen for every young person. I would think this would make an excellent project for a classroom group listening project or for any program looking for a project centered around social and emotional learning. The three books take us through a journey with young Emily as she awakens to the world of Nature and magic and her own personal strength. I chose it for my young niece and we listened together. It will be a special memory for us forever and she plans to hand it down to her daughter someday.