 From the back cover "One of the most elegant and lyrical arguments agains racism of all time" -- Tim Roux, author of "The Dance of the Peasodile", "Missio" & "The Blue Food Revolution". George Polley was born in Santa Barbara (California), and was raised in Seattle (Washington). He subsequently lived in California, Illinois and Minnesota before moving out to his wife's country of origin, Japan. His work has appeared in the South Dakota Review, Crow's Nest, Expanding Horizons, The Enchanted Self, Community Mental Health Journal, Maturing, The Lyon County (Minnesota) Review, Wine Rings, North American Mentor Magazine, The McLean County (Illinois) Poetry Review, River Bottom, Tower Talks and Foundations. He has also authored several booklets in the mental health field, two of them co-authored with Ana Dvoredsky, M.D., in 2007 Suitable for children, YA and adults. Available in paperback from amazon.com, and Kindle from all Amazon websites. |
 From the back cover "Grandfather and the Raven" is a delightful collection of life fables. They are distilled wisdom that warms you all the way down." -- Jean Sullivan George Polley's Grandfather stories are fables capable of teaching children -- and not a few adults -- about the value of appreciating all living creatures, of the wisdom of being open-minded enough to seek solutions in unlikely places, of the rewards of working systematically towards your dreams, of the futility of bullying and aggression, and of the reassurance of a loving and harmonious environment in a world which tips all too often toward the arbitrary destruction of war. As ever, George Polley recounts these near-legends in a voice which lulls and beguiles, and above all nudges us toward the world around us." Suitable for children, YA and adults. Available in paperback from amazon.com, and Kindle from all Amazon websites. Contact me at georgepolley@yahoo.com |
 From the back cover "George Polley's tales,from The Old Man and The Monkey" to "Grandfather and TheRaven", and now to "Bear", are magical in their own right and should be read by everyone as fables of friendship, compassion and justice." -- Tim Roux, author of "Missio" and "The Blue Food Revolution". The night before his birthday, Andy dreams he meets a bear that wants to hug him, only for his aunt and uncle to give him a dog that looks exactly like a bear, that not only seems to understand everything that people are saying around him, but wants to hug them too. While everyone looks at Bear and asks Andy whether he really isn't a bear rather than a dog, the family begins to notice that Bear seems to have some very special gifts of recognizing danger and sorting out problems, gifts that serve Andy well on their many adventures together as Andy learns about the many wonders of life, and a few of its dangers too. Available in paperback from Amazon.com and in Kindle from all Amazon websites. |
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