The Well Kept Secret

By Ginette Ausman and Rebecca Prato

The story makes readers travel between the reality and fantasy worlds of children. It makes readers believe in the pure trust, harmony, and love that only young children can share with open hearts and minds. It shows childrens attachment to family, the role of grandparents in their lives, and the knowledge they share. It teaches values and consistency in relationships with family members. The characters represented are ordinary people dealing with normal life situations. The Well-Kept Secret is simple and easy to understand.

• Language: English
• Publisher: AuthorHouse
• Release date: Nov 13, 2013
• ISBN: 9781491833506

Ginette Ausman

She writes about the facts of life and expresses the meaning of love, understanding and trust in the family. In writing her books, she create a new bond between children and elderly but also teaches children to learn to trust their parents in the decisions they have to make for them. Again, she makes you travel between fantasy and reality where children spend part of their childhood. She believes in the importance and the need children have for that period of their life.

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Published by AuthorHouse 11/09/2013

ISBN: 978-1-4918-3349-0 (sc)

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Library of Congress Control Number: 2013920393

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The Well-Kept Secret

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Written by Ginette Ausman

Illustrated by Rebecca Prato

T he day started with a beautiful sunrise, and there was not a cloud in the sky. I was playing with my brother Alex in the garden. The trees were enormous, and there were flowerbeds close to the gallery. A little further away, Grandma had a vegetable garden close to the fence. My parents had installed some swings and a slide that ended in a sandbox.

There was a picnic table under one of the huge trees. Under another one, there were two benches with a little table in between. Granddad’s hammock was on the other side, hanging from two big tree limbs.

Mom used to sit a lot in that area, drinking ice tea, after a long week of work. She admired the radiant colors and the quietness of the end of the day. When Grandma joined her, Alex and I would cuddle up to them and listen to Grandma talk about my dad’s childhood.

Sometimes, we thought the stories were fairy tales, but we never missed a word. Dad would join us when he got home from work. He loved the stories too. He used to say that our mom became part of the stories.

Alex and I dreamed of living such stories. My parents said we would make our own stories, and we were always waiting for something unusual to happen. We had no idea what it would be, but we always looked around the garden for an opening into a magic, enchanted world.

My brother and I loved playing in the garden. There were so many places to explore. The places all stayed the same, but our imaginations would make them look different every day. When the sun changed direction, everything took on