Sienna & the Magical Christmas

By Donald Schaeffer

Join Sienna on Her Magical Christmas Adventure

Sienna's life is anything but ordinary. Teamed with a wizard, a special parrot, and her two magical pet mice, Sienna embarks on a rescue mission to find her friend's missing parrot. But that's just the beginning of this delightful adventure that Sienna and her magical team take in this heartwa

• Language: English
• Publisher: Circle Originals LLC
• Release date: Dec 4, 2023
• ISBN: 9798986170459

Donald Schaeffer

Donald Schaeffer is a CPA and lawyer with a passion for the arts. His illustrated children's chapter book, "Sienna, a Wizard & the Magical Mice," has won a Global Ebook Gold Medal Award and a Purple Dragonfly Book Award. "Sienna & the Magical Christmas" is the newest book in the Sienna series. "The Spider Who Saved the Tree" is Donald's first children's picture book inspired by his short story of the same name. Donald and his wife, Joan, enjoy spending time with their son, Andrew, their daughter-in-law, Becca, and their granddaughter, Stella. Visit Donald's website at DonaldSchaeffer.com and follow him on Facebook and Instagram (@DonaldSchaeffer.author).

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Sienna & the Magical Christmas

Copyright © 2023 by Donald M. Schaeffer. All Rights Reserved.

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ISBNs:

979-8-9861704-4-2 (softcover)

979-8-9861704-5-9 (eBook)

Cover and Interior Design: 1106 Design, copyright © 2023 by Donald M. Schaeffer

Illustrations by Zoe Ranucci, copyright © 2023 by Donald M. Schaeffer

To my beautiful wife, Joan, my wonderful son and daughter-in-law, Andrew and Becca, and my precious granddaughter, Stella. I love you very much.

You are my everything.

Contents

Chapter 1

Reflections

Chapter 2

A Not So Ordinary Life After All

Chapter 3

The Search for Einstein

Chapter 4

We Found Einstein ( . . . But)

Chapter 5

Officer Katie

Chapter 6

It’s a Celebration

Chapter 7

Christmas Planning (Jingle Bells, Jingle Bells)

Chapter 8

It’s Beginning to Look a Lot Like Christmas

Chapter 9

Christmas Eve (Jingle All the Way)

Chapter 10

Christmas Day—Part 1 (Santa Claus Is Coming to Town)

Chapter 11

Christmas Day—Part 2 (Oh, What Fun It Is to Ride In Santa’s Open Sleigh)

Chapter 12

Christmas Day—Part 3 (The Hospital)

Chapter 13

Christmas Day—Part 4 (The Celebration Continues)

Chapter 14

Up, Up, and Away

Chapter 15

Oh My!

Epilogue

About the Author

About the Illustrator

Chapter 1

Reflections

As I reflect on my life . . . wait a minute, did I just say that? Now that’s hysterical. Here I am, a twelve-year-old girl from the Midwest, and I’m reflecting on my life? Twelve-year-olds don’t do that. They look at the todays and think about the tomorrows. It’s too early to think about yesterdays.

Now, don’t get me wrong. I do think about the todays and tomorrows, and my days are very busy. But I’m not like most twelve-year-olds, and after everything that has happened to me since I was four, reflection is certainly in order from time to time.

By the way, for those of you who don’t know, my name is Sienna. So much had happened to me in the four years between being four to when I turned eight, that I could probably write a book about it. Oh my! Come to think of it, I did write a book about it.

Did you read it? I sure hope so! But just in case, here’s a quick summary of those extraordinary four years. (You can always go back and read the entire story.) And as for the time since then, you’re going to read about at least part of it soon in this book. And let me tell you, it’s even more exciting than my first story.

Going back to the beginning of my story: When I was four years old, I took the most important trip of my life. Well, it was the only trip of my life at that point. That trip was to Disney World with my parents. That was where I met Mickey and Minnie Mouse and experienced the magic of Disney.

That trip was when I fell in love with mice. Over the next four years, my life changed forever. I met a kind older man named Walter. Thanks to Walter, I became the proud owner of Mia and Skipper, two very special magical mice. I didn’t know they were magical at the time, and I also didn’t know that Walter was a wizard. All I knew was that they became part of my life.

You can imagine how surprised I was to learn that I had two magical mice as pets. Not only could they do very special tricks, like bow, count, and open the number lock on their cage, but could send me messages that I heard in my head. They told me about problems with the animals at my uncle’s pet store. And they told me when my school bus would be late