“It’s a gift to the world, not quite a novel, not quite a collection of short stories. Although in tone it resembles Saint-Exupery’s Le Petit Prince and Gertrude Stein’s The World is Round, it is not a children’s book . . . very simply, a book of the heart.” —Lee Lynch, San Francisco Chronicle “There is something here for everyone: fantasy, humor, romance, and adventure. . . . a book full of the joy of just living.” —Nancy J. Seeger, Belles Lettres “Her stories are carefully crafted magic…. They joyously lull and illuminate.” —Chicago Tribune