Silly String party wishes to the kids in Clubhouse 206 of the American Christian Fiction Writers—Debbie Archer, Leigh DeLozier, Kate Hinke, Shellie Neumeier, Dawn Overman, Chris Solaas, Cynthia Toney, and Heidi Triebel. Your critiques, encouragement and playfulness are awesome.
Thank you to literary agent Terry W. Burns for adding me to his corral, B&H Kids editor Dan Lynch for inviting Bash and Beamer over to play, illustrator Tom Bancroft for the hilarious depictions, and developmental editor Jamie Chavez for reeling me in when the words drifted astray.
I tip my farm cap to Mom and Dad—the real Frank and Patti—my siblings, and the whole collection of aunts, uncles and cousins who inspired these tales—and lived through quite a few of them.
To my wife, Terry, thank you for putting up with these kids spilling out of my keyboard and wreaking havoc all over the house. You are wondrous.
Praise God from whom all blessings flow, including the blessings of laughter and imagination.
—Burton W. Cole