The Way of the River: Kellandale Wood (Book One) is a work of fiction. Names, characters, places, and events are all the product of the author’s imagination, or the imagination of family members who contributed to and helped create this story. Any resemblances to actual places, events, or people, living or dead, are purely coincidental. Except maybe for Ole Warty.
Copyright ©2021 Shan L. Spyker, All Rights Reserved
Cover illustration ©2021 Thomas L. Spyker, All Rights Reserved
Edited by Allison Reker
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ISBN 978-1-7366197-0-4 (Paperback 1st Edition published April 2021, first reprint August 2021)
ISBN 978-1-7366197-1-1 (eBook Edition published June 2021)
Book interior design by Shan L. Spyker/Tulip Tree Creative Studios
Additional illustrations by Thomas L. Spyker
Creative consulting and additional editing & proofing by Mia C. Spyker
Written by Shan L. Spyker, based on the original collaborative bedtime stories, The Tales of Henry, by Pete Lambros, 1975, with additional input from Mia C. Spyker, Thomas L. Spyker, Adrienne L.L. Blatcher, Debbie DeLuca Lambros, Kincaid F. O’Hara & Beckett F. O’Hara
Very special thanks to beta readers Sylar and Thomas for playing a very important part in the creation of this book!
Published in the United States of America, in the state of Ohio by Tulip Tree Creative Studios
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For my family & my friends
each of whom has touched this book
in their own unique way
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And especially for my children,
Mia & Tom
May you always trust your hearts
to enter the deep forest when you know it’s right
—even when others may tell you not to.
The Way of the River
Kellandale Wood
Book One
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Shan L. Spyker
Published by Tulip Tree Creative Studios
Long ago in the country of Eldmoor . . .
Autumn
