Katie Patatie
As She Grows
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One night, as Katie went to bed, and as she said her prayers for all her family and friends, and all the cute fluffy and furry little animals that lived in the woods, she had a special wish. One in which she asked to grow bigger and taller and faster, so she could win at running races with the other kids. Katie so wished for all of this to come true. She wanted it so very much. She wished she could fly through the air when running with the others. That Jaileen, she could run like the wind, she was so fast. Even Mikael, who was the tallest of them, couldn't keep up with her. She was a really fast little runner. Now, while Katie was asking this special wish one night, outside her bedroom window, sitting on the top of the tall sycamore tree in her back yard, listening to her, was someone who was just a little bit on the mischievous side, someone who shouldn't have been listening at all. It was a little blue gnome elf from out of the forest. His name was Ony Baloney, and he was always where he shouldn't be, listening to things he shouldn't be listening to.
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Katie Patatie, a cute little girl, almost six years old, has wishes beyond her imagination. She wishes to run faster and be taller; and she has an unknown helper to see to her happiness. Ony Baloney is a young blue gnome elf, who loves secretly watching kiddos playing games in the meadows and laughing all day quietly along with them. He loves to help make special wishes come true for these kiddos by using his blue gnome magic. Katie Patatie has fun trying to convince her momma and grandpapa that something like a miracle has happened to her overnight while she slept. Her friends, Mikael, Chrystallynn, Ieshia, and Jaileen finally come to believe her and want the wishes to come true for them also. Has it worked for Katie Patatie? Will it work again? Do children's wishes really come true? Only those who read this book will find out the end of this story. Does it continue on with all these kiddos?
About the Author
Ruth Rice-Bowder, is a wife, and a mother, a grandmother, a great-grandmother and a storyteller. With my wonderful husband at my side, I have taken on a new meaning of story telling. With so many titles, and so many little kids, I've had many nights to tell different bedtime stories, 'made up' to satisfy the curiosities of many children and grandchildren. "Katie Patatie" is only one of my stories, and only just the beginning. Telling stories just comes naturally, but when someone says you should write them down and write a book, it takes on a whole new meaning. So sit back as I travel these new pathways and share them with all of you, my new listeners and my new readers. So, now the stories begin.