When Grandma Honey and Destiny are talking on the phone, Destiny complains that she wanted to go swimming but her daddy wouldn't take her. Grandma Honey suggested that she pretends she was swimming in the ocean. Magical things can happen in the "make-believe" world. Destiny turns into a "mermaid!"
About the Author: Connie Dunn is an award-winning author, speaker, and educator. She specializes in developing a community of writers from which she helps fiction and non-fiction writers take their book from wherever they are to getting them published. Connie writes both fiction and non-fiction books, as well as courses. Her goal is to help her students and coaching clients reach their next goal. She spent nearly 30 years as a freelance writer, writing for magazines and newspapers. She had a regular column in the Dallas Morning News, which focused on small and home-based businesses. For this column, she won an award from the SBA (Small Business Administration). She developed courseware for a number of start-up technology firms and with publishers, such as Prentice Hall Developmental (content) Editor. She self-published her first book in 1981 and developed a collection of stories with a collaborator in the 1990s. She writes children's books, non-fiction, and fiction. Connie believes that everyone has a book in them, and her greatest joy is in traveling with her students on their writing journeys. Connie also has won awards in screenplays and poetry. She is the founder and executive editor of Weeping Cherry International Review, (http: //weepingcherryinternationalreview.com/) which serves the writing community by offering book reviews, author interviews, fiction, poetry, essays, and non-fiction. Artists can also showcase their art in this quarterly digital magazine. Connie is an active member of the United Regional Chamber of Commerce, Boston Women Connect, and the Lionheart Foundation. She lives in Franklin, MA, with her wife, Joyce, and their plus-size cat, Sophie, and their tiny 5 1/2 pound Chihuahua, Rusty. Connie Dunn, Illustrator Connie is a Puppet Maker and Fiber Artist. She makes wearable art in the form of scarves and embroidered appliques, as well as quilts and puppets. She began making puppets while working as a Religious Educator to use as props for stories. She has continued making puppets illustrating children's stories. She also has used collages and quilts, as well as simple felt characters on a felt background.