The Bee and the Magic Mirror

About the Book

Jonathan was taking high school Spanish and was asked to write a children’s book.

This book is a fable about how lightning bugs came to be.

About the Author

This book was written by our son who we called “Jonathan.”  He was taking high school Spanish and was asked to write a children’s book.  I told him I wanted to keep a copy of the book.  All parents love what their children produce.  I only kept an English copy of the book and filed it away as a treasure.  January 17, 2006 our son, Jonathan, died of NK T-cell lymphoma.  He was diagnosed in September 2005 and fought hard to live, but that fight ended on his 21^st birthday and he went home to be with our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ.  He fought the good fight and finished his race.  Jonathan loved life and lived it to the fullest. 

Going through my treasures I found this book and wanted to publish it.  Jonathan’s cousin, Cherie’, took the time to translate it into Spanish for us since that is the way he originally wrote it. 

Our son wanted to be a doctor and had just finished his second year of college at Rowan University in Glassboro, New Jersey, when this cancer took over.  If there is any profit from this book being published, it will go into a memorial fund for medical missions.

Any donations can be sent to: 

Mark Jonathan Snell, Jr, Medical Missions Memorial Fund
Mission Builders International (Checks payable to MBI)
845 Davis St, Vacaville, CA 95687