Le Rêve

About the Book

Caroline Fairchild has never met a mystic, never known the Magic,never matched wits with a dark queen and never ever ridden bareback on a unicorn. All she knows is that her life has taken a turn for the worst since her step mother banished her to the wood shed. But all that is about to change when she meets Ali,a mysterious girl of the garden who shares with her its secrets. Guided by a mystic and helped by the magic Caroline along with Uni, a mystical friend brought to life through the wonder of dreams, must struggle to find their way through the the forest of shadows. On the path they must confront their own fear and doubt; for it will be the only way they will be able to find and rescue Ali, the tiny miss who in fact has a secret of her own...perhaps the best kept secret of all!

About the Author

Dr Bob Ward lives with his wife Cindy and their numerous animals on their small "hobby farm" on Vashon Island in Puget Sound in Washington state. He is a family dentist, a teacher at the University of Washington and a mnetor to several continuing education study groups in the United States and Europe. While he has done extensive writtings in the proffessional ranks his jump to fiction and children's stories has been relatively recent.

Le Reve ( The Dream)a story inspired by the relationship between his young daughter and her little Unicorn friend existed as an idea for over twenty years before finally being written down. "When she was young, he writes. my daughter was given the gift of a little stuffed animal." He was a well mannered critter and it wasn't long before the three of us were fast friends. He goes on to say..While I'm sure many parents have communicated with their kids by talking to them with toys, I couldn't have imagined how much fun it would be pretnding to be the voice of that fuzzy little fellow. And so the story began...

An avid reader of myths, legends and just plane tall tales Dr Bob couldn't help but draw inspiration from several clasic works while creating Le Reve. The rescue of the feminine is archetypal in nature he explains and has occurred from ancient myths to modern day tales. In the Hindu epic ,The Ramayana, Sita is taken to Shri Lanka and in the Greek myth Helen is taken to Troy...and in the modern classic Beauty is held captive by the Beast.

He finishes by saying that he is inclined to believe his yarn his tale, is both fairy tale and myth. Campbell says the two are kindred. If Mr Campbell says myths are songs of the universe I would hope that this tale might just be...a simple melody.