2007-10-01T06:27:00.000-07:00

A Vietnam Veterans Stories to His Children

Written in 1970-1971

Compiled 1986

Published 2005 and 2007

This is a storybook that will stimulate your child's imagination and take them on fantastic journeys into the land of make believe!

2007-09-30T10:47:00.000-07:00

For Immediate Release
For more information, please contact: lgmich@aol.com

The Four Little Children: A Likely Story
ISBN-978-0-595-34799-5

Bedtime Stories from the Front: Decorated Vietnam Veteran Compiles Storybook Letters to His Children in New Book
Book Reveals Father’s Deep Love for His Children and His Desire to Stay Connected with Them While at War

Birmingham, Alabama– The compilation of short stories in The Four Little Children is the result of Larry Michalove’s deep love for his children and his desire to stay connected with them while he was away during the Vietnam War. His storybook was recently republished in May, 2007.

Like most fathers, Michalove was in the habit of telling stories to his children before they went to sleep at night and wanted to maintain this connection to them. During his tour of duty, he wrote almost daily letters to his wife and periodically included a story that she could read to their four little children. Michalove made his children the central characters of these stories in which an elf-like character took them on wonderful and exciting adventures.

Under the care of a jolly elf, the children go on fanciful journeys among the stars, under the sea, to the North Pole, and to many other unusual, fascinating places. They encounter talking ants and farm animals, dancing pumpkins, and green cheese-eating moon people. But no matter where they go or who they meet, from the darkest recesses of a cave to the farthest reaches of the moon, the children always return to the comforts of home and family.

These treasured stories, originally written to connect a father at war in Vietnam with his four kids back home in America, will inspire children to expand their imaginations while learning important lessons about love, respect and responsibility. Encouraging a unique closeness between parents and their children, this read-aloud collection will whisk families away on truly fantastic adventures.

Michalove’s wife, Sybil, saved all of his letters. In 1986, both Michalove and his wife had enough fresh perspective to revisit the letters, and remembering the wonderful tales to the children in each one, compiled the stories into a green book for each of their four children as a keepsake.

The Four Little Children – A Likely Story is published by iUniverse and is available through Amazon.com, Barnes & Noble.com, iUniverse.com and most retail outlets. The Military Writers Society America awarded it their “Distinguished Book Award for Children’s Literature”.

Larry Michalove was born in 1933 in Asheville, North Carolina. He is a 1955 graduate of the United States Military Academy and later received a Master of Science degree from Stanford University. He resides in Birmingham, Alabama with his wife of 47 years, Sybil, a Birmingham native. They have four children and ten grandchildren. # # #

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