Reading and writing! Getting back to basics! Good old-fashioned values and morals! All that and much more in a new book series and web site called SakesAlive. The four titles in the SakesAlive series, Fiddler, Grampa Sam, Pricilla, and Ira Wordworthy, entertain and enlighten as children of all ages read about the fantasy characters that live in a place called SakesAlive.

       Once read, the books, beautifully illustrated by Wendy Edelson and written by award-winning Serendipity author Stephen Cosgrove, guide the reader to a child-safe web site on the internet called SakesAlive.com. Here the child can choose any one of the many characters and write them a SakesAlive E-mail, and delightfully the characters write back, expanding the story in any direction the child wishes to go.

       Available only through a unique marketing program at local grocery stores or on the internet at BookBuyBook.com, these hard-cover, 'back to basics' SakesAlive books encourage children of all ages that reading, writing and old-fashioned values can be a whole lot of fun.

Web-site Information:

http://www.sakesalive
http://www.bookbuybook.com
http://www.web-pop.com

"I have always been a self-starter."

"When I can't get somebody to do it my way, I do it myself. Early on I learned that I had to be a one-man band. Case-in-point: Serendipity. In 1974 when I couldn't find a publisher to do my books my way, I did just that. I became the publisher and subsequently, over the next two years, sold 2 million copies. A year ago I couldn't find anyone that would share my vision about web-enhanced books and stories. So I created and over-saw the design of SakesAlive and Web-Pop Readers."


"It isn't fun being a one-man band. But when you want to dance and there ain't no music, you best pull out the kazoo and start tapping your shoe."

"The internet is a wonderfully designed box, no more no less. Unless a box is filled with content, it is just that, a wonderfully designed box. That's why so many internet companies are failing, they continue to build more boxes but forget to put anything inside."

"SakesAlive is an extension of my creative process. To visit that site is to understand how I process a story in my mind."

"To me a story has no beginning and no end. It is a non-linear event that comes from and goes to anywhere. To go somewhere with a story you only need ask the basics: who, why, what and where."

"My fascination with the internet is that when a story becomes interactive the edges of reality can be easily blurred, enhancing the experience."

"SakesALive E-Mail Adventures are great fun. Where else can you go and write a letter to your imagination? Better still, where else can you go where your imagination writes back?"

Mfg. Information:

81/2 x 11" hard cover books
Reinforced Binding
32 pages
Fully Illustrated
$7.99 msrp
Printed in the US
Published by DreamMaker, LLC Woodinville, Washington
(949) 369-1474