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It has been
a wonderful experience working with Michael Pinder. Mike is
the founder and original keyboard player
for the band the Moody Blues. Mike and his wife, Tara, are interested
in mythology and in particular the work of Joseph Campbell. Several
years ago they decided to create a trilogy of recorded children’s
stories and spent a year researching children’s books.
They found twenty stories that they liked and set out to record
them. Mike created “sound designs and musical atmospheres” for
each story that he narrates. A PLANET
WITH ONE MIND is first
in their trilogy. It features A
SPARK IN THE DARK along with
six other stories. Richard created the cover art on the CD/cassette.
With the success of A
PLANET WITH ONE MIND, Mike asked us for a second and third story. We wrote
a sequel to A SPARK IN THE
DARK called THE LITTLE BLUE BALL. An abbreviated version of this
story appears on Mike’s second CD/cassette, A PEOPLE WITH
ONE HEART. The third CD/cassette in the trilogy has not yet been
released.
We've participated in several bookstore events
with Mike Pinder, which is always fun, and we attended the Benjamin
Franklin awards
with Mike and Tara in Chicago.
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A PLANET
WITH ONE MIND
 A
PLANET WITH ONE MIND is a collection of
uplifting children’s
stories and myths. Mike Pinder, singer, keyboardist, and lyricist
from the Moody Blues band, narrates these stories from around
the world. A SPARK IN THE DARK, by Richard Tichnor and Jenny
Smith, is featured on this CD/cassette with six other children’s
stories. Cover design and illustrations for A PLANET WITH
ONE MIND are by Richard Tichnor.
“... An eclectic, highly personal selection of children’s
tales... A first-rate collection whose inspirational messages
span the globe... Nothing short of magical...”
- Publishers Weekly
 Stories
on A PLANET WITH ONE MIND:
A Spark in the Dark
by Richard Tichnor and Jenny Smith
The Legend of the Indian Paintbrush
by Tomie dePaola
The Butterfly Boy
by Laurence Yep, inspired by the writing by Chuang Tzu
Old Turtle
by Douglas Woods
The Rajah’s Rice
by David Barry
Why the Sky is Far Away
by Mary-Joan Gerson, inspired by a Nigerian folktale
All of You is Singing
by Richard Lewis, an Aztec story
A PLANET WITH ONE MIND is the winner of the Benjamin
Franklin Award for Excellence (1996), American Library
Association Notable Recordings for Children (1997), and the National
Association of Parenting Publications Award (1997)
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A PEOPLE
WITH ONE HEART
 A
PEOPLE WITH ONE HEART is narrated
with music and multicultural sounds by Mike Pinder from the Moody
Blues. THE LITTLE BLUE BALL,
written by Richard Tichnor and Jenny Smith, is one of seven
inspiring children’s stories featured on this CD/cassette.
 Stories on A
PEOPLE WITH ONE HEART:
The Little Blue Ball
by Richard Tichnor and Jenny Smith
John Jeremy Colton
by Bryan Jeffrey Leech
The Gifts of the Wali Dad
by Aaron Shephard, a folktale from India and Pakistan
I wish I were a Butterfly
by James Howe
Brother Eagle, Sister Sky
by Susan Jeffers, inspired by Chief Seattle
Tsubu the Little Snail
by Carol Ann Williams, a Japanese folktale
Dream Feather
by Viento Stan-Padillo
A PEOPLE WITH ONE HEART is
the winner of the Parents Choice Award (1997), Benjamin
Franklin Award for Excellence (1998),
and The National Association of Parenting Publications
Award
(1998)
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THE LITTLE
BLUE BALL
 THE
LITTLE BLUE BALL, written
by Richard Tichnor and Jenny Smith, is the sequel to A SPARK
IN THE DARK. It is a
story about two children who think they are one person. When
they see their reflection in a pool of water and discover they
are two different people they start to argue about who is better.
A wise fish in the water reminds them that our differences make
each person special.
THE LITTLE BLUE BALL is
not yet published in book form and appears in edited form
exclusively on the
CD/cassette, A PEOPLE WITH ONE HEART.
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