For many parents, this presents a new set of challenges, including how to keep their kids engaged and busy, particularly on rainy days, without parking them in front of a TV or video game.
The New York Times best-selling author Michael Stadther has one solution: fun activities that reward kids for using their imaginations.
These stimulating activities can be found at www.atreasurestrove. com, the site that is the home to Stadther's book "A Treasure's Trove"--a beautifully illustrated, fantasy adventure story that captured the hearts and imaginations of millions of children and adults and, through clues hidden in its pages, inspired a nationwide treasure hunt.
The author has created brainteasers related to events and characters in The Great Forest, where the action takes place in "A Treasure's Trove."
Stadther's next book, "Secrets of the Alchemist Dar," is a sequel to "A Treasure's Trove." "Secrets of the Alchemist Dar," which can now be ordered through online booksellers or in bookstores nationwide for delivery at the end of September, will include good and bad fairies and feature new clues to a whole new worldwide treasure hunt for 100 jewelled fairy rings.
In anticipation of the book's arrival, Michael Stadther plans to unveil a creative contest that invites Web visitors to use their imaginations about fairy rings.
