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Littluns and the Book of Darkness
Mark Glamack, Author
Mark Glamack, Illustrator
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PO Box 285, West Bloomfield, NY 14585
9780615169972 $29.95 www.littluns.net

Adventure, courage, and determination surround loyal friends in the fantasy novel Littluns and the Book of Darkness.

Movie Producer and Director now Author, Mark Glamack, uses his background in animation and writing to create this family friendly and Christian based young adult novel. With a mission to positively motivate, educate, enlighten and inspire through entertaining content, Glamack uses his own spiritual guiding light to draw his readers into the struggle between good and evil in this debut novel.

The Littluns and the Book of Darkness will entertain audiences of all ages with its fast paced, intriguing storyline and elaborate illustrated life of the Littluns world in the Hollow Hills of the land, Terra Fermata.

Author, Mark Glamack, shows off his artistic talent with colorful and meticulous illustrations. His veteran motion picture experience shines with expertly written detailed scene changes and engages readers with screenwriting skills that make his audience feel like they've been deep inside a high production animated movie. Glamack has exceeded his goal in depicting the journey of life, how to choose between the light and dark side of the world while showing the gifts of friendship and how they can influence us in the shadows of our own life choices.

Littluns and the Book of Darkness is a delightful, skillfully written novel that will capture both young and mature readers and leave them with full hearts and the tools necessary to know the difference between good and evil.

Littluns and the Book of Darkness is a wonderful gift for lovers of fantasy, for parents and educators who want to offer a faith based book and for librarians who want to expand their offerings.

Sara Hassler
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REVIEW

Reviewed by Audrey Greenwell
Arkansas
Grandmother and Successful Entrepreneur

I loved the book "Littluns, AND THE BOOK OF DARKNESS!!!" I am looking forward to reading the sequel!! There has to be one! I found the travels of Sneetz, both exciting and frustrating! I wanted so badly for the one issue to be different although it was what it had to be!  A very creative solution!

His Grossness will create a wonderful image in a child's mind as his descriptive sounds and utterances cause giggles galore!

A more evil creation than Equassym Enturim as the Necromancer could not be better described by the author. I had the feeling that this evil entity could not be detained without a Higher Power intervening. I was holding my breath through out the ending! Whew!

Mark Glamack has taken the best of many thoughts of enlightened souls and turned it into a tale that will weave joy and intrigue through the imaginations of young and old alike.

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Courtney Pearsall
Fairport, NY
Fairport Minerva DeLand High School

                                            Review for Novel ”The Littluns” by Mark Glamack

The Littluns is a wonderful story!  The characters immediately draw you into this fantasy novel.  Once inside the story, you feel yourself transported into this world of magic.  Awesome. 

The Littluns is an adventure about friendship, loyalty, courage and determination.  The main character has to face a task which involves life and death.  While others before him who have been given this task have returned successfully, there is still a chance that he may not.  The character must rely on his strength and courage to complete the task and hopefully return home.  He experiences fear, sadness, danger and ultimately...well you'll have to experience it for yourself.  Along the way, he strengthens the bonds with his friends who are traveling with him and develops new friendships too. I, also, experienced these same feelings while reading the Littluns. 

There is a struggle between good and evil that is similar to that of the Harry Potter series because the main characters use their courage, determination and a little bit of magic to overcome the forces of evil.

I found the setting and the rest of the characters very intriguing.  The way they go about doing their every day things made me interested in reading more.  I loved the way the author displayed the strong friendships in the novel.  The friends are supportive of each other and each others’ ideas and opinions. They are loyal to each other even when separated by evil.  He gives a wonderful example of what true friendships should be! 

I was always excited to read further in the Littluns to see what was going to happen next, who was going where, who was going to do what, and how they succeeded in overcoming their fears.  I hope the author writes a sequel to the Littluns because I would like to see what happens to this world when evil no longer rules.  I thought the Littluns was an inspiring story of loyalty and hard work.  It is a great book for students and adults alike.  

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                                                                           Littluns
                                                                      Novel Review

What could possibly happen?

Every precaution is taken that nothing will happen on an annual outing of renewal.

In the very secret Hollow Hills, civic duty calls upon five Littluns to go out into the land of Terra Fermata and find new things to bring back.  Being completely isolated from the rest of Terra Fermata, the Littlun way of life is innocent, and very happy.

Out they go… where an outing becomes a journey of survival against the most wretched characters you will ever meet, and the pinnacle of consummate evil, The Necromancer. So much so, the reader will want to be sure their door is locked and there are more lights on than just the reading lamp!

However, with darkness there must be light(ness) in good storytelling. 

Elderond of the light, thank goodness, is brought into the story, which gives healing, and wisdom, with sprinkles of magic that gives the reader a wonderful respite.  There are other most astounding characters of light to help console the reader along the way and, whew!, do we need them!

The story is complex but fast moving and easily understood along with many plot twists that I didn't’t see coming!  Also there is nothing here that parents should find offensive.

After finishing the book, several days later I was talking to a friend and mentioned that I saw this really great movie.  He asked me what the name was and I said Littluns.  I paused and thought - hey wait a minute that wasn't a movie that was a book I read!

Hootsy Bootsy!!

Review by Jim Bratkowsky
Los Angeles, CA
Profession: DVD Producer

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David Watson
13 year old
Colorado


Littluns Critique

            The Littluns was an amazing and different reading experience. It was like a movie, going through each page with artistically colored pictures depicting the scene on every other page. 

            The book is about a group of friends, going out of there haven up in the mountains, a nice warm place where everyone is nice, as nice as can be, into a world where evil spreads like the plague. They go down to find new recipes, seeds, and inventions to use in their own little world. They are split up early into the hunt, and find get mixed up into an evil being spread into the world by the Necromancer. The Necromancer’s goal is to take over the whole country, bend everyone to His will. 

            As Sneetz, as the main character is called, goes through the process of finding himself, he learns what life is truly like, the hardships in it, and the friendships you can make. Littluns shows what life is like, how everyone eventually goes through it to the end, and how things can be lost, and never found. 

            The Littluns is an amazing Christian book, showing what life is like for everyone, and what life will be like as it shows in the last Book, in an amazing twist of fantasy. 

            I recommend the book to anyone; it is for any age, from a small child, to an elderly couple, to people who just want to read it for the genre, or to people who want to read it for the message in it. This book is one of the best reading experiences I have had in my entire life. Enjoy.

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Stephanie Johnston
Accountant
Bloomfield, NY  
           
                       
                                                        RE:  Review of “LITTLUNS” Novel

Extraordinary, to say the least, “Littluns”, by author and illustrator Mark Glamack, is a novel that is hard to put

down.  In fact, you would not want to take this book to bed at night hoping that it will help you fall asleep. 

Instead, it will keep you up to late in the night!

“Littluns” was such a pleasure to read that I would read it over and over again.  Some readers will read the book

as pure fantasy, and enjoy the author’s imaginary world.  Others will be able to relate to parts of the story, as

when making the choice of good or evil, and everyday life encounters.  While some will go deeper into the reality

and spiritual aspects of this truly brilliant masterpiece.

Mr. Glamack’s properly timed placements of the illustrations will help the reader visualize the animated characters

and environment.  Throughout the entire novel, every little detail of the events taking place puts the reader

inside the book.  I actually found myself acting out some of these details.  Mark Glamack’s unique talent will set

the stage for the reader, as if you feel that you are in the Movie Theater.

Refreshing, from a Parent’s point of view, is knowing that “Littluns” is written absent of inappropriate and

offensive language, and will not affect the onset and continued interest of  the reader.  The book stays in

balance with humor, terror, innocence, action, morals, truth, sadness, hope, and feelings.  The reader will find

this novel impossible to predict and full of surprises.

It has been an honor and privilege to have been one of the first few chosen to read this unique novel, “Littluns” --
A book of Light. 

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What a brilliant book! It takes you on ride through magical settings and entertains from beginning to end! I look forward to reading the next book! Pass it on to all!

Frank Gianotti
Executive Producer
Starworks Productions

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Stacy from Michigan wrote:

I loved Littluns so much that I couldn't’t put it down. I hope that there will be a sequel. Will there be a sequel?
 

Dear Stacy, There’s a good chance that there will be at least one sequel to Littluns.

MG

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Mary from Texas wrote:

Littluns is such a great story full of wonder and enchantment. I liked it better than Harry Potter. When will Littluns be made into a movie? I hope so…I would see it over and over again.

 
Dear Mary, There are no plans for a movie at this time. If I decide on a sequel to Littluns, most of my focus will be on writing the second book.
 
MG
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Roy from Georgia wrote:

Reading Littluns was like watching a movie…only better. Your color paintings in the book were awesome. I felt I was actually there in the action. Thank you for, as you say, this different reading experience.
 
Dear Roy, Thank you for expressing your thoughts. It’s reactions like yours, and others, that has made writing “Littluns” worth every minute. MG