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Discover the critically acclaimed children's book that has kids everywhere asking ...

Fame, Fortune or Power: Which would YOU choose if you could have only one?

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The Greatest Blessings is a classically written illustrated children's chapter book that, as one reviewer put it, "makes one think that a bard wrote it to be told over a glass of (ginger) ale in a me... More

Discover the critically acclaimed children's book that has kids everywhere asking ...

Fame, Fortune or Power: Which would YOU choose if you could have only one?

Description
The Greatest Blessings is a classically written illustrated children's chapter book that, as one reviewer put it, "makes one think that a bard wrote it to be told over a glass of (ginger) ale in a medieval tavern." Lauded as "unforgettable" by the prestigious Midwestern Book Review and as the book that "should be next on your child's reading list" by the popular Reading Frenzy book review, The Greatest Blessings is ranked in the top 10 of Amazon Arthurian-themed children's titles.

Synopsis
The fabulous Lords Fame, Fortune and Power command a forsaken runaway named Boy to decide which one of the namesake blessings is the greatest, only to be flummoxed when Boy nixes all in a courageous stand that brings him to the brink of doom.

Summary
Lords and brothers Fame, Fortune and Power decide how well all people will fare in life in the namesake realms of human desire they control. When they deem a woeful babe abandoned in a barn unworthy of any of their favours, the child grows up the lackey of a cruel farmer and his tormenting spoiled children. When he is old enough Boy, for that is the name used for him, runs away with the only friends he has ever known--the equally abused and unnamed Sheep, Cow and Horse--to seek a better life.

Years later, a quarrel among Fame, Fortune and Power over whose blessing is the greatest sends them, and their court jester Nobody, on a quest to find an unsullied party to settle their dispute. Boy seems the perfect candidate, but his unusual views on what is valuable in life incite the lords and bring him to the brink of doom. Will he live? What happens to the lords? And is Boy right or does one of the lords' blessings outshine the others? The future of mankind depends on the answer.

Characters
Boy: Abandoned by his mother as a newborn and shunned by Lords Fame, Fortune and Power, Boy grows up the lackey of a cruel farmer and eventually runs away with his only friends, his faithful companions Sheep, Cow and Horse.
Fame: Conferrer of the blessing of renown to children, the dashing Fame believes that his gift is the name of the game.
Fortune: Conferrer of the blessing of wealth to children, the extravagant Fortune believes that his gift is all you need to succeed.
Power: Conferrer of the blessing of might to children, the brawny Power believes that his gift is the be-all end-all.
Nobody: Court jester to Fame, Fortune and Power, when it comes to saying the right thing at the wrong time, Nobody does it better.
Sheep, Cow and Horse: Scraggly, frail and puny respectively, Sheep, Cow and Horse are nonetheless priceless to Boy.

Setting
The Greatest Blessings takes place during an Arthurian time in a mythical land from which the fabulous Lords Fame, Fortune and Power decide the destinies of all people according to their fancies.

Locations
Magnificent palace of Fame, Fortune and Power
Dark forest where a pack of ravenous wolves stand ready to pounce
Ramshackle stable and prosperous farm of a rich but cruel landsman
Treacherous river that carries Boy, Sheep, Cow and Horse away
Paltry patch of land that Boy, Sheep, Cow and Horse call home

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