Ten minutes to write. Less time to read.

I’ve probably said this already, but the name of my publishing company, Spectacled Bear Publishing, and the fact that there is really such an animal as a spectacled bear belongs to the realm of serendipity. I didn’t know such an animal existed, and it certainly didn’t know of me.

But here we are. The real spectacled bear’s South American habitat is endangered; which, in turn, endangers the life of the species itself. With that in mind, I’m using the real bear’s tenuous existence to underscore my company’s mission: to save gentle reads from extinction.

Gentle reads are also endangered as reality fiction in the form of stories about suicide, divorce, and other social issues filter into children’s literature.  I don’t deny these situations exist and deserve attention, but my mission is to offer quieter, gentler works that make one feel there is also great literary satisfaction in reading something that is heart-warming, thought-provoking, and well-written.

The photo here is one example of  spectacled bears.Google® “spectacled bear” and you’ll see how many images there are. Google® the World Wildlife Federation and learn about how tenuous this charming animal’s existence is.

And Spectacled Bear Publishing’s existence is just as tenuous unless you, Dear Reader, begin to follow the site when it launches in July, purchase the forthcoming first offering titled Philip & Phoebe, and commit to saving either the animal kingdom’s version or this website. The bears and I thank you.