Dream Tales book series is a set of story books. Each book contains a number of stories. The Stories of the Dream Tales book series are similar to "Alice in Wonderland," but drawn from the Igbo folklore. This is the second book of the series. The Igbo are an ethnic group in West Africa. Storytelling is considered a valuable art by the Igbo. As a child, I listened to tales from an endless stock of the Igbo folklore. I was told these stories at bedtime, by my grandmother, an aunt or an uncle. The same story was sometimes re-told but differently and with a dose of personal flavour. These tales often revolve around the tortoise and his wily ways, in a fabled universe where mankind and animals shared the same language and lived happily together. This mythical world also shared boundaries with the mystic world of the spirits, and entities from both worlds freely interacted with one another. My daughter, Chinelo, has been my inspiration in writing these stories. I tell her these stories at bedtime. She enjoys them and always asking for more. These stories make her look forward to bedtime just like they made me when I was a child. The Dream Tales are interesting and entertaining with the power to transport readers and listeners to the mystic world of the spirits and a mythical kingdom where mankind and animal belong to the same specie of beings. The book would be enjoyed worldwide by children of reading age, from all cultures and by adults as well. It is the sort of book an adult would read in summer while sitting on the beach, under a tree or in a hammock; in winter by the fireplace or tucked in bed; or just to pass time in the train or on the plane. The book can be read to children as bedtime stories or re - told with adaptation to suit the mood, interests, personality or age of the child.
Born in Nigeria, Dr Samuel (Sam) Okechukwu Umealu studied Chemical Engineering at Anambra State University of technology in Nigeria, then earned a PhD also in Chemical Engineering at National Technical University, Athens. In 1992, he migrated to Australia where he joined Monash University, as a Postdoctoral research fellow in the area of process simulation. He left the academia in 1994 to pursue a career in Information Technology. Also a citizen of Australia, Sam lives in Melbourne where he in 1998 founded a technology company - SamSoft PTY LTD and as a Consulting Architect in Information Technology, has personally provided IT consulting services to large commercial and government organisations. He is married to Fleure Vaslet and they have a daughter, Chinelo.
