So often time passes in places we have not been to and we will never understand what life in that moment and location must have been like. The world of iphones and satellite TV was not yet dreamt of when Melanie and Bret Fowler were growing up on their family’s farm in the Florida Panhandle. John Kennedy was President and had pledged to take America to the moon within the decade. But science remained largely science fiction. Who then would have believed that devices like Dick Tracy’s two-way wrist radios would be nothing when compared to the mobile phones of today?
Visit this charming 117 acre world where crops must be planted, grown and harvested. Come into the thoughts of 11 year old Melanie Fowler as she fights with her older brother all summer long over nothing. Join this brother and sister constantly at odds as they must learn the value of love and laughter.

Welcome to Blountstown Florida circa 1963. It is summer and it is hot. Air conditioning is not a part of rural farm life. The heat dries your sweat before it leaves your pores. It is the kind of inland southern heat that can’t be swept away with the flip of a fan. In this heat, molasses melts to the thickness of water. Melanie and Bret Fowler sit on their front porch steps waiting for the cool afternoon summer rain. Then for an hour afterward the Earth and the air will be cool enough to play in.

The reader discovers that some parts of life are the same for everyone. Whether you live in a city in 2010 or on a small southern farm in 1963, lessons are taught by the school of life every day. Find laughter, tears and peace of heart with this always at odds sister and brother who spend a Deep South summer growing up a little too soon.

As with all of the Children’s Books from Morningside “The Midget Green Swamp Moose” was written so as to entertain children of all ages. The book is intended for ages 11 and up. This softcover edition measures 5 1/2 inches by 8 1/2 inches and is produced to the highest trade paperback standards using a 12 pt. laminated cover and 70 pound bright white offset for the text.
ISBN 978-0-9827288-1-9 — $11.99

With a length of just under 30,000 words the book is a pleasant read that raises the vocabulary of lower level readers yet allows older children and adults the opportunity to delve into Southern dialect. Author Keith Lawrence Roman fills “The Midget Green Swamp Moose” with equal depths of sadness, humor and ultimately for the reader joy.