Cynthia Dreeman Meyer Releases MERRY STIRRING MICE

PARSIPPANY, N.J., Nov. 5, 2014 /PRNewswire/ Not many people know about the secret part of Santa's team the mice. Author Cynthia Dreeman Meyer shows us what really goes on the night before Christmas in her book, Merry Stirring Mice, a delightful turnaround on the claim "not a creature was stirring, not even a mouse." Watch Mama Mouse and Papa Mouse show their kids Max and his little sister Molly how to prepare for Santa. "Help your sister stir the candy cane mix," Mama Mouse begins. Soon come the sugarplums, the candy canes, and finally the note that says "For Santa."

"This is the first story I've published, but storytelling is in my blood," says Cynthia. "My father made up stories for my sister and me when we were growing up, and I made up stories for our three sons all their lives. Merry Stirring Mice is dedicated to our sons, and the three 'boys' in the book are named after them." Cynthia is a preschool music teacher, the creator and founder of her hometown's annual Christmas Tree Festival, and a retired trial attorney. She is also an award-winning Christmas-tree decorator. In fact, the inspiration for Merry Stirring Mice was a tree she created several years ago, adorned with mice uncharacteristically stirring on Christmas Eve. During class trips to the Festival, Cynthia invented a story to go with the tree about Santa's secret team of mice, stirring all over the world to make candy for the stockings. Both children and teachers alike loved the story and encouraged her to write it down.

Merry Stirring Mice is a treat for parents and children to share, with plenty of new territory to be contemplated: How does Santa get down the chimney? How do the stockings get stuffed? What is a magic mouse ladder? And lo and behold, there's even a mouse version of the traditional story, "The Morning of Christmas!"

Children will enjoy searching for the mischievous spider capering through all the illustrations (he's never mentioned in the written story), and seeing if they can find his name. "Reading 'The Night Before Christmas' is a tradition honored by my family as far back as I can remember. When I was very young, my Grandfather read it to my sister and me, then my father to us, and eventually my husband to our children. So it was the perfect jumping-off-point for my little story, and it was such fun to write 'The Morning of Christmas' for the mice children to enjoy," says Cynthia.

Information on book readings and signings, as well as activities including coloring pages and recipes, are available at www.cynthiadreemanmeyer.com and at www.merrystirringmice.com. Merry Stirring Mice is available on Amazon and at Beckhamhouse.com.

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