Saddle Your Courage

Cantu desperately wants to ride the orcas but is too scared. He visits a wise parrot and is off to find his courage. He faces the unknown, scary situations, volcanoes, quicksand, and man-eaters to find his courage. Then realizes he had it all along. Richard began writing songs at the age of twelve. Then in his teenage years to calm himself, he began to write poetry. Richard made up stories daily to exercise his and his families imagination. An imagination which would be his instrument to wield the world of fiction.Bedtime stories for his children and grandchildren, have been written down and saved. His wife Nilah has finally convinced him to illustrate these stories and publish them for other children to enjoy.With his family as his muse, Richard hopes to continue story telling for years.