Archibald J.X. McWondrous McReady is a magical, modern, fairy tale meant to be read aloud by caring parents. The story is an original, adventure fairy tale flavored with contemporary villains and problems. Archibald J.X. explores values for kids and is highly entertaining at the same time. Reading, downloading or printing Archibald J.X. is completely free.

The story is 18 chapters long and features a Princess to be rescued, a brave dog and parrot, toys and TV Traps, mean clowns and robots, an evil Sorcerer and a metamorphizing frog that believes in things worthwhile. The story is written in the first person without gender references so that the parent or child reading it aloud is transformed into the hero (There are a few cases where a mother reading the story will have to switch references to "mother" or "mom" with "father" or "dad"; or visa versa).

The story started out as a tale for my children and gradually moved to written form over many years. I welcome your comments and questions*, which you may post below:

• What a wonderful gift to the world! - Bryan Alexander 12:09:50 4/21/100 (0)
• first impressions - Noah Berlin 17:46:04 1/05/99 (0)
• Archibald J.X. - Michi 15:49:39 12/27/98 (0)
• A pleasure to see Archibald J.X. online - Justin Berlin 12:38:53 12/21/98 (1)
  • A pleasure to see that magic is everywhere... - Valeria 11:19:31 11/20/100 (0)