The Camelot Kids (book review)

Title: The Camelot Kids
Author: Ben Zackheim, @zackheim - Illustrations/design by Nathan Fox, Ian Greenlee

Publication Information: eBook 2014, paperback 2015 (link for purchase).  Crimson Myth Press

Genre: Juvenile Fantasy

Plot:  What would you do if an odd girl in a hooded cloak said, "You know you're a descendant of King Arthur's knight, Lancelot, right?" You'd probably do the same thing 14-year-old orphan Simon Sharp does: back away nice and slow. The difference is Simon's Camelot-obsessed parents recently died under mysterious circumstances.

What would you like for Christmas from a four year old?

Yesterday I was babysitting my nephews while their parents attended the funeral of our dear friend Doug's mother, Joan. At one point, contemplating the holidays, I looked around the living room area of my parents' home and, thinking aloud but vaguely wanting to include the children, said, "I wonder what Gram and Papa would like?"

Four year old Nicholas looked up and offered, without missing a beat, "Better listening?"

Does that sound like a direct quote or what? I can just hear my father beseeching the boys to listen more attentively.