Dear Reader,
I have been asked what inspired me to write and publish Mystery at Silver Key Stables. The truth is that Mr. Luther, my seventh grade English teacher, assigned a writing project that was supposed to be a mystery story written in five pages or less. I felt I could not write a really good mystery in less than five pages, so I asked him if mine could be longer. He replied, "Yes, but if you want me to actually read it all the way to the end you will have to make it interesting." Well I tried to make it as interesting as I could, and turned in a manuscript that was just under ninety pages. I was never actually sure whether or not Mr. Luther actually did read my story all the way to the end, but I did get a good grade in his class!
I liked my short story so much that I decided to work on it over the next several months and publish it as a middle-reader chapter book for children. I have always loved horses, so it seemed natural to donate the net proceeds from the sale of my book to organizations that rescue and provide safe habitats for horses. This is how the Charity Book Series®, Inc., a 501(c)3 charitable nonprofit corporation was founded, with me as acting President.
I soon found myself connected to a community of people who share my concern for the general welfare of horses. Some of those individuals are fairly well known, while others are quiet heroes whose intervention on behalf of horses may be known only to a few. Even those who simply provide a humane quality of life for their own animals are part of this group.
"If we see cruelty or wrong that we have the power to stop, and we do nothing, we make ourselves sharers in the guilt".
~ Anna Sewel, Author of Black Beauty
For the love of all horses,
Alexandra Joy Gritta, President
Charity Book Series, Inc., a 501(c)3 charitable nonprofit corporation
EIN 27-1077111