Tyler Whitesides

• Biography

  Tyler Whitesides has always loved telling stories. Growing up, he was even willing to do extra housework if his mom let him type his stories on the computer. He has worked as a music teacher, taste tester, and janitor. He lives in Logan, Utah, with his wife Connie, who is a schoolteacher.

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• Praise for Books

  “The…heroic adventures and profiles of the children who inspired them add up to a project that’s inspiring and moving on multiple levels.” —Publishers Weekly

  “For a child with cancer, feeling like a hero can be a healing prospect. Through the Anything Can Be Project, children with cancer are given individual stories that reflect their dreams for heroic adventure—with each story being written, on order, by a bestselling author. Here, twenty-one of those stories are given narrations as diverse as the narrators who deliver them. Each narrator provides a delivery crafted to enhance the featured hero’s exploits: A mermaid accepts legs to bring her friends to safety, a youngster musters the courage to rescue her stuffed animal friends from a railroad track, and a would-be debutante fortuitously finds a note to a pirate crew. Listeners are also urged to take a look at the print book, which contains powerful photographs of real-life kids in the costumes of their heroes.” —AudioFile

  “An inspiring anthology of well-told short stories.” —School Library Journal

  “The heroes of these tales are almost two dozen kids who are bravely battling cancer.” —Booklist

  “There’s quality here…the worthy purpose shines through.” —Kirkus Reviews

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  • True Heroes

  • Edited by Jonathan Diaz

    Stories by various authors

    Read by various narrators

  • Release Date: 4/05/16

  • Formats: Digital Audy

  An encouraging collection of short stories by bestselling middle-grade authors.

  This one-of-a-kind treasury brings together the talents of nearly two dozen bestselling middle-grade authors including Shannon Hale, Brandon Mull, Ally Condie, and Jennifer A. Nielsen—who have created original short stories and modern-day fairy tales, based on the lives and dreams of children they have met who all have two things in common: they have very big hopes and dreams, and they are all cancer patients.

  • True Heroes

  • Edited by Jonathan Diaz

    Stories by various authors

    Read by various narrators

  • Release Date: 4/05/16

  • Formats: Digital Audy

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